English flag Saturday 20th October 2018
Manchester, England

Manchester Arena


MacPhisto: [sings] "Even the greatest stars... discover themself in the looking glass..." [approaches iPad on a stand; sees a devilish face superimposed over his own image] "Even the greatest stars..."

Crowd: [cheers and whistles]

MacPhisto: [half-sings] "Guess who's back?  Back again?"

Crowd: [cheers, whistles and applause]

MacPhisto: [half-sings] "MacPhisto's back!  Tell your friends!" [sniggers]

Crowd: [laughter]

MacPhisto: "MacPhisto's back... in his most favourite club on the planet."

Crowd: [cheer]

MacPhisto: "Yes. You sort of invented clubs, didn't you?"

Crowd: [whoops]

MacPhisto: "My little Manky-pants."

Crowd: [laughter]

MacPhisto: "That's why your Mondays are not happy... they're blue!" [laughs] "Who makes this shit up?"

Crowd: [laughter and applause]

MacPhisto: "The Hellfire Club – now, that was my gaff. That was the place to be. I remember thinking, 'I don't want to be part of a club that I can't burn down.' So I've been a busy devil... burning down all kinds of clubs. The United Nations..."

Crowd: [whoops]

MacPhisto: "...NATO... the EU..."

Crowd: [cheer]

MacPhisto: "...and strangely, here in this Disunited Kingdom, I've been burning down BOTH the Labour AND the Conservative parties!"

Crowd: [cheers and applause]

MacPhisto: [laughs] "All in flames!  Isn't that... isn't that why you were all marching today?  I've never felt like such a... firestarter. Sorry to throw some cold water on your disbelief, but it's when you don't believe I exist – that's when I do... my best work." [laughs]

[Acrobat begins]

MacPhisto: "Don't believe what you hear. Don't believe what you see. If you just close your eyes... you can FEEL THE ENEMYYY!  Haaa!"


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