Marilyn Manson is once again causing controversy, this time over a free show the shock rocker performed in Mexico this past weekend.

Ricardo Gallardo Cardona, the governor of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí and a renowned music lover, booked Manson to play the city’s annual state fair on August 10th, pulling a massive crowd of more than 205,000 fans to the show. The booking generated protests from local religious groups and conservative factions, citing the appearance as “inappropriate” for the family-friendly event.

In an interview with Billboard Español , Governor Gallardo Cardona pushed back against the protests by saying that Manson’s appearance was in “defense of freedom of expression,” as well as helping overcome the city’s decades-long “cultural lag” and “conservative mi

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