Tickets TBA.

I may go to this if I am in Japan around this time (which is likely)

I'll probably go if I can take the time off work and the visa isn't too much of a hassle. Would definitely like to know who else is playing though... Anyone know??

brett anderson... but his show will be on day one - september eighth.
i'm living in shanghai... i think i will leave for beijing.

Live in Shanghai too. Saving money right now..

No other line-up known from pop festival actually. Sure lots of Chinese local bands will be there. I hope trent's mood won't be ruined by all shitty journalists here.

Hey gals! Say hi to Trent for me. I'm probably not going cuz I'm stuck in Germany as you can see. Trent's gonna miss his biggest fan in China (or am I?). LOLZ.


Me too. Hope they won't ask stupid questions that Trent's gonna roll his eyes at, but I think they will. Meh.
And don't put fucking chairs in front of the stage like they did last year.

Brett Anderson?

Chairs?

This is not sounding hopeful.

Though I doubt the journalists in China are worse than anywhere else...it'll be the same questions as always.

a man who saw the show last year told us there are chairs in front of the stage. but we didn't see the show.

interesting line up!

other acts listed on the website (black text on black background, very clever) are:

* PLACEBO
* 木玛MUMA&THIRD PARTY
* 谢天笑XTX
* JOHNNY HI-FI
* LEX
* DON JUAN DRACULA
* 反光镜 REFLECTOR
* SUPERGRASS
* SEBASTIAN BACH（ex.SKID ROW）
* 面孔 THE FACE
* CJ from THE WILDHEARTS
* KARIN PARK
* AK-47
* 贡嘎拉姆 KONKA LAMU
* YALE COUSINO
* MASON AGUIRRE
* DANNY DAVIS
* KAZUHIRO KOKUBO
* KEVIN PEARCE
* LUKE MITRANI
* MARKO GRILC
* TADASHI FUSE
* SANI ALIBABIC
* GAO HU
* LIMAN（LIVE）
* POPEY
* D-RAIL WITH MCS WEBBER AND TERRA D.（SYNDICATE）
* USAMI
* DIO
* 石井 贤 KEN ISHII
* PATRICK YU
* BEN HUANG
* THE MUG UP PHONIES（LIVE）
* YOUDAI
* MICKEY ZHANG（LIVE）
* YANGBING

This is 2006's line-up.

haha, oops.

funny though.. it was under the "line up" tab on the main page. maybe they should update the site more frequently.

what a fuck!
I don't think there are enough fans in china,why TR go to BJ?

maybe he playing within 100 fans,he will be disappointing.

Don't worry, lot's of Manson fans will come to fit the gap for jeordie.

But Chinese NIN fans are much more than 100 i think. Some of fans here even own the complete catalog.

Anyone know anything about getting tickets for this? Can you get them if you're outside mainland China?

Trent, I hope you're reading this, there's something you'd better know before getting really pissed off in Beijing.

This is a photo from last year that shows a so-called VIP area. It was set right in front of the stage. Normal fans were not allowed to go inside. They even didn't have a way to buy VIP tickets because they were only for those "special" government people who have money and power.

Unfortunately, the annoying VIP section with 300 fucking chairs will still be there this year. One of the organizers said that they've tried to negotiate with the government but some dickheads told them the whole festival wouldn't be approved without VIP seats. Well, maybe there's still hope. He also said they would figure out some way to help not-very-important-people to sneak inside. And the fans are discussing how to break in the VIP section, but who knows if it's gonna work?

Trent, when you're standing on the stage, probably you're gonna see 300 fucking chairs in front of you. Maybe they're almost empty, maybe with some VIPs who definitely can't enjoy "evil rock music". Your real fans have to stand behind that and can't see your face clearly. If you're pissed, blame the government (not in public pls), you know your Chinese fans love you as much as the fans from other countries do.

BTW, thank zero for giving me the pic.
I'm not going so I guess I can do nothing about that. *sighs*

That really sucks. I hope Trent and Co. know it and understand that their Chinese fans have been really looking forward to this show.

Is there any way for the band and fans to show how to enjoy a NIN concert properly to those organizer dickheads and government VIPs, like throwing lots of water bottles to the VIP area?

Is there a barrier between the VIP area and the regular audience's space? I see a soldier's head (cap) in the picture, so will the VIP area have a tight security?

Seriously, did the organizer really know what kind of performers NIN were?

I think they might know what kind of performances we'll see. They just don't give a shit and want to take every chance to show off their importance.

I don't know many details since I wasn't there last year (the festival was just born last year). As far as I know, yes, there was a barrier, and the VIP area was guarded by soldiers. I think it'll be the same in September. Well, I also heard that the VIP area was empty the whole afternoon last year, but when Placebo came on stage at night, it became almost full, not sure how many of them were real fans though. Some lucky fans managed to sneak in by phoning friends or friends of friends in backstage or something, but most people were blocked outside. Anyway, everybody hates that.

I read a thread today where someone who seems to be one of the organizers posted to say they've already figured out a way to help regular fans to get inside and the message will be delivered underground several days before the festival. I hope it works. If it doesn't, throwing water bottles to those VIPs would be a good idea if bottles are allowed. There's one more thing I'm worried about, Placebo definitely has way more fans than NIN in China. I dunno how many people will want to fight this time.

Am I thinking too much? Ah, I hope so.

EDIT: I asked a friend who went there last year. She said even though the VIP area was full, you still can tell they were just VIPs not real fans judging by the atmosphere.

Jeez, I read about the damn VIP seats also. Rock 'N Roll and festival shows in China is still quite underdeveloped in China (sighs). I remember TR got pissed in Boston when he saw there was seats in the crowd, I just hope he doesn't throw a fit and get himself banned or something.

I hope all goes well with sneaking fans into the VIP section.

As for the journalists, yes, their knowledge of NIN is generally quite low (at least from the stuff I read online, can they post a picture from the 2000s?) Hope he doesn't get pissed at us Chinese, and go walk in the Great Wall.