ETS Tour Journal

Post if you attended. Don't post if you didn't. If you do, I'll throw my shitty, flimsy batarang from the Arkham Asylum collector's set at your noggin.

Dork. Missed you, though.

I wasn't sure how Trent would top Sunday, but somehow he did. The crowd was absolutely insane. I'm fairly certain there were a number of people who got hurt, the moshing was so intense.

The band was firing on all cylinders and the energy level was through the roof (awesome venue, too, by the way -- three levels). It was like one giant fucking smash hit after another (feat. Peter Murphy!!)

If that was my last NIN show. Then fucking ay that was the best goddamn NIN show I coulda asked for.

INSANE PIT. The front rows only let up during The Fragile and La Mer.

AMAZING SETLIST. Ruiner fuck yes I can die happy.

This show took a shit on the Bowery show and named it its bitch.

WOOO. I'll be back outside the line tomorrow with a new sign asking for a ticket. Yeah that was me, if you were laughing I hate you.

loved the setlist, loved the HELL out of peter murphy (especially during "kick in the eye"---> it pleased me greatly to see so many confused faces). definitely a great performance from the band...

...but otherwise, terminal five is a giant piece of shit. we got there at a decent hour, and missed the first half of the show, because we kept trying to find a vantage point where we could see ANYTHING AT ALL. i decided to push my way into the pit and salvaged my night during "eraser," but the missus had one of the worst experiences of her life, and barely could see a thing for the whole night.

we didn't pay money to watch one of the band's last performances on a television screen.

terminal five, you are the pits. a giant, abortion of a venue, and i will never ever set foot in you again after tomorrow night.

A great last NIN concert for me. One of my favorite songs, which I have not seen since my first NIN show at the Hammerstein, gets played at my last NIN show. Just gave me a whole lot of closure. Thank god for knowing Leo's name. He's a good guy, I got his attention at the end and he gave me JMJ's pick. Which is nice because as much as I love NIN, I've never gotten that sort of live concert item ever. Just a great show

The Day The World Went Away

He kind of teased us before I'm Afraid of Americans. Also, Kanye West was on the third floor. He was right in front of me.

I don't know if it quite topped Sunday, but that was an amazing show. I normally hate Terminal 5 because well it just sucks, but I had no complaints tonight. I was right by the guy (not Rob) filming the show the entire time. I don't know how he managed to stay in the middle of the pit and keep filming, but he did.

I wasn't sure about going tomorrow but I think I might have to now.

lots and lots of video with actually good audio. im actually surprised that this worked out to be some of my fav videos ive taken. the mic picked up a lot of the crowd singing along and not too much has obnoxious blips that happen cause my camera is a piece of shit. i'll prob post a rar of all the audio from this videos soon.

all of peter murphy's songs w/ nin (including his fuck up of reptile) plus lots lots more being uploaded now here:

http://www.youtube.com/maestro416


reptile w/ peter murphy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39bWM1K-Co

kick in the eye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH7sp-GYX3g

dead souls w. peter murphy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIv5EZS3mV0

head like a hole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1XFokKBM8

la mer (longest and best version i've ever heard. sorry bout that background noise - i was near the bar)

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

the big come down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_kHVResM3U

home

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

the way out is through

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwDAd3iKRfk

the wretched

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdzBTGONuG4

the beginning of the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfdbppgR3U

im afraid of americans

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

fragile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAqOogPZMY

The show was amazing, and the pit was completely nuts. I was on the third level, but the number of people that I saw crowd surfing was just insane, and Trent was great. This was the perfect final show for me.

I didn't attend, but Setlist.fm is listing the following set list:

1. Home
2. Terrible Lie
3. The Beginning of the End
4. Discipline
5. March of the Pigs
6. The Line Begins To Blur
7. I'm Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie cover)
8. Ruiner
9. The Big Come Down
10. Burn
11. Gave Up
12. La Mer
13. The Fragile
14. Non-Entity
15. Eraser
16. The Way Out Is Through
17. 1,000,000
18. Letting You
19. Survivalism
20. Reptile (with Peter Murphy)
21. Kick In The Eye (Bauhaus cover) (with Peter Murphy)
22. The Hand That Feeds
23. Head Like a Hole
Encore:
24. The Frail
25. The Wretched
26. The Day The World Went Away
27. Dead Souls (with Peter Murphy)
28. Wish
29. Hurt

God that was good...I don't even know how he could make tomorrow a better show

VVV Yeah the Peter Murphy fuck up was one of those moments where it's more embarrassing for you then for him. I just wanted to be like, "Peter your a fucking full bar ahead of everyone else". How did he not even pick up on it, haha.

Whatever I still love you Peter

Great show. I was in front of JMJ. Dragged a bit at the beginning but the end was great. Obviously nowhere NEAR as good as Webster though.

Peter Murphy should never ever sing Reptile again. He fucked it up big time. The other songs he did were good though

Whoever said this show topped Webster Hall is fucking nuts. I can't even begin to list the many ways that is off-base. That being said, the show was a blast and Kanye really appeared to enjoy it as well. Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Ho-ly shit that was amazing. seen NIN many times, 2nd time in a small venue (first time in house of blues) , and this show was astounding.
The crowd was crazy, I was in the throes of the insanity the entire show, crowd surfing, in the pit, everything was just amazing.

Few things to shout out about:
Whoever you were that lit me up after I landed next to you from crowd surfing all the way from the back of the crowd to the front , - THANK YOU! - that was a very cool/awesome move and I really really appreciated it.

-At some point some skinny girl wearing either a green or blue hoodie (I don't remember) was crowd surfing stage right and whoever pushed her forward from behind where I was standing, kinda like just plopped her forward. Luckily somebody caught you; that was me = )
I had my arms up cheering and all of a sudden I felt this weight fall into them and my arms started coming down and I was like oh shit! And thank god you were tiny

-One more note: Thank you to all the people that showed magnificent crowd etiquette in helping me up every time I fell and not letting me fall when crowd surfing and especially thanks to those of you who held me up RIGHT FUCKING CENTER STAGE long enough to sit/stand up a bit with my arms in the air.

Trent/NIN Fucking ripped the show to pieces = )
Can't wait to do it all again tomorrow night

See you there!

Awesome, awesome show. I loved it. From Non-Entity on, I ended up on the barricade on the far left in front of Justin. The Day The World Went Away (which I've wanted to see forever but has always eluded me), The Fragile (amaaaaazing), Kick In The Eye, The Way Out Is Through, The Wretched, and Peter Murphy's antics in general (plus massively fucking up Reptile, I was amused) were highlights for me.

Can't wait for part [s]two[/s] four tomorrow night! Well, maybe I can wait - I am tired as shit... The point is, tonight did not disappoint even after Webster and Bowery.

Wow...Where to begin.

I was in the pit for Home and Terrible Lie, but I was getting tossed around like a rag doll so I moved.

Once I moved, I had a great spot. So great in fact, that I half caught Trent's tambourine at the end of Discipline. The kid I caught it with wouldn't let go, and neither would I. He offered me close to $100 for it, but I couldn't take his money, so I let him have the tambourine.

That good deed was clearly rewarded with a fucking insane show. That was my 6th NIN show, and by far the best. The energy was so intense. They never let up, it was just incredible.

Hilights for me definitely were Ruiner, Reptile, Dead Souls, Eraser, The Day The World Went Away (Finally go to see it live!!!!)

I have no idea how they are going to top tonight, but I'll find out tomorrow.

Pictures to come in a later post. I took a lot.

Oh, and the Encore was absolutely nuts. Tack on The Wretched to the higlights. Probably top 5 favorite live NIN songs

Also, they were filming this show, as well as all the others. One of the camera guys was right next to me at the beginning of the show. He didn't say what the full plans for the shows are yet.

Oh, and the Encore was absolutely nuts. Tack on The Wretched to the higlights. Probably top 5 favorite live NIN songs

Drunkpoet wrote:I wasn't sure how Trent would top Sunday, but somehow he did.

It was a good show, but I think you'll find you're in the minority with that opinion.

I mean, special guests are great and all, but they should at least learn the fucking songs.

For me though, this show was unique because it's the only show I've been at where the center of the pit was the coolest place in the venue. It was so weird wanting to run to the mosh pit to cool off.

If Webster was a 10, this was an 8. Still good, and Fraglie heavy was great, but it was no Webster.

bye bye ny show #2...#3 tomorrow..


this was fucking awesome...loved the gianormous pit!!!! thank god there was some sort of AC on at this venue...


still...soooo much of...sooo many peoples swet......wooohooo ;-)


show kicked ass...set list kicked ass... id have to say my fav parts where
1. Home
2. Terrible Lie
3. The Beginning of the End
5. March of the Pigs
8. Ruiner
9. The Big Come Down
11. Gave Up
12. La Mer
13. The Fragile
16. The Way Out Is Through
20. Reptile (with Peter Murphy)
21. Kick In The Eye (Bauhaus cover) (with Peter Murphy)
26. The Day The World Went Away

yeah alot of fav parts....la mer was AWESOME .... terrible lie...march of the pigs..both caused quit the crowd uproar...everyone went nuts...

sorry to anyone i was bumping into..hitting...stepping on..whatever...


cant wait for tomorrow



ADIOS!

i hope josh comes out tomorrow....

oh and i met some cool dudes during the beginning of the show...lost them in the mosh... i was the kid with the shaved head and red pendulum shirt! pm me if your one of those kids haha! i remember one of you was asian and had this nice lil J on you... and two of you where from ALLL THEEE WAYYY OUUTT in queens...



hm need to do something about my memory...oh well

hippygeek wrote:

Drunkpoet wrote:I wasn't sure how Trent would top Sunday, but somehow he did.

It was a good show, but I think you'll find you're in the minority with that opinion.

I mean, special guests are great and all, but they should at least learn the fucking songs.

For me though, this show was unique because it's the only show I've been at where the center of the pit was the coolest place in the venue. It was so weird wanting to run to the mosh pit to cool off.

If Webster was a 10, this was an 8. Still good, and Fraglie heavy was great, but it was no Webster.

i agree the sunday can't be topped.

but this show was so loose with the setlist and long that it was really special on it's own. trent was much more talkitive than any other night so far. and on a side note i really thought wish was so much more powerful at the end that it's ever been for me out of the 10+ times i've seen it. it completely made head like a hole sound stale as a closer (imo) and they could have ended the show right there and i would have been happy.

here's wishful thinking to us hopefully getting bowie tomorrow.

dear mister Murphy. could you please PLEASE never ever ever sing the reptile again? it's my favourite song and you ruin it every fucking time for me but this time you ruined it literally. is it really so difficult to learn two verses of lyrics? you're a cool dude but please. thank you very much.

in all other ways the show was amazing. brutal, hot, with no mercy.
after every song I wanna shout "trent please don't go away" but so far I managed to be strong.

i echo the sentiments of everyone so far with being amazed at great of a show this was, but i just dont understand why we have to hear so many standards every night. Survivalism, THTF & Gave Up...I'm looking at you. Come on, anyone who is at these shows is a diehard fan...let's REALLY switch it up a bit. the setlist was great and super long, but it can be even better!

Awwwee. TR said he was going to miss us (a little bit).

Great show. Tons of energy from band and fans alike. And it was fun to see the crowd from the balcony.

BTW, along with Kanye, Gerard Butler also was in the house (not together).

bobbie solo wrote:i echo the sentiments of everyone so far with being amazed at great of a show this was, but i just dont understand why we have to hear so many standards every night. Survivalism, THTF & Gave Up...I'm looking at you. Come on, anyone who is at these shows is a diehard fan...let's REALLY switch it up a bit. the setlist was great and super long, but it can be even better!

it was better on sunday, were you there?

no, i was there saturday and ill be there tomorrow too though. even sunday they played THTF....no one wants to hear that (except my fiance, but she doesn't count)!

Another fantastic show, though my view wasn't the best most of the time.


As much fun as it's been, I'm starting to feel show fatigue.

Great setlist, so glad they played Ruiner. Getting The Day The World Went Away again was a nice treat as well. Peter Murphy fucking up Reptile hardcore kind of killed my mood, he was so off it was ridiculous and I don't understand how he didn't even notice. Other than that it was great and we even caught the earlier train home.

Not a fan of the venue though.

it's not like i didn't hear trent screw that up just as badly at SPAC/with teeth summer tour.

feeling kinder to this show today, but only because i went into the pit. i still find the venue sorely lacking in viewpoint and sound. tonight, i aim to be far more prepared.

kick in the eye=my favorite bauhaus song. the look of sheer confusion in the pit cracked me up. i kept dancing like it was a NIN classic.

Terminal 5 is a shit venue. It may be the worst ever actually. I couldn't get properly situated all night. I liked the place a lot more when I was candy-flipping in 1998.

The setlist was great though. "Ruiner" and "The Fragile" were firsts for me. There were lots of other gems sprinkled in there too. Peter Murphy is a cool mother fucker! I have absolutely no idea what Trent is going to do tonight. Maybe he'll drop the dead-weight (HLAH, THTF, Home, Discipline, Survivalism, Letting You) and go straight for "Broken". Get the corn starch!!

PS- "Home" is an even worse opener than "Love Is Not Enough". The place was ready to fucking explode when they walked on-stage. That was not the forum to open with a mid-tempo, b-side.

My 22nd NIN show....

Just some bullet points:

-The Horrors were quite possibly the worst band I've ever seen.
-I'm pushing 30, but I decided to try the pit one last time. Just as crazy as it ever was.
-I see a lot of people complaining about the sound, but from the pit up front it wasn't bad at all.
-The setlist was really good, but since I was at the AC show, I was kinda bummed that our "surprise" was Peter Murphy (again). And he totally ruined Reptile. The length of the show was awesome.
-Eraser was awesome. Is that the top of a sax that TR is playing?
-I was very intimidated by the entrance line going 4 blocks long, but it moved very fast. The paperless tickets worked well, but I don't have a stub to add to my collection.
-Did anyone else see the 12 year old with his Dad? They stood in front of us during the Horrors and didn't know what they were in for. As soon as NIN came on, and people started pushing, the kid started crying and the Dad had to take him out. We saw them later rocking out from the side, though.
-The security up at the rail was good with feeding the crowd water and pulling people out. Good job.
-I don't mind getting pushed around in the pit, but the "Dude-brahs" who just stand there and push for the sake of pushing - wtf? There is a band on stage, you might wanna check them out.

Overall a great time. Can't wait for tonight!

It's called hyperbole, people. Jesus christ. If you're going to take things literally, then let me add that Gerard Butler is surprisingly scrawny in person, my wife thought he was fugly, and I totally kicked his ass at arm wrestling.

That was amazing. Took some great video, and got a great spot even though we had non nin.com tix and arriving at 530.

Where I was, that pit was great. It was moving a lot, but no one that I could see threw a punch or an elbow. It was cool.

8.26 T5 will be very bittersweet...

does anyone know what time the show started, and what time it ended?

wicked wrote:does anyone know what time the show started, and what time it ended?

I think NIN started at 9 and went to 1130. We were leaving the venue at 1145.

acidpolly wrote:dear mister Murphy. could you please PLEASE never ever ever sing the reptile again? it's my favourite song and you ruin it every fucking time for me but this time you ruined it literally. is it really so difficult to learn two verses of lyrics? you're a cool dude but please. thank you very much.

in all other ways the show was amazing. brutal, hot, with no mercy.
after every song I wanna shout "trent please don't go away" but so far I managed to be strong.

For those of you saying that Peter Murphy "should never sing reptile again," you've really got to go back and listen to the When Darkness Doubles . . . bootleg from the With Teeth tour era when TR and PM (and occasionally TV on the Radio) made some bomb ass recordings between shows - PM's take on Reptile is fucking awesome and I don't even like Bauhaus. I can't sing along Reptile now without singing it like PM

Yeah, he fucked up last night but we have no idea how long he had to prepare and really . . . shouldn't the band have followed him? Once he kicked into the chorus - he was going to keep going with it - the band could have easily picked up on that . . .

Sorry, I had when people make the "you're all mad" posts, but I just couldn't resist with this one.


Also - the show was fucking great last night. I thought they had only been playing for like 40 minutes when the show ended - it just went by so quickly. I'm sure tomorrow will seem like an instant . . . If you didn't make it either of the other New York shows, don't be kicking yourself. They've all been great, just in different ways.

Failure wrote:Terminal 5 is a shit venue. It may be the worst ever actually. I couldn't get properly situated all night. I liked the place a lot more when I was candy-flipping in 1998.

PS- "Home" is an even worse opener than "Love Is Not Enough". The place was ready to fucking explode when they walked on-stage. That was not the forum to open with a mid-tempo, b-side.

Totally agree with you on both these points. I thought Sunday would be my last show, but my friend had an extra ticket to tonight and I ended up going with her. Setlist was cool because there was a pretty even mix of songs, but nothing will top Sunday night for me. I still feel like I dreamt that entire show! And aside from the portion of the show where I was standing on the platform in the back and had a clear view of the stage, I couldn't see shit the rest of the night.

Reptile is my favorite to hear live. I just wasn't as excited to see Peter Murphy sing because I saw him in AC sing Reptile. Trent singing Reptile just doesn't get old to me.

Great show though. Stood at the bar that was raised on a platform for a while and had a really good view of the stage. Thought the sound was much louder than Webster Hall.

Wasn't Terminal 5 the SoundFactory or Exit like 10 years ago?
Did I just date myself?

Quick thoughts before they escape me entirely:

-Letting You was my favorite of the night. I thought if we were lucky, we'd only get 1,000,000 (which we did and it kicked ass). Speaking of which, The Way Out Is Through led beautifully into 1,000,000.

-Eraser was also highlight, as was The Day The World Went Away - I wish they would close with that at some show.

-Love Peter Murphy but I kinda had to tilt my head down when he messed up. No big deal, he redeemed himself with that Bauhaus song - dance-iest song of the night?? What a bassline!

And yeah, Terminal 5 has no ventilation and it's hard as shit to see. Another awesome show, though!

Reptileseven wrote: Wasn't Terminal 5 the SoundFactory or Exit like 10 years ago?
Did I just date myself?

Your dating yourself.

Terminal 5 was CLub Exit

Hey all. Here are the photos I promised from last night.

Hope you all enjoy

http://gallery.me.com/dougwhitehorn#100098

Up and recovering from last night. I wouldn't blame Trent for hobbling out tonight and saying 'tonights show will be a 1.5 hour presentation of Ghosts and Still', it was that insane/long last night. It basically never let up. We were in 3rd balcony and could see reasonably well. Eraser was a high point, and it continually amazes me how well NIN recreates studio sound live. More to write later maybe. Looking forward to tonight.

Awesome, awesome show. I was on the third balcony and could see everything, including Kanye West rocking out to Burn.

My only issue was three girls behind me who were drinking and screaming at each other like they were at a frat party and not a show. It was very, very frustrating.

Regardless, I can't wait for tonight!

WOW , we got ruiner!!! i was flipping out!!!

The show was amazing and extremely intense. I was the guy in the pit with the poster tube, waving it around the whole time, haha. I'm sorry if i hit you with it , i wasnt trying to i was holding it up most of the time just to keep the poster inside intact and it still got a few creases in it!

I was like 5 people deep standing with my GF hwne they came out and halfway throu terrible lie , she was almots in tears bc of all pusshing and being crushed, that was a scarey moment. I had no idea it would be like that and feel sorry for putting her in the situation But luckily i got her out and i returned back to the pit.
Setlist was amazing but Reptile was def. a bust , was peter or trent bleeding cause they had red shit all over them, i thought it was blood at the time, but now after looking at pictures it seems Murphey came out to the stage with red crap all over his arms?

Had a great time .... ROUND 2 TONIGHT!!

DaveMuzik85 wrote:i was holding it up most of the time just to keep the poster inside intact and it still got a few creases in it!

A few creases?! Ha! I was up front with my poster and now it looks like Rosie O'Donnell and a lawnmower fucked on it.

murphy's always been cheeky with the makeup and performance art. i'm sure that's what the red business was all about.


review here: http://blog.limewire.com/posts/24941-ni ... nyc-82509/

body hurts..cant wait for show #3 tonight... i really didnt think the venue was that bad.. i was right in the middle sound was awesome from there....

cant wait to see whats in store for us tonight...last nights set list rocked...


thank got for the AC even if you could only feel it once in a while..webster hall was hot as hell but as someone else posted that was a def 10 ill put this show also at an 8 but still fucking amazing

Okay good. I thought I was the one who messed up the "Reptile" lyrics. I was trying to sing along but got really confused when Peter Murphy kept screwing up. Damn you Peter Murphy!

Also, I've never seen so many people get excited over "The Hand That Feeds." Hell, even "Home" and "Non-Entity" got good crowd responses.

couple more videos i didn't get to post last night

the day the whole world went away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rewmx3GYD6I

im aiming to get a similar spot and some more videos tonight. will post later.

Well having seen NIN twice in arenas, this was by far the best show I've seen them in, really the best show I've ever seen period. Fucking amazing energy in the pit, I'm really glad I didn't bring the g/f to this one because the moment the first song started, I became factory-sealed in between people, and went straight to the center about 3 people behind the rail, and then made my way to the same spot at the end during Hurt. I was the guy with the goatee wearing the black NIN hat and blue term 5 shirt. Fucking epic show, Afraid of Americans was fucking brilliant, too bad Murphy was there instead of Bowie. I even got felt up by some random goth chick behind me during Hurt, which pretty much rounds out the perfect NIN experience (whoever that was is probably reading this, haha)

Other favorites of mine were The Fragile (I've never seen that live), Dead Souls and HLAH.

DaveMuzik85 wrote:WOW , we got ruiner!!! i was flipping out!!!

The show was amazing and extremely intense. I was the guy in the pit with the poster tube, waving it around the whole time, haha. I'm sorry if i hit you with it , i wasnt trying to i was holding it up most of the time just to keep the poster inside intact and it still got a few creases in it!

I was like 5 people deep standing with my GF hwne they came out and halfway throu terrible lie , she was almots in tears bc of all pusshing and being crushed, that was a scarey moment. I had no idea it would be like that and feel sorry for putting her in the situation But luckily i got her out and i returned back to the pit.
Setlist was amazing but Reptile was def. a bust , was peter or trent bleeding cause they had red shit all over them, i thought it was blood at the time, but now after looking at pictures it seems Murphey came out to the stage with red crap all over his arms?

Had a great time .... ROUND 2 TONIGHT!!

Holy shit no way that was you?!

I was next to you for a little in the white shirt. I think we sang along to Ruiner together

Awesome fucking show. My favorite concert experience ever.

I was the guy fist-pumping his camera upwards the whole time, blue Terminal 5 shirt, slicked back hair ('cuz of my sweat), brow piercing. Basically, this guy. If you saw me, cool. I wasn't really talkative, I was kind of in my own headspace Other Dave from SI, I might have seen you, but I'm not sure. There was this guy in a black hat that was SURE that the piano intro to La Mer was The Frail, but he asked me and I kept telling him, and then he was all, "Good call!". Ha, if I can't recognize the song my tattoo is based off, I'm in trouble.

Highlights:

- overall heaviness. Wow.
- La Mer, The Way Out Is Through, The Fragile,...all Fragile bests
- Ruiner, Eraser,...all TDS bests
- that weird fucking sax thing TR used at the beginning of Eraser
- HLAH (as always)
- TR chucking a water bottle, going "Terrible catch...", then going bonkers and throwing several other bottles into the crowd.

Lowlights:

- I was immediately surrounded by 6'7" guys it seemed, so the cramming at the very beginning wasn't pleasant, and I got separated from my friend, but I found a good spot about 10 feet to the center-left of stage, and I met up afterwards.
- Eh, Peter Murphy's lyrics mess-up weren't as much of a buzzkiller as I originally thought

I couldn't think of a better way to ultimately experience NIN.

DaveMuzik85 wrote: I was the guy in the pit with the poster tube, waving it around the whole time, haha. I'm sorry if i hit you with it , i wasnt trying to i was holding it up most of the time just to keep the poster inside intact and it still got a few creases in it!

Kudos to you, sir! We watched from the balcony in awe... couldn't believe you managed to hold on to that tube all night!

Awesome show last night. I'm hard-pressed to think of a word that actually describes it well enough because awesome does not display how amazing this really was. Someone above asked if he was playing a Sax mouthpiece .. I had thought the same thing but when I asked my friend he told me it was a MIDI vocal instrument. Eraser, Fragile, Terrible Lie, Frail/Wretched, Gave Up, Wish, Afraid of Americans ... All fucking great moments. This was my fourth NIN show and the fact that it will probably the last one makes this show bittersweet.. Thank you Trent for these past 20 years. You truly have changed music, it's presentation and digital media forever. You will be missed.

P.S. - Who really gives a shit that Kanye West was there?

Well. Now I know for next time

Incredible show and incredible setlist. Ruiner, Eraser, The Big Comedown, Dead Souls, The Fragile, The Wretched, 1,000,000. It couldn't have gotten any better for me. While Peter Murphy did screw up Reptile, I thought he was perfect for Dead Souls. And the energy of the crowd was intense, exactly what I like to see.

Here's some pics from my iPhone. Rather than try and fight the eventual crappy pics, I tried to work with it and use the quadcamera app and get some cool photos.







more photos on flickr

Also, here's my videos from last night. They're 720p. Enjoy.

The Big Comedown
I'm Afarid of Americans
Ruiner
Eraser
The Way Out Is Through

anyone have the audio from the show?

Does anybody have some good footage (maybe from above in the balcony) of the pit going insane? Please post it!

Great setlist, rotten venue though,seems the Google Map reviews of the venue said it all - bad views upstairs unless against the rails. It was fantastic to see the band close up though because of our angle we only saw occasional Rubin afro! But we heard the man!

29 songs? longer than I recall, I'd hate to see the shape of TR if that was the set every night for a year... :)

Auld Pete was fun, the missus is a fan so it was a bonus for her. Some sweaty people last night hahah and such an aromatic experience!

cheers!

Imail724 wrote:
Well. Now I know for next time

I may have an extra copy of both posters (Final Leg, NY) for you.

Oh really? Wanna shoot me a pm?

Imail724 wrote:Oh really? Wanna shoot me a pm?

sure thing. As soon as I know for sure.

Cool. Thanks man.

This show was total insanity. From being crushed at the front at the beginning, to crowd surfing at the end, I had a hell of a time. It doesn't quite top Webster Hall, but it's a close second.

NIN EXPEIRENCE REVIEW/STORY

So we came all the way from Hamilton, in Canada.. 4 Hours travel NOT BAD! The show was amazing! We arrived @ 6:30pm to get in line, and was it ever a line. It went all around the block.

(LINEUP)
We got in pretty easily, it took 30 minuites or so, and we entered T5 by 7:16pm! I went straight to merch and bought a NYC poster, A T-SHirt for T5, and later on in the night I went back and bought another shirt, the muscle shirt, thought it was cool, and since it is their "last" time I thought I would buy Merch as I usually don't.

(OPENERS/SEATING)
The Horrors were good, really good? Not so much, I have seen much more noteworthy openers with NIN, such as Saul and Queens of the Stone Age, but this isn't a pissing match and they owned the stage. The crowd was for the most part kinda stuck up, I was on level 3, which was AMAZING right on the rail, and these people were all sitting on oversized chairs, which made no sense to me because only 4 people fit and to stand and get rid of the chairs means more room, but they wouldn't stand.

Nine inch Nails started after 9:00pm, I remember wondering when they were gonna start, and the fog kept pouring and pouring then about 10, 15 after 9, they started.

They did a blistering amount of material, I have wanted to see for years. This was my 8th time seeing NIN and it was amazing.

Highlights:

The Beginning of the End
The Line Begins To Blur
I'm Afraid Of Americans (David Bowie cover)
Ruiner (NO FUCKING WAY, I STILL CAN'T BELIVE I HEARD IT)
The Way Out Is Through
Reptile (with Peter Murphy)

(VENUE)
The venue for me was GREAT! The staff were very helpful getting in, they were very hard at work getting everyone in the show. The bar was operating pretty efficently, and the drinks were expensive, but they have monopoly of us for 3 hours, so no wonder they sky-rocket drinks, 5 drinks was just under $50 give or take. As far as someone who didn't have a spot right on the rail, and had to stand behind me, or sit on the floor and watch the show between my legs... that sucks, it truly does but there's only so much room.

(MEETING NIN)
When the show was done I went to a security guard who I will leave un-named, asked him where I meet NIN, he said I can't let you know basicly. So, I said I came from Canada this was my 8th show and If he could really understand, he'd clue me in. Well, he did, told me to go to door #2 with the gate on 55th street and NIN would be leaving within 30 mins. So we hobble oveer there to "meet" and there was a guard and what not then a Black Navigator pulled up, we waited. Suppposedly we had just missed Kanye West leaving like 5mins before we came! We waited for 30 mins I believe, then my friend seen this BIG white dude who was Trent's guard from the meet and greet, then they put up barricades. We waited and BOOM, Trent came out with Mariqueen. We yelled TRENT! he went stright to the SUV, kinda pushed/helped mariqueen into the SUV, stopped looked @ us and got in the car, I took one blurrly photo of him, and got a video of them driving away, the SUV was blacked out so I couldnt see him inside, but he stopped gave us a photo op, and that was great. Then a Ford E-Series backed up about 3 mins later RObin, Justin, Ilan, Peter, Rob and a Girl came out. They went straight to their car and me and my friend YELLLED FINCK GET OVER HERE MAN SIGN THIS GIMME A PICTURE, then he puts somehting down comes over signs my poster, let's me take a photo, then I yell for justin, WHO IS THE SHIT! he is so nice, and sincere just so happy to do something for us. He signed my NYC poster too, and I didnt even ask him I grabbed him and went can we have a photo, by the time he answered photo was over, THen Ilan was in the SUV staring at us and I yelled Ilan get over here, he paused, looked at someone and hopped out and came and signed my poster and took a photo with me, I said hey to peter and rob but didnt get a photo with them but i have a photo of them sitting in the SUV! THen they said goodbye, thanked us! for coming out and got in the SUV and went to whereever NIN go. It happened so fast and I was so overwhlemed and excited that I was meeting NIN, I still am in shock I met them..

All in all, amazing, I loved NYC and NIN and meeting 3/4 of NIN and getting Trent to just at least stop for a photo op was a once in a lifetime expeirence, that will never happen again for me! im gonna post photos and videos tongiht or tomorrow

PEACE

Had a fairly mixed experience - the venue was shitty, I was surrounded by way too many short people in the pit. I was the long-haired Indian guy (still am, btw) about 4 back from the rail, roughly center. Short women surrounded me and jutted their sharp elbows and shoulders into my torso, aggravating a rib I broke at a Ministry show in my youth. I left the pit after not being able to breathe during MOTP. I got some beer to recover and came back during Ruiner, left a few songs later, and came back for some crowdsurfing during HLAH. I was sort of dropped and got my face stepped on, but I was helped up, so, now worries. Sorry about the girl whose face got my elbow, I felt bad, but couldn't tell until after the fact.
Other negatives included the horrible girl screaming like she was being murdered at random points during songs. I hate you, vapid moron. Die. Peter Murphy, wtf? I was hoping they would play Reptile like they did for the radio sessions. As far as I'm concerned, Dead Souls was full redemption. That and the fact that, as previously mentioned, it is the band's responsibility to follow the lead singer. That's kinda how it works. Songs that should have been replaced: Home, Terrible Lie (unless preceded by Now I'm Nothing), Discipline, The Line Begins To Blur, 1,000,000. Letting You, The Hand That Feeds, Wish, Hurt. that's a significant chunk of the set, and the only reason these didn't kill the show is that we got ~30 songs. I would have preferred: Last, Suck, Happiness In Slavery, Down In It, I Do Not Want This, The Only Time - basically an emphasis on PHM/Broken stuff. Also, Lights In The Sky might have been a better close. My unreasonable requests would include: Demon Seed, A Warm Place (since that cherry has been popped), any off-the-wall cover of a song he's been involved in, such as Heart's Filthy Lesson, Dreams (TVOTR), And All That Could Have Been.
There was some personal bullshit that brought me down a bit, but I'm not factoring that into my experience as I was able to quickly overcome it via hate, bitterness, and an caustically frank cynicism. YAY!
Beer was expensive, but predictably, and not as much as I had expected.
The songs were performed so intensely that it more than made up for the shortcomings. Trent was fucking on! I enjoyed his violence towards the mic stand and tossing of guitar, early in the set. I had fun in the pit, once I got around people more my height. I also really enjoyed some songs: Ruiner, Everything from Burn to TWOIT, just about everything from Survivalism on. I think Hurt was still ok, but Wish definitely should have gone. Dead Souls could have been followed by a mid-tempo or slow tune.
I enjoyed The Horrors. I think I'm the only one, except for the tall guy on JMJ's side of the pit, who I could see out of the corner of my eye. I thought the band was creative and did some different stuff within the post-punk genre that Trent seems to often choose as openers. Also, they did not have the same drum beat for every song. You may not be all that familiar with performing music, but try to levy criticisms that hit the mark, such as "I didn't like them, because I came here to see NIN." People often say that NIN songs all sound the same, and that isn't any more true. In all fairness, Trent really doesn't need openers for these last ten shows, but, whatever.

All in all, a good way to spend my 15th and final NIN show. Met some cool new people and cool people from before.

Uploaded a few more videos for those interested:

Reptile (With Peter Murphy)
The Way Out Is Through
The Big Comedown
Home
The Line Begins To Blur
La Mer + Part of The Fragile

Wait, aren't you Al?

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2 ... 1251381373


Enjoy

My posts from NIN.com:

I loved the people who helped pass the time in line for 8 hours, you guys were great The barricade helped make my last NIN show that much more epic. Loved PM messing up Reptile. Loved everyone shouting "Thank You, Trent!" during Hurt. Loved how long the set was. Loved everything about this show.

If I had known the setlists ahead of time, I would have traded my Bowery ticket for tonight's Terminal 5 show. I bet it's going to be epic (not to overuse the word.)
---

I'm grateful for getting barricade for my last NIN show

I'm Afraid of Americans - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sqHfBfZaRU
My favorite part of live Ruiner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwNXeKsj1w
Kick In The Teeth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljltBCjVNlw
Dead Souls w/ Peter Murphy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQHttjX4PQ


I thought it was war paint at first

suicidecontrition wrote:Wait, aren't you Al?

Yes, indeed I am.

Inviting_Me_Away wrote:http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2 ... 1251381373


Enjoy

Sweet, thanks a lot! I'll be grabbing this after work.

Inviting_Me_Away wrote:http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2 ... 1251381373

[s]I really gotta find myself a Demonoid invite one of these days...[/s]

Edit: Biblo is a fantastic person.

ThinkIcouldburn wrote:

suicidecontrition wrote:Wait, aren't you Al?

Yes, indeed I am.

I know you from Becoming Damaged.

Anyone have audio/video of The Horrors' set? I'm guessing not as just about everyone seemed to hate them.

suicidecontrition wrote:Anyone have audio/video of The Horrors' set? I'm guessing not as just about everyone seemed to hate them.

To quote my friend: "This fucking band is the worst collective piece of shit I think I've ever heard. The lead singer needs a haircut and a cyanide tablet."

this was followed by him questioning my value of money when I responded that I bought 3 tickets to their Bowery Ballroom show in a few weeks.

suicidecontrition wrote: I know you from Becoming Damaged.

Ahh, good times.

Best of my sister's Terminal 5 pictures.

What the fuck is with all of you whiny idiots? These are the last NIN shows in the foreseeable future and they are kicking serious amounts of ass. How quickly everyone has forgotten that until a couple months ago, these shows weren't even scheduled and the band's swan song was set to be played in Asia. Can't you guys just enjoy this and be grateful for the opportunity to see the band a last time or two? And talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees -- cherry-picking the songs you think should be "retired" from NIN's retirement shows. OH THE IRONY.

Inviting_Me_Away wrote:http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2 ... 1251381373


Enjoy

What is this? Sorry I am at work now and can't access this site. Is this the video from the guy who was standing by the bar in level 1 or is just an audio file. Also, is there any other way I can get this file other than demonoid? Sorry I don't have an invite.

Anyway, awesome show and I can't wait to see footage of this or even audio. I am still in a good mood ever since this event even though it was near boiling point in the 1st level.

One thing I also wanted to add. Did anyone see the douche bag by the back of the first level by the bar near the ATM machine. He did not deserve to have a ticket. He was constantly pissing off the bartender and taking off his shirt after he was told he can't do that. He was basically disrupting my area. Other than that it was a great show.

[quote="Drunkpoet"]What the fuck is with all of you whiny idiots? These are the last NIN shows in the foreseeable future and they are kicking serious amounts of ass. How quickly everyone has forgotten that until a couple months ago, these shows weren't even scheduled and the band's swan song was set to be played in Asia. Can't you guys just enjoy this and be grateful for the opportunity to see the band a last time or two? And talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees -- cherry-picking the songs you think should be "retired" from NIN's retirement shows. OH THE IRONY.[/quote]



Well put sir, well put indeed. In addition..."[insert your show here] was way better than [insert another person's favorite show here]. They sucked on YOUR night".

Drunkpoet wrote:Can't you guys just enjoy this and be grateful for the opportunity to see the band a last time or two? And talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees -- cherry-picking the songs you think should be "retired" from NIN's retirement shows. OH THE IRONY.

Being grateful isn't really a human thing, that being said, I think that enjoying the shows is sort of a given. Certainly you have your own preferences as to what you want to hear? It's not as if I'm sending Trent hatemail about it or anything, I'm just getting it off my chest post-show. No harm.

Not everyone is hating the last show. After being fortunate enough to go to 3 New York shows including the last two T5s and they were all awesome in their own way. Maybe its the year zero hardon I have for myself but Trent can play Survivalism 3 times straight in one show and I'll still have a cheesy grin on my face. And the crowd was way into Suck and Burn.

I read some of the dbag factors some of you guys wrote about and I guess it just depended where you were at. Suprisingly I was going between the pit and the front and I was with one of the best crowds I could ever be with. So much positive energy going on and there was no 'stop pushing me' or someone getting pissed cause youre blocking their 9000 pictures taken of Trent and the band. Im all of 5 feet even so a huge thumbs up for all the guys who looking out for me especially the guy in the green shirt and his buddy, the cute light skinned one with the lip and brow piercings at the Tuesday show--if you read this board.

I am so fucking happy how this photo came out! It captured everything I was hoping to capture.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/Pa ... 250072.jpg


PM fucking up Reptile was hilarious.

well this was my first nin show ever, i was impressed. second night was even better though.

Papagolash wrote:I am so fucking happy how this photo came out! It captured everything I was hoping to capture.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/Pa ... 250072.jpg


PM fucking up Reptile was hilarious.

I took a similar photo! I'm so glad my semi-random photos with my piece-of-crap Olympus caught what I wanted as well. And Papa, perhaps I saw you because I remembered what you looked like from the video interview, but I wasn't sure. And Reptile was...special in it's own way :-p I loved it.

My favorites from my camera:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f387/ ... 456347.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f387/ ... 456341.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f387/ ... 456338.jpg

Labrahk wrote:My only issue was three girls behind me who were drinking and screaming at each other like they were at a frat party and not a show. It was very, very frustrating.

Seriously, those bitches spilled ice down my legs when I wouldn't let them put their empties on the ledge where my cameras were & nearly ruined "The Way Out Is Through" for me. I wanted to gut them.

suicidecontrition wrote:Anyone have audio/video of The Horrors' set? I'm guessing not as just about everyone seemed to hate them.

I've got all but one song capped in HD from the center of the second balcony. The bits I've seen so far look & sound damn good (I give the audio an 8.5, video 7), although I don't have the steadiest hand in the world. At least some of the clips will be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube by the end of the night. I also have some NIN footage but I haven't looked at it yet. I doubt any of it is as good as what others have posted so I may not bother with it.

Terminal 5 Tuesday/Wednesday photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 2039240239

(Hi-res copies available by request. Please PM me here or at Flickr, I'd be glad to send any hi-res photos your way.)

My personal favorites from these two shows:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 039240239/: Full band during The Line Begins To Blur
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 039240239/: Robin & Ilan during The Way Out Is Through
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 039240239/: Peter Murphy dishing out noogies to Justin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 039240239/: Trent during The Fragile ("And they keep picking...")
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smulligann ... 039240239/: Peter Murphy during Dead Souls

StopRemembering wrote:

Labrahk wrote:My only issue was three girls behind me who were drinking and screaming at each other like they were at a frat party and not a show. It was very, very frustrating.

Seriously, those bitches spilled ice down my legs when I wouldn't let them put their empties on the ledge where my cameras were & nearly ruined "The Way Out Is Through" for me. I wanted to gut them.

suicidecontrition wrote:Anyone have audio/video of The Horrors' set? I'm guessing not as just about everyone seemed to hate them.

I've got all but one song capped in HD from the center of the second balcony. The bits I've seen so far look & sound damn good (I give the audio an 8.5, video 7), although I don't have the steadiest hand in the world. At least some of the clips will be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube by the end of the night. I also have some NIN footage but I haven't looked at it yet. I doubt any of it is as good as what others have posted so I may not bother with it.

edit: wtf happened to my text? Anyhow, I wrote: This is awesome. You are awesome.

Papagolash wrote:I am so fucking happy how this photo came out! It captured everything I was hoping to capture.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/Pa ... 250072.jpg

That's gotta be during "bow down before the one you serve," no?

Imail724 wrote:

Papagolash wrote:I am so fucking happy how this photo came out! It captured everything I was hoping to capture.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/Pa ... 250072.jpg

That's gotta be during "bow down before the one you serve," no?

Indeed it was. He'll put his right up up only during the 1st 2 times he sings that verse, it's the last verse(this one) where he does both arms.

suicidecontrition wrote:

StopRemembering wrote:

Labrahk wrote:My only issue was three girls behind me who were drinking and screaming at each other like they were at a frat party and not a show. It was very, very frustrating.

Seriously, those bitches spilled ice down my legs when I wouldn't let them put their empties on the ledge where my cameras were & nearly ruined "The Way Out Is Through" for me. I wanted to gut them.

suicidecontrition wrote:Anyone have audio/video of The Horrors' set? I'm guessing not as just about everyone seemed to hate them.

I've got all but one song capped in HD from the center of the second balcony. The bits I've seen so far look & sound damn good (I give the audio an 8.5, video 7), although I don't have the steadiest hand in the world. At least some of the clips will be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube by the end of the night. I also have some NIN footage but I haven't looked at it yet. I doubt any of it is as good as what others have posted so I may not bother with it.

edit: wtf happened to my text? Anyhow, I wrote: This is awesome. You are awesome.

Aww, thank you. I originally taped this for my boyfriend who loves NIN & the Horrors but couldn't make the show, it's good to know he's not the only one who'll be enjoying these clips. ^_^

So far "Mirror's Image", "I Can't Control Myself" and "New Iceage" are uploaded to YouTube. Something's wonky with my wireless connection & I can't get the other clips ("Who Can Say" & "Sea Within A Sea") posted right now, will try again later. If YouTube still isn't working I'll post the rest to Vimeo until it's all straightened out.

Terminal 5 Night 1 - My Source !!!!!


Easy Access Flac Torrent = http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=527849

Dime = http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=264543


Sample = http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/ ... Sample.mp3

Enjoy !!!!

A big "Fuck you" to the Russian goon with the Ministry shirt who breathed down my neck the entire Horrors set and then said "Excuse me" to move forward and then directly planted himself in front of me. I don't care if you move up a ways but you had a lot of fucking nerve to say "Excuse me" only to park your fat ass directly in front of the one person you were standing behind for half an hour considering I'm half a foot shorter than you. Was your vantage point really that much better 12 inches in front of where you were?

Also the same words towards the effort (apparently a group effort) of a bunch of people in the beginning to compress the pit and push people who are in the middle 20 feet forward into an unthinkable crush. I had to fight to move back and get breathing room, I've never had it that bad at any concert. You're getting WAY to into it if you can't deal with not being on the railing.

Night 1 was so much better than Night 2. Setlist was awesome.

ScreamingSlave wrote:Terminal 5 Night 1 - My Source !!!!!


Easy Access Flac Torrent = http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=527849


Sample = http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/ ... Sample.mp3

Enjoy !!!!

Sweet dude! Downloading now! Thanks.

Pardon my ignorance but wasn't Hurt an encore. I was at the show and there was a gap until Hurt was played.

draganta wrote:Pardon my ignorance but wasn't Hurt an encore. I was at the show and there was a gap until Hurt was played.

Not really, it was in the middle of the show. There was just a few extra seconds between songs so the crowd would quiet down for hurt. There's a big drop off in intensity between the end of The Downward Spiral and the beginning of hurt.

ThinkIcouldburn wrote: Not really, it was in the middle of the show. There was just a few extra seconds between songs so the crowd would quiet down for hurt. There's a big drop off in intensity between the end of The Downward Spiral and the beginning of hurt.

I have to watch the video because I remember it was like at least a good minute. But then again with the heat in that place, a few seconds felt like an eternity.

Finally got around to posting video of

Letting You
1,000,000
Non-Entity
The Fragile
Eraser
The Way Out Is Through

from this show @ http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBusterBluth#grid/all

Enjoy.

What an amazing show this was... Here are the links to my videos from the front row... surprisingly good and clear sound! Enjoy! WAVE GOODBYE! Trent you will be missed!!! That Mariqueen is a hot piece! I'll be waiting for the Reunion tour or even better the 'FUCK it I am going to write a new album and tour' time.

Burn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6tgB1JWsI4

The Fragile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-CHBPYpLQY

Reptile (Ft. Peter Murphy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFuen1banKI

The Hand That Feeds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJV5TgleI9U

Entire show center shot on mini tripod in 1080i HD raw footage !!!!!!

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2054507/3531563/


Enjoy !!!!

ScreamingSlave wrote:Entire show center shot on mini tripod in 1080i HD raw footage !!!!!!

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2054507/3531563/


Enjoy !!!!

thanks. Started downloading. Any screenshots?

draganta wrote:

ScreamingSlave wrote:Entire show center shot on mini tripod in 1080i HD raw footage !!!!!!

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2054507/3531563/


Enjoy !!!!

thanks. Started downloading. Any screenshots?

I put a few up on the torrent page so there should be 3-4 there now

ScreamingSlave wrote:Terminal 5 Night 1 - My Source !!!!!


Easy Access Flac Torrent = http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=527849

Dime = http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=264543


Sample = http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/ ... Sample.mp3

Enjoy !!!!


:)

Thanks for being awesome, ScreamingSlave!!

My photos from the show:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fithphotog ... 278476866/

Also if anyone who went to the show and I spoke to/hung out is on this board, please PM me :D

Here is me:

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/imag ... c27a1b.jpg

Listened to the audio from this show again yesterday, I forgot how epic La Mer into The Fragile was. Fucking awesome!