what was on trent's sleeve earlier in the show when he had the long sleeve on?

I don't know...maybe it's because I have seen practically ever NIN tour since TDS in 1994, but I'm really mixed about tonight. Nothing wrong with the NIN and their performance, although I thought Peter Murphy's lack of knowing the lyrics to Reptile was a lowlight for me. Seriously, it was pitiful for what normally has been an incredible song to experience live. I'm sure the folks in LA will be pleased that he won't be making an appearance out there.

I guess I was too hopeful in that something that normally had gotten very little to no play at all over the years would have been broken out live tonight (Happiness In Slavery, Perfect Drug, Get Down Make Love, We're in the Together Now come to mind). I would have happily swapped out the covers they did for ANY other NIN song. Just a little disappointed that everything played tonight was pretty much the same old same old.

Props to the crowd, they definitely were into the show and reciprocated the energy NIN was giving off. Highlights for me would have to be Suck, Right Where it Belongs, and it was cool to hear Ruiner again.

Anyhow, off to sleep.

Later.

MitchMitchem posted:

Epic show.

Was it just me...or did anyone else notice that once Peter came out that the mic levels were all out of whack? I couldn't hear him for half of Reptile, and then during Final Solution, Robin's mic wasn't even on.

Actually, it wasn't his mic...he didn't know the song at all.

Later.

oldland posted:

MitchMitchem posted:

Epic show.

Was it just me...or did anyone else notice that once Peter came out that the mic levels were all out of whack? I couldn't hear him for half of Reptile, and then during Final Solution, Robin's mic wasn't even on.

That`s what I thought. Was Peter ahead of the band on Reptile?

I think he either forgot the words, or forgot the timing of the words. I'm pretty sure he repeated a line. Was still cool to see him do the song tho.

wretchedgoat posted:

what was on trent's sleeve earlier in the show when he had the long sleeve on?

Looked like a wave goodbye patch/sleeve

Just got back to the hotel. Wow.

We're staying out by O'Hare, which meant a long train ride which got longer when we found out while on the Blue Line that it's undergoing maintenance and we had to take a bus from Wicker Park to down town. Uhh..... well an hour and a half later we got to the Aragon for Mew's last song, didn't get any merch since what we wanted was already sold and probably saw the best NIN set I've ever seen.

I loved all of "The Downward Spiral" tunes with "Heresy" being a real treat. "Right Where It Belongs" was another nice surprise. I was super hoping Al Jourgenson would show up and sing "Suck" with Trent and then maybe play "Supernaut," but it was cool seeing Peter Murphy out there.

Made the day trip from Kansas City worth it.

Thanks for the show. I won't forget it.

i personally enjoyed yesterdays show more. but none the less if i could have only been at one it would have been tonight simply for ruiner.

Was a great show! I was in the second/third row and it was surprisingly calm most of the time which I liked. Ruiner was my highlight, would have been beaten/tied by Reptile if P.M. didn't fuck up the lyrics so bad... After getting it wrong 3 or 4 times over the past week you'd think Trent or someone would tell him he fucked it up. It looked like JMJ was pissed at him for fucking it up too. Oh well.

That was an insane show! It seemed that the crowd was about 5X more into it than the night before. I was planning on taking it easy tonight, but when the crowd rushed, I ended up diving into the fray at the right-front again anyway, like the fool I am.

Can't sleep; wonder if my 2 year old will sleep in tomorrow...please?...

Izrael42088 posted:

i personally enjoyed yesterdays show more. but none the less if i could have only been at one it would have been tonight simply for ruiner.

grats izzy, glad you got to hear your song... saw you floating around during it.



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Oh god, amazing show. Words cannot describe.

I was too dead from rail the previous night, so I went up on the balcony, farthest left that they were letting people in to. PERFECT view. I was about parallel to the rail, right in the front of the balcony.

Right Where It Belongs SHOCKED me, and I was SO happy to get to experience it live. Amazing song.

Amazing performance by the whole band. Peter Murphy forgetting the lyrics to Reptile was *facepalm* worthy, but he made up for it by fucking around with the other guys onstage.

My group and I got all covered in corn starch before the show. The rest of my group was at the rail, I'm amazed they could handle it! I sure as hell couldn't, two nights in a row.

Anyways, AMAZING show. Great final memories of NIN live. I'm glad that it ended this way. Thank you so much, Trent, for doing this for us. It really means a lot to not only me, but every fan there. Thank you.

LPchick1013 posted:

My only disappointment was that I would have loved to have seen and heard Closer live (any clue as to why that huge hit was left out tonight?), but oh well - everything else was AWESOME!!!

Because he plays it ALL the time. I was very surprised NOT to hear it.

phix95 posted:

ihatecrayons posted:

Anyways, AMAZING show. Great final memories of NIN live. I'm glad that it ended this way. Thank you so much, Trent, for doing this for us. It really means a lot to not only me, but every fan there. Thank you.

NIN is NOT ending ppl! He said as much during the show AND he's also said "In 2008, Reznor decided to put Nine Inch Nails on indefinite hiatus. He later clarified that "NIN as a touring live band or live band that's on the road all the time [would be] stopping" after a comprehensive tour, but that he would continue to produce music thereafter."

Hey, I know that, hence why I said *NIN live*. Not the end of NIN.

Nice to see you enjoyed the show - I did too.
I'll tell you a secret - we almost canceled because I woke up sick and unable to talk complete with chills, etc. I spent all day sleeping trying to shake it but still felt terrible walking to the stage... then something happened and by the end I felt great. Weird.

trent_reznor posted:

Nice to see you enjoyed the show - I did too.
I'll tell you a secret - we almost canceled because I woke up sick and unable to talk complete with chills, etc. I spent all day sleeping trying to shake it but still felt terrible walking to the stage... then something happened and by the end I felt great. Weird.

Well, nice to know we made that better for you. Maybe this means you should keep touring.