After a year of battling conservative right-wingers, the fashion police and slumping record sales of his newest album, "Mechanical Animals," Marilyn Manson has announced plans to usher in 1999 by heading to Las Vegas for a concert at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Manson talked with MTV News' Kurt Loder recently about the New Year's Eve gig, and made a startling confession about the kind of wholesome family entertainment that warms his heart and gets him into the spirit of the season.

"Are you a person who goes out on New Year's Eve," Loder asked, "do you like to go out and party or is that just another night for you?"

"I think we've always played," Manson said, "we didn't play last year, but I'm not really big on any holidays. It's really hard for me to get excited about any holidays to tell you the truth. I really felt something last night, it wasn't a holiday but I watched a film, 'The Parent Trap.'"

"I was flipping through Spectravision," Manson continued, "which has a description of each film, and it said 'Quaid is charming,' referring to Dennis Quaid. So I flipped it on, and he was. That's a nice holiday film. I would recommend it. I'm gonna buy it and I am gonna give it to my parents."