AN INTERNATIONAL rock star is coming to Gwent in December.

Marilyn Manson has announced his 2017 European tour dates, including his only Welsh appearance at the Newport Centre on December 8.

Other dates on the tour include Stockholm in Sweden, Kiev in the Ukraine, Rome, Prague and Berlin.

The American rocker's Newport show is only one of five in the UK.

The other dates are Manchester on December 4, Glasgow on December 5, Wolverhampton on December 6 and his final appearance at Wembley Arena on December 9

The tour announcement comes after Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, revealed he had finished his new album Heaven Upside Down.

Tickets for he show, which is for over-18s only, go on sale on Friday May 19 at 10am from marilynmanson.com/tour.