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===1999β2002: Final tour and disbandment=== In the winter of 1998β99, Hole went on tour to promote ''Celebrity Skin'', joining [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], who was promoting his album, ''[[Mechanical Animals]]'' (1998) on the [[Beautiful Monsters Tour]].<ref name=walks/> The tour turned into a publicity magnet, and Hole dropped out of the tour nine dates in, due to both the majority of the fans being Manson's, and the 50/50 financial arrangement between the groups, with Hole's production costs being disproportionately less than Manson's.<ref name=walks>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates/ |title=Hole Walks Out On Tour, Manson Injury Postpones Several Dates |work=MTV News |date=March 15, 1999 |archive-date=December 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220031236/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates |url-status=dead }}</ref> Manson and Love often mocked one another onstage, and Love attacked Manson's stage antics, which included tearing up a [[The Bible|Bible]] during performances: "You know, whenever somebody rips up the Bible in front of 40,000 people, I think it's a big deal", she said during a 1999 interview.<ref name="etrue" /> Hole officially announced that they would be dropping out of the tour after a poorly received concert at the [[Rose Garden Arena]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], which ended with Manson fans booing the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b37844_courtney_love_lost_in_portland.html |work=[[E!|E! Online]] |title=Courtney Love Lost in Portland |date=March 9, 1999 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |author=Ryan, Joal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729051400/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b37844_courtney_love_lost_in_portland.html |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The band continued to book shows and headline festivals after dropping off Manson's tour, and according to Auf der Maur, it was a "daily event" for Love to invite audience members onstage to sing with her for the last song at nearly every concert performance.<ref name="natgeo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/music-on-photography-melissa-auf-der-maur |work=National Geographic |series=Music On ... Photography |title=Courtney Love in Crowd Onstage |archive-date=December 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229030941/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/music-on-photography-melissa-auf-der-maur |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 17, 1999, during Hole's set at the [[Hultsfred Festival]] in Sweden, a 19-year-old girl died after being crushed by the mosh pit behind the mixing board.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Loss of Life Fails to Halt Festival|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-g8EAAAAMBAJ&q=hultsfred+hole+sweden&pg=PA109|page=109|volume=112|issue=29|issn=0006-2510 |date=July 15, 2000|via=Google Books}} {{free access}}</ref> Hole played its final show at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on July 14, 1999.<ref name=upi>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Cobain-was-working-on-new-music/67971334798655/ |publisher=UPI |title=Cobain was working on new music |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=March 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312071951/http://www.upi.com/Cobain-was-working-on-new-music/67971334798655/ |archive-date=March 12, 2017 }}</ref> In October 1999, Auf der Maur quit Hole and went on to become a touring bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/12/melissa-auf-der-maur-people-are-afraid-to-care-about-shit |work=The Guardian |title=Melissa Auf der Maur: 'I've always turned a blind eye to cynicism |first=Jamie |last=Peck |date=September 12, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311163629/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/12/melissa-auf-der-maur-people-are-afraid-to-care-about-shit |archive-date=March 11, 2017 }}</ref> Samantha Maloney also quit a few months later.<ref name=saraceno>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hole-call-it-quits-20020524 |magazine=Rolling Stone |title=Hole Call It Quits |date=May 24, 2002 |access-date=December 26, 2016 |author=Saraceno, Christina |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209012333/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hole-call-it-quits-20020524 |archive-date=December 9, 2015 }}</ref> The band's final release was a single for the movie ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' (1999). "[[Be a Man (song)|Be a Man]]", released in March 2000, was an outtake from the ''Celebrity Skin'' sessions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/520435/rock-radio-slow-to-embrace-holes-be-a-man/ |work=MTV |title=Radio Rock Slow to Embrace Hole's "Be a Man" |date=December 4, 1999 |author=Van Horn, Teri |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010414/http://www.mtv.com/news/520435/rock-radio-slow-to-embrace-holes-be-a-man/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}</ref> In April 2002, Love called [[The Howard Stern Show]] and said she had written nine songs with songwriter [[Linda Perry]], but less than a month later Love and Erlandson officially disbanded Hole via a message posted on the band's website.<ref name=saraceno/><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r195552|pure_url=yes}} |work=AllMusic |title=Hole at AllMusic.com |access-date=March 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225053111/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r195552 |archive-date=December 25, 2011 }}</ref> After the split, the four musicians each took on projects of their own: Erlandson continued to work as a producer and session musician, eventually forming the experimental group [[RRIICCEE]] with controversial artist [[Vincent Gallo]].<ref name=fagan>{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2007-11-30/565874/|work=The Austin Chronicle|title=Man of a Thousand Faces: Vincent Gallo|access-date=December 28, 2017|date=November 30, 2007|author=Fagan, Mark}}</ref> Love began a solo career, releasing her debut, ''[[America's Sweetheart (Courtney Love album)|America's Sweetheart]]'', in 2004, featuring several of the songs written with Perry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0408/phillips.php|work=The Village Voice|date=February 23, 2004|first=Amy|last=Phillips|access-date=November 9, 2015|archive-date=March 7, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040307145925/http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0408/phillips.php|title=A big juicy fuckup for hissyfit-having little girls who hate being little girls}}</ref> [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] also embarked on a solo career, and released her [[Auf der Maur (album)|self-titled]] debut album in 2004, which included Erlandson performing lead guitar on the track, "Would If I Could".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Auf der Maur |others=Erlandson, Eric; [[James Iha|Iha, James]] |year=2004 |first=Melissa |last=Auf der Maur |page=2 |type=CD|publisher=Capitol Records|id= 7243 5 78941 2 8}}</ref> Her second album, ''[[Out of Our Minds]]'', was released in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|work=AllMusic|title=Out of Our Minds by Melissa Auf der Maur|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/out-of-our-minds/362236555|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206143200/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/out-of-our-minds/362236555|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> Hole's body of work from its inception to its first disbandment includes thirteen singles,<ref name=singlesandeps>{{cite web|work=AllMusic|title=Hole Album Discography: Singles|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hole-mn0000680476/discography/singles|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180206004100/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hole-mn0000680476/discography/singles|archive-date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> three LPs,{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=532}} three EPs,<ref name=singlesandeps/> and one compilation album.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=532}}
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