I can sincerely say that last night was the greatest time I ever had.

The setlist and performance was golden and to witness it all including Gary Numan on stage with the band is indescribable.

2xtdg5 posted:

wow! i am home now in northamptonshire but went to both Manc and LNDN and wow both were amazing in there own way! mostly of setlists! i am a huge lover of the fragile and to see alot of songs i have never heard before was truly awesome!

London last night however was stunning i cant explain why or how but it was amazing! i could have cried multiple times! Gary newman was awesome! i dont know his work to wel but was amazing to see him!

highlights:
MEN- Way out is through, piggy, la mer,suck, burn,heresy
02- Burn, la mer, BIG COME DOWN, DOWN IN IT, now im nothing, 1000000,

Thank you so much and i will see at knebworth for what could be the last UK/European show! 02 is the best show i am sure i will ever see!

p.s. post show depression is kicking in!

Woah Northamptonshire?! Same! I too went to both Manchester and NIN. How did I miss you?!

And same on the depression =/ hah.

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The O2...
Y'know, 24 hours later and I'm still thinking about this gig.

Newman was a great and fun surprise, set list was just peachy.

Hell, I even moved seats (man, if anyone ever goes to the O2 and ends up in the gods, don't go! Janes looked like munchkins from where I was originally), a bit of old skool blagging did the trick.
Beer flowed, new and old fans rejoiced, JA were great to see again after ooh, a million years or so.
But the big thing that struck me? Thing I keep forgetting? Those guys filled the O2 with no record company contract.

Thats impressive.

I've been a fan since a mate of mine brought back a cassette (!) of Pretty Hate Machine from Canada back in the late 80's. So this is the beginning of the end? Yeah sure, why not? Old rockers don't evolve by doing the same thing forever. The future? GHOSTS I-IV live please.

Like everyone else here, I've been to see a lot of 'well known' rock / alternative bands perform live and speaking critically I think this gig was a very good example of excellent, if not perfect musicianship by our friends across the pond. All of the bands were quick to the stage, exercised their showmanship profoundly and were tight. It is the best gig I've been to so far, pipping APC closely at Southampton Guildhall, back in 2005. NIN and JA did an excellent job of pleasing the crowd and taking everyone on a great journey through their set lists, which were both full of a wide range of their material. Both bands ripped it up and had fun, so what more can you really ask for?.

The only criticism I have to make is that there was a bass sample that managed to blast people ten feet back from the stage during the end of one song in NIN's set list... (cast your mind back). While intentional or not and judging by the whole audiences reaction ("holy fucking shit" mostly), it just showed everyone how good NIN really are at making thoughtful and impressive show with limited planning.

Bravo.

donparker posted:

But the big thing that struck me? Thing I keep forgetting? Those guys filled the O2 with no record company contract.

Thats impressive.

23,000 seater or something like that, isn't it?

Snarkypuss posted:

donparker posted:

But the big thing that struck me? Thing I keep forgetting? Those guys filled the O2 with no record company contract.

Thats impressive.

23,000 seater or something like that, isn't it?

Yup!

fucking hell some of you guys really over-analyse every little detail.

my highlight tracks from last night had to be now im nothing , the becoming and metal


o2 is a good venue - crowd was great also - had to move back a bit on some occasions though

Last night was soooooo much more amazing than 2007 at the Carling and it takes a lot to top a carling Academy Birmingham gig in my books lol
If I have to go through life never going to another live gig, I think I can still die happy! haha

My video's from last night....including the intro for Numan!! .. www.youtube.com/Lone28

markreed posted:

Why's everyone going on about how awesome the setlist is? Hate to wee on your chips here, but the ONLY time London gets to see ANY SONG from "Year Zero" (after it came out), "Ghosts", and "The Slip"... and we get two songs? No. It was a nostalgia setlist. Intersting, brilliant... BUT too many old songs.

Overall, almost perfect. Almost.

Disagree with the above. We would have had Echoplex (most likely) had it not been for Mr. Numan, and I know what I'dve rather have had - because we wouldn't have got the LITS set-up, so I guess we're just left with what (IMO) is an average song (or songs if they'd have done anything else off of The Slip) by Nine Inch Nails standards.

For me, if you're gonna deviate from TDS and The Fragile, it's gotta be something like Me, I'm Not, which I think we're all in agreement about.

But hey...the subjective appreciation of aesthetics rules all.

Only recently got home after spending the day in London [Hollowgirl thinks that the post show depression is kicking in now]. But wow what a f**cking awesome night, glad I got in early so managed to see most of Mew and all of Jane's Addictions performances, and Gary Numan was fantastic
Was my first NIN gig and hopefully not my last. Every song was amazing, Downward Spiral and Hurt especially, almost wanted to cry it was so moving. Wish I'd gotten nearer to the front (me being vertically challenged lol) but can't really complain as I was only about 10 rows from the stage, down in the pit near Robin, where I was cheering and singing and ecstatically crazy
Yup it was a great night (thanks Mr.Reznor) and I shall remember it FOREVER.

Awesome! Absolutely fucking awesome!

I went to both Manchester and London gigs, and so glad I did. Unfortunately I was about 3 rows away from the ceiling in London.

I'd have to say the first time I saw them in Brixton in 2007 was better, but I certainly can not fault the larger gigs.

As for that post gig depression, oh hell yes! Especially as I look out at the O2 Arena from work every day and will forever be reminded of that gig!

Oh, and to the lighting guy! You are fucking brilliant! Well done!

Just have to say again...fucking awesome!

Thanks as well to those who came to the meet up at The Slug, we had a fun chat, hope we can meet again sometime!

markreed posted:

Why's everyone going on about how awesome the setlist is? Hate to wee on your chips here, but the ONLY time London gets to see ANY SONG from "Year Zero" (after it came out), "Ghosts", and "The Slip"... and we get two songs? No. It was a nostalgia setlist. Intersting, brilliant... BUT too many old songs.

I'm not knocking the performance, or any of the arrangements. All I'm saying is that the setlist was too retrospective, and only one song from the past two albums is a bit Rolling Stones. It's not even as if "The Slip" is rubbish : it isn't.

Oh, and to the 19,800 people with cloth ears : Jane's Addiction are brilliant. Don't get stroppy if people want to go down the front and enjoy the show when they're on. and don't wear flip flops to the gig. If you want to stand stock still and make Perry feel as if he's playing in a morgue - go to the back.

Overall, almost perfect. Almost.

Trent said that the sets weren't going to be geared to the casual fan. To the majority of people that means "Older stuff, less singles".