damn...i forgot to say that i met robin again the morning before the show on the same place, and he asked me: "dude...where are you comming from?"
then he signed my distortion pedal and i invited him to have drink but he was in hurry

and here is Ilan also in downtown hhhhhh

im lucky cause my hotel was near theirs!

Onyi_ posted:

nine_inch_nerd posted:

Back from a 3 day Budapest trip (together with my son). <right now I'm at work again>
It was great: beautiful city, very nice people, and very hot (>33°C). Fortunately the hotelroom got airco.
The concert was great, but not the best I've seen (for me Amsterdam was the best).
This one was special for me, because I stood on the front between Trent and Robin. And because ít was my last one (of seven). Excellent to end it in this city.

We had a great time and it was awesome to meet Laci, CFI and Ishtmail (with his wife and friends). People, I won't forget this...........I'm happy to know you all!
And of course greetings to the people from Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and France at the queue.

I think I was the crazy girl behind your son. :-) I hope I didn't push him too hard! HUGS!!!

Ha ha, he didn't noticed it. Everything's fine! Thanks

It was my first NIN show, and for now, the last one as well (I wanted to go to the Sziget a few years ago, but I wasn't at home at that time, and I'm only a poor student, so a can't really afford to go abroad ta watch them ) The only thing that conforts me is that it was A-FUCKING-MAZING!!!!! Better than imagined, better than anything! One of my best nights, and THE best concert in my life so far (I'd like to give them a chance to try to top it)
Since it was my first time a can't really compare, but I think the band was having a good time, too. I managed to get to the third row (sorry for the girl next to me,the crowd was pushing me too!- but I didn't mind), so I had a great view (I can't understand people who buy those sitting tickets, and watch the show from a hundred meters away...), and in the end I managed to grab a drumstick!! (After catching it, at first I couldn't believe my godd luck -I still can't believe it- then escaped with it from the crowd My parents at home couldn't understand my enthusiasm for a piece of wood Since then it sits on a highlighted spot on a shelf in my room) After the show I felt really hyper for the rest of the night and the next day -despite the sleep deprivation-, and I just couldn't shut up about it I think I got on the nerves of my family Even now I'm in a better mood than usual, and when I think of the show (about 90% of my time awake) I just can't stop smiling
And the security guards were really nice, a huge brownie point for them for giving us water, since it was really hot, and everyone was jumping all the time
Oh, yeah, I think the crowd was great. Everyone knew the songs, they didn't just wander in from the street, and most people I met were nice, I can't say anything bad about them (us). The atmosphere was great/amazing/mind-blowing/awesome/etc. ...
And most especially thanks Trent and the guys for coming here!! It was a good evening, shouldn't we repeat it some time in the future? (answer: we should!! looking forward to it...)

nine_inch_nerd posted:

We had a great time and it was awesome to meet Laci, ...

Thanks man! It was awesome for me too. We had a nice awaiting time outside!

As for the show, everything was lovely. I enjoyed it and yes, this was an unusual setlist. SICNH and TDS were the highlights for me and I liked Trent's speech about Bush.

My photos are on my Flickr page.

This was my very first NIN concert and I must say that although we were just around 7-8000 people, the show kicked ass!!! It was amazing to see them live, although I must confess that I was constantly comparing the NIN show to the DM shows I've seen so far - I know that they are two different worlds, but I did that. Maybe because I love DM beyond everything that's why I've said to Mauka that the NIN show was nothing compaired to the DM shows. But don't get me wrong, I was enjoying it entirely!! Trent's voice was even more amazing live and at the beginning when the music'd started, the whole hall roared and the seats under us were resonating, giving us the feel that we were sitting on a motor! It was wicked! Goose bumps all over!!!

Sadly I didn't know every song they've played, cuz usually I'm listening to a "favourite folder" from NIN, but every one of the songs sounded absolutely amazing! During "Burn" when the crowd started shouting back "BURN!!!" at Trent.... it was soooo soooo shockingly amazing for me! I was grinning like mad while trying to hold my phone straight, cuz I was recording it. (And as I looked into some videos a few days ago, it seemed that they are much more better quality than the ones I did on the DM concert from the first row.)

My very favourite part was when Ilan (haha, same age like me) came forward and "pushed" Trent away from the keyboards when Trent started playing "La Mer" (one of my absolute favs!!!!!!!! ) and Ilan continued it! I was SO HAPPY to hear this instrumental song live! So much things connect me to that song that I nearly cried at it's end, especially when another big fav of mine, "Something I can never have" came. It was pure magic on stage again! I was in another world and I was totally mesmerized as we were looking down at the band from our sector.

During "Mr. Self-Destruct" I was grinning like mad too cuz I was thinking of one of my friends, Bree (and the whole Meet Your Master forum) and that I'll tell this to her!
Before "The hand that feeds" Trent said a litte speech about George W. Bush, which surprised me and although I couldn't understand everything of it, he spoke in a so to say not-so-nice way about him... and the crowd liked it. And then came "The hand that feeds" which rocked the whole place!!! It was AMAZING and finally nearly the whole audience was jumping like mad in union! But sadly this was our last song, cuz we had to leave earlier so we could catch the last subway run. (I hate traffic in Budapest!!!) So we just heard parts of "Head like a hole" during we were searching our way out of the building. It'd have been nice to hear "Hurt" live, but later - as a compensation - I've heard it in a DM/NIN party (in the version where David Bowie featured the song).
So I must say that I have ambivalent feelings about this concert because of our early leave, but the performance was AMAZING!
Thank you Trent for this wonderful evening!!!

I know the quality sucks, but here are my vids: [www.youtube.com]

I just posted this at ETS:

My 10th NIN show, in my home country, wohoo!

It was sooo great to see them again, I just realized (again) how much I love seeing them live. My personal highlights:
Reptile - really, it was a surprise, sounded so great
La Mer
The Downward Spiral - never heard it live (and after that: Mr. Self Destruct - wow!)
The Good Soldier
and to hear that Trent loved the city

Well, then come back soon!

My videos on YouTube (from the 1st row, in front of Robin).

Oh, and thank you, Nine Inch Nails! Plus: thanks for the water, Robin!

Guys, my pics are up and some of the videos as well but there's more to come, please check back later!
Btw, a shoutout to the French and Romanian girls and the Dutch guys from the presale line! And I'm also glad I got to know some fellow Hungarian fans! It was a great day.

hi

here are my photos from Budapest: NIN in Budapest

Well, I just came back from my Budapest-Formula 1-NIN-Vienna vacation. I was actually in Budapest for the Formula 1 race, and the NIN concert fell right in the middle of that. Because both events are exhausting enough on their own, I had some serious doubts up to the last moment whether it would be wise to combine the two. In the end, my need to see NIN another time overcame those doubts and I got my ticket just a few short hours before the show started. Here's one guy who's happy that the show wasn't sold out.

It's too bad I haven't met any of you guys and gals, but that's what happens with last-minute decisions. It didn't help either that I was deprived of internet for a week. Some of you might have noticed me though, not only because of my height (1.95m), but also because I hadn't exactly packed for my vacation with a NIN concert in mind. So I just threw on the clothes that I least cared about getting dirty. I must've stuck out like a sore thumb with my kaki pants and red T-shirt.

Anyway, about the show, needless to say it was fucking amazing. What struck me afterward was how similar the experience had been to the Amsterdam show I've been to earlier. Now that's a good thing - Amsterdam was awesome from start to end, and Budapest was no different. The crowd was excellent, with everyone really getting into it. No real trouble either, aside from a few people fainting, and a group of annoying drunk Germans who kept moshing the whole time. And oh yeah, I spotted one crowd surfer near the end of the show.

The setlist was great too - no big surprises, just an outstanding selection of songs. I was specifically hoping for Reptile, Echoplex and Terrible Lie. Well, as they say, two out of three ain't bad.
Reptile was especially cool with the green lights strobing in sync with the flickering sound of the song.
Words can't describe that feeling of anticipation you get during the intro of March of the Pigs, when the whole crowd is gearing up and you know that all hell is about to break loose.
Loved Trent's little speech about the Bush administration right before The Hand That Feeds.

All in all, I feel really lucky that I got to see NIN twice in a row, and whatever doubts I had beforehand seem really stupid now.



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Good Soldier

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Reptile

Multicams. Thanks to tapers!!

Check my profile for more vids and leave a comment

Uselessgirl posted:

I have a question for you all: Does anyone have the audio version of this Budapest gig in a nice quality? And if yes, then would you be so kind and share it with us? I'd really appreciate that!

What i know is that there arent great audio sources YET. Searched the internet and several sources. The vids on youtube and multicams in my profile might be the best audiorecordings of the show...

Let me throw in some photos of my Budapest show experience...

































This is just a selection of the good ones (aka not blurry).
I'm now working on uploading videos on Youtube... Post pending.



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Mmmm, good times. Hard to believe it's been almost a month ago now.