ETS Tour Journal

Post yer reviews here.

I'm still recovering from the show, but definitely the best live show I have been to in a while. Show was packed out and I arived right at the first set. Finding parking in Tokyo is such a pain.

From what I remember Trent commented that his earlier Tokyo shows were quiet, and he couldn't tell if Japanese were that interested in the music. But he said this time around was different.

Concerts in Tokyo are always a blast for me as the concert goers are all pretty chill, and treat each other with respect and sometimes you can catch smaller venues with great acts. It also helps that I am a giajin here. I started in the back but was able to manuever up to the stage about three people back. And the fight forward was definitely worth it. The front was something like a mosh pit, but with out losing any teeth. People were able to actually pass bottles of water around, but I still don't etirely understand how that was possible as it was a tight fit. NIN shared such an energy with the crowd, it really makes the expectation live up to the experience. Too bad it went so fast.

Some highlights included Trent tossing the mic into the crowd to share and sing chorus for "no you don't", a tossed taborine from Trent, maybe i saw Jeordie crowd surf, towards the end of the show one of the keyboards, was passed into the crowd; I was lucky enough to grab a Josh Freese drum stick..

My memory is a little hazy so if anyone can remember the set list or help me remember right it would be greatly appreciated.

Disappointed concert for me cause they didn't play HURT.........................
I know yesterday's concert was additional date and not SoldOut?
However Opening song were fuckin' awesome.....
I think highlight was Dead Souls(first time I heard live).killer tune.
Compared with first time they played(2000 NK hall), everything changed.
Band members/Sound/Visual/Lighting Systems/Audience.
That's coooooool.
So over all I enjoyed that event.
Please comeing back soon guys..............

SOMEWHAT DAMAGED
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
SIN
MARCH OF THE PIGS
SOMETHING I CAN NEVER HAVE
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
SURVIVALISM
RUINER
BURN
GANE UP
HELP ME I AM IN HELL
ME I'M NOT
REPTILE
THE FRAIL
THE GOOD SOLDIER
WISH
ONLY
CAPITAL G
SUCK
DEAD SOULS
THE HAND THAT FEEDS
HEAD LIKE A HOLE

I think this was the best show in the all three just because the audience was more into the music, especially the songs from Year Zero. Capital G was really fun live!

I was on Aaron's side, and sometimes I was pushed really forward, so I could see him playing quite well in some songs, like Ruiner, Me I'm, Not, and The Good Soldier. The boy looked very nervous while playing Me, I'm Not, keeping wiping sweat off his face with his sleeves.

mikeko wrote:I was on Aaron's side, and sometimes I was pushed really forward, so I could see him playing quite well in some songs, like Ruiner, Me I'm, Not, and The Good Soldier. The boy looked very nervous while playing Me, I'm Not, keeping wiping sweat off his face with his sleeves.

I was on the balcony and didn't see the "nervous boy", but I think I can understand why. Me, I'm Not live does sound like something that makes a musician very nervous. Indeed so.

And just for everybody's reference: there are several posts about 19 May on the previous thread (18 May). It was supposed to be the right place before this thread (19 May) came into being...
http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/v ... 95#1036495

A must-see. Too much smoke for cameras, apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJp-MuUIH1U

If you would take some more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyIWDa-rWTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mikbIoXK70

Thanks for all the info. Getting back to real life has been a real downer after the show, but guess we all have to come down some time.

Anyways I appreciate the setlists, the videos, and the rants as they helped pick me up a little on this Terrible Tuesday.

Thanks to all you guys for helping to remember details of the concert and fill in the memories I lost.

deconstructer wrote:

mikeko wrote:I was on Aaron's side, and sometimes I was pushed really forward, so I could see him playing quite well in some songs, like Ruiner, Me I'm, Not, and The Good Soldier. The boy looked very nervous while playing Me, I'm Not, keeping wiping sweat off his face with his sleeves.

I was on the balcony and didn't see the "nervous boy", but I think I can understand why. Me, I'm Not live does sound like something that makes a musician very nervous. Indeed so.

I saw him being thoroughly molested by the audience before pulled out by a security in the ending of HLAH, too.