By Debbie McGoldrick

The weird Goth rocker Marilyn Manson has chosen Co. Kilkenny, of all places, for his January nuptials to stripper Dita Von Teese.

God only knows why the oddball couple chose Kilkenny, but according to the county paper, the Kilkenny People, preparations are at an advanced stage, and all involved have been sworn to secrecy.

But clearly there are bigmouths in the posse, because several local businesses have been booked by the couple to provide services, and all have had to sign confidentiality agreements not to talk to the dastardly press about what’s going on.

An estate outside of Kilkenny city has been booked for a week, and guests will arrive at the nuptials via helicopter. The newspaper is not revealing the name of the estate because “if the venue is disclosed there is every chance that Manson will pull out of Ireland and choose to get married somewhere else.” So much for hard-hitting journalism!

Who’s on the guest list? The paper says that the chosen ones include Madonna and Guy Ritchie, the Osbournes, Keanu Reeves, Nicolas Cage and Mandy Moore. A paparazzi dream for sure, but we can’t see all those folks trekking to Kilkenny in the middle of the ice-cold Irish winter!