You're not wrong - opinion is subjective.

However it does appear that anyone who doesn't fawn over the official line gets a drubbing. I've loved NIN since 1989 ; but I wouldn't be so biased as to think everything they have ever released or ever show has always been flawless. I'm sure most people on here would find something regarding NIN they think is imperfect : and that's opinion.

All of us, as a collective whole, are going to spend the rest of our lives - the bit that isn't now, but one day will be the present - in what is now 'the future', but in the future will be 'now'.

Now, that's a fact - unless you're going to die in the next couple of minutes. However, from my perspective, I would've preferred less nostalgia and more of a current setlist. It was not a perfect show in my opinion, and I never said my opinion was objective or valid for anyone but me.

markreed posted:

You're not wrong - opinion is subjective.

However it does appear that anyone who doesn't fawn over the official line gets a drubbing. I've loved NIN since 1989 ; but I wouldn't be so biased as to think everything they have ever released or ever show has always been flawless. I'm sure most people on here would find something regarding NIN they think is imperfect : and that's opinion.

All of us, as a collective whole, are going to spend the rest of our lives - the bit that isn't now, but one day will be the present - in what is now 'the future', but in the future will be 'now'.

Now, that's a fact - unless you're going to die in the next couple of minutes. However, from my perspective, I would've preferred less nostalgia and more of a current setlist. It was not a perfect show in my opinion, and I never said my opinion was objective or valid for anyone but me.

I read your review very differently. I picked up a certain tone in their that was one of disappointment for us all. But hey. I had a great time. My back is still bruised, and I wasn't subjected to either Discipline, or The Beginning of the End. Only was bad enough, [EDIT - At previous London shows] and the fact that they still play The Hand That Feeds and Survivalism really grates on me.



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Hey, thought I'd chuck in my 2 pence...

This was my first (and hopefully not only) NIN show. I found everything OK, especially since I'd resigned myself to not going after not being able to get any tickets until 2 weeks before the show.

While I don't have any other NIN live experience to compare it to it certainly lived up to expectations I'd raised watching numerous live videos. I would have liked to have seen a little more of the newer stuff ("Discipline" is one of my personal recent faves) but I accepted that Gary Numan's appearance probably took its place on the set list. And "Down In It" was an awesome surprise, as was "Heresy". So all in all I was surprised and blown away for most of the set.

I was hoping for a final goodbye after Hurt, literally Trent saying goodbye not another song (though I wouldn't have said no to that). Though I may have missed him say that in all the cheering.

I've only been listening to NIN for about 5-6 years and this gig finally made me feel a part of the community. Now it's just that waiting game thing, something I've never had to do with NIN before, I've only had to read about it.

To me this was the greatest show I've ever been to, I managed to get close to my heroes (not VIP close though /jealousy) and had a hell of a night. Thank you Trent and co for an awesome bunch of memories. I hope this is not the total end of touring, just a break for a while, as I need to see NIN again. Can't believe I missed so many of their old tours.

markreed posted:

katrintrent posted:

..and WOW Trent is sexy on pix but GGGGGEEEEEEEEE in real life and this close up i completely melted,...

my boyfriend wasnt all too happy at first when i told him i sneaked into his credit card and bought tickets behind his back

You're only into NIN because he's sexy?

And you stole your boyfriends credit card and spent a fortune on it?

I wouldn't boast about that.

i boast about it if i want to and what i meant was.....me and my boyfriend have both been fans for 19-20 years, we met through being fans of NIN and been together for 11 years now, i KNOW my man i KNOW how he feels about things and esp NIN, i KNEW he was DIEING to go to those shows but he was always thinking aboout the exchange rate and i thought if i dont do it we wont go, i knew i could sell the tix if he would go mental about it but i KNEW he wouldnt so YES i took his card and ordered tix, he wasnt too happy when he first found out,wasnt mad either but in the end he was the one spending more money then i was, as time went on he loved what i did more and more and after the gig he TOLD ME HE WAS SO FREAKING HAPPY I DID IT BECAUSE IF I HADNT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED THIS SHOW so yeah I AM BOASTING ABOUT IT................

no i am not ONLY into NIN because Trent is so FREAKING SEXY, to be honest I HATED the "head like a hole" video because the guy - being Trent - was so icky (i was a young teenager at the time) but i LOVED the song....it wasnt until the tour he did with Bowie in ´95 when i saw an interview on MTV with Trent and Bowie that i started to find him good looking....today yes i find him extremely sexy and my boyfriend doesnt mind me fancying him......seeing a great live show with an extremely sexy man on stage is NEVER a bad thing for a woman....same as a guy seeing a movie (or even a live show) with an extremely sexy woman in it makes the movie a lot better (dont even try to deny it)...
ggeee what is your problem ???? i LOVED meeting Trent and seeing he is as good looking in real life as on pix- or even better looking if anything-....not photoshoped pix like all the glamour pix these days are so yeah i am a FUCKING HAPPY CHAP

ffs get a life

hhmmmm reading thru this again it seems like i KNOW a lot haha

Gah, I can't be arsed going through all of this, does anyone have or know of a High Quality Audio Bootleg of the gig?

katrintrent posted:

markreed posted:

katrintrent posted:

..and WOW Trent is sexy on pix but GGGGGEEEEEEEEE in real life and this close up i completely melted,...

my boyfriend wasnt all too happy at first when i told him i sneaked into his credit card and bought tickets behind his back

You're only into NIN because he's sexy?

And you stole your boyfriends credit card and spent a fortune on it?

I wouldn't boast about that.

i boast about it if i want to and what i meant was.....me and my boyfriend have both been fans for 19-20 years, we met through being fans of NIN and been together for 11 years now, i KNOW my man i KNOW how he feels about things and esp NIN, i KNEW he was DIEING to go to those shows but he was always thinking aboout the exchange rate and i thought if i dont do it we wont go, i knew i could sell the tix if he would go mental about it but i KNEW he wouldnt so YES i took his card and ordered tix, he wasnt too happy when he first found out,wasnt mad either but in the end he was the one spending more money then i was, as time went on he loved what i did more and more and after the gig he TOLD ME HE WAS SO FREAKING HAPPY I DID IT BECAUSE IF I HADNT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED THIS SHOW so yeah I AM BOASTING ABOUT IT................

no i am not ONLY into NIN because Trent is so FREAKING SEXY, to be honest I HATED the "head like a hole" video because the guy - being Trent - was so icky (i was a young teenager at the time) but i LOVED the song....it wasnt until the tour he did with Bowie in ´95 when i saw an interview on MTV with Trent and Bowie that i started to find him good looking....today yes i find him extremely sexy and my boyfriend doesnt mind me fancying him......seeing a great live show with an extremely sexy man on stage is NEVER a bad thing for a woman....same as a guy seeing a movie (or even a live show) with an extremely sexy woman in it makes the movie a lot better (dont even try to deny it)...
ggeee what is your problem ???? i LOVED meeting Trent and seeing he is as good looking in real life as on pix- or even better looking if anything-....not photoshoped pix like all the glamour pix these days are so yeah i am a FUCKING HAPPY CHAP

ffs get a life

hhmmmm reading thru this again it seems like i KNOW a lot haha

you obviously had a great time (understatement),and i personally loved to read it!

BelGareth52 posted:

Gah, I can't be arsed going through all of this, does anyone have or know of a High Quality Audio Bootleg of the gig?

The Manchester show is on dimeadozen. A guy commented on that one saying he would upload his London recording, so I guess it will show up in due time. The taper I think will have to 'master' the recording and such.



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samhain posted:

thefalloftime posted:

BelGareth52 posted:

Gah, I can't be arsed going through all of this, does anyone have or know of a High Quality Audio Bootleg of the gig?

The Manchester show is on dimeadozen. A guy commented on that one saying he would upload his London recording, so I guess it will show up in due time. The taper I think will have to 'master' the recording and such.

The O2 show is now on Dimeadozen - downloading now, thanks to Solitude for uploading.

As am I. Mega thanks to solitude this is amazing.

get a life? obviously never someone spend a few grand of yours in credit card fraud then..

powder posted:

I don't have account on Dimeadozen !!! Please, i want a solution for downloading this show !

This. Help us noobs.

Yes I'm also interested in downloading the audio if it's placed somewhere else. Thank you!

Smaller venues (Brixton etc) are nearly always better than these large arenas but the O2 is about the best large arena I have been to. And when you are down the front it doesn't really matter all that much how many people are behind you.

The lights were awesome, very low over the stage to create a very intense vibe and all white lights, the same idea that Bowie used on his 1979 tour. Very simple and very effective.

This was the 14 time I've seen NIN streching back 18 years and Trent has never failed to impress. I stood next to Gary Numan at the Brixton Academy in 1999 so it fun seeing him onstage with the band.

You never know, the band have had long hiatus in the past so Trent may come back and play live in a few years time. Who knows (Trent I guess!!), we can only hope.

Anyway, on to Sonisphere for one last time......

I was wondering the same thing, when are the pics for the meet and greet being posted? Anyone?

kapnclinton posted:

Downloading the audio recording from Dime. I'll put it somewhere for everyone once I've got it.

I've thought it before but you are made of win.

markreed posted:

get a life? obviously never someone spend a few grand of yours in credit card fraud then..

hahaha you are one strange person do you know that ?????

i didnt spend few grand on two concert tickets and beside, we are living together have a house together and a family together and joined bank accounts, the credit card is in his name and he has it all the time i sneaked it out of his pocket and bought 2 tix without him knowing cuz as i said we wouldnt have gone othervise cuz he is too worried about how high the pound is compered to our krona....i wasnt STEALING anything my money is his money and his money is my money...and beside i payed for the flights with "my" money which was hell of a lot more then two tix so if we go i was doing a credit card fraud on him...i didnt need that i could have gone on my own if i wanted to but as said i KNEW he wanted to go but was thinking too much about money things so i did it as a surprise and he LOVED it....so that what i mean by get a life and stop worrying about others happiness and try to bring it down even for your unhappines....bugger off