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FUCK YES BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


oh wait. nevermind.

amazing show. this order is so wrong. truthfully all i remember orderwise is the 1st 4 and last song (duh). they had a little error - someone kicking out the plug - during line begins to blur, but sound was amazing. dresden dolls did covers of black sabbath and radiohead (karma police)

pinion
wish
sin
the line begins to blur
march of the pigs
something i never have
terrible lie
the hand that feeds
closer
the collector
even deeper
suck
reptile!!!
love is not enough
hurt
gave up
getting smaller
starfuckers, inc
head like a hole

uh, + home and blur. whoops.

Just got back from the show. Wow, that was great!

Random thoughts, since I had GA and no way to keep track of a set-list:

- How cool was Dresden Dolls playing War Pigs?

- Someone kicking out the plug between Sin and The Line Begins to Blur, and Trent firing 10 roadies. WTF was that?

- They played Something I Can Never Have and did a damn good job of it. This is the one song I didn't get to hear in 2000 that I wanted to.

- The crowd mostly shut the hell up for Closer, which I appreciated. But everyone sang along with Hurt, which I kind of hate. I guess it's personal preference, but I associate that song more with solitude than campfire singalong kumbia.

- Getting Smaller really rocked live.

- Big F*** You to whoever puked about 15 feet to my left just before the show started. But then the crowd surged forward and all of us who had been standing around that area got to laugh at the bum-rushing newcomers who stepped in puke!

- No special guests, for those who were wondering.

the concert prolly was really good but whatever happened to every day is exactly the same was it played bad or what happened why isnt he playing it anymore.

i'm going to the show 2morrow, what time did u guess get to the show? how was the line to get in?

Line was looong. I got there at 5:45 or so and I was wrapped around to 35th street & 9th ave. I went pretty quickly once they let people in - they only patted down for weapons and looked in bags, nothing major.

the show was so fucking good. i have always wanted to hear the opening of pinion into wish. it was amazing! after the next song (sin), they went into the line begins to blur. but it was the wrong song! trent threw a water bottle at one of the guys on the side of the stage. the song was supposed to have been march of the pigs. trent had no guitar which he usually does for blur. they cut blur short and took a few minutes to get things straight.

they came back on stage and trent said that someone kicked the plug out. bullshit. he also said something about 10 guys being fired tomorrow. he was pissed. they kicked back in with the line begins to blur with trent on guitar. then march of the pigs. that was crazy. he ended with the old "all you little fucking pigs!"

it was great to hear something i can never have and getting smaller again. great fucking show.

-tj

at first i didn't like the fact that everyone sang along to hurt....but then as it was happening... and you can tell tr noticed... it felt like everyone was in the same mental place all at the same time... i think i was in the "i'm a nails fan since 'starfucker' era" section of the floor b/c they hardly reacted to the older songs.... ehh fuck'em... my friend and i danced like no one was watching...until tomorrow!!! (who says people who work in the music industry aren't lovers of amazing talent and geniune emotion!?) bless nin

Feet. Killing.

But amazing. Pinion and Wish opening was great.

And whoever keeps saying "don't take your girl in the pit"... I will believe you now. After Wish, we realized there was no way that the whole "couple thing" was going to work -- no way in hell.

but overall, amazing. Great Dolls set too.

I'll up pics and video once my feet feel better.

hey all,
i'll be attending monday night's show. someone mentioned they arrived at 5:45 and they were let in shortly after.

does anyone have the time:
they began to let people in?
the dresden dolls went on?
nin went on?

thanx

***i'm going to the show 2morrow, what time did u guess get to the show? how was the line to get in?

We got on line at 4:30. We were almost to the corner of 34th and 9th. As time went on the line went around the block all the way to 35th St. Even still, we were in the mezz, and got choice seats. 3rd row center. Most people went straight for the floor.

Holy crap what a show!!!! Blown away.

Getting Smaller blew the house down.

Reptile was a glorious grinder, and I can't get the drums to Love Is Not Enough out of my head.

Not sure how they've been doing Sin on this tour, but it seemed stripped down, almost like the sequencer was out, and then that led up to the breakdown in The Line Begins To Blur

The new songs are really killer live.

After the show we went around the block..there were just a handful of people there. Trent came out at around 11:00. He went straight to his vehicle. We also saw Rob Sheridan there.

Ears are still ringing, stomach still hurting...


Show was absolutely incredible. So much different than what I expected.

I stayed in or around the pit the whole time. Reptile was awesome. There were like 10 or 12 guys who just kind of moshed slowly... there was a lot of slow moshing tonight... really cool, actually.

I got a bloody lip, a bad hit to the head and the wind knocked out of me. Can't wait for tomorrow.

I was the tall blonde guy in the pit wearing the leathers and the rammstein T if anyone cares.

And by the way, there was a special guest:

David Byrne [lead singer of talking heads].

I saw him coming out of the venue. I can't believe no one else recognized him. I shook his hand and told him he was the man.

Starfuckers was really good live considering how much i dislike the song.

more will come...

drugstorecowboy wrote:hey all,

does anyone have the time:
they began to let people in?
the dresden dolls went on?
nin went on?

thanx

Dolls went on at 7:40. They were... lacking a bassist.

NIN went on about an hour after that.

ehhhh.

okay, ive been looking foward to this shit for a long fucking time now.
showed up around 1. got right up front.

dresdon dolls were a big surprise. really fucking amazing. the drummer was insane.

but nails? i just couldnt get into it. started off strong.seems like the crowd couldnt either. lights where awsome, new band was awsome, the stuff aaron and especially allesendro add to old songs was awsome. trents fucking jacked. but as the setlist continued and no new stuff was played, i started to get discouraged.

they played only FIVE songs off of with teeth, out of what im guessing was 18. and only TWO from the fragile. this was lik ea flashback to 1994. i was super excited to here a lo tof the stuff off of with teeth. i was hoping for around 9 songs. i got five.

here was the breakdown:

With Teeth - 5
The Fragile - 2
The Downward Spiral - 4
Broken- 3
Pretty Hate Machine - 4

plus Burn and Home.

so post '94 - 8
94 and back - 12


uh, so maybe they played 20 songs. still. they played a good amount of tds and back, and not so much newer stuff. what the fucks the point?


still, he played as much from with teeth (probably even less cuz the songs are shorter) as the downward spiral and pretty hate machine. and the songs from with teeth werent even the best ones.

notable absences: all the love in the world, you know what you are?, only

i hope i get less 1989 and more 2005 tomorrow night.

Here is the setlist from what I remember:

1. Wish
2. Sin
3. The Line Begins To Blur
4. March of The Pigs
5. Something I Can I Never Have
6. The Hand That Feeds
7. Terrible Lie
8. The Collector
9. Closer
10. Home
11. Burn
12. Reptile
13. Love Is Not Enough
14. Even Deeper
15. Suck
16. Gave Up
17. Hurt
18. Getting Smaller
19. Starfuckers, Inc
20. Head Like A Hole

Fucking amazing show. Great audience, great venue, great setlist, and awesome sound. They all sounded fantastic - and the screwup with TLBTB was pretty cool, because once the song started for real it was insane.

Pinion+Wish = best opening ever.

Sin OMFG. YES!

Accurate set list anyone?

Thanks

keyserhh wrote:amazing show. this order is so wrong. truthfully all i remember orderwise is the 1st 4 and last song (duh). they had a little error - someone kicking out the plug - during line begins to blur, but sound was amazing. dresden dolls did covers of black sabbath and radiohead (karma police)

pinion
wish
sin
the line begins to blur
march of the pigs
something i never have
terrible lie
the hand that feeds
closer
the collector
even deeper
suck
reptile!!!
love is not enough
hurt
gave up
getting smaller
starfuckers, inc
head like a hole

you are missing "BURN"

i feel like the new guys in the line up are just a joke..they dont have that much energy as Charlie closure, Danny L, and Robin FInck did..they bullshit and joke around on stage too much..fuckin making easy money..bastards!

Can someone better explain the 'kicking of the plug' incident?

TylerD wrote:Accurate set list anyone?

Thanks

Jonny's setist seems pretty accurate if you add the Pinion intro.

I got in line at about noon, which was good cause i got like to 3rd row in the pit. Dresden Dolls surprised me quite a bit, they played a good set with the covers of Warpigs, Karma Police, and their own Amsterdam being my favorites.

When NIN came on I had some trouble getting into it, probably because I was in the front and it was uber-packed... So during March Of The Pigs I made my way back a bit to a less restraining area where i could let the fuck loose. (If anyone cares or saw me I was wearing a Dillinger Escape Plan shirt).

Overall it was too amazing to describe, so I won't even try. I started to cry during Hurt and the tears of happiness just kept flowing till the end of the night.

I did want to hear some other songs off the new album live, but the setlist was amazing as it was.

Highlights: Terrible Lie, Closer (that new ending is really amazing), Burn, Even Deeper, SUCK.

Amazing show.
Trent's voice was awesome - better than I've ever heard it before. Totally blew me away. Everyone has already seen the setlist (although the order isn't quite right) - so I won't repeat that.

No encore though -- despite getting a huge ovation from the crowd. *Maybe he was still pissed from the little technical problem early in the show? As he started "The Line Begins To Blur" - somebody pulled the power plug, causing an angry Trent (and the rest of the band) to stomp off the stage. When he returned he said words like "Well there's 10 motherfuckers who are not going to have a job at the end of tonight." Yeah -- he wasn't too happy.

Other than that, he didn't talk much - other than an occasional "thank you" and I think he commented "It's been a while" once.

I was in the front and middle of the mezz1 section. Everybody was singing along to the old songs -- but I was surprised they didn't seem too familiar with the new ones.

It was like a religious experience - everybody singing along to so many of the songs -- even drowning out Trent's voice in some songs (especially in Hurt).

It was great hearing a really raw emotional version of "Something I Can Never Have" (one of all-time favorites), where Trent broke down, almost crying at one point. And he gave a really powerful and gritty version of "Gave Up."

Trent didn't move around much onstage though - which is quite a switch from the madman he used to be. lol. But that's OK. Some of his bandmates seemed to make up for it as they were constantly jumping and running all over the stage, throwing water bottles, and Aaron even hung upside down on an amp at one point. Pretty funny.

Overall - great show. Can't wait to see them again.

RedRain wrote:Can someone better explain the 'kicking of the plug' incident?

as soon as Sin ended we heard the intro to The Line Begins To Blur start up. I looked up and saw Trent throwing something to the side of the stage and then the music stops. Trent said something like "Excuse me we seem to be having a malfunction" and walked to the back of the stage. He came back like a minute later apologized and said "Well that's just another 10 people without jobs tomorrow"...

i'm sure he was joking.

RedRain wrote:Can someone better explain the 'kicking of the plug' incident?

Basically, what happened is that right after they did Sin they went into The Line Begins to Blur and then you see Trent going insane out of nowhere, meanwhile Jerome kept on playing the drums, but then you see Trent throwing water bottle at one of the roadies who apparently pulled the plug by accident. Tren pissed off said "he would fire who ever fucked up after tonights show" but i didnt hear him saying he would fire 10 roadies to be honest.

*Madison* wrote:and Aaron even hung upside down on an amp at one point. Pretty funny.

hahaha i looked up and saw only legs floating above the amp... i was like WTF?!?!?!

and what happened during March Of The PIgs with Aaron and Jeordie??? I think I saw Jeordie flinging his mic stand or something at Aaron, who tried to retaliate.

that was cool.

jake80 wrote:but i didnt hear him saying he would fire 10 roadies to be honest.

he did, i remember it quite vividly, but once again I don't actually think he's gonna fire 10 roadies...

i got there at 3:45 and had a front row center spot in mezz2. the line got reeeally long later on, i was glad to have got on line when i did. i was expecting to get searched so i had my digital camera down my shirt. they didn't check me/pat me down at all but maybe i just look relatively harmless? got it in there with no problem at all. i took some videos but i'll see how those turned out tomorrow.

great fucking show. i'd never been to hammerstein before tonight and i wasn't let down at all. a-mazing. i was SO psyched to hear: reptile, suck, burn, sin. getting smaller is pretty badass live too. i would've liked more songs from with teeth but fuck i can't complain, the whole show was fantastic. just sad it's over, it went so quickly!

i hope someone recorded it. i'm beat.

the collector & home should have been left out and replaced with dont you know what you are? and the day the world went away in my opinion, anybody disagree?

Thanks 'Jake' and 'Help Me...' I do hope he was kidding about the firing. Seems funny that there's only one plug between the band and the audio. For a minute, seemed like a Spinal Tap moment.

GhostOfNeon wrote: Dolls went on at 7:40. They were... lacking a bassist.

I can't tell whether or not you're being facetious. There is no bassist, it's just Amanda on piano and Brian on drums.

RedRain wrote:Can someone better explain the 'kicking of the plug' incident?

They seemed to start having problems during Sin...neither the bass nor the guitar were heard and were probably just not plugged in...and the all the sound completely dropped off as they began TLBTB...the sound guy obviously didn't know what the fuck he was doing...not sure who's to blame...either someone from the NIN camp or from Hammerstein. Probably both. I imagine NIN has their own sound engineer that tours with them, but someone from the venue should have been around.

In other news...what a great fucking show. Dresden Dolls were awesome and I was glad to hear Half Jack live, finally. And I'm really pleased with how diverse the NIN setlist was...and was so happy to hear them play Reptile. But why aren't they playing All the Love in the World? I don't think I've seen that on any of the other set lists so far...maybe tomorrow night.

About tomorrow...hey, since NIN isn't playing a show on Tuesday, why don't we all sing Happy Birthday, or something equally retarded to commemorate Trent turning 40...

i was up front and it sounded like shit but trent was awesome

Dolls went on around 7:52....

fucking amazing show....was right up in the front...as usual the little teenybopper hot topic chicks tried to push me and get me outa the way but i held my ground...alotta douchebags at the show though....dont know how to fucking act man...i was on the left side the most of the time...i had a pink floyd shirt and my khaki cargo pants on if anyone recognized me.....all in all great fuckin show...thanks trent

My 2nd NIN show. Last time I saw them was in the Garden 5 years ago and this show beats that one hands down. The crowd was fucking insane, the pit was all over the place. NYC crowds fucking kick ass.

The setlist posted by Jonny looks right (except add Pinion before Wish). I was 3 people away from the rail and about 5 people to the right of Trent when they hit that stage. That didn't last long. By the end of Sin I was in the middle of the pit in front of Trent. After "someone pulled the plug," during the start of TLBTB, Trent came back pissed! When he said 10 people were gonna get fired everyone went wild!.

Trent really knows how to control energy of the crowd. His voice sounded great. Everything looked and sounded fucking amazing. Highlights for me were: Something I Can I Never Have (he really performs this song so well), Burn (!), Reptile (!!), Suck, and Getting Smaller.

The crowd really seemed to dig Getting Smaller. Considering how much bad-mouthing I see that song get on the forums, I wasn't expecting the pit to get into that song like it did.

The Dresden Dolls were fucking good. I really got into their music. Their drummer is amazing.

Got a tour shirt. Every-fucking-one kept buying 2 lithos, so naturally they sell out as I get to the counter.

Great venue, great setlist, great sound, great band and (yeah you guessed it) great motherfuckin' crowd. Thanks for a night to remember, NIN & NYC!

To the girl that asked if she could sit on my shoulders during HLAH, hoped you enjoyed your 40 seconds or so. That crowd (and my feet) wasn't gonna have anymore that.

By any chance, did they check for Mez tickets when going up or were they lax this time? (I have pit tickets, which would be cool but my girl hurt her back a day ago and would like to keep a bit more low key if possible)...how much room is at the back of the room also....

PS: I'll fully support your Happy Birthday plan!

and is it just me or does aaron north remind anyone of a younger jimmy page???..his stage presence and how he acted...striking simliarity...

jake80 wrote:

RedRain wrote:Can someone better explain the 'kicking of the plug' incident?

Basically, what happened is that right after they did Sin they went into The Line Begins to Blur and then you see Trent going insane out of nowhere, meanwhile Jerome kept on playing the drums, but then you see Trent throwing water bottle at one of the roadies who apparently pulled the plug by accident. Tren pissed off said "he would fire who ever fucked up after tonights show" but i didnt hear him saying he would fire 10 roadies to be honest.

I saw it just as you described, except that the stage was dead for more than a minute..a good 3 to 4 minutes I'd say. From the mezz where I was it looked like he whizzed two water bottles very hard to his left.

The incident did stop the momentum a bit after a pulverizing Wish, but they did a great job of picking it right up after without a hitch the rest of the way.

On another note, I never have seen Trent in a white button down shirt before. That was really weird. He ditched it after the breakdown and was in a black tee the rest of the way.

Oh my God.
So destroyed.
Show was fantastic. Love Is Not Enough was perfect.
One small snag in the beginning (someone tripped over the cord for the bass during The Line Begins To Blur and halted the song) Trent got PISSED... but all was fine after a few minutes.
I don't have a setlist. Sorry. But Trent was in top form.
Only major complaint: The gross girl diagonal from me who was doing this weird stripper dance to EVERY FUCKING SONG.

reznormorello wrote:Oh my God.
So destroyed.
Show was fantastic. Love Is Not Enough was perfect.
One small snag in the beginning (someone tripped over the cord for the bass during The Line Begins To Blur and halted the song) Trent got PISSED... but all was fine after a few minutes.
I don't have a setlist. Sorry. But Trent was in top form.
Only major complaint: The gross girl diagonal from me who was doing this weird stripper dance to EVERY FUCKING SONG.

was that the girl that had her hands wrapped around her head so that nobody behind her could see (and as a result people kept slapping her?) this was all the way in the front middle.

Wow, I'm going to have to disagree with the majority here and say I was fairly disappointed with the show. The setlist was pretty boring. They threw in some nice gems, like Something I Can Never Have, Burn, and Reptile, but I didn't get excited about much else. For a tour that is supposed to support and promote With Teeth, they didn't play many songs off it. I also missed a lot of Fragile songs, but apparently the heavy-Fragile setlist may be tomorrow? So that's something to look forward to.

I also wasn't thrilled with the other bandmembers. Obviously this is their first tour, so they're still getting used to playing with each other. I understand that. But I still miss Lohner/Finck/Clouser. I'm sure on their second time around with the stadium tour they'll be more interesting to watch (and listen to...)

One general gripe? Look, young white guys: I'm sure you have anger problems you need to work through, but please don't do it near me. I'm actually trying to listen to the music.

Tonite's show i must say was intense, i loved the way the band started with pinion into wish and moved into sin and other heavy songs. the ACCURATE setlist was:

pinion
wish
sin
the line begins to blur
march of the pigs
something i never have
terrible lie
the hand that feeds
closer
home
the collector
even deeper
suck
reptile
burn
love is not enough
hurt
gave up
getting smaller
starfuckers, inc
head like a hole

i was a little dissapointed that i didnt get to hear 'You know what you are' which is my fav song on the new album, also only. But i heard they'll subsitute
'getting smaller' with 'you know what you are' for tomoz show. someone should capture a live video of a couple performances. anyway great nite!

I was nice dead center (fucking good show) but want to chill more tomorrow, my body just can't take it another night, anyone have any good GA spots which were more mellow then where I was?

-Green Jade

I was totally satisfied by this experience. I was by the speakers on the right side about 2 people in and it was the perfect spot. I got there at 5:45 and it worked out well. DD went on at about 7:50 and NIN went on at about 9:10. The Dresden Dolls were really good--some folks were really giving them a hard time. The drummer is absolutely amazing.

The band sounded so tight. Reptile, Something I Can Never Have, Pinion/Wish, Closer were so good. I guess I could have done without the Collector or even Home if I could have gotten TDTWWA. It sounded like they were a lot more comfortable and experimental than past shows which was cool to watch. The technical problems did slow down the pace that Pinion/Sin had built but they did a good job of working us back up into a frenzy.

The only downer for me--no With Teeth. That song is great live and I was so looking forward to seeing some tambourine action. Oh well, it was still a great show.

On a related note, Trent's neck is so scary!

great show... only wish they played some more new stuff, with teeth would have been great. the crowd really got into Something I Can Never Have, deffinately the loudest I've ever heard a crowd sing.

my trainstation was fucked up so they put everyone on buses, I got into the city and on line around 6:35, in the venue by 7, and had no problem getting a poster. they even had the cardboard tubes!

~8 Dresden Dolls
~9:15 NIN
What time did the set end? I cant recall

BTW incase anyones wondering, Jerome joined the Dresden Dolls for their cover of Karma Police

one gripe i had is that upfront i could hear the crowd sing the songs louder than trent. hammerstein lacked speakers that hit the crowd front center stage, hammerstein sucks! and why do opening bands sound better than the main act?

This is the *accurate* setlist.

1. Pinion/ Wish
2. Sin
3. The Line Begins To Blur
4. March of The Pigs
5. Something I Can I Never Have
6. The Hand That Feeds
7. Terrible Lie
8. The Collector
9. Closer
10. Home
11. Burn
12. Reptile
13. Love Is Not Enough
14. Even Deeper
15. Suck
16. Gave Up
17. Hurt
18. Getting Smaller
19. Starfuckers, Inc
20. Head Like A Hole

That is the accurate list, I concur

I think they played until a little before 11. I remember hitting the pavement outside a few minutes past 11 and we were kind of dragging our feet getting outside.

I had a good GA spot up front on the side but I couldn't see Jerome except by way of shadow. The crowd was pretty mellow over there (sometimes a little too mellow).

Upon further reflection, I think I would have traded The Collector for You Know What You are. I wish I was going to tomorrow's show too. I can't get enough.

Drakh wrote:And whoever keeps saying "don't take your girl in the pit"... I will believe you now. After Wish, we realized there was no way that the whole "couple thing" was going to work -- no way in hell.

Just got back (upstate). I completely agree. I dragged my girlfriend along (she was willing) but right in the middle of Wish things started getting crazy - some guy fell on her neck, she was crying, I was going nuts..

Big FUCK YOU to the drunk/high/e-bomb'ing guy that cut to the front through EVERYONE and tried to make buddy buddy with everyone while beating the crap out of anyone in close proximity... what an asshole, he was extremely rude to the Dresden Dolls by the way..

We LOVED the Dresen Dolls - I heard some of their songs before the show, but NOTHING compares to them live, all of their recorded songs SUCK when you actually hear/see the drummer (in particular) going at it. To those of you that thought they were lame, I think you were too far away - the drummer totally made the show - his facial expressions - the entire performance. dAng

Anyway, If you plan on being close, either make sure you are going to end up against the railing or GO ALONE so you are not making someone else suffer (looks at bruised up GF laying in bed)

OK beside that.. HOLY SHIT! Trent is so fucking meaty, I mean seriously it was insane - his stage presence was definitely 100% of an improvement over Fragility 2.0.

The lights, the songs, everything was pretty much PERFECT. I was so glad to hear reptile and suck, the new stuff (getting smaller in particullar) ROCKED. Everyone really got into THTF. To those complaining about no encore, keep in mind this is an "intro" tour, and he'll be coming back in the fall (in a larger venue).

When trent said he wrote/recorded the new songs with the "live" performance in mind, he wasn't kidding. Every new song, and even the older ones sounded so much more amped up, so much more passionate - just looking at him you could just tell he was almost giving something of himself away to everyone... WOW

<-- Successfully DESTROYED. (but keep the precious GF at home, do NOT make her suffer)

p.s. anyone selling a ticket for tomorrow night?

I was in GA, directly under the huge hanging speakers on the right side.

It was very strange - about 2 people to the left of me people were going nuts, rocking out, etc. 2 people to the right of me, moms with earplugs keeping an eye on their daughters.

did anyone get a Litho? post some pictures

wow it's hard to believe my crazy 3 NIN shows in 4 days spectacular is now over.

well i really enjoyed myself. i felt that a GA in NYC was the perfect way to cap it off. it was a lot of fun, only thing is I'm spoiled after the 2 shows in boston. Knowing what they played in both shows I can get an idea of how tomorrow will play out (sorta - wasn't tonight the first time they've opened with Wish on this tour?) and it makes me want to go. they'll most likely play with teeth, and open with the beside you in time intro and maybe throw in the big come down and they'll almost definitely play piggy.

i'm really just grateful I had the oppurtunity to go to 3 shows. I have to say, I wasn't a fan of the big guy with glasses and a bluish button down shirt and a fancy video phone. if you're reading this, whatever, all I have to say is your head is massive and there were a lot of people trying to crane their heads around it to see Trent since you were pretty much standing exactly at center stage most of the time and you were just about the tallest person in the crowd. no offense or anything lol. i took a picture of just your head after it got in the way of a lot of my pictures so I can prove its girth to the folks back home can't exactly get mad at your or ask you to move since you weren't doing anything wrong.

reptile live was great (for the 3rd time) and I really enjoyed the closing of Starfuckers, especially Trent's face when he slowly shook his head and began to nod right before saying well, fuck you. he seemed very into it.

as always aaron north on guitar went crazy and did a lot of jumping around. anyone else notice trent throwing a shoulder into one of the speakers a few times? very cool. I think it was during march of the pigs.

well whatever happened during TLBTB (power outage or guitar roadie fuck-up), it pissed trent off and made the performance of that song even better so I certainly wasn't complaining.

edit - as for the dolls, it was my third time seeing them play that set and I have to say that the song they played before The Girl Anachronism is too long and loses the people who aren't really fans of the band pretty quickly. people seemed bored all 3 nights I was there. And that Amsterdam song really needs to go. The Piano and Drums thing is what makes them interesting and entertaining - especially the drums - so when you take that away, it's just not as entertaining and downright boring at times. Karma Police was fun - I had to chuckle when she said 'We don't normally play so many covers in one show' - I felt like saying 'Yeah actually you do since this is the 3rd time you're doing it that I know of' but it's still a good song. I saw Brian (Drummer) signing the CDs they were handing out for free and I didn't get a chance to get one (waited a long time for a lithograph) but I did get a chance to shake his hand and have him sign the ticket stub. I have to say, he's one of the most entertaining drummers I've ever seen. he's a real joy to watch. If any of you were at the second boston show I'm sure you'd agree that out of those 2 and tonight's, that was his best performance - his animations/reactions to what she was singing were very funny, especially during coin operated boy.

I just want to cry.

I was in Front Middle...The guy with the hot bright neon pink/orange soccer jersey shirt. Anywas, I don't know what the sound was like from further back, but it was so unbalanced. On 90% of the songs, I couldn't hear the guitars at all and the drums were super amped. another complaint, the show was so short!! less than 2 hours. started playing pinion at 9:08 and ended about 10:50.

But, the show stil rocked. Suck was amazing. Reptile was Amazing.(I couldn't figure out what song it was during the intro) Burn RULED. I was desperate to hear beside you in time, but it never came. also desperate to hear Only, but that never came either. This show felt more like a 'greatest hits' tour, not a 'with teeth' tour.

Alexander wrote:Big FUCK YOU to the drunk/high/e-bomb'ing guy that cut to the front through EVERYONE and tried to make buddy buddy with everyone while beating the crap out of anyone in close proximity... what an asshole, he was extremely rude to the Dresden Dolls by the way..

Was he a part of the, "NINE INCH NAILS WOOO" gang? The gang who felt the need to scream the band they were seeing every... 5... seconds? I mean, it was funny the first couple times... but the Little John "Whats" and "NINE INCH NAILS WOOO" got old pretty quick.

Oh, reminds me. If anyone has some web space to share, I've got 200 megs of videos from all throughout the show.

i thought it was kinda of gay when the crowd yelled happy birthday trent

yea, i was up front too, there were no speakers hittin up the front center crowd, sounded like crap, i didn't pay to hear the fans sing, hammerstein is crap.

gerryfcds wrote:I was in Front Middle...The guy with the hot bright neon pink/orange soccer jersey shirt. Anywas, I don't know what the sound was like from further back, but it was so unbalanced. On 90% of the songs, I couldn't hear the guitars at all and the drums were super amped. another complaint, the show was so short!! less than 2 hours. started playing pinion at 9:08 and ended about 10:50.

But, the show stil rocked. Suck was amazing. Reptile was Amazing.(I couldn't figure out what song it was during the intro) Burn RULED. I was desperate to hear beside you in time, but it never came. also desperate to hear Only, but that never came either. This show felt more like a 'greatest hits' tour, not a 'with teeth' tour.

I would like to state for the record that girls sitting on the shoulders of their boyfriends in the pit suck.

Concert was awesome. Sound was terrific, crowd was nuts. There were a couple groups of asshole slammers, one big group smack in the middle of the pit, and another couple of dicks on the left side, in front of the speakers where I was. Scum.

I was so totally fucking into it I couldn't even stand it. I limped my way back to the train afterward and had to ice my damn recuperating-from-surgery ankle when I got home. Too much jumping and dancing and sheer effort of staying on my feet despite the pushing and shoving and slamming. Ow. But well worth it. I'm gonna be a fucking styleless nerd and wear sneakers tomorrow. I highly recommend it. I was dying from heat and thirst, but that's my own fault for dancing like mad nonstop. I'm going to bring hard candies and a cap for the water bottle tomorrow.

Drakh wrote:And whoever keeps saying "don't take your girl in the pit"... I will believe you now. After Wish, we realized there was no way that the whole "couple thing" was going to work -- no way in hell.

I'm a girl. I was in the pit. I loved it, and so did my guy. The "couple thing" definitely works, as long as you know how to do it. No offense, but it's pretty funny to see the "lightweight exodus" after the first song--sometimes not even that long--as the people who realize they don't belong in the pit clear the fuck out. Great. More room for the rest of us. For about ten seconds, anyway.

The crowd shifted constantly. Is there a name for that "wave" of pushing that happens sometimes--not slamming, but when everyone's pressed so tight and suddenly the whole thing moves like a single hot sweaty laughing beast in one direction, then crests and ebbs back to its original spot? That happened a lot. One girl next to me fell down and I was afraid she'd get trampled, so I blocked the bodies and helped her up fast. Poor thing was just trying to get the hell out of there!

Near the end of the show I had two guys by me who just stood there. They were annoyed by anybody around them who was into it and bumping them, but I don't understand what the hell they were doing in the middle of that scene in the first place. But they weren't as bad as two asshole guys I had to deal with earlier. One was fucking trying to dance WITH me, or some shit, actually facing me instead of the stage. Fucking prick. He didn't try that again. But some other prick kept shoving his crotch against my ass. At first I chalked it up to the general press of bodies, but no way. I shifted in EVERY direction, and he always got right the fuck against me again. So I swapped spots with my bf instead. He didn't try it with him.

So yeah, we had the typical pit shit to work around, but it was awesome aside from a few assnuts. I went to the Fragility MSG show alone on purpose because I didn't think my bf would be as into it as I was, and I didn't want to be bummed. But I got a huge kick out of seeing him smiling and laughing and getting totally caught up in the jumping and even *singing* (he does NOT sing!). In seventeen fucking years I've never seen him so into a concert.

Leviathant wrote:I would like to state for the record that girls sitting on the shoulders of their boyfriends in the pit suck.

I second that. I reached forward and yanked one such person's shirt (I swear, though, I think it was actually a guy!) and gave the universally understood "Get the fuck down you damn cock I'm not paying to see your ugly ass blocking my view of Trent" hand signal. He/she got right down, though, so that was decent. The people around me were VERY pleased and thanked me. I'm not shy, and I just don't understand why people are so afraid to say/do something rather than just bitching and staring at the ass in their faces.

Sleep now. NIN Part II tomorrow. Must rest up. And ice this crybaby ankle.

pclare wrote:

i so want to meet up with you tomorrow.

you should PM me.


unrelated note:

Did anyone else notice Aaron (during Getting Smaller) nailing that chick on her boyfriends shoulders with a water bottle to the head? I watched it bash her upside her dome and I couldn't stop laughing. So unintentional and so fucking justified.

THE SHOW WAS FUCKING AMAZING!! The Dresdon dolls were pretty good as well. Does anyone know what the hell was going on with the after party. My friend and I got backstage passes and apparently the band left right after the show (I was the little really really blonde girl) which was incredibly dissapointing. I hope tonight Trent will decide to stay a little longer.

Trent has not been at an afterparty yet.


If anyone has an extra NY lith, I have a mint Boston litho I will trade. Will mail in tube. Let me know if interested.

-eddie
eddie@gate.net

This is the setlist in order (I write it down as each song is played during the show)--

Pinion intro
1. Wish
2. Sin
3. Lines Begin to Blur
4. March of the Pigs
5. Something I Can Never Have
6. The Hand That Feeds
7. Terrible Lie
8. The Collector
9. Closer
10. Home
11. Burn
12. Reptile
13. Suck
14. Even Deeper
15. Love is Not Enough
16. Gave Up
17. Hurt
18. Getting Smaller
19. Starfuckers
20. Head Like a Hole

oops, didnt pay enough attention to the fact that there were 4 pages of posts before I put the setlist in. Sorry for the redundancy.

Kane3030 wrote:

reznormorello wrote:Oh my God.
So destroyed.
Show was fantastic. Love Is Not Enough was perfect.
One small snag in the beginning (someone tripped over the cord for the bass during The Line Begins To Blur and halted the song) Trent got PISSED... but all was fine after a few minutes.
I don't have a setlist. Sorry. But Trent was in top form.
Only major complaint: The gross girl diagonal from me who was doing this weird stripper dance to EVERY FUCKING SONG.

was that the girl that had her hands wrapped around her head so that nobody behind her could see (and as a result people kept slapping her?) this was all the way in the front middle.

No. I was in the second mezzanine. She had NO idea what any of the songs were, and kept taking pictures of herself and her "best friend" (yet another skanky stripper-dancer) with her camera phone. I wanted to vomit. Instead, I made sure I got in one of the shots, giving her the finger while doing so.

Having been to 13+ concerts, including MM and NIN as well as Aerosmith, Metallica, etc. this was the best concert (even with tech difficulties) of all time. Kudos go out to Trent and the band for the performance, and for the intensity with which it was all played. The setlist was amazing, I could not have wanted anything more out of it.

amazing, amazing show. there was one particular girl who kept getting up on people's shoulders in the pit area during the show, but none of them were her boyfriend. she kept going around to different people and just asking if she could get up on their shoulders. she asked me and i told her no. so what does she do? she gets up on the guy in front of me! yay! i hope she was the one hit by aaron's bottle.



the current nin lineup is SIIIIIICK. i really thought i would miss the old band, but i didn't at all. aaron looks so emotionless and harmless, but he THROWS DOWN. again, amazing show.


somebody PLEASE post some pics or vids or SOMETHING.

So very happy with the show. Trent sounded awesome and the band was tight. Regardless of the technical snafu (I would hate to have Reznor as my boss), I still thought everything sounded great.

I was pretty pleased with the setlist, glad to have heard alot of older stuff. I was a little disappointed thought that we didn't get "With Teeth" or "Piggy". I was totally looking forward to seeing those 2 songs. Oh, well, perhaps next time.

I thought Trent was pretty mellow onstage last night. I mean, he did chuck 2 or 3 water bottles at high speed to the unfortunatly now unemployed sound people, then he ran himself right into the amp on the right side of the stage before throwing himself on the floor on the left side of the stage. An attempt at lassoing the band was made, but it didn't come to fruition. Aaron North is one funny mother fucker!!! I think I saw him upside down at one point.

The crowd around me was ultra cool. I was glad I didn't have to deal with any dick heads. Everyone was just having a great time. Originally I said I wanted mezzanine so that I could enjoy the show comfortably. But then I did regret not getting tix for the floor. I just wanted to MOVE but I felt very restricted in the mezzanine. I did have the urge to plow into my sister and knock her out of the row, but I love her too much to have done that to her.

Dresdon Dolls were cool. I'm such a nerd, I had no idea it was only a 2 piece! They were good though. Karma Police was awesome (with Jerome on drums) and War Pigs was kick ass.

Thank you Trent for an excellent show. So glad to see you in such great form. NIN fucking rules!

Anyone by chance tape the show?

that show was sick. i didn't even listen to or watch wish or most of sin because i was being thrown around in what was supposed to be mosh pit. i started off about 5 or 6 people back from the front row than all of a sudden all these metal heads came rushing the stage almost crushing me to death. not a place for a girl under 200lbs.
anyway, good show. i would have liked to hear more of the new stuff.
i would have enjoyed the show better if i had not spent the whole time by myself becuase i lost my friends. i also would have liked to have avoided the junkies and drug addicts that made up most of the floor.
i also got into a shoving match with two fat whores who got mad i was singing to every song. i ended up stage right, which was a very tame spot on the floor. also- to the couple that was 6ft tall and making out the whole show - put on a cd and get a room.

i am destroyed and i get to do it all again tonight.

Was there a litho for sale?

If so, did it look like any of the ones for the other shows or did it have a new design altogether?

oh yeah. i wonder if anyone else noticed (because none of my friends did) the breakdown in the middle of "closer" that was replaced with a short instrumental from "kinda i want to" ? that was fucking awesome, trent all headbanging and shit. no one else seemed to catch that one.

whoever threw up in the pit...DIE!

all i know that i hate being short. luckily i had some cool people around me that helped me flip over a grabage can and i stood on that the whole show so i can see. trent looked great. and i had a great time. it was awesome being 20 feet from the stage. but i cant be on top of people like that again. cant wait to go again tonight. this time tho i think im just going to stand in the back and enjoy the show. i was next to a huge amp and blew out my ears, but it was worth it. dressed dolls were awesome, cant wait to see them again.

Does anyone know if the entire venue is general admission or is it general admission on each level? For example, if you have Mezz 1 tickets can you ONLY go on to Mezz 1 or anywhere in the place? thx

ptori wrote:On a related note, Trent's neck is so scary!

Love this observation on your part ptori! Trent was in amazing physical condition. I just wanted to bite his neck!

Got in line at about 6pm. The line was long, but... thin.
The line started to move at 6:40, we were in in the second mezz at 7:00pm. And it was practically empty (we could sit in the 2nd row).
They check for mezzanine tickets before letting you up.

I was very surprised by the way Trent looked.
When he showed up in that white jacket, he looked big. When it took it off, I was shocked to see how much he was beefed up - with huge shoulders and arms, almost a steroid look. I don't mean that in a negative way though, it's actually inspiring to see that even if you're hitting the 40's, if you have the will you can turn your life around.
He was awesome, so much energy and emotion.

My favorites were 'reptile' and 'love is not enough', and everything was amazing (too bad, no 'with teeth').
The list had lots of older songs, which is great since it was my first NIN concert

Heh, about the "plug" incident, I just remember that all went pretty dark, then a pause, the band suddenly walked off the stage and Trent said "something's fucked up!".
He came back and said "someone kicked the plug out" and mentionned something about someone losing his job tonite.

hi. this is my first time posting.

i got in line at about 2, and was about 3 rows back. however, i was sucked into the pit as soon as the show started, and bascially fought for my life for the first three songs. i got dragged to the ground twice, and decided to get the fuck outta there. i watched the rest of the show from the back near the sound engineers, and the balance was flawless! tightest band i have ever seen; trent has never sounded more in control of his voice, and overall, a really great show. although i wanted to hear more from the fragile and with teeth.

I have to say the newer beefy trent is kind of scary. It really creates a mismatch between the vulnerability of his lyrics and the fact that he looks like the hulk.

There were 1000 people taking cell phone pictures at the show - why has nobody posted one!

zwafflenyc wrote:Got in line at about 6pm. The line was long, but... thin.
The line started to move at 6:40, we were in in the second mezz at 7:00pm. And it was practically empty (we could sit in the 2nd row).
They check for mezzanine tickets before letting you up.

I was very surprised by the way Trent looked.
When he showed up in that white jacket, he looked big. When it took it off, I was shocked to see how much he was beefed up - with huge shoulders and arms, almost a steroid look. I don't mean that in a negative way though, it's actually inspiring to see that even if you're hitting the 40's, if you have the will you can turn your life around.
He was awesome, so much energy and emotion.

My favorites were 'reptile' and 'love is not enough', and everything was amazing (too bad, no 'with teeth').
The list had lots of older songs, which is great since it was my first NIN concert

Heh, about the "plug" incident, I just remember that all went pretty dark, then a pause, the band suddenly walked off the stage and Trent said "something's fucked up!".
He came back and said "someone kicked the plug out" and mentionned something about someone losing his job tonite.

hah....we just walked in with no line at 8:15 and just walked toward the stage. By the time March of the pigs came on, I got like within 10 people from the stage. The rush of weenies leaving after the first song made it easy

I'm going to the concert tonight. Anyone know if cameras (not camera phones)were allowed at this venue?

Vividgirl wrote:I'm going to the concert tonight. Anyone know if cameras (not camera phones)were allowed at this venue?

They are not allowed but it seemed like everyone managed to sneak one in - many digital cameras being held above the crowd during the show.

what time did the show end???...

i'm going tonight... but also have tix to see peter murphy at bb king's, which say 11pm.... wondering how much time we have to run over there after the nails show....

the show was over by 11..you can make it for sure

merlin wrote:what time did the show end???...

i'm going tonight... but also have tix to see peter murphy at bb king's, which say 11pm.... wondering how much time we have to run over there after the nails show....

NIN always operate like clockwork - they will come on the stage at 9:15 and leave at 10:45. Guaranteed.

I had fun at this show, but it was nothing compared to coachella. the beginning kicked ass (even with the plug incident) and I thought SICNH was the best song of the night, by far. the set pretty much died after they played the collector...actually, all the with teeth songs ranged from boring to downright shitty. they really need to work on performing those live.

I have seen Nine Inch Nails twice before but this was so much more intimate. I can't wait until the arena tour with all the special effects and a full out set and all that stuff, but I loved the straight up performance type of show last night was. The girl I'm seeing got to see her favorite band at her very very first show and was just about 4 or 5 people (rows) away from Mr. Reznor.

We moved a little bit back after The Line Begins to Blur and after she turned to me gasping "I can't breathe". Poor girl was getting squeezed to death despite my best attempts to protect her. It was nice to see her get her "crowd-legs" as the show went on. I even saw her give a good shove or 3 back at people. Aww, my baby. Um.. I digress.

The Dresden Dolls did a great job, especially considering they were opening for a band that hasn't played in 6 years, in front of a bunch of NIN-hungry maniac fans. I liked that they let us know "2 songs left" and that the drummer just broke it down and said something like "You know you want to just scream, 'Fuck you, get off the stage!'" (not an exact quote). He then teased the crowd until a bunch of just screamed "Fuck you" to his satisfaction.

The cover of War Pigs was great, but Karma Police sounded off vocally at many parts in the song. Still, pretty cool and unexpected (I haven't read reviews of recent shows so I don't know if they've already done Karma Police before but I knew about War Pigs already).

Now on to them NIN guys. First, let's get the bad out of the way.

Home.

What the fuck happened to Home? It sounded either like it was just slowed down too much, or that they were trying different things with it, or SOMEthing. It just didn't sound right. The way he was singing the chorus just seemed weird and the song generally didn't flow.

That's about it as far as "bad" stuff. The rest of the set was flawless, and whatever mistakes were made here and there contributed to that flawlessness. It was a show, an actual band playing, not some plastic too-perfect live video straight-from-the-album type of experience. The songs were played with a lot of intensity. Aaron was just going nuts making the guitar parts his own. Trent was sounding better than I've ever heard him before (live or through live recorgings) and the rest of the band was just super tight.

I wish they had played Right Where It Belongs, Only, With Teeth, and Every Day is Exactly the Same, but I'm not complaining, just hoping they do these songs at the San Diego or London shows that I'm going to.

The crowd was not as bad as I expected, and it was great to see how "Hurt" still had the power to just stop everyone in their tracks. What an emotional performance, seeing it that close was worth whatever slight bruises I've woken up with.

To the girl that was behind us on line and who started talking to me when I came back (very late) with McDonalds, I'm sorry if I seemed rude by not talking a lot. I'm kind of shy about talking to people whilst stuffing my face.

To the guy or lady that lost his/her keys, I felt something underneath my foot at some point and looked down to find a set of keys with a bottle opener on them. I held them up to the people around me, hoping someone would go "hey, that shit's mine!" but instead I got a bunch of confused looks from people who must've thought I was trying to hypnotize them or something. Anyway, your keys are in the lost and found, I hope you got them.

Vividgirl wrote:I'm going to the concert tonight. Anyone know if cameras (not camera phones)were allowed at this venue?

There were a bunch of kids with cams there, so I'm assuming they were allowed in. Wish I brought mine, pic phones suck ass!!!

erin wrote:i got there at 3:45 and had a front row center spot in mezz2. the line got reeeally long later on, i was glad to have got on line when i did. i was expecting to get searched so i had my digital camera down my shirt. they didn't check me/pat me down at all but maybe i just look relatively harmless? got it in there with no problem at all. i took some videos but i'll see how those turned out tomorrow.

great fucking show. i'd never been to hammerstein before tonight and i wasn't let down at all. a-mazing. i was SO psyched to hear: reptile, suck, burn, sin. getting smaller is pretty badass live too. i would've liked more songs from with teeth but fuck i can't complain, the whole show was fantastic. just sad it's over, it went so quickly!

i hope someone recorded it. i'm beat.

i was 20th online, got there 12, and they at aorund 1-2 they started combining the lines and i somehow got into the very front in the beggining. i was on mezz 2, i had 2 limited edition posters and was wearing the w/ teeth hoodie!!!

I've got some pics from the show!! Amazing!!!! It went by sooo fast!! At first when I got in, I was behind six people from the railing but as soon as NIN went on, it dwindled down to three, but with the extreme heat and everyone pushing to get up front, I found myself just behind one guy who was nice enough to let me hang onto him during the concert. I literally had one of my arms wrapped around his shoulders. And about 5 songs into NIN's set he managed to get me up to the railing!! ( He was like " I'll do my best to get you up front. I promise!" And he kept his promise! (Not that I was aiming for that anyhow, I was just happy to be at a NIN concert.) A lot of people just couldn't take the crush and the sweltering heat, so many of the people at the railings had the securtity guards pull them up and out. But I made sure that I was polite to everyone around me. I kept apoligizing to people if my arm got in the way or if I started to get pushed into them. But man ,oh, man was the ability to stay up on my two feet a struggle! Thank god for the guy in front of me!! He was a nice big ol' tall young man built like a brick house!! I just latched onto him like he was the railing! And during "Hurt" when the crowd calmed down and the crush lessened I just rested my head on his shoulder and enjoyed the song. And who the hell was the girl with the Pink hair and black and pink striped shirt who had the cardboard poster holder who kept pushing her way through the crowd in the beginning? She was obnoxious! But halfway thru the show, she got pulled out from the crowd by security and proceeded to vomit all in front of the stage area! I guess she drank too much or something, because all I saw was clear liquid coming out of her! Ugh! Here's a preview of one of my pics from the show. If ya wanna see more just go to photobucket.com and type in TheBlackDahlia1947 to see my photo album. That's not all my pics from the night because some came out too blurry but I did manage to get some really good ones!

MORE!(thud)

i dont think you can browse other people's photobuckets, but luckily all your pics were numbered so you can just manually change the url.

i took the liberty of goin through it and posting all the ones i found that worked


EVERY PICTURE IS OF TRENT!




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TheBlackDahlia wrote:songs into NIN's set he managed to get me up to the railing!! ( He was like " I'll do my best to get you up front. I promise!" And he kept his promise!

I think you may have been right next to me, your story seems to add up to someone who was next to me, and you picture seems to be from the right angle, then again...maybe not. In anycase, I tried going to that site and typing in ur name but it was trying to get me to log in as you...where should I be searching for ur photos?

liquidninja wrote:i took the liberty of goin through it and posting all the ones i found that worked

Hey thanks Liquid...ur awesome!










J9K4Life

what time have these shows been getting done? i need to know to see if i can meet up with people afterwards

The show was friggin awesome and all, I had mezz2, the person i was suppose to swap with never showed up. The only thing that sorta dissapointed me was the crowd, having an aerial view with with first row mezz2, i had the ability to look down, I thought it would be a little bit more crazier, I was picturing in my head a huge ass mosh during march of the pigs and gave up. But i guess those days are long gone in new york. And i have no idea why Trent feels the need to play the collector, any other song on with teeth would do.

Lowrider53 wrote:The only thing that sorta dissapointed me was the crowd, having an aerial view with with first row mezz2, i had the ability to look down, I thought it would be a little bit more crazier, I was picturing in my head a huge ass mosh during march of the pigs and gave up. But i guess those days are long gone in new york.

Are you sure you were at the same concert as the rest of us? I swear there were times both my feet left the floor and it didn't even matter--I was still traveling somewhere whether I wanted to or not!

edit:

GentleRed wrote: i so want to meet up with you tomorrow.

you should PM me.

I'm easy enough to find. My huge bodyguard bro-in-law is coming with me tonight. I'll be the one limping like the three-year-broken-ankle-multiple-surgeries mutherfucker that I am. And jumping like shit anyway. (My physical therapists are gonna destroy me even worse than Trent. I'll just tell them I was really workin' it with that TheraBand, yeah.) I prefer white, but I'll wear black so you can spot me easily. ;) My hair is super long, but I'll have it safely knotted up. I'll be pulling assholes off other assholes' shoulders if they're in front of me, and pulling up the poor souls who hit the floor around me. And my water bottle will have a cap. :)

Lowrider53 wrote:The only thing that sorta dissapointed me was the crowd, having an aerial view with with first row mezz2, i had the ability to look down, I thought it would be a little bit more crazier, I was picturing in my head a huge ass mosh during march of the pigs and gave up. But i guess those days are long gone in new york.

I dont know what you mean, I was in the middle of that crowd and everyone went nuts during MOTP, Gave Up, and (surprisingly) Getting Smaller, too name a few. Then again Getting Smaller came on after Hurt so the crowd just wanted to get back into it. People up in the mezzanine area are really nothing but spectators. Enjoy watching the show, not the crowd. The pit is a totally different experience, if you can hack it, that is. (Man I would love to hear "Only" live...)

Someone mentioned the sound not being all that loud up near the front of the stage. I noticed this during TLBTB and let the crowd pretty much move me to an area slightly to the right of the middle of the pit. Noticeably better acoustics around there. This was the area where a bunch of people started slam(dancing ) into each other pretty aggressively during the last three songs.

Sound-wise, my only complaints were during Hurt when it seemed like everyone started singing along. Couldn't hear Trent at all! But I still have a vivid memory of his Hurt performance during the Fragility 2.0 tour in MSG where the crowd was a lot more respectful and just raised their lighters while he sung it.

Ed Alive wrote: This was the area where a bunch of people started slam(dancing ) into each other pretty aggressively during the last three songs.

They need to have their heads twisted off. Very unchristian of me, I know. But still very necessary.

Hahah you were probably standing like right next to me. Some asshole puked, and the funniest thing was the people trying to get them to clean it up. The guy that made the puke hand motions to the dude on the balcony was hillarious.

falconred wrote:Just got back from the show. Wow, that was great!

Random thoughts, since I had GA and no way to keep track of a set-list:

- How cool was Dresden Dolls playing War Pigs?

- Someone kicking out the plug between Sin and The Line Begins to Blur, and Trent firing 10 roadies. WTF was that?

- They played Something I Can Never Have and did a damn good job of it. This is the one song I didn't get to hear in 2000 that I wanted to.

- The crowd mostly shut the hell up for Closer, which I appreciated. But everyone sang along with Hurt, which I kind of hate. I guess it's personal preference, but I associate that song more with solitude than campfire singalong kumbia.

- Getting Smaller really rocked live.

- Big F*** You to whoever puked about 15 feet to my left just before the show started. But then the crowd surged forward and all of us who had been standing around that area got to laugh at the bum-rushing newcomers who stepped in puke!

- No special guests, for those who were wondering.

I really do not think you know how intense it was down there for that. The reason why there was no mosh pit was because for most of the harder songs is because the whole first 3rd of the floor was a crushing pit. Mosh pits cannot develop if everyone is crushed. They developed later because most people were spent. When they opened with wish and pinion there were people screaming for their lives and trying to escape.

Oh and a big fuck you to the short 350lb hispanic guy that kept bullcharging everyone near the end. It is one thing to go nuts over the music but not just to plow ppl over for nothing.

Lowrider53 wrote:The show was friggin awesome and all, I had mezz2, the person i was suppose to swap with never showed up. The only thing that sorta dissapointed me was the crowd, having an aerial view with with first row mezz2, i had the ability to look down, I thought it would be a little bit more crazier, I was picturing in my head a huge ass mosh during march of the pigs and gave up. But i guess those days are long gone in new york. And i have no idea why Trent feels the need to play the collector, any other song on with teeth would do.

pclare wrote:Near the end of the show I had two guys by me who just stood there. They were annoyed by anybody around them who was into it and bumping them, but I don't understand what the hell they were doing in the middle of that scene in the first place. But they weren't as bad as two asshole guys I had to deal with earlier. One was fucking trying to dance WITH me, or some shit, actually facing me instead of the stage. Fucking prick. He didn't try that again. But some other prick kept shoving his crotch against my ass. At first I chalked it up to the general press of bodies, but no way. I shifted in EVERY direction, and he always got right the fuck against me again. So I swapped spots with my bf instead. He didn't try it with him.

So yeah, we had the typical pit shit to work around...

Sleep now. NIN Part II tomorrow. Must rest up. And ice this crybaby ankle.

I've been to worse mosh pits than NIN, but honestly, I don't pay to get shoved around - I pay to see my favorite band play live, and I got there early enough to get within 10 feet of the stage. Mosh pits are inevitable, but they tend to ruin the overall experience of a great show like the one Trent puts on.

I'm likely one of those guys you're referring to. My friend and I got pushed back a bit and found a girl who was getting pushed around a lot, and not enjoying it, so we tried to relieve a little of that. And if that included punching some drunken asshole in the kidneys who wouldn't stop leaning on me, so be it. (The girl did ask him to stop a few times...and then suggested I punch him in the nuts.) I don't mosh, but since I'd like to be as close as possible some people are going to mosh near me (obviously) and I just try to fend them off without losing my spot.

I didn't try to dance with anyone though, and neither did my friend, so maybe I'm wrong...


Aside from morons who pay money to mosh, the concert was awesome. I got my two favorite songs, Burn and Reptile, and I loved Aaron North's performance in Gave Up. The light show and production value was not as significant as the Fragility 2.0 tour (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Maryland), but the setlist was much better.

Also, Trent looks like a monster now with his gigantor arms, shoulders, and chest. He looks like he wants to eat, not play, the piano...

What a great show. I got to Hammerstein at around 7:15 in the morning and there were already about 20 people waiting.
I was in the front row against the barricade right in front of jeordie. What had happened was during sin jeordie's bass was not working, you couldnt hear it at all. He ran off stage for a second came back tried to play again and still nothing. Some guy ran on the stage to try and fix something in the front but it still wasn't working. Jeordie got pissed knoecked over his mic stand and just sorta stood off to the stide for the rest of the song. They went into the Line Begins To Blur and still no bass. Trent's fucking pissed, chucks to full water bottles at full speed at some tech guys at the side of the stage and is yelling at them with his arms in the air. Few minutes later jeordie and trent come back on stage and trent gets on the mic and says "There are about 10 motherfuckers who aren't gonna have a job at the end of the night"
Everything was good after that. They finished TLBTB and trent goes nuts during MOTP throwing himself into the speaker stack and running towards jeordie and tripping by him. Trent got up pushed jeordie around and was just behaving like a maniac. Jeordies guitar got knocked off when trent pushed him and he was trying to get away from him. Funny part was jeordie looked so fucking scared of trent.
The rest of the show was great highlights for me were reptile and burn.

Wow, what a great show. I screamed my guts out the whole time and I'm just now getting rehydrated (its 4pm the next day). I ended up in the mezz2 and I was okay with that. I was on the floor for fragility and I had that experience and the Mezz was ok. I got right up front next to the balcony and I had pleny of room to spasm and scream to my hearts content.

My apologies to the guys I was next to, I'm fairly certain I was freaking you out. . . . I'm okay now.

One more thing: For those of you whoe xpect to hear "Hurt" sans vocals (latin for "without vocals") from the crowd, you're just setting yourself up for dissapointment. If you want to hear Trent by himself then go home and listen to it on your CD player, my obnoxious ass will continue to sing along.

what a way to ring in the 23rd...
a few comments on the show's more secondary aspects:

someone on line was wearing an option 30 t-shirt, which constantly had me in stitches.

soemthing i can never have was almost ruined due to everyone's need to remind trent of the words.

the hammerstein ballroom definitely botched up and let a bunch of people from the back end of the lines rush forward at around 4. I had arrived at NOON and wound up behind many people who had just arrived at 3 or so. This really got my goat.

I stayed in the pit the entire time, and had to occasionally push and shove to keep my spot/keep from being trampled. it was very very intense, but really great. i spent the first half trying to protect a friend ((miss pharinet, who I believe posted here earlier in the thread)), but once she had left the pit, i just gave over to it. I'm broken and bruised, but very content.

rather than be disappointed due to a lack of Fragile songs, I'm actually content with the show and the set. Burn + Reptile= amazing. definitely the high point of the set.

and I'd just like to thank the few people who kept me company on the line from noon on, in case they're reading. Derrick, Keith, and a few others. Good chaps. and thanks to BlackDahlia for the pictures. I nabbed a few for the ol' journal, and you're given due credit.


~Frank
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this was a really amazing show! i started waiting on line around 2pm, i was like 4 people behind the speaker (on the right, facing the stage)for the dresden dolls, who were pretty damn good, except when they fucked up on Amsterdam. (if you want to hear a good version of that song, listen to David Bowie's). i unfortunately had to sacrifice my spot when the huge rank-smelling assholes came up and tried to get through all the people. once they were allowed their area, everyone else had room to stand.
i could only see trent when he was singing at the mic, but mostly i saw aaron and jerome. i saw the whole kicked out the plug incident.. and to my knowledge trent did not say "10" people, but whatever.
i was really happy to see Burn live, and SICNH, and Reptile, that was excellent. the last time i saw NIN was at msg in 2000 (when manson showed up), and i think this show definitely tied that one, though it was slightly better because i was near the speaker, so i didn't have to listen to all the people singing along. all in all, an excellent show, i wish i could go tonight.
there's probably going to be a special guest tonight, right?

ah yes... I really liked the Jacque Brel cover, actually. It couldn't top Bowie's version of it, but it was a nice treat.

t wrote: and to my knowledge trent did not say "10" people, but whatever.

I agree. I thought I heard him say "two" people.

Leviathant wrote:I would like to state for the record that girls sitting on the shoulders of their boyfriends in the pit suck.

how awesome was it when we all shoved their asses down?

poisonrain wrote: I agree. I thought I heard him say "two" people.

Ditto - I don't think it takes 10 people to plug in the bass, anyway...

Drakh wrote:Oh, reminds me. If anyone has some web space to share, I've got 200 megs of videos from all throughout the show.

contact me at ace@malfunctioned.net

I'm quite sure he said "10" people.

Pictures are here... the latter ones look nice, the former ones are a wee blurry.

http://community.webshots.com/album/346734869dSlzep

Videos to come.

trent definitely said 10 because i quoted it to a friend only moments later

Piscesburning wrote: To the guy or lady that lost his/her keys, I felt something underneath my foot at some point and looked down to find a set of keys with a bottle opener on them. I held them up to the people around me, hoping someone would go "hey, that shit's mine!" but instead I got a bunch of confused looks from people who must've thought I was trying to hypnotize them or something.

Ha Ha - I guess I did meet someone from ETS - I was standing next to you when you were holding out the keys and since it was near the end of the show, everyone was not so much confused, as just plain destroyed.

I was the short guy wearing the Oprah Winfrey" shirt which definitely served its purpose since some goth chick behind me got all pissed off and started ranting and raving "Who the hell wears an Oprah shirt to a NIN show" Ha ha ha, you ignorant follower - you would have been the coolest person at a Sisters of Mercy concert in 1988.

I also happened to be standing right next to the guy who puked about 2 minutes before nin came out. Which kind of worked to my benefit since I knew exactly where the puke was and how to avoid it.

To add my impressions, I appreciated the set list since it included Gave Up, Love is Not Enough, and Reptile which all sounded too good to ever describe. This was my 9th or 10th nin show and Trent's voice sounded A LOT better than it ever has before. - he has really got himself into top form.
And the reworked versions of the old songs, "Sin", "Closer", and "Burn" especially took those already great songs to a whole new level.

And the "Happy Birthday Trent" shouts were lame. Looking forward to Wednesday night, but I don't think the philly crowd will rock like NYC.

Haven't seen any mention of this, but what was up with the entire section of empty seats in the front center Mezz that filled up at the last minute?? And who was the circus act in the lower balcony stage right (Jeordie's side) - at first I thought it was Marilyn Manson, but pretty sure it was not.

Speaking of circus acts, what was up with the blonde chick in the mid-level balcony on the right side of the stage? She looked kind of like a poor-man's version of Uma Thurman...the bad stripper dancing was endless.

Loved Gave Up - thought it was the best song of the night.

sonkie wrote:Speaking of circus acts, what was up with the blonde chick in the mid-level balcony on the right side of the stage? She looked kind of like a poor-man's version of Uma Thurman...the bad stripper dancing was endless.

Loved Gave Up - thought it was the best song of the night.

hah yah I looked up a few times to see her thrusting her pelvis at trent.. the crowd was pretty chaotic at times..

'home' sucked, 'Starfuckers' sucked, gave up was soso...what was with the keybord solo? I prefer it done the normal way. Closer was interesting, trent totally changed it up...totally different then on TDS or AATICHB

Drakh wrote:I'm quite sure he said "10" people.

Pictures are here... the latter ones look nice, the former ones are a wee blurry.

http://community.webshots.com/album/346734869dSlzep

Videos to come.

those pics were great! thanks!!

Narcissus wrote:I'm likely one of those guys you're referring to.

Nah. You sound like the kind of guy I'd be happy to stand next to. I'm talking about the extremes--the calm ones weren't annoyed at slamming pricks, they were annoyed if someone just barely bumped their arm or something while they were dancing quite normally. That's just silly. I'm totally with you about the slammers, though. I was pissed anytime I had to take my focus off the music just to defend myself. That's not what I'm there for, and those people just plain suck my ass.

chops something or other wrote:Haven't seen any mention of this, but what was up with the entire section of empty seats in the front center Mezz that filled up at the last minute?? And who was the circus act in the lower balcony stage right (Jeordie's side) - at first I thought it was Marilyn Manson, but pretty sure it was not.

I believe I saw a sign that they were reserved for Interscope VIPs or contest winners or something like that. The circus act was a "coin-operated girl." She was on a platform on the floor before the show, and if you dropped a coin in the hat, she'd do one of those mechanical person routines. She moved up onto the balcony for the show. Manson acts like a fool for free.

I forgot to mention that Josh Freese from A Perfect Circle was there. Right before NIN went on he walked right by me, I called out his name he turned and smiled at me. Trent's grandfather was also sitting in the balcony, i thought that was cool. I also got jeordies pick, black with red NIN logo on it. He was really animated tonight, maybe even showing off a bit to the crowd in front of him who were repeatedly yelling his name. His facial expressions are the best and he would mouth out alot of the lyrics to him self. There was this manson look alike who was in the crowd. He seems to be pretty popular as everyone has seen him before at other shows. He crowd surfed in jeordies section. coincidence? There was this one cool as fuck security guard who kept giving us water and he sang along to head like a hole.

pclare wrote: The circus act was a "coin-operated girl." She was on a platform on the floor before the show, and if you dropped a coin in the hat, she'd do one of those mechanical person routines. She moved up onto the balcony for the show. Manson acts like a fool for free.

No, not the coin-operated people (there were at least 2), they were on the floor. In the lower level balcony on Jeordie's side of the stage there was a couple totally decked out - the guy was dressed like Willy Wonka with a very unique green suit and top hat. The couple was pretty tall but they had this short guy with them with his face all painted that perched himself behind them and the whole scene was just strange...

first of all, he definitely said "Two people". and man did he look pissed. he was boiling with rage at that point. and then something happened to jeromes drum set, and TR responded "its been a while" , but i wasnt sure if he meant touring or technical difficulties.

as for the crowd, there were some assholes there... the tube girl was annoying as fuck. then there was the shirtless guy in the pit... sigh. most people were cool, and helped eachother out.

i was dead center, about 3 people from the stage, and that just have been the worst spot pressure wise. i mean, it wasnt my first concert, and ive been a part of such tight squeezes, but here... there was nothing i could do. falling was easy to avoid, but i just couldnt breathe... my ribs are blue and black. and there was a 40 year old fucker hanging off peoples backs for shits and giggles. there was a girl with her boyfriend in front of me, that seemed to be passing out, so i tried to make a path for them to the back (gettin to the front was impossible at the time), and at the end of march of the pigs, i said fuck it, and hauled ass from there.

performance wise, arrons kicks were impressive, and i was surprised bu jeordie. he actually moved around and flung his guitar around. im used to seeing him just standing there and strumming his bass in APC or MM.
Trent is a fucking beast. i mean henry rollins has nothing on this guy. he was going strong all the way, and the whole show had a lot of kick ass energy.
burn kicked ass (i loved the golden light in that song and the flame screen simulation, and trents gestures), reptile was georgous, and i really liked pinion with that extra bass/drum bit. hurt kicked ass... there seemed to be more emphasis in keyboards than guitars this time around. home seemed flat to me. gave up kicked ass... the rest was a sweat soaked blur.

dresden dolls were awesome as always. and what drummer said before they played "amsterdam", was that since its a drinking song, they should just go ahead and call them fucking pussies ahead of time, to get it out of their systems before the song starts.

btw, at the end of the show, i just saw brian signing autographs... was amanda there as well, or did she leave early?

anyway, show was kick ass. i wished i payed more attention to the performances, but the circumastances didnt allow that.

one more show for me in philly :]

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:

Piscesburning wrote: To the guy or lady that lost his/her keys, I felt something underneath my foot at some point and looked down to find a set of keys with a bottle opener on them. I held them up to the people around me, hoping someone would go "hey, that shit's mine!" but instead I got a bunch of confused looks from people who must've thought I was trying to hypnotize them or something.

Ha Ha - I guess I did meet someone from ETS - I was standing next to you when you were holding out the keys and since it was near the end of the show, everyone was not so much confused, as just plain destroyed.

Yea I gave up on asking people "are these your keys" after I realized
1. the pointlessness of trying to locate the owner of the keys that way
2. the stupidity of offering a set of keys to a bunch of strangers when some asshole could've just taken them (though I guess there's not much someone could do with keys and no address/car to go with them).
3. "oh shit, there's a NIN show going on!"

And the "Happy Birthday Trent" shouts were lame.

I yelled "Happy Birthday" and also "Welcome Back", and also "PLAY THE BECOOOOMING (even though you don't do that liiiive)".

*shrug* I just felt like welcoming the guy back and wishing him a happy birthday.. and hearing The Becoming (goddamit).

Just to clarify,
the happy birthday shouts were okay in between songs but a few people kept screaming it repeatedly while Trent was singing Something I Can Never Have. That was just not appropriate and it had to be kind of annoying for trent. I'm pretty sure his birthday is not 5-15 anyway.

And you can refute this all you want, but I am 100% sure trent said " TEN PEOPLE "!!!! I was about 20 feet from him at the time and two and ten don't really sound that much alike.

ha! i was standing 10 feet from him, and i heard TWO!
hehe oh well. btw i did notice that the middle of the floor was much louder than the space in front of the railing. i guess it was the speaker setup or something.

btw it was cool to see leo being useful before the show. i guess his formal title is a "technician"? (i wonder if hes fired :])

who cares if it was 2 or 10 people?




out of both sets of pics so far there were some goodies but no good shots of aaron :[ i want to see him draped over a speaker with his legs flailing around in the air!


MORE PICS AND VIDS!

Everyone mentions how Trent rules, Aaron and Jeordie are cool, Jerome is ok....but what about Alessandro? Do you even notice his presence onstage or he's neutral?
It's just he's *never* mentioned in any review i've read.
How do you percieve his role in nin live?

Hanna wrote:Everyone mentions how Trent rules, Aaron and Jeordie are cool, Jerome is ok....but what about Alessandro? Do you even notice his presence onstage or he's neutral?
It's just he's *never* mentioned in any review i've read.
How do you percieve his role in nin live?

well i think the fourth from the last song trent poured a bottom of water on Alessandro's keyboard.. i think it was during gave up. Alessandro gave a smile at trent and kind of chuckled before throwing the bottle of water back at trent. the keyboard was shot i think after that and Alessandro just sang along.. so at least trent interacted with him a little..

thanks for replying.
You've seen them live, don't you think it would be the same without him there?
I say he's the first to leave the new line up

Hanna wrote:thanks for replying.
You've seen them live, don't you think it would be the same without him there?
I say he's the first to leave the new line up

well from what I've seen Trent didn't interact with too many people.. once or twice he went a little nutty and pushed into Aaron and Twiggy.. Alessandro seemed rather boring behind the keys.. Charlie at least would get into it and beat his shit up.. time will tell.

Jen wrote:I forgot to mention that Josh Freese from A Perfect Circle was there. Right before NIN went on he walked right by me, I called out his name he turned and smiled at me. Trent's grandfather was also sitting in the balcony, i thought that was cool. I also got jeordies pick, black with red NIN logo on it. He was really animated tonight, maybe even showing off a bit to the crowd in front of him who were repeatedly yelling his name. His facial expressions are the best and he would mouth out alot of the lyrics to him self. There was this manson look alike who was in the crowd. He seems to be pretty popular as everyone has seen him before at other shows. He crowd surfed in jeordies section. coincidence? There was this one cool as fuck security guard who kept giving us water and he sang along to head like a hole.

Hey, I'm pretty sure I was right behind you and your friend! I'm the girl from Toronto that was talking to you guys. Email/PM me, I want copies of your pics!

artemisa wrote:

Jen wrote:I forgot to mention that Josh Freese from A Perfect Circle was there. Right before NIN went on he walked right by me, I called out his name he turned and smiled at me. Trent's grandfather was also sitting in the balcony, i thought that was cool. I also got jeordies pick, black with red NIN logo on it. He was really animated tonight, maybe even showing off a bit to the crowd in front of him who were repeatedly yelling his name. His facial expressions are the best and he would mouth out alot of the lyrics to him self. There was this manson look alike who was in the crowd. He seems to be pretty popular as everyone has seen him before at other shows. He crowd surfed in jeordies section. coincidence? There was this one cool as fuck security guard who kept giving us water and he sang along to head like a hole.

Hey, I'm pretty sure I was right behind you and your friend! I'm the girl from Toronto that was talking to you guys. Email/PM me, I want copies of your pics!

i think i was behind you people too. would love copies of the pics too ;P

xangeldaze420 wrote:THE SHOW WAS FUCKING AMAZING!! The Dresdon dolls were pretty good as well. Does anyone know what the hell was going on with the after party. My friend and I got backstage passes and apparently the band left right after the show (I was the little really really blonde girl) which was incredibly dissapointing. I hope tonight Trent will decide to stay a little longer.

I was at the after party too. Jeordie was there for the first 10 min and Aaron and Jerome stuck around for a while. No offense, but do you even know what the band looks like? I think I saw you walking around looking a little lost.

btw, whomever said Trent never sticks around backstage is right. So I doubt he'll be around tonight. He's more of the quiet and broody type. If he wasn't, well then he wouldn't be our Trent, now would he?

How did you gain admission to the afterparty??

I'd have to agree..the show was amazing. I heard almost all the songs that I wanted to hear (tho ringfinger would have made me happy too) and I didn't get too beat up.

I have to disagree with all the people complaining about everyone singing during hurt...I thought that was awesome. To me it somehow shows a "unity" of the fans and a "respect" to the artist. I love how everyone can feel that song and be on the same level when it came in. I think if it was completely silent during it...I wouldn't have cried :X

Yeah, I cried...lots of memories with that and SICNH, which I'm sure everyone says.

One more show in me for Philly too, though I might try to go Thursday as well. I was gonna try for tonight again but I decided if I wanted to make it down to Philly I should save my money.

P.S. To anyone going to Philly I hear the after party is at Whisky Dix (the bar attached to the EF) right after the show...or at least the only one I heard of is. I'm guessing its 21+ tho since it is a bar.

Later.

"what a nice round of applause... from a nice big bunch of fuckin' pigs"

granted, the videos i took aren't too good but that was to be expected considering the shitty camera i brought and that i wasn't on the floor, but oh well, it's something.

Does anyone have any pics of Jerome or Alessandro, for a change?

erin wrote:"what a nice round of applause... from a nice big bunch of fuckin' pigs"

oooohhhhhh video! more please! :]


yeah the quality isn't that great, but it's better than the video i took (cuz i didn't take any, you see?)

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:Just to clarify,
the happy birthday shouts were okay in between songs but a few people kept screaming it repeatedly while Trent was singing Something I Can Never Have. That was just not appropriate and it had to be kind of annoying for trent. I'm pretty sure his birthday is not 5-15 anyway.

And you can refute this all you want, but I am 100% sure trent said " TEN PEOPLE "!!!! I was about 20 feet from him at the time and two and ten don't really sound that much alike.

I was closer than 20 feet, and my friend and I both heard "2". Get a bootleg and look it up as I'm sure we will all enjoy ending this part of the conversation.

Also, Trent's birthday is tomorrow, the 17th. He will be 40, and I'm almost positive he didn't want to be reminded of it during the quiet parts of Hurt.

Narcissus wrote:

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:Just to clarify,
the happy birthday shouts were okay in between songs but a few people kept screaming it repeatedly while Trent was singing Something I Can Never Have. That was just not appropriate and it had to be kind of annoying for trent. I'm pretty sure his birthday is not 5-15 anyway.

And you can refute this all you want, but I am 100% sure trent said " TEN PEOPLE "!!!! I was about 20 feet from him at the time and two and ten don't really sound that much alike.

I was closer than 20 feet, and my friend and I both heard "2". Get a bootleg and look it up as I'm sure we will all enjoy ending this part of the conversation.

Also, Trent's birthday is tomorrow, the 17th. He will be 40, and I'm almost positive he didn't want to be reminded of it during the quiet parts of Hurt.

Dude who really cares

qwerty wrote:

Narcissus wrote:

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:Just to clarify,
the happy birthday shouts were okay in between songs but a few people kept screaming it repeatedly while Trent was singing Something I Can Never Have. That was just not appropriate and it had to be kind of annoying for trent. I'm pretty sure his birthday is not 5-15 anyway.

And you can refute this all you want, but I am 100% sure trent said " TEN PEOPLE "!!!! I was about 20 feet from him at the time and two and ten don't really sound that much alike.

I was closer than 20 feet, and my friend and I both heard "2". Get a bootleg and look it up as I'm sure we will all enjoy ending this part of the conversation.

Also, Trent's birthday is tomorrow, the 17th. He will be 40, and I'm almost positive he didn't want to be reminded of it during the quiet parts of Hurt.

Dude who really cares

He who asks this question...cares. I will refrain from posting about it anymore.

To those of you who are going to the EF on Wednesday, how early are you going to get there? And how do you know there is an after-party? I got graduation at 8:45 am the next morning about 100 miles away, but I'm willing to be a walking zombie all day for NIN.

I don't understand what the hell people are thinking when they get in line way too long before the show. If you have GA/FLOOR tickets to a NIN show, and you can survive the unrelenting crowd rocking the fuck out, you can get to the front. YOu might not be there at the beginning of the show, but the fact that you will get there anyway is because almost everyone who is there at the beginning of the show is not there by the end.

I will be going at 7:00.

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:I don't understand what the hell people are thinking when they get in line way too long before the show. If you have GA/FLOOR tickets to a NIN show, and you can survive the unrelenting crowd rocking the fuck out, you can get to the front. YOu might not be there at the beginning of the show, but the fact that you will get there anyway is because almost everyone who is there at the beginning of the show is not there by the end.

I will be going at 7:00.

Maybe its just me, but I remember a time when people respected others spaces. I don't like it when people move me so they can get closer, so why would I do it to someone else? Even if they're smaller, and they're in front of me, I'm not going to push a bunch of girls out of the way because I can survive the unrelenting crowd.

What time did you get to the NYC line? I got there at about 4...but my understanding is that EF is a LOT smaller (I've never been) so I have no idea of the size of the crowd or anything. (I'd post this under the 5-18 EF thread but there isn't one yet)

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:I don't understand what the hell people are thinking when they get in line way too long before the show. If you have GA/FLOOR tickets to a NIN show, and you can survive the unrelenting crowd rocking the fuck out, you can get to the front. YOu might not be there at the beginning of the show, but the fact that you will get there anyway is because almost everyone who is there at the beginning of the show is not there by the end.

I will be going at 7:00.

I got in line at noon. Was 2 people away from the stage but then i decided to get away from the suffocation and make my way into the pit. So some would say the wait was for nothing, but that's okay, i had fun either way.

I was in line at 1 pm, had GA ticket and was behind the single person that shouted happy birthday Trent AFTER Something I Can never Have.. the guy next to her got pelted with a bottle of water... let me just say that this was the best concert ever... I will be looking for a bootleg of it, anybody got one.. drop a message here..

theetherealdawn wrote:what a way to ring in the 23rd...
a few comments on the show's more secondary aspects:

someone on line was wearing an option 30 t-shirt, which constantly had me in stitches.

soemthing i can never have was almost ruined due to everyone's need to remind trent of the words.

the hammerstein ballroom definitely botched up and let a bunch of people from the back end of the lines rush forward at around 4. I had arrived at NOON and wound up behind many people who had just arrived at 3 or so. This really got my goat.

I stayed in the pit the entire time, and had to occasionally push and shove to keep my spot/keep from being trampled. it was very very intense, but really great. i spent the first half trying to protect a friend ((miss pharinet, who I believe posted here earlier in the thread)), but once she had left the pit, i just gave over to it. I'm broken and bruised, but very content.

rather than be disappointed due to a lack of Fragile songs, I'm actually content with the show and the set. Burn + Reptile= amazing. definitely the high point of the set.

and I'd just like to thank the few people who kept me company on the line from noon on, in case they're reading. Derrick, Keith, and a few others. Good chaps. and thanks to BlackDahlia for the pictures. I nabbed a few for the ol' journal, and you're given due credit.


~Frank
http://livejournal.com/users/theetherealdawn

FRANK!!! shit.. it is Keith from the line.. never expected to run into anyone on the line here!! I got my @ss up to the barricade!! Glad you had a good time, I had a blast as well.. tech me how to PM and I will dole out the private email..

Deuce wrote:Does anyone have any pics of Jerome or Alessandro, for a change?

i hope & pray for that everyday, everytime, everyshow.

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:I don't understand what the hell people are thinking when they get in line way too long before the show. If you have GA/FLOOR tickets to a NIN show, and you can survive the unrelenting crowd rocking the fuck out, you can get to the front. YOu might not be there at the beginning of the show, but the fact that you will get there anyway is because almost everyone who is there at the beginning of the show is not there by the end.

I will be going at 7:00.

I know what you mean. I got there at about 6:10, and I ended up landing a spot close to the stage, about 5 rows back. Right before the Dresden Dolls came on, I went to buy some water. The show started while I was buying it, but I still made my way back to my boyfriend in the 5th-ish row without a problem. Some dude helped me get there quickly, which was nice of him - if you're on the board, thanks

But I guess it's all a matter of etiquette.

Just read that TR was in court today testifying in front of a jury about the JM lawsuit. I guess that's why he hightailed it last night--had to rest up for the big occasion. I wonder if the show tonight will reflect the angst of it all.

Narcissus wrote:

Chops Hosephulfer wrote:I don't understand what the hell people are thinking when they get in line way too long before the show. If you have GA/FLOOR tickets to a NIN show, and you can survive the unrelenting crowd rocking the fuck out, you can get to the front. YOu might not be there at the beginning of the show, but the fact that you will get there anyway is because almost everyone who is there at the beginning of the show is not there by the end.

I will be going at 7:00.

Maybe its just me, but I remember a time when people respected others spaces. I don't like it when people move me so they can get closer, so why would I do it to someone else? Even if they're smaller, and they're in front of me, I'm not going to push a bunch of girls out of the way because I can survive the unrelenting crowd.

What time did you get to the NYC line? I got there at about 4...but my understanding is that EF is a LOT smaller (I've never been) so I have no idea of the size of the crowd or anything. (I'd post this under the 5-18 EF thread but there isn't one yet)

Cheers, man

liquidninja wrote:MORE PICS AND VIDS!

Space is coming soon... I have sweet videos from 5/15 *and* 5/16.

sick show. the crowd was CRAZY. managed to pick up a litho AFTER the show, which was awesome. a lot of people were heckling DD [especially some meat head in front of me that i was legitimately scared of]. the show was siiick though, the energy was awesome. gave up and getting smaller really tore the place apart. i really don't have much to say that wasn't said already. i personally thought that tonight's show [5/16] was better.

Ok, I was on the first balcony towards the right *Left if you were on stage facing the audience* and in the VIP section, on the side balconies that security stands in front of, there was this small guy who kept walking back and forth. Not an inch taller than 5'4 or a lb over 120. He looked sicklet thin, He was wearing, a black shirt, black shorts, makeup and had a shorter black mohawk. I know he is famous, but can't but my finger on what band he is in? Does any1 know who I am talking about?

So this is like the 12th time or so that I have seen NIN live and I still get starstruck!! For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen that was a great show!!! Trent never dissapoints!!

After the show I went around where his tour bus was. Unfortunately he jumped into a car and left pretty quickly. There was about a dozen or so people along with us but I guess Trent was his usual uncomfortable self around fans. Wah!

Either way, I will never regret spending that money on ebay for an amazing intimate show like that!!!

Hey y'all! Here's a review of the show.

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/ ... 252741.xml

that was a very good performance of something i can never have. nyc crowd was crazy and a half.

I waited 11 fucking years to see NIN; last time they toured in '94, I didn't go because I was a stupid idiot. ('Nuff said.)

I got a kick out of the cops that kept walking up & down our line outside the Hammerstein; what the hell did they expect us all to do?

My friend & I separated once we got inside; she hung out towards the back while I got as close as possible. I was lucky enough to be right next to the asswipe who puked near the front; & I think some of it got on my shoes.



I noticed David Byrne in the VIP section; he, in turn, notified security about the dude puking, as some of us were waving over to the security dude. The guy came over, & basically did nothing. Then NIN came on, & I got the hell away from the puke spot.
I found my friend, & some drunk piece of shit almost started a fight w/her.

Other than the puke & fight guys, the show was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I loved when NIN did "Burn"; it's one of my favorite songs, & I'm sure it was done as a nod to David Byrne; either way, it was pretty cool.

I can't wait to see NIN live again. Hopefully sooner than later...

***

RE: Dresden Dolls. I thought they were phenominal. Trent couldn't have picked a better opening act, imnsho. I've never seen instruments played in such an intense way before. Some stupid fuck in front of me was heckling the band, & I felt like thwapping him on the head. But, why waste the time?

***

More thoughts as they come to me.

Pax,
LC

HOME was fuckin amazing. so glad i got to hear it live. absolutely amazing song and lyricsi wish it had made the final cut of with teeth. not many people recognized i dont think but i was going crazy the second i heard the feedback-ish intro before the drums drop in. so glad i went to the sunday show not monday. reptile and home, ahhhhhh - delish.

I was 1 person away from the barricade, dead center, and it was 10 people.. not 2.. not that it really metters.. the concert still kicked @ss... I am dying for a decent boot (either video or audio) if anyone has one.. email me at tzadomi@aol.com..

The videos are ready! Enjoy.

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Drakh wrote:The videos are ready! Enjoy.

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thank you for uploading them for us! you know, i think i was right by you on the 15th. i was about 6 rows back on the left side. was your camera retangular with an lcd screen that took up most of the back? if so, i saw you recording the show

If the person you saw was one of the tallest guys on the floor, that was likely me.

Drakh wrote:If the person you saw was one of the tallest guys on the floor, that was likely me.

i'm not sure, because at 5'1 everyone seems tall to me. anyway, i enjoyed the videos, so thanks again! i'm a little surprised there were clips from the dresden dolls - we didn't even get a setlist posted for them.

There are more clips from the DD in the 5/16 folder. I just kinda got into the band on 5/15, and decided to take some more... especially since I figured I'd be somewhat pit-centric on Monday night, which wouldn't make for many nin videos.

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Pinion+Wish = best opening ever.
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First NIN show....it was everything and more than I expected, couldnt believe I was there.
For some reason I knew that they were gonna open up with Pinion and Wish like a week before the show. I don't know, that was pretty weird. It was so exciting when it started up. I heard the riff, the lights were out...I thought I was gonna cry I was so choked up. Got really emotional during Home and Something I Can Never Have. But throughout the whole show I was so taken and so emotionally involved with the performance.

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what happened to site? clips are not available anymore?

LadyCrow wrote:I waited 11 fucking years to see NIN; last time they toured in '94...

What happened with the fragility tour in 2000?

Drakh wrote:If the person you saw was one of the tallest guys on the floor, that was likely me.

Were you THE tallest guy in the room and on the planet? There was one guy there (maybe you?) both nights who was like 7+ feet tall, eye liner, great haircut (black hair), mildly goth clothes, looks like a rock star. He was out back by the barricade the second night as Bowie came out. I remember seeing him at other concerts, too, since he's impossible to miss.

pclare wrote:Were you THE tallest guy in the room and on the planet? There was one guy there (maybe you?) both nights who was like 7+ feet tall, eye liner, great haircut (black hair), mildly goth clothes, looks like a rock star. He was out back by the barricade the second night as Bowie came out. I remember seeing him at other concerts, too, since he's impossible to miss.

Nope, but I think I remember him. One big-ass dude.

And you crazy nin fans spiked the site's traffic about about 10 mbp/s all day. The files are being reencoded and moved to a new, fresher location.

Couldn't be happier myself.

jake80 wrote:the collector & home should have been left out and replaced with dont you know what you are? and the day the world went away in my opinion, anybody disagree?

I really enjoyed home...I got really emotional over that, and as awesome as you know what you are? would have been live, i must say the collector was sick shit.

"I ended up in the mezz2 and I was okay with that. I was on the floor for fragility and I had that experience and the Mezz was ok. I got right up front next to the balcony and I had pleny of room to spasm and scream to my hearts content. "

That was me too...I screamed every lyric during March of the Pigs and especially Burn...Reptile was most definitely amazing I couldn't believe they played that shit....I pretty much screamed along the whole time, it was fucking unbelievable that I was there. My neck was mad sore the next day from headbanging so much. (not to disregard those of you who ended up being "bruised and broken boned" from the crowd and the pit)

I was actually very content being in the mezz2 on the balcony, clutching the railing. I could see everything, feel everything, without getting pushed and shoved, which I must say during an intoxicating show like NIN I would rather just absorb the music and the experience.

Suburban Assassin wrote:

LadyCrow wrote:I waited 11 fucking years to see NIN; last time they toured in '94...

What happened with the fragility tour in 2000?

Missed that one too. I'm not even sure NIN came around here that time. Crap, I'm so tired of missing all the good stuff.

But I didn't this time around. FINALLY!

This show was insane, cept i have a few tiffs. I think nails should do an 18 an over show. Ok first off, this 15 year old kid fuckin vomits directly in front of me 5 min before nails goes on an then just fucking stands in it looking dumb as fuck. An then when nails came on, a band i want to fucking sit back an actually watch cause what, it comes around like a meteor shower every six years, and instead get pummeled by a horde of angsty little 14 year old boys. So instead of being able to consintrate an enjoy myself, i have a feeling i am going to jail for the nite for fucking up a horde of 9 year olds. Just wish people knew how to act for such a crazy band like this. Trent is jackedddd.... his voice was insane... the band, in my mind alessandro, was fucking incredible (although i do miss lohner/clouser/fink difidness...) And to finally hear Reptile and SOmething I can Never have live, was in so many words, incredible. Glad he is back an doing awesome, oo yeah an Mon nite, He opened with you kno what you are and it was FUCKING AMAZING!!! I dunno it felt cool seeing them all both nites. it was like an extenda concert...and on Mon Bowie was there, an my friends told me ironicaly enough so was fucking Chris rock.. wierd shit. But i gotta go back to sleep work def kicked my ass today... still feeling the shock from the kick ass weekend.

LadyCrow wrote:
Missed that one too. I'm not even sure NIN came around here that time. Crap, I'm so tired of missing all the good stuff.

But I didn't this time around. FINALLY!

Well, glad you were able to make it this time around. First time I got 'em was during fragility v2.0. Caught NiN at MSG where Manson came out during starfuckers and performed beautiful people with them...Sick show!!! I feel lucky to have seen 2 bad ass NiN shows. Can't wait for nin.com to post the large venue shows...

Drakh wrote:The videos are ready! Enjoy.

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as someone else reported, the vids are down

liquidninja wrote: as someone else reported, the vids are down

WAH HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!! No seriously that sucks...like a douche bag sitting in front of you in a movie theatre spitting out spoilers while you're having a retarded uneducated convorsation about the film you're about to watch....







um...yeah

reznormorello wrote:

Kane3030 wrote:

reznormorello wrote:Oh my God.
So destroyed.
Show was fantastic. Love Is Not Enough was perfect.
One small snag in the beginning (someone tripped over the cord for the bass during The Line Begins To Blur and halted the song) Trent got PISSED... but all was fine after a few minutes.
I don't have a setlist. Sorry. But Trent was in top form.
Only major complaint: The gross girl diagonal from me who was doing this weird stripper dance to EVERY FUCKING SONG.

was that the girl that had her hands wrapped around her head so that nobody behind her could see (and as a result people kept slapping her?) this was all the way in the front middle.

No. I was in the second mezzanine. She had NO idea what any of the songs were, and kept taking pictures of herself and her "best friend" (yet another skanky stripper-dancer) with her camera phone. I wanted to vomit. Instead, I made sure I got in one of the shots, giving her the finger while doing so.

what a waste of a tickets...

burn215 wrote:

reznormorello wrote:

Kane3030 wrote:

reznormorello wrote:Oh my God.
So destroyed.
Show was fantastic. Love Is Not Enough was perfect.
One small snag in the beginning (someone tripped over the cord for the bass during The Line Begins To Blur and halted the song) Trent got PISSED... but all was fine after a few minutes.
I don't have a setlist. Sorry. But Trent was in top form.
Only major complaint: The gross girl diagonal from me who was doing this weird stripper dance to EVERY FUCKING SONG.

was that the girl that had her hands wrapped around her head so that nobody behind her could see (and as a result people kept slapping her?) this was all the way in the front middle.

No. I was in the second mezzanine. She had NO idea what any of the songs were, and kept taking pictures of herself and her "best friend" (yet another skanky stripper-dancer) with her camera phone. I wanted to vomit. Instead, I made sure I got in one of the shots, giving her the finger while doing so.

what a waste of a tickets...

I know, right? I don't consider myself a stereotypical NIN fan (I am a HUGE fan, don't get me wrong), but... there's almost a certain way you SHOULD look if you're going to one of their shows. Wearing a shirt that looks like it was no bigger than a table napkin (all black and sparkly) and jeans that show off your Britney-esque back tattoo is not what you should be wearing.
I've been a NIN follower for 10 years. I am a bit of a girly-girl. But I would NEVER wear that to a show.

I know this is way after the fact, but it's been a long crazy week traveling to different shows.

I flew up from Ft. Lauderdale for the 2 NY shows and the 1st Philly show. Practically had to mortgage my house to buy tickets for both NY shows from E-bay since I could only get one pair from Ticketmaster for Philly. I actually flew into PA to stay with my family. I was too afraid to drive into NYC, so I had to drive to NJ to take the train to NY. Couldn't find overnight parking, and ended up getting 3 parking tickets totalling $90! Met some friends in NY, where I learned that the whole crazy cab driver thing is NOT an exaggeration. Didn't get in line until 6:20, when the line wrapped around the block 3 times. Surprisingly ended up about 10 people back from the stage in the middle. Not too far from where that dumbass puked right before the show.

I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the DD, but I think it was because Brian was so amazing to watch. I didn't buy their CD because I'm sure too much of the live intensity is lost. I'd see them live again though.

I thought I was prepared for NIN because I've seen them before, and I've also been in many other pits before. But HOLY SHIT. As soon as Pinion started the crowd surged forward about 2 feet, and then went totally ape shit for Wish. I was expecting some jumping and moshing, but not the wave that ensued. Within 15 seconds, I couldn't breathe and I had to get out. I was very disappointed with myself. There was a moment of panic until I figured out that if I could just get one shoulder behind the guy behind me, he would move in front of me and I could just get out that way. It took me the whole song to get to the right side - where magically I found my friend who I got separated from. We spent the rest of the show with a great view of TR, about 3 people behind the moshing so it was still energetic but not scary.

I'll try to say only the things I didn't notice anyone else saying (unless I read too fast and missed it). Just before they started The Line Begins To Blur, I remember TR saying something like "Who needs some bass" or "Who wants some bass". The song started and then stopped, at which point I thought they might just skip it and was ecstatic when they started again. Then right before they started Reptile he said "This is one of my favorites". (Mine too) Otherwise I thought he was very emotional throughout the show. It seemed like he was almost crying several times. Very intense. I never really liked Starfuckers, but found myself singing every word. It's a fun song live, especially to see how many "Don't you's" you'll get from Trent, or possibly a "Fuck you".

Excellent show.....couldn't wait for Monday. I'll post that review as soon as I can.

Suburban Assassin wrote:

liquidninja wrote: as someone else reported, the vids are down

WAH HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!! No seriously that sucks...like a douche bag sitting in front of you in a movie theatre spitting out spoilers while you're having a retarded uneducated convorsation about the film you're about to watch....

the ironic thing, is the only people who were likely able to hear you speaking would be the innocent individuals sitting quietly in front of you.

it's like some sort of ironic lyric.


I WANT VIDS!

Oms!! The Nin show was so motherfucking awesome...
I got there early and was really close to the front.
Spent $140 for a ticket and it was well worth it.
and lucky me, I got the guitarist's pick!!!

WOOOOOOO!!!
Nin <3

Does a live concert recording exist of this concert?

Where's the concert for this MAN??!

That sow was fuckin increadible! Best show ive ever been to...I got ther at 6AM to wait in line and spent a whole day tehre..i as i think 4th online...Then I quickly ran to the front ...it was perfect , in the middel and 1st row floor. The DD were GREAT!!! Then NIN came on..the moshpit was fuckin horrible..i had so many bruises and i have a scar form the show...anyway..i cought a guitar pick from Aaron. When Trent came down, I somehow got hol dof his hand...so yeah i was holding it for a while until he tried to go uo..then my fuckn face was in his sweaty chest. I couldnt belive it. After that....a few song slaer i think he started to sing "Closer" HE FUCKIN STARED AT ME during the first part..then he wwen to the back of the stage. It was creepy...i ddint even know that Trent was lookign at me...my friend told me...Ill never forget that night. The sad thing was that I was waigting for them to play StarFuckers and I dont remember them playign it...mayeb because i was unconsious or soemthing...i loved the fuckin show...i wish i took pics or soemthing.

i could swear he was looking at me during hurt. but then again it might of been a dream the show was awesome. best 180 i spent for tickets he merch guy was cool he let me try on a hoodie before i bought it

Heya

If anyone has a spare litho for this date, I will buy it for very good money!!! Please pm me

Many Thanks

Christo

or email me @ christo_geoghegan_2@yahoo.co.uk