The show was absolutely fantastic, setlist was orgasmic (Reptile and The Wretched in ONE show!), Trent's voice was great tonight, he was absolutely WILD, visuals were damned near perfect...

A Place to Bury Strangers was god-awful.

The crowd was respectful and amazing. Gotta love near sell-outs in a massive arena.

He didn't talk a lot, but whatever.

Head Like a Hole had SOOOO much energy tonight. Weird.



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We had fun tonight!

Landshark posted:

Oh yeah, A Place To Bury Strangers weren't that bad at all - they reminded me of a slightly heavier version of BRMC.

A few of their songs reminded me of a neo-joy division sound.



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trent_reznor posted:

We had fun tonight!

Thank you so much, man! The show was fantastic, y'all WERE ON FIRE! I don't care if you were shy, Reptile was played and I left a happy person! By the way, the Ghosts tracks were awesome tonight.



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The setlist was exactly what I was hoping for (sans Down In It) and everything about the show was spectacular. Trent's performance was top notch and his voice never faltered, even though he said he was feeling ill. I was so ecstatic to hear The Frail + The Wretched and Reptile. Also, it was nice to see the crowd be relatively quiet during Hurt.

The Ghosts segment was amazing, but it was sad to see so many people talking and moving around during it.


A Place to Bury Strangers was awesome. I'm familiar with their stuff so their show was enjoyable for me. The only complaint was the extreme length of the use of strobe lighting at the end. It was really cool for a bit but dragged on too long and started to wear my eyes out.

For those who aren't familiar with them, I can see how it might have been a "terrible" show. It wasn't by any means. You not liking the style =/= bad band/show.



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I was there last night and yes it was amazing! I've been listening to Trent's work since PHM, which I was preteen back then and I've always wanted to see nin live. Finally I've gotten the chance and it was everything I thought it could be. To start off we bought tickets late and ended up with the worst seats, but when we got there they had moved us down to some kick ass seats because they closed the section down that we were supposed to be in, which was awesome! The light show was one of the best I've ever seen(over tool and other bands I've seen). I've seen similar light shows on some live videos of nin but this one was amazing. The transparent screens blew my mind. I couldn't even imagine experiencing the band on psychadelic substances. As what everyone else has been saying, the wretched and reptile was mind blowing, loved the green lighting to accent the mood of Reptile. I was a little disapointed that the Great Below and We're in this Together wasn't played, but with musical genious Trent and all the great work he's made the past 20 years there is just too much to fit every song in one show. I was very impressed with the stamina of Trent and crew, you can definately see just how dedicated they are to their music and performance. He didn't talk much, this is true, but I think it was because he didn't want to waste time, and wanted fit in as much music as he could in the set. Trent was like a machine, he just keep rockin over and over nonstop. I think the fact that 75% of every song played had almost the entire arena singing along brought an awesome vibe to the show. I was also very happy that 99% of the crowd was respectful during Hurt, although there was a few douchebags who wouldn't shut their mouths at certain times.

I do have a question, does anyone know what that instrumental was towards the end of the set. It was guitar heavy with a slower grinding beat. The lighting was a mid surreal blue that engulfed the set. I thought it was wicked and was wondering what it was, the name or where I can find the song. That was the only music the entire night that I haven't/didn't know what it was.

Anyways, thanks for coming to Houston, best of luck with the rest of the tour. I'll be counting the days till the return, you can bet your ass I'll be there.



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Ah They were gonna play down in it
I saw a setlist but it was crossed out

This show surpassed all my expectation. The performance, sound, set list, and harmony with the crowd were all awesome. Of course theres always a few assholes in the crowd. The slower songs like ghosts and the greater good gave me a very close feeling with the band. Of course the harder songs were just as exciting, I got to crowd surf for head like a hole. The over all variety of the songs they played was stunning, It seemed like most of the crowd didn't know what to think. When Trent said, "I'm feeling kinda shy tonight." I thought that was funny. The part when the stage lit up like a sun and then shattered was my favorite visual, but there was some shit that just made you say "God damned that's fucking awesome!" Made me wonder how that stuff works, like when he shined the flashlight on the screen. Great energy on stage, time hasn't slowed them down one bit. I think ill invest in a voodoo ticket just to see if they can top this show.

trent_reznor posted:

We had fun tonight!

It was an awesome show!

Seriously thank you for this and all you guys also the crowd was bitching. Reptile!

Awsome show.

I must admit I was a little leary about going to a show at an arena. I generally prefer the smaller more personable venues but Houston rocked. I had a total blast.

The visuals, the crowd, the energy, it was all great. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Great show! Thanks TR & Co.

the show was awesome

@kinetiknails, i was telling my friend exactly what you said about joy division

great energy from the crowd, everyone around me was singing everyword along with me.

beautiful closing.

I finally got around to uploading my photos to Flickr. Here they are (well a sample of them anyways lol):

Photos

This was a kick ass show!!! I had a seat even though I wanted pit, but I dealt with it. I was excited to see Reptile live at a show. The only time I've seen Reptile live was during a soundcheck in Austin, TX in 2006. That was AMAZING.

[EDIT]: I may have missed this, but can someone point me out to the set list for this show??



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^ LOVE the pics Mel