show was amazing. the visuals during only and the great comedown were absolutely amazing. I was in awe at the lighting effects deal during tgcd. hopefully an audio and/or video recording of this surfaces in the next few days, would really like to have it as a documentation.

O.M.G. PlatinumOrgy those pictures are AMAZING! Please tell me you have 1,000 more just as awesome!

I have just about the whole song on video. Will upload soon.

Only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0TuPPWpDiE

(Still processing, will be done soon)

edit: classicgirl, yes i do have more that are freaking awesome...

As promised, some samples! Keep in mind that these are unmastered tracks, so they'll end up sounding better once they're worked on.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jrtkwrsgjyq

Closer

http://www.mediafire.com/?najczuaygha

Reptile

Enjoy!

sounds really good....can't wait for the whole thing...thanks in advance.

well, as the headline said, guaranteed to be the best show of the tour, it was dead on. it was ten times better than the knoxville show, more songs and songs off the fragile, which is always a plus in my book. my favorites were the wretched and down in it. best ad lib from trent ever has got to be "this is some real, real old shit!" before down it in, that cracked me up. that's the stuff you usually only hear on a bootleg from some european show.

things started a little earlier than i thought they would. i know the ticket said 7pm, but i walked in at 7:10 and does it offend you yeah was already playing. i figured they wouldn't start until 7:30, but oh well, caught most of the set, which was awesome. i would love to see them again, they were a good choice for an opening band, too bad they couldn't play more shows on this tour.

i was right in behind of the person taking the ets family photo after dioyy played, but i didn't want to butt in at the last minute, it seems like most of you already know each other, even though i've been on the board for a while.

I dug this show. It's like my fifth I guess. Definitely the LEAST aggressive pit I've encountered so far, which was half of a relief/half of a letdown. I was super pumped for a very energetic show, but the energy usually reserved for smashing face was turned into some sexy dancings.
I was standing 2nd off the rail. I had my hand on it for a decent period of the show for stability, but appreciated the bloodflow back to my forearm when I had removed it.
Me and the girlfriend arrived at 3pm to pick up presale will-call tickets. The dudes in line were fun, handed me and my girlfriend some free beers. Kind of obnoxious, but kept the time rolling at a comfortable pace for the 4 or so hours we waited to get inside.
The chick who threw her bra on stage was immediately behind me.
I caught 3 of the water bottles that Robin threw into the audience... but if you saw me, you'd know I needed them. I'm a big boy, and I was doing some big boy dancing.
Sorry to that tiny chick who was hovering around me and my girlfriend, I think I may have crushed you bad inadvertently.
The set list was ok, but I felt that the first four tracks of The Slip was a bad way to start. I'm glad to have heard Letting You and Head Down, though.
I absolutely LOVED The Big Come Down, The Great Destroyer (even if verse 2 was eliminated), and Reptile.
Also, every time I've seen 'The Wretched' live, Trent mixes up two of the lyrics. "The better days" and "The far aways" are reversed... I think.
And speaking of The Wretched... Just because Trent starts playing "The Frail" doesn't mean I want to fucking hear your mouth. Trent is "getting to it." STFU.

EYB on the Survivalism screen was fucking rad. I pointed to it and was like freaking out to my girlfriend like, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen I DRANK WITH THAT DOLL LAST NIGHT!!" Thanks for a good time in Old City, the night before the show, sorry I had to bail early, guys. Also sorry I didn't hang with you guys at the show, but my gf felt weird about it for some reason since she's not on the boards... /shrug.


I arrived at around the same time as the woman in the wheelchair did to get our tickets from will call. The person at the window suggested that they go to guest services to exchange their tickets, but she argued up and down that she had presale and wanted early entry and GA and whatnot... bad call.

Pretty sure it was a vibraphone, given the metal panels instead of a xylophone or marimba's wooden ones. But yes, he's extremely versatile.

I was wondering the same thing, and I'm assuming that it's some stock video... up way close you could tell that the quality of the video on that screen was much higher than the ones that were actually streaming live from the crowd. I think that the one showing the empty staircase was also stock...



I also liked how the little metal stands that the consoles were standing on during Me, I'm Not and The Great Destroyer were shaped like the word OSO, which is spanish for BEAR. Awesome.

that was my first NIN show, too. weird:) i was 16. i had the worst seats though, they were behind the soundboard and reaaaally far away. i remember the sound/setup for APC was bad, and very scratchy and had lots of bad feedback noise. i've since seen a perfect circle a handful of times, and each of those times were great.

i still have a sticker that the radio station gave out in the parking lot. something like "ninetynineonehfs" all nin-logo-y.

I agree, it was amazing! Thank you for helping me out, I do remember exactly who you are and I remember you telling me that you were trying to help out right before I left the area. It sucks that a few assholes can make it so difficult for the rest of us. Like I said before, everyone else around me seemed really cool.

I just couldn't take it anymore...you couldnt even see much of what was going on, like the asshole putting his hands in my pockets, trying to plant his legs in front of mine, elbowing me in the back, and pulling my shirt down. I am usually the most quiet reserved person, but those assholes turned me into a woman possessed. I tried so hard to get someone in front of me to get security, but I don't think anyone in front realized how bad these guys were. I never knew I was capable of such violence, but I waited so long for this show and I wasn't about to let those assholes just push me aside so they could call their friends on their cell to tell them they were at the front. And wasn't their "singing" during piggy god awful?

I would do it all again, though, because it was awesome being front and center and seeing everything so close was unbelievable.

Someone in my family works at the wachovia center box office and I was telling him about the wheelchair on the rail and he told me that happens all the time. The staff tries to tell them that the floor is not really an appropriate place for a wheelchair, but then they threaten the staff with discrimination against disabled people (my family member even knew the name of the law, so I could tell it gets thrown in his face all the time). Im sorry, but that is just so stupid. Dont they realize what a dangerous position they are putting themselves in? I don't even know how they managed to get out of the crowd, because I had a very difficult time when I decided I had enough.

PlatinumOrgy...your pictures are amazing!!!

some things I forgot to say:
- during Piggy I couldn't really understand how it is possible to play two different parts at the same time - tambourine (or whatever this thing was) with one hand and vibraphone with the other, he is playing two completely different lines! to me it is something beyond human abilities!
- how God Given made it from electronic dance song to almost jazz-rock song. I actually prefer the original version but this is pretty cool and unusual, still dancy and catchy.
- I don't like the new beginning of Only too much. It reminds me of one russian rock band called Kino (Cinema) which is a good one but nothing to do with NIN. Oh well I understand it's only my associations so maybe everybody else love this version but I miss the original riff in the beginning...
- dear Trent. nothing can actually spoil your look but please don't be lazy and shave :)

I totally agree..he is fucking amazing. And he was singing too! I actually liked the unshaven look, though :)

Sorry we never were able to meet, acidpolly, but I am glad you enjoyed the shows.

I was right next to the girl in the wheel chair, i think her father was the one who decided...i remember him saying that and try to be her guard thru the show. I kept looking over and she looked scared shitless, i called on trent's body guard but when he came over her father said everything was fine, but it wasn't, eventually he told them they had to get out of the pit and made people back out, it would've gotten really bad if he hadn't made them get out. Anyways, here's two more pics, too many to chose from...

[img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/PlatinumOrgy/echoes.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/PlatinumOrgy/given.jpg[/img]

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen, I said it before, but your picture are fucking amazing!! Is there any way you could put some on Flickr or something?

Hey platinum, I am curiouse how you got those shots, you must have been standing right by me. Did you get a photog pass for a few songs? Also what were you shooting with? I wish I could have brought my 40D... haha Yeah right keep dreaming. I cant believe someone else brought their XSi. That was pretty insane. I am very jealous. I probably was better off. because I got to enjoy the show instead of trying to get pics.

Here some pics from their with teeth tour when he came down for closer...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/toobsluver/3178dc46.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/toobsluver/96371d67.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/toobsluver/b0e4825e.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/toobsluver/e332b7df.jpg

(hg edit - OT pics no longer inline)

This was with my 3.2mp sony cybershot. Not all that great. I remember that I got reamed out from a couple people because of those shots... I forget why but I wouldnt be suprised if I get it again. What what in da butt oh well, enjoy for the ones who will.

Haaa that was me... I was with David the guy who jumped on stage and we were plotting the whole time to get into GA and then finally these 2 guys jumped for it and the guards grabbed them so David jumped down and jumped the barricade and 5 seconds later I went for it, slipped and fucked up my knee, decided to crawl under and felt like i was stuck for an eternity. Fucking made it all the way to the front though. It was crazy, I weigh like 110 and was never in a mosh pit before I LOVED it

Haaa that was me... I was with David the guy who jumped on stage and we were plotting the whole time to get into GA and then finally these 2 guys jumped for it and the guards grabbed them so David jumped down and jumped the barricade and 5 seconds later I went for it, slipped and fucked up my knee, decided to crawl under and felt like i was stuck for an eternity. Fucking made it all the way to the front though. It was crazy, I weigh like 110 and was never in a mosh pit before I LOVED it

These sound really good even unmastered, can't wait for the whole show!

My girlfriend pointed something out to me. When they first started playing, in midst of the chaos, I noticed that his voice wasn't very loud through the speakers. I could almost hear just him singing from where I was up front. I really didnt pay any attention to it, but at one point apparantly I missed it, he pointed at the mic, with a pissed off look and gave a thumbs up and an upward motion (to turn it up). She saw it... I didnt it. I don't know if anyone else noticed any of this.

I was watching video for God Given and remembered how Trent sang "coloRRRR of your skin-A" like a real black ragga brotha :)

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=AQWKDvzTa34