Great show, though Universal Amphitheatre 10/6/94 is still my favorite. My first time since 1994 seeing 4 shows in 1 tour. I really appreciate the taping policy this tour, I rarely bring myself to attend anything I can't get into for under $20 but that made it all worth the cost and effort.

Many VIP seats stayed empty and most of those stayed seated. I stopped to chat with a friend who had a pit wristband toward the front of the line and he said "since you have balcony I don't think anyone will care if you cut." Was hoping to get front row balcony but the first 3 rows in the 2 center sections were reserved.

Mike Garson is an awesome piano player and since I didn't go to the Fonda show I was glad he made another appearance. Best Gave Up and Mr Self Destruct ever.

That's a lot of freaking songs

lh5atoek posted:

Setlist:

1. Home
2. Somewhat Damaged
3. The Collector
4. Discipline
5. March of The Pigs
6. Something I Can Never Have
7. The Frail
8. The Wretched
9. Ruiner
10. Head Down
11. Burn
12. Just Like You Imagined (w Mike Garson)
13. La Mer (w Mike Garson)
14. Eraser (w Mike Garson)
15. The Becoming (Still) (w Mike Garson)
16. Down In The Park (w Gary Numan & Mike Garson intro(?) )
17. Metal (w Gary Numan)
18. I Die: You Die (w Gary Numan)

19. 1,000,000
20. Letting You
21. Survivalism
22. Suck
23. Down In It
24. The Hand That Feeds
25. Head Like A Hole

26. Me, I'm Not (w Atticus Ross)
27. The Warning (w Atticus Ross & Dave Navarro)
28. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) (w Dave Navarro)
29. Gave Up (w Dave Navarro)

30. Mr. Self Destruct (w The Dillinger Escape Plan)
31. Wish (w The Dillinger Escape Plan)
32. Atmosphere (cover - Joy Division)
33. Dead Souls (cover - Joy Division)
34. The Good Soldier
35. The Day The World Went Away
36. Hurt
37. In This Twilight

shaunriley posted:

Adrianne Curry, you're a champ, I saw you leave, you looked pretty fucking haggard (in a good way!) musta had a great time down there!

The pit was so fucking tame compared to the energy at The Palladium(I enjoyed that show a bit more), I said FUCK IT. When Dillinger's Escape Plan came on, I dumped a bottle of water on my head and fucking head banged till I almost passed out. Sorry to all the people trying to quietly and peacefully stand there like zombies, I was leaving NIN the way I Came in. FUCK YOU to all the star fuckers that were so bad I CRINGED for Trent. For some reason, a few sought me out thinking I was going backstage after the show. Sorry, ladies. After sitting in that line from 8am till the doors open(did you see VIP? that section was lame! they were so far away), I had next to NO desire to stay longer...I went to Denny's instead, and I do NOT regret my decision! That burger was like sweet mana from heaven.

Thank you boys, for such an epic show. Thank you Justin, I SO needed that bottle of water thrown on me...and magically, like the hand of GOD steered your aim, it JUST missed my camera. Your a great musician and all, but I would have fucking jumped up there and kicked you in the balls if you had ruined my camera! ; ) Thank you Robin, for actually coming on Justin's side of the stage this time...and most of all, Thank you Trent. Thank you for creating music that has always spoken to my bi-polar soul.Thank you for reaching out to me out of NOWHERE on twitter and hooking me up w/better seats and backstage passes...sorry I didnt really use the passes, but I HAD to be in front of the stage for street sweeper, you and jane's! I have always admired your art, but now after witnessing your heart(still cant believe u hooked me up, the 15 year old me would have DIED!) I admire your soul. Go have some baby making sex and spend the time you need building your family. Having always identified with the pain in your music, I'm over the moon that you have found happiness and peace.

Thank you to all my line buddies! We are fucking troopers, and I will always have a spot in my heart for Wilshire and Western ave. ; ) I felt like I spent a week there!

Is it safe to say that they more or less played the demo version of Down In It? This show was spectacular; NIN has been my favorite band since I first watched the Head Like A Hole video on MTV at the tender age of 4. I'd like to thank my parents inability to learn the English language well enough to understand that their little girl was listening to music well beyond her years, and I could not have wished for a better farewell show.

Palladium to the Henry Fonda to last night at the Wiltern, every night seemed to top it's self. Fucking awesome. If I could only put into words how great these shows were.
Fucking awesome.

I am feeling a bit sad this morning.. can't believe something that has been so important to me for the last 15 years is now just a memory. Will be flying home soon to return to my boring suburban life.. will feel a bit empty now.

But I have to say that I have met some incredible people through this forum and at the shows. This is really a fantastic community of people and I feel blessed to know many of you. Big shout out to Mooney for being such a cool person - I am so glad I found you after the show last night and wandered into Denny's with you. I was about to fall flat on my face and I probably would not have ventured in to eat alone.

Everyone that I stood in line with - sorry I am bad with names - hearing your NIN stories and comparing notes was also a highlight of my trip. Funny running into the two camera guys again last night..hope you had a fantastic time in the balconey. And Jamie - I am so glad you made it last night. I am glad that your crushed dreams from Palladium turned into a chance to see the last show.

wow what the fuck do I say???

after the couple lights in the sky shows I saw, I said "how can Trent top that?"
Last night......well last night couldnt have been a better show for NIN "last".

The setlist was fucking AMAZING and I NEVER thought Id say that about a setlist that didnt include Reptile.

I saw the Palladium show and several shows in the past year and NEVER see him do Dead Souls - Joy Division was one of my all time favorite bands.
I saw he did Atmosphere (the BEST JD SONG PERHAPS) the other night and thought for sure I would NEVER see him do it as he wouldnt do it last night again....and after all the good old fashioned NIN chaos of Wish and Mr Self Destruct......

HE FUCKING PLAYED ATMOSPHERE!!!!!!!

and just when I thought it couldnt get better, when Hurt was playing I thought that was it,

AND THEN HE FUCKING PLAYED IN THIS TWILIGHT (one of my like top 3 NIN songs and to me the PERFECT ENDING SONG.



thank you to ALL who made this show what it was and this includes Trent, and all the band and crew, and also all my friends who were there including a very cool new one who got me the water - you know who you are -.

No thanks to the fucking loud stupid "I want your baby trent" type yelling girls right behind us THE WHOLE SHOW INCLUDING THE QUIET SONGS on the second tiered wall on the right side of the venue floor - if you think all your shit got all over my mics, think again cause my mics are fairly directional and make your direction VERY low.
But thanks for showing us all you cant respect the actual PERFORMANCE going on.


Special thank you mention needs to go to my girlfriend who got there about 11:30 for the line and waited in line so all of us could get in the venue early and get a good spot. I couldnt get out of work till about 6 and she REALLY helped make the night a good one for about 15 of us all (including the people that bought my ticket - the guy from Canada and the girl that just happened to know the guy in my party - it was a pleasure to meet you all
and please PM me if you are reading this as we didnt exchange numbers.

Also no thanks to the 2 guys that got had their stupid girlfriend come up on the wall to stand in front of my tall friend, only then to have her stand in front of my girl on HER wall spot and dance around stupidly. sorry but you were rude and not even ONE thank you when the show ended that we basically GAVE you that prime spot for over half the show.
Ahhh gotta love stupid rude inconsiderate people - without them what would we bitch about.




For the record,

I recorded this show all on minidisk with fairly good mics (havent heard it yet) and also filmed the whole thing in HD.

I have good audio of the Palladium and this show not to mention 3 NINJA shows along with HD camera for both these last 2 shows and most of those NINja shows. It will be a while before I put it all together though so be patient.

My camera work was a little shaky this night as I tried to enjoy this show as well and
no thanks to the 3 or so fucks holding up their camera and hands as high as they could like 85% of the show that just happened to be RIGHT in front of me and like 60 percent of that time, NO ONE ELSE was doing this. just bad luck for me.
But you know, I filmed the whole show and never have to hold the camera or my hands over my head as high as I can for as LONG as I can. I do this out of respect to those behind me. I mean Ive got no problem with people putting their hands up at moments of excitement but what the fuck is the reason to hold your hands as high as possible THE WHOLE TIME?? .. I just was unlucky to be behind the ONLY people on the whole floor that did this much of the show - ok rant over.....


but the fucking show was just amazing. It couldnt have been better.



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i'm so very grateful to have been there -- epic -- if anyone has an extra maroon, dated tshirt they want to sell me, please let me know -- my daughter wanted one so badly but like so many others, we missed out

thank you trent et al for 20 years

Great farewell show. Crowd in the middle section of the floor seats were chanting to every song. Goodtimes.

I hadn't planned on seeing NIN's final show at The Wiltern last night. I'd caught the Palladium show last week which they played the entire Downward Spiral album and that really was enough for me. Tickets for this final long sold out show were very tough to get even for hundreds of dollars (evens thousands) on the secondary market. But I happened to be checking out the official website yesterday morning and happened to score a single ticket when they released a handful of tickets.

Hearing that a massive line was already forming in the morning, I went ahead and finished my personal stuff up as quickly as possible and managed to get to the Wiltern around 3pm. The line had already grown to easily over 1,000 people (The Wiltern holds about 2,500) and I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get down on the floor. Over the next few hours as they finally (and very slowly) started handing out tickets and separate wristbands for the pit (the first couple hundred in line got in the pit) floor and balcony, the afternoon sun was just merciless. Some of the people who'd been there overnight looked really fried. Luckily, far back in line as I was, I still got a floor wristband. Comedy moment of the afternoon had to be the huge restroom line in the Ralphs supermarket next to The Wiltern - looked pretty funny with all these goths, rockers, etc waiting to take a piss while shoppers were trying to buy stuff around them.

Anyway, once I got in around 7:45, I found a great spot on the far right behind the small VIP/Handicap section just behind the pit. The only down side so far was I couldn't meet a couple friends - we just kept missing each other. The opening band "IO Echo" was decent but nothing memorable. About 15 minutes before NIN came on, a slew of celebrities including Rick Rubin, Tony Hawkes and Ron Jeremy (that dick seems to be at every LA area concert these days) were seating in the first row of the balcony to loud cheering.

The single merch booth in the lobby was mobbed right away and the nice looking wine colored "Wiltern" tour shirts were gone before NIN even came on.

Just before the show started, several people including some douchebag snuck into the VIP area directly in front of me and stood there the whole show making it tough for several short girls near me to see the stage. The guy would even step in front of wheelchair-bound people blocking everyone who was seat-bound's view.

NIN started around 9:15 with a solid version of "Home," a bonus track off the "With Teeth" import cd. The sound was impeccable. The bass was like a gut punch, really solid and clear - I've always said The Wiltern has the best sound of any LA area venue and this show was the best sound I've ever heard at The Wiltern. Really loud but crystal clear. I actually think many of the songs in the set were played specifically to take advantage of the Wiltern's excellent sound system and acoustics.

Things really didn't start to go off until 4th song "Discipline" and especially "March of the Pigs." I have to say, the crowd seemed really respectful of the quieter moments but really got into the more aggressive songs. The pit was fairly mellow because of the strict "no-moshing" posted policy but at times, especially in the last third of the show when the stage got trashed, some people were going off without being hassled by security. One really fucking weird part of the show was a trio of muscle-bound guys led by this one steroid-loaded dude who looked like he was having a bad acid trip in the isle next to the VIP section who spent the show flexing, pulling their hair and grabbing each other in very disturbing ways.

For basically the first half of the show, it was just about all deeper cuts from the albums released in the last 10 years. When David Bowies old piano player Mike Garson joined the band for several songs off "The Fragile" album which led into an extended piano jam, it was getting clear many in the audience were kind of reaching their tether and you could here a few hecklers amidst the generally quiet crowd. Next we had a 3 song set with Gary Numan who'd appeared at all the previous LA shows the past week and frankly, that was a piss break for me. For me, Numan's the kind of artist I originally liked a couple songs of from 25 years ago, and I got my Numan fix at the Palladium show last week.

The show then kicked into a higher gear with a brace of more aggressive songs culminating in the usual end-of-show pairing of "hits" The Hand That Feeds and Head Like A Hole which made some think this was the end of the show. Actually this led into another full hour of music featuring an increasing number of guest musicians such as Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro, Atticus Ross and others. This led into the final 6 songs which was a well-thought out selection that clearly invoked 9/11 and ended touchingly with "In This Twilight."

Overall, it was a epic, marathon day and show I've seldom experienced. Completely different from last week's Palladium show. Nearly 40 songs, almost 3 1/2 hours worth of music. The perfect venue, perfect sound, great spot with perfect sightlines. I'm sore as fuck today with a raging headache but it was worth it. I will say I preferred the Palladium show setlist-wise and in some ways last night's show was marked more by what wasn't played then the fact it was thematically focused on albums from the past 10 years vs the first 10 years. My one minor personal bitch....... I really thought "Last" would be played as it wasn't played at any of the other LA shows and was the one song I'd been chasing since '94. Oh well.

Still, I caught the last NIN show. Fuckin' A.

T.B.



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Just amazing. I still cant believe i was there.I cant believe that was the last show. David Bowie was there. He passed in front of me in merch line. I was not sure if it was him at first. met a few people. two girls that were behind me in line had board games. they were very sweet and fun.

everyone around me was rocking out. The camera man was to the right of me. he was talking to us for a bit. Dillinger was awesome. so much energy.

holeinmyhead58 posted:

dont be sad. yes, no touring but we can still expect more music. i dont think Trent will ever stop with that. we can only hope for another tour in future. but as long as the music keeps rolling out, there is no reason to be completely sad.

Very well said. To me it is still sad. After the Bonnaroo show I went back to my tent and cried for about 2 hours. Didn't cry after the Palladium cause it was way more of a party. Well said though. I think he'll tour again. Give him 2-4 years.

Cheers

Anybody notice Jim Carey and Ron Pearlman in the balcony?

A truly unreal evening.
Thank you NIN for giving so much of yourselves last night! For sharing your hearts and for the tears shed during Hurt. For the courage you show through your music that sees so many of us through some of our darkest moments. You'll be missed live but your presence will remain here with us just as we will remain here for you. Here's to new beginnings and an ever expanding horizon in your lives.

My thanks also go out to the ones with "the boat" (especially Mekayla and card playing friend) in line who held my space as I went for food. Thanks to tomcrews13 and friend Lisa at the door who granted me access to this spectacular evening (you are some cool cats).

To the girl towards the end of the night who shoved the security guard for good laughs (even though they kicked you out... the look on their faces was priceless)! For the fellow 1st gen gamer guys conversation before the night started (yeah fuck zelda). And for basically everyone on the second tier up from the pit who knew just how to make it the absolute best place to be in the house (you can stand on my toes to see anytime).

I just had something I thought I'd never have.



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teletiger7 posted:

Anybody notice Jim Carey and Ron Pearlman in the balcony?

I was right next to the VIP section on the balcony. Neither were there unless they hid very well. Everyone else mentioned I did see + one porn actress whose name escapes me. I mean, people went apeshit when they saw Ron Jeremy, you would think Jim Carey would get at least a similar response.