ETS Tour Journal

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Just got back. HD videos to come.

Setlist:

1,000,000
Letting You
March Of The Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Reptile
Burn
Survivalism
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
The Good Soldier
Wish
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole

Encore:

Suck
The Downward Spiral
Dead Souls
Hurt

Trent gave a little speech. Recorded that, Letting You, Reptile, The Fragile, Non-Entity, Band Introduction, The Downward Spiral and Dead Souls. The files are huge, so I'll take a bit to upload them.

correct set is:

Intro
1000000
Letting You
March of the Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Reptile
Burn
Survivalism
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
The Good Soldier
Wish
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole

Encore:
Suck
The Downward Spiral
Dead Souls
Hurt


Amazing show.
Highlights were Dead Souls, Non entity and The Fragile.
Disappointing not to get Terrible Lie and Discipline tho

Trent concluded his speech with "We love being in Australia. Sydney is an awesome place, and we'll be back someday. In some form."

Uploading that video now. It's HD and 151 MB, so will take til morning.

my pics are here

Also uploading The Fragile now. The HD video is 311 MB! A little bit blurry is some places, but very good overall. Will post some links in the morning.

ive got vids of burn and the fragile
will upload and post later

Ryan wrote:Also uploading The Fragile now. The HD video is 311 MB! A little bit blurry is some places, but very good overall. Will post some links in the morning.

!!!

Well looks like I'll finally have some new material to play with

Fucking brilliant show, I'll get some photo's up soon. Unfortunately the merch tent's EFTPOS system failed about 30 mins into the festival and I only managed to get 1 shirt.

Interesting show.

First six or so songs up to Survivalism were very flat IMO. The crowd was not at all involved. Usually for a festival you can't get near the stage for the headliner but we all ended up reasonably close and there was plenty of room.

The show did pick up from Survivalism though. The songs have been reworked a little, mostly with new intros. It was pretty cool to hear The Fragile, Non Entity and TDS for the first time (TDS is particularly cool with the red lights and stuff) I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Suck though as it's never been a favourite.

Trent's speech was nice, he spoke about how we should all support the bands on the bill by going to gigs and buying shirts etc and told us to feel free to steal any of his music.

Venue wasn't too bad but getting home sucked. I had a brief look at the merch, saw maybe 4 shirts and 2 hoodies for those that are wanting to buy up.

naut wrote:Interesting show.
First six or so songs up to Survivalism were very flat IMO. The crowd was not at all involved. Usually for a festival you can't get near the stage for the headliner but we all ended up reasonably close and there was plenty of room.

Yeah, I managed to slot in about 2 from the rail in front of Robin (Near the middle tent). I found that people were really hyped up for 1,000,000 then died off until later in the show. I kinda toned myself down when I saw that there was a guy in a wheelchair behind me. Didn't think that his already limited view should be spoiled by me jumping up and down.

Chowderhawk wrote:

naut wrote:Interesting show.
First six or so songs up to Survivalism were very flat IMO. The crowd was not at all involved. Usually for a festival you can't get near the stage for the headliner but we all ended up reasonably close and there was plenty of room.

Yeah, I managed to slot in about 2 from the rail in front of Robin (Near the middle tent). I found that people were really hyped up for 1,000,000 then died off until later in the show. I kinda toned myself down when I saw that there was a guy in a wheelchair behind me. Didn't think that his already limited view should be spoiled by me jumping up and down.

i was one person back right in front of TR and the crowd was pretty decent all the way through. Had one girl burst into tears during SICNH O_o

Had a bit of a chuckle when Trent threw both the tambourines into the mosh pit and the rest of the crowd groaned and booed.

[s]Trent speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvNiPnNO1G4

The Fragile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjaHvktNmU[/s]


Down for maintenance. Will be back up soon.


Watch in HD. More to come!


btw, If anyone can hear any static in the audio, it only appears when I upload to YouTube. The videos themselves sound fine on my PC.

Chowderhawk wrote:Had a bit of a chuckle when Trent threw both the tambourines into the mosh pit and the rest of the crowd groaned and booed.

ugh dont start me on the tambo's
i had my hand around one until my head got crushed by 4 people as i was leaning down to get it :(

Weird show, good weird. The crowd seemed to be mostly fans, lots of nin shirts, lots of singing along, but there wasn't any shoving or pushing even though we were pretty close to the front. I was nice for a change.

Like naut said, it seemed to pick up a bit later in the show, Trent seemed to be in very good mood, his speech was very cool.

Highlights for me- Non Entity, Suck, La Mer. And the teenage girl in me loved finally seeing Robin play.

The venue was pretty good, lines for food/drinks/loos weren't too long, although the bar area near stage 1&2 was closed off for a lot of the afternoon. Getting there was ok, getting out was horrid, buses were a bit of shitfight.

Looking forward to Tuesday.

The big problem with getting out is that the buses had to cut across the opposing lane to get in. So when people wanted to leave, they stopped the buses from getting in, and the buses had to wait, which held up traffic.

Burn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265uYPl7phE

picture quality is bogus, but sound is good

Did anyone else catch the faces that Robin was pulling at the crowd and how Trent kept giving Robin/Offstage the finger?

Didn't manage to get a photo of it but it would be when Trent's singing he'd just pop it up.

The Fragile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy97lZywR9s

good until i dropped the camera LOL

Ryan wrote:[s]Trent speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvNiPnNO1G4

The Fragile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjaHvktNmU[/s]


Down for maintenance. Will be back up soon.


Watch in HD. More to come!


btw, If anyone can hear any static in the audio, it only appears when I upload to YouTube. The videos themselves sound fine on my PC.


http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4445/image1x.jpg

I'm going to try converting these to another format and uploading to see if YouTube retains the original audio without the crackle. They'll be back up shortly, with more videos.

My photos from the day.

Enjoy!

Ryan wrote:

Ryan wrote:[s]Trent speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvNiPnNO1G4

The Fragile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjaHvktNmU[/s]


Down for maintenance. Will be back up soon.


Watch in HD. More to come!


btw, If anyone can hear any static in the audio, it only appears when I upload to YouTube. The videos themselves sound fine on my PC.


http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4445/image1x.jpg

I'm going to try converting these to another format and uploading to see if YouTube retains the original audio without the crackle. They'll be back up shortly, with more videos.

Hmmm, nope, didn't seem to work. Will just have to put up with it.

Going to re-upload them now to a playlist.

First of all, the venue was TERRIBLE! OK, maybe not the worst venue... but I think readers who weren't there need to know it wasn't all "pretty good".. though, I guess it "wasn't too bad" either. Except that during the day there was a lack of shaded areas and:
The Northern Entry (a.k.a. "Hell"). Maybe it eased up later in the day, but for anyone who was there queuing up for what was quite literally hours is beyond ridiculous. I didn't partake in the chanting of "bullshit", frustration induced tourette's or demanding a refund, but I do agree that it was appauling. More packed than any of the moshpits, which were quite tame considering (I've seen the DEP four times and NIN seven times and it was the most spacious for both). I usually prefer a relaxed audience, but the majority around me (and fairly close to the stage) were a little too sedate and I was in the mood for really getting into, given the frustration of the rest of the festival - apart from AIC and the DEP.

Getting there by train then bus was a lot easier than I expected (getting in was a lot, lot harder than expected). Getting back to Blacktown station by the buses was more difficult and indeed a "shitfight" but really it didn't take long for the next lot of buses to come if you missed one or two. I think that had it covered relatively well considering. Apparently a lot of walkie-talkies were battery flat too, which wouldn't have helped. And the extra trains at that time of night on a Sunday was amazing. A hell of a lot easier than catching the train to/from work each day.

Overall, I was impressed with the set list (I think it's cool that TR can do this kind of gigs and not play "Closer"). "The Fragile", "La Mer" and "Non-Entity" especially. I know it's normal for there to be no vocals in the live version of "The Downward Spiral", but their absence made its otherwise brilliant inclusion a bit dissapointing. Appreciated though and I too thought the red lights during it went really well with it (and the samples of the Mellotron made a very eerie connection to Lennon's use of it in "Strawberry Fields"). I wasn't even expecting an encore, so that was all very cool.

I'm surprised they played "Burn" (followed by two more songs with lyrics involving fire) considering the bushfire tragedies in Victoria. But what the hell, they're songs.

Trent was very talkative and I agree with what he had to say regarding record companies (fuck them) and musicians (finance them or there won't be many in the future), which is what I have been doing the past few years.

I didn't actually see the official merch. stand anywhere though. What happened with the apparent signing tent? If it did go ahead, did any of the good bands (less than 10% of the bill) do signings there?

Now I have sunburn/heatstroke and I'm all tense about tomorrow night at the Hordern.

Overall, I'm glad I went, but things could've gone a lot better. NIN's performance was near perfect though (same with AIC and the DEP). Just wish the audience had a bit more of a connection to the music.
I saw Jaguar Love early on in the day. An energetic little duo, guitarist and vocalist (occasionally playing keyboard) with programmed drums, synth and the rest. Singer's voice will certainly be unbearable for many.

Thanks to the security, TR, etc. for all the water given out during the set. Was greatly appreciated.

the_wretched_piggy wrote:I'm surprised they played "Burn" (followed by two more songs with lyrics involving fire) considering the bushfire tragedies in Victoria. But what the hell, they're songs.

BHG still played Fire Water Burn...

Yeah that's what I noticed, the crowd were pretty sedate most of the day which I found odd given the nature of the line up.

The venue was OK but it was just marred by the sheer distance from central Sydney.

I noticed Trent tweeted that the band played well and everything was coming together so let's hope the next few shows are awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimaeLCquy8&fmt=22

Trent admits he'd been in a "weird mood" lately, but it's PASSED! ^____^

Ryan wrote:Hmmm, nope, didn't seem to work. Will just have to put up with it.

Going to re-upload them now to a playlist.

So far:

01 - Letting You

03 - The Fragile

05 - Band Intro

06- Trent Reznor's Speech

Many, many more to come, in excess of a few GB in High Def, so it'll take a while (including from the Sydney side show).

Uploading Non-Entity now. The audio of the files I recorded at the Sydney sideshow sound much better, because it was an indoor venue. Look out for those soon! They're truly awesome.

Ryan wrote:

Ryan wrote:Hmmm, nope, didn't seem to work. Will just have to put up with it.

Going to re-upload them now to a playlist.

So far:

01 - Letting You

03 - The Fragile

05 - Band Intro

06- Trent Reznor's Speech

Many, many more to come, in excess of a few GB in High Def, so it'll take a while (including from the Sydney side show).

04 - Non-Entity

07 - The Downward Spiral

Dead Souls and Reptile left to go, then I'll start uploading all the really high quality ones from the 24th. Enjoy these in the meantime!

For whatever reason, Dead Souls won't upload to HD right now. I'm going to skip these for now and get onto the other HD footage. The Frail/The Wretched should be up by morning.

Ryan, do you plan to put these up for download on ninlive.com or something?

http://fascistbullyboy.tumblr.com/

Has a download to a 192kbps MP3 version of the sydney shows. Sound quality seems fine.

dead souls was awesome, really stoked to hear it that night, especially in the encore.

i thought the venue was great. the line to get in was bad, but that's a totally different matter. lots of grass, natural amphitheatre type setups for most of the stages was awesome. lack of shade was annoying, but all in all a great venue.