Marilyn Manson Sucker Punched at Denny's: Shock Rocker May Sue Attacker

It is difficult to dine out when you are a rock star. It is even more difficult to dine out when you are a rock star who likes to sing about the dark side of life like Marilyn Manson. The shock rocker visited a Denny's in Canada recently only to be sucker punched before he could pay the bill. Originally, it was reported that Manson provoked the whole altercation, but another witness has shared his side of the story. The shock rocker plans to sue his attacker.

"Manson never got a chance to sit down," Johnny Scott told the Calgary Sun. "He was being friendly with everyone, anyone who wanted a picture, he would give them a picture, anyone who wanted an autograph he would give them an autograph. They were just talking and the guy just punched him right in the face without any provocation."

Manson and his manager claim that the attacker made threats against his next concert and elbowed the singer's makeup artist before throwing a punch. Now, according to TMZ, Manson wants to sue the assailant.

The singer is currently on his Hell Not Hallelujah Tour. He will finish up his Canadian dates tomorrow, April 9, and make his way through the United States. Manson will head overseas in June before the tour wraps up in Tokyo in August.

Before the Hell Not Hallelujah Tour ends, Manson will join the Smashing Pumpkins on The End Times Tour. That North American trek kicks off July 7 in Concord, California. The bands will make stops in Las Vegas, Austin and Chicago.

Manson will tour in support of his most recent release, The Pale Emperor, which dropped in January. It hit No. 8 on the Billboard 200 behind singles like "Third Day of a Seven Day Binge" and "Deep Six."

"Manson wrote these songs with producer Tyler Bates, a movie and video-game composer whose résumé includes plenty of action and horror flicks. The music has a kind of sweeping creepiness that reflects that background. But it's usually pretty grungy, like Nirvana at their blankest or the Doors pulling an all-nighter in Trent Reznor's dungeon," Rolling Stone wrote.

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