i liked when that guy screamed "1 2 3" during hurt....it was in perfect timing!

I am still recovering....my girlfriends feet were bloody and she got strangled by some guy but we survived.

I never sweated that much in my entire life...I thought I died at one point....sometimes I still think I died there on the floor and this isnt real...

here is a pic of my gf's foot...thank you to the guy who caught her when she fell

modehead posted:

Why there was no encore: My best guess was that it was a Sunday night and the venue has a time limit??

$5 for a bottle of water and you can't buy a decent ventilation system? Fucking extortionists.

There was no encore because there should NOT have been an encore. An epic two hour show including the entire, in order, performance of The Downward Spiral is not something you can top with a couple more greatest hits in an encore. I think Trent ended last night's show as he should have...without an encore.

And personally I can not criticize the venue. It must be impossible to keep a room like that cool with all those bodies in NYC in August. It was a great space with amazing sound. I could actually feel the air conditioning at times, up above mass of humanity that had melted into one collective ball of sweat. You had to be 8 feet tall to get to it though. Sadly $5 for water is what you'd pay at any arena, festival, etc. It's supply/demand. You are not wrong to be annoyed, but they are no worse than any festival, airport, sporting event, etc.

I understand that WH was giving out free ice water in a cup as well.

^^ NICE!!!

both my arms are bruised...so worth it!! pit was FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

Riot posted:

This show - YEARS from now - will be known as The Legendary Webster Hall show. People will speak of it as we do Woodstock or the Irvine Plaza show.... I have never felt such intensity at a show - we were soaked with sweat - our fingers pruned up from it. It was the greatest feeling in the entire world that I have ever felt. 15 years ago I became a fan - I played that Cassette - yes Cassette - god I don't even know how many times - but yuo all do since we all did the same.

To have that fucking masterpiece preformed live for us was such and unbeleiveable honor - I am so grateful to everyone - it was teh full cirlcle - of TR - his lyrics - and everyone beside me on that rail - in that pit - up in the balconies and following on facebook and Twitter. I love you all - you are my family - and when I finally brooke down and cried in teh middle of A Warm Place , it was becasue I knew - for the rest of my life - when ever I need to go "Someplace - else" That moment, on that rail - with everyone - is where I will go back to whenever I need hope.

To be 14 years old an alone playing that record was such a cool thing and a comfort - to us all - but that..... That was everything I could have asked for. It was The Downward Spiral - in reality - and I wasn't alone... I can't beleive that just happened. I can not even begin to process this...

So many beautiful words in this thread. This is what music is for, this how we find out we are all the same, when we all hear the same incredible sounds and some part of our beings each reverberate on the exact same frequency, as our souls simultaneously and spontaneously recognize, in this imperfect world, a small pure fragment of truth.

Just out of curiosity - anyone know the actual attendance at that show? 1200? +/-?

Not that it hasn't been said in the countless posts, but holy crap! I really can not believe what I had witnessed last night. I seriously think that was truel the single best show I had ever been to by any band. It was well worth the 4 hour drive from NH. Phenominal! I don't even think any words I can use can even come close to to any sort of explaination of the thoughts and emotions in my mind from that show. I saw a couple shows on the NINJA tour and thought to myself, this can not be the end. Not like this. I was fired up to hear these new dates. I almost missed it too. I failed at the original onsale. The secondary sale last week was a fail becuase I was $3 shy on my credit card and got declined. A buddy of mine from work actually scored tickets and the rest is history.

Thank you very much NIN. I feel much beter now that I have had an official chance to "wave goodbye"!!!

Edit: ^^BRIDGEEE!!

FULLMETAL posted:

This is what I like to see:

^^RIOT!! THAT FUCKING PICTURE IS EPIC!! .. jus had to say .. loved your recap of the show man. Right on!!

Dudes .. I'm getting emotional just thinking about that show. Seriously. Unbelievable performance from my favorite band playing my favorite album. Loved being in the pit the whole night and there was no fucking way I was leaving it .. (even while almost passing out .. twice)

.. I just want to crawl in my bed and relive the night for the next week.



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Said it before, say it again. Holy shit.

Best show I have ever seen. Without a doubt. The band was amazing, and the sound was perfect. My god, to be at 'THAT SHOW' will be something I will never forget. I won't say anything more about the band, its been said better already than I ever could put it. One thing I def want to mention was how amazing it was to be surrounded by people whom all feel the same way about the music as I do. Honestly, best crowd of all time, ya'll made the 4 to 5 hour trip from New England worth it.

I sweated off a few pounds last night (I can't get much thinner people...), but found that my Prodigy shirt had gained about five pounds, in sweat. I took that sucker off when I got to my car and tossed it on the pavement. It was like dropping a phone book, just one that splattered. A-MAZ-ING.

the_mystic_s posted:

I've loved reading what everyone had to say. We ALL were in the same zone. Jaw-dropping, epic... words really do it injustice. Aside from a few folks, the vibe was amazing. [] Was there anyone-IS there anyone that doesn't still have that shit-eating grin still stuck there?

justin_mj posted:

I have to chime in, can't resist.

What a goddamn GIFT it was to be able to play that show....

These past two nights have been really heavy. I'm already sentimental about them, but of course I'm an old softie.

Love to you,
JMJ

Thanks for that, it made me misty-eyed. I'm an old softy, too. We all had a kick-ass time TOGETHER. I've never felt more connected to a performing band.

Thanks, Trent for all the years, and sharing your gift.
Thanks, Justin, oh great master of the lower frequencies.
Thanks, Ilan- you got a great future, kid. Watching you play is a joy.
Thanks, Robin-I'm glad it was YOU here at the end. You shredded my dna.
And thanks to everyone else that works so hard for this band.

I feel like i won the lottery twice. Once to score tickets, and second, to be there for this.

Yes. This. ^

lunggwai, thanks. your post was beautiful.

kskill posted:

Just me, or was anyone else half expecting they'd play The Slip from start to finish when 1,000,000 started up?

me too!

I surmised 1,000,000 thru lights in the sky but was pleasantly happy to hear an AMAZING rendition of terrible lie afterward.

I have never posted before. After having a full day to let it all sink in, I don't have to repeat what everyone else has said. I consider myself to be supremely lucky to have experienced last night at Webster Hall, it will stay with me forever.

My first nin show was in July of 1990 at a place smaller than Webster Hall, the Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach, VA. The opener that night was Meat Beat Manifesto and the city fire marshal actually forced the club to get 200 people to leave. The place was horribly overcrowded and just like last night, became a mass of bodies and sweat. I left that show drained, exhausted and I felt that I had just had a life-changing experience.

In the ensuing years my appreciation for Trent's music just became stronger, and an amazing thing also happened - a community grew and evolved. It was more than just being "fans", Trent struck a chord and connected with us in ways no one else had or ever will. To be able to share this last experience with all who were there is indescribable.

I have had some amazing experiences with nin over the years, some of the highlights:

- In 1995 they had to cancel a show at the Pensacola Civic Center due to a power outage before nin took the stage. Trent came out and promised to make it up to us. He did a few months later by playing a surprise show at the much smaller Bayfront Auditorium. They opened the show with "Head Like A Hole", never saw that happen before or since.
- During the 2000 Fragility tour at Madison Square Garden, saw Marilyn Manson and Trent bury the hatchet and perform "Starfuckers" and "The Beautiful People" together.
- The 2008 Lights In The Sky tour. Enough said.
- The 2005 With Teeth club tour, saw them perform in another small venue - the Electric Factory in Philly.

In my wildest dreams I could never have imagined that my eighteenth and final nin show would make all the previous ones pale in comparison. I left Webster Hall last night feeling the exact same way I did nineteen years ago - drenched in sweat and happier than I had ever been.

A massive thank you is called for to Trent, Robin, Justin and Ilan - as well as the entire band crew and my fellow members of the nin community that were in attendance. This show has provided closure on a chapter of my life with Trent's music, and it could not have been more perfect.

greghatesevry1 posted:

i liked when that guy screamed "1 2 3" during hurt....it was in perfect timing!

I personally liked how after Trent sang, "what have I become?" and this dude yelled, "MY GOD!" You just know a bunch of us were feeling the same way after the treat they gave us :-P



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Ash512 posted:

If anybody has footage (any lenght, size, quality) and would like to contribute I will try to put together a multi-cam edit for at least the full TDS performance to be released as a TOIOU side-project.

Contact me @ pier_philippe88@hotmail.com

Remember this show wasn't officially filmed, unlike Bowery...

Try contacting thisguy on youtube. He claims to have the entire performance.