Oh good! I saw shit getting thrown up on the stage. Glad that ass got kicked out.

Hands down, this show was overall the best one yet for me on the tour. The band energy was awesome, the sound in the venue was ace (Trent's voice namely--crystal clear), crowd was not too rough but not too tame either (very few crowd surfers, at least on center-left rail), and we got Down In It/Reptile! I saw the guy who jumped on stage before when he was just a crowd surfer... Then I saw him climb some boxes off to stage-left and there you had it, hilarious...especially the bowing before Trent and then the illegal checking by guards and one J.T.

I was straight on plastered on the Survivalism top-left cam near the last half of the song (the guy with the Head Down artwork carved into his head), kind of embarrassing but what can ya do, haha.

Thanks to Plastic Soul, goody, and reniur for the company and/or help...cool meeting ya's!

I liked this setlist better, mainly because we got reptile AND the wretched and down in it. I do like vessel over me, im not, though. Both shows were great. I am so glad I got to see them both.

Hi, I'm a lurker posting for the first time here.

An amazing show, to say the very least. The intensity, on a scale of 10, ranked about a 13 for me. I was dead-center in front of Trent, right in the area where the girl in the wheelchair was.

Who, in their right fucking mind, would bring a handicapped individual into an area like that? What did they expect was going to happen? I can't believe security let that one fly.

Some highlights of the show:

The guy jumping onstage during DII and subsequently getting the living SHIT beat out of him was hilarious indeed. He startled Trent at first, but TR seemed to have a smile on his face when security was beating the dude's ass.

Also, did anyone else get the impression that Alessandro just wasn't into the performance as much? He just seemed to stand behind the keyboards sulking while the other four rocked out all night. Maybe that's his job, in addition to being the hair stylist, I don't know; the creepy guy behind the boards. He looked sort of annoyed during Me, I'm Not when he came out to take over Justin's console to the left.

I loved when Trent introduced Down In It by saying "Now it's time for some real, REAL old shit."

Freese was amazing, the way he just overhead-pummeled his drum set all night, as were Finck's grimacing facial expressions during Letting You, Head Down and a range of other songs.

The screen static and Trent's wiping it away during Only was great, as was the INSANE energy the band expressed during March of the Pigs.

The seething renditions of the Wretched and Reptile were worth the price of admission alone, and the trio of PHM songs sounded phenomenol.

I liked Does It Offend You, Yeah, and wished they'd have played a longer set. There were more than a few great songs off their album which weren't played. Funny shit when the guitarist told the guy in the crowd they'd be making out for free in his dreams after the show...again.

My body is beat to shit today. You GA motherfuckers sure know how to kick it. Can't wait for the VA show on November 5th.

Here are some pics I took during the show, taken with my iPhone. I didn't expect much as far as quality but they turned out better than I thought.

I forget what song this was during..

Head Down

Me, I'm Not

Ghosts Piggy I believe

The Greater Good

Survivalism

Reptile

In This Twilight

Yeah I enjoyed NJ much more then this show. Not that it had a better setlist, but more because in NJ I wasn't being ass raped by drunk douches for the first 5 songs.

I actually stopped the guy throwing stuff by basically screaming at him during the ghosts set. Fun time. Fucker had a whole stack of his shitty band's demo cds. Just launching them at the stage and into the crowd. Thank god security took him out because if he remained there for another minute or two I would have probably had to beat the living piss out of him.

I really apologize to all the women around me during the beginning of the show. I was trying my best to give you space from the assholes pushing behind me. Obviously I couldn't do too much against that. I did meet a bunch of really nice people around me. Which makes me even more disappointed to have such a negative feeling about the crowd.

My sister got pretty messed up and disappeared crying due to those pricks. Luckly on her way out one of them got in her face about her pushing to get out and she spit in their face. Nasty, yes, but I have no doubt they deserved it.

I ended up seeing the guy who went on stage after the show in the parking lot. He seemed really proud of himself. Congrats I guess. Hope it was worth it.

I have some really nice long videos of this show thanks to my sister. Will be posted in the near future. (As in once my vimeo limit goes back up.)

I was glad to get a rougher pit on the tour when I was right up front. While I am all for violence in the pit and love me some bruises (got 'em!), I cannot stand people who are *intentionally* pushing and shoving. Moshing, fine. I'll take the collateral damage if needbe. But this group of dudes were going "One, two, three, PUSH!" acting like battering rams. They got at least two warnings from security, and I heard one finally got bounced. Otherwise, most everyone in queue and in pit was as usual very gracious.

So glad to hear Frail/Wretched! And I hadn't heard Down In It yet, either... so I'm really liking the songs dropping in and out of the setlist. I wonder as the tour progresses and his voice keeps improving if he'll ramp that up. It could make the second leg worth attending...

And whoever the woman was who tossed her bra -- you have *great* timing (so quick!). Between that and seeing EYB on the Survivalism screen, I don't think I've laughed so much at a NIN concert ever. Awesome night.

my fault. I apologize.

thew show was great.

some of my personal highlights:

-the way 999999 started and i was the only one in 112 on my feet screaming because i knew shit was about to go down.

-the visuals were amazing. nothing less than top notch. beautifully done.

-down in it, reptile, the wretched, me, i'm not, and the great destroyer were fucking played.

-seeing the ETSers on the survivalism screens

-trent speaketh

-everything else

my only problem with the show was does it offend you, yeah?... the only song i kind of enjoyed was we are rockstars. and even that was ruined by very loud, out of place keyboard sounds durring the chorus.

thanks to all of the great people standing around me for not being assholes about anything and making the show more enjoyable by not starting shit.. and of course for dealing with me singing nearly every lyric to every song.... although i heard other so i don't feel too bad.


AWESOME FUCKING SHOW!!!!

It still was Ghosts 8 played last night not 31.

No shit!

I remember some guy got taken out of the pit and thrown out, about 15 minutes later I noticed there were blood drops on the floor where he was walking. Must have been pretty rough in there! Good thing I had row 1 in section 114. Had a great position and I was saved from pushing and shoving.

I hate people that throw stuff and rush up on stage. Being a Les Claypool fan, I know he stops whole shows and cuts songs for shit like that. I always get a little nervous when stuff like that happens. Just takes one asshole to ruin the night for everyone else. But it seemed like nothing at all could ruin last night, Trent was in top form and mood.

Can't wait for an audio boot to go up! I must have this show!

Hey can you share that please? I really want to relive this again and again.

Just like the rest of you guys feel, probably the most elegant and beautiful performance I'll ever see. Atleast until I see them again.

Cheers.

Redemption.....

BEST SHOW EVER....I was at MSG 5/9/2000 (Manson) and this one kicked its ass!!

After everything that happened to me at IZOD (see thread) I couldn't have asked for more.

I actually went to this show by myself because my friend bailed on me at the last minute. I had GA seats and figured I would just hang back and take in the visuals, but I thought different and decided to hang up front. The energy for this show vs IZOD was night and day!! The crowd was nuts!!

Then it happened....

Head Down: I saw the tambourine heading in my direction. It bounced off a couple of people and landed in mine and some other guys hands. We were wrestling for it for what seemed like FOREVER. I heard the blow job comment and thought about punching him in the nuts real quick, but then I would have lost the battle finally, after realizing there was no way that either of us showed signs of letting go, I suggested we just break it in half. Well, that didn't work because it is made of some space age material that is apparently indestructible!!! Then, in an act of graciousness, the other guy (I don't know who you are, but THANK YOU!!) said, "I am more of a Tool fan than NIN anyway, you can have it." WOW. I must have thanked him 100 times!! I couldn't believe it!!

I have been a NIN fan for almost 20 years, and of all the shows I have been to, this one was the highlight.

Thank you Trent, thank you guy who let me have the tambourine, and fuck you assholes in the pit who were beating up chicks and knocking people around for sport. You make me sick.....

I will be at Red Rocks on 9/2....

P.S. I love my dog looking at me like i'm nuts in this picture

Congrats! That tambourine took a chunk of my sisters hand with it. What what in da butt

Saw you guys going at it for forever. My sister nearly fainted when she heard the cutting in half idea. Glad to see that it didn't come down to breaking such an awesome item in half.

Also good to know that there are some people out there who actually can let something like that go to make someone else happy. In NJ I actually saw a girl with a pair of drumsticks and a tambourine in her hands. Probably awesome to get that much, but why not become the coolest person in the world in someone else's eyes and not be greedy?

I didn't even notice this post, but I would love you forever if you uploaded this to dime or something! This is totally legal, theres tons of boots swirling around here.

last speech... or no ?



as potential last speeches goes, nothing to complain about

-g- : prepares for an onslaught of panties at the next show >_<

SECONDED. To echo the other ETSers comments, this absolutely was the best show they've done so far. The setlist, energy, production... everything was tight! And having a rowdy bunch of ETS folk to enjoy it with was the icing on the NIN cake. Philly was tits. RAWK.

Well, just wasn't sure if this particular forum was open to advertising that sort of thing. A lot of fan forums get pissy.

I'll likely post a sample later today, when I have a chance to check it out in more detail.

I'm going to have to agree with Burlesk. Ghosts 8 was played. I've listened to the track and listened to live recordings. It's a mix-up, but what we heard was Ghosts 8. Which is equally cool!

Edit: I just finished reading the post and can see this has already been confirmed.

Hooray for boobies.

BTW, Trent talking about how his audience turned from men dressed as vampires to now have lots of hot chicks was great.

Also, hearing Trent tell us to steal his music now b/c he doesn't care was equally cool!

Finally, watching each band member leave the stage one at a time while Trent played "Zero-Sum" on the piano at the end was incredibly classy.

Kudos, and great show!