Well, you know you are in for a treat when the opening act is one of Tom Morello's many little projects. Absolutely absurd. I guess I should start a little before that though...
I ended up walking in the presale entrance around 5:00; moments after I got in, the presale crowd was treated to Nine Inch Nails's sound check. Though we couldn't see the band, we could hear them crystal clear. They played:
- Meet Your Master
- 1,000,000
- Something I Can Never Have
And yes, these were three songs they did not play during the set. WIN! We were finally let in sometime after 6:00, I immediately moved to the front of the pit, dead center... about 2 people back from the rail. Street Sweeper Social Club was already set up (and had sound checked one song a few minutes before we were let in). They had their massive banner up which looked pretty cool.
They came on at 7:00 rather than the initially stated 7:30. They opened with Fight! Smash! Win! They played
Paper Planes by M.I.A. (AWESOME COVER), Nobody Moves (Untill We Say Go), The Oath, and a few others that I can't remember them name of. My favorite song was by far 100 Little Curses, but it didn't hold a candle to the solo Morello performed at one point. Brilliant opener.
Breakdown and setup for NIN did not last that long and NIN got on pretty quick. Might I add, seeing them during the daylight and having the sun set during the show is brilliant. Trent comes out in... shorts? I suppose it can be forgiven:
- Now I'm Nothing (First time played since 91)
- Terrible Lie
- Sin
- March of the Pigs
- Piggy
- The Frail
- The Wretched
- Discipline
- Head Down
- La Mer
- The Good Soldier
- I Do Not Want This (First time played since 95)
- The Downward Spiral
- Non-Entity
- Lights in the Sky (Live Debut)
- Wish
- Physical (First time played since 95)
- The Hand That Feeds
- Head Like a Hole
- Hurt (Encore)
Oh yes, you're seeing that right. Now I'm Nothing into Terrible Lie. INSTANT energy from the crowd. A pit immediately opened up and kept up through Piggy. Very impressed. The set was all around solid. Trent came down into the crowd a bit during Piggy and left a mic down there for people to finish off the song (I'm sure most people hated it, I thought it was hilarious... oh man the rush in the pit to the center!). During Discipline Robin's guitar fucked up and wow, Justin picked right up and did not miss a beat to fill the song in.
I think my heart stopped a bit when they busted into I Do Not Want This, and the awesome kept going. Loved TDS and Non-Entity. Lights in the Sky was phenomenal and, at least where I was, the crowd seemed really into it. I could only hear a few drunken morons (guys mind you) rambling about their love for Trent and how he shouldn't retire and that they would gladly let him fuck their brains out. Oh and Physical? Get the fuck out of here.
I must say, I really dislike NIN closing off with Hurt... but I REALY loved this version. I guess now that Ilan can play the piano parts and Trent can focus on singing, he can put a lot more emotion into it. It was truly beautiful. Oh and speaking of Ilan, I'm sold... awesome drummer and you can tell he loves every minute of it.
They walked off after that, was kind of wishing for more encore but how the hell can I complain after that set? My only wish is that I would have gotten to see Hersey live (well, scratch that... my only wish is that I would not have been a moron and gone to the WPB show).
Fuck this is getting to be a long review, and I'm trying to keep it short!
So Jane's Addiction... FUCK YEAH. Never thought I would get to see the original lineup live. I'm so glad I waited. Sure, there was a lot of tension on the stage, but goddamn Eric Avery is good. Perry came out all crazy looking and being his eccentric little self, loved it. The crowd seemed quite into it the entire time, and really got into it near the end. I was worried at first, many people filed out, but it filled back up as soon as the lights went down. So the setlist:
- Three Days
- Whores
- Ain't No Right
- Pigs in Zen
- Then She Did
- Standing in the Shower, Thinking
- Been Caught Stealing
- Ted, Just Admit It
- Mountain Song
- Ocean Size
Encore:
- Stop!
- Jane Says
The sound was awesome. I'm still amazed how much Avery's bass cut through the mix. Not too sure about Three Days as an opener, but it picked up with Whores. My highlights would have to be Standing..., Ted, Just Admit It, and Mountain Song (ohhh that bass line, crushing). The encore was also pretty damned good, Jane Says sounded better than I had expected. I was curious to see how JA would follow NIN. I had full faith in them, but I've never seen someone follow NIN... and they pulled it off perfectly in my books. Not remotely disappointed in Trent's choice of letting them close.
Overall, awesome show. Money well spent, I only wish I had done the WPB show as well. If you can see this tour, DO IT. If you can see it more than once... I envy you!
Sat 9 May – NIN|JA 2009
I ended up walking in the presale entrance around 5:00; moments after I got in, the presale crowd was treated to Nine Inch Nails's sound check. Though we couldn't see the band, we could hear them crystal clear. They played:
- Meet Your Master
- 1,000,000
- Something I Can Never Have
And yes, these were three songs they did not play during the set. WIN! We were finally let in sometime after 6:00, I immediately moved to the front of the pit, dead center... about 2 people back from the rail. Street Sweeper Social Club was already set up (and had sound checked one song a few minutes before we were let in). They had their massive banner up which looked pretty cool.
They came on at 7:00 rather than the initially stated 7:30. They opened with Fight! Smash! Win! They played
Paper Planes by M.I.A. (AWESOME COVER), Nobody Moves (Untill We Say Go), The Oath, and a few others that I can't remember them name of. My favorite song was by far 100 Little Curses, but it didn't hold a candle to the solo Morello performed at one point. Brilliant opener.Breakdown and setup for NIN did not last that long and NIN got on pretty quick. Might I add, seeing them during the daylight and having the sun set during the show is brilliant. Trent comes out in... shorts? I suppose it can be forgiven:
- Now I'm Nothing (First time played since 91)
- Terrible Lie
- Sin
- March of the Pigs
- Piggy
- The Frail
- The Wretched
- Discipline
- Head Down
- La Mer
- The Good Soldier
- I Do Not Want This (First time played since 95)
- The Downward Spiral
- Non-Entity
- Lights in the Sky (Live Debut)
- Wish
- Physical (First time played since 95)
- The Hand That Feeds
- Head Like a Hole
- Hurt (Encore)
Oh yes, you're seeing that right. Now I'm Nothing into Terrible Lie. INSTANT energy from the crowd. A pit immediately opened up and kept up through Piggy. Very impressed. The set was all around solid. Trent came down into the crowd a bit during Piggy and left a mic down there for people to finish off the song (I'm sure most people hated it, I thought it was hilarious... oh man the rush in the pit to the center!). During Discipline Robin's guitar fucked up and wow, Justin picked right up and did not miss a beat to fill the song in.
I think my heart stopped a bit when they busted into I Do Not Want This, and the awesome kept going. Loved TDS and Non-Entity. Lights in the Sky was phenomenal and, at least where I was, the crowd seemed really into it. I could only hear a few drunken morons (guys mind you) rambling about their love for Trent and how he shouldn't retire and that they would gladly let him fuck their brains out. Oh and Physical? Get the fuck out of here.
I must say, I really dislike NIN closing off with Hurt... but I REALY loved this version. I guess now that Ilan can play the piano parts and Trent can focus on singing, he can put a lot more emotion into it. It was truly beautiful. Oh and speaking of Ilan, I'm sold... awesome drummer and you can tell he loves every minute of it.
They walked off after that, was kind of wishing for more encore but how the hell can I complain after that set? My only wish is that I would have gotten to see Hersey live (well, scratch that... my only wish is that I would not have been a moron and gone to the WPB show).
Fuck this is getting to be a long review, and I'm trying to keep it short!
So Jane's Addiction... FUCK YEAH. Never thought I would get to see the original lineup live. I'm so glad I waited. Sure, there was a lot of tension on the stage, but goddamn Eric Avery is good. Perry came out all crazy looking and being his eccentric little self, loved it. The crowd seemed quite into it the entire time, and really got into it near the end. I was worried at first, many people filed out, but it filled back up as soon as the lights went down. So the setlist:
- Three Days
- Whores
- Ain't No Right
- Pigs in Zen
- Then She Did
- Standing in the Shower, Thinking
- Been Caught Stealing
- Ted, Just Admit It
- Mountain Song
- Ocean Size
Encore:
- Stop!
- Jane Says
The sound was awesome. I'm still amazed how much Avery's bass cut through the mix. Not too sure about Three Days as an opener, but it picked up with Whores. My highlights would have to be Standing..., Ted, Just Admit It, and Mountain Song (ohhh that bass line, crushing). The encore was also pretty damned good, Jane Says sounded better than I had expected. I was curious to see how JA would follow NIN. I had full faith in them, but I've never seen someone follow NIN... and they pulled it off perfectly in my books. Not remotely disappointed in Trent's choice of letting them close.
Overall, awesome show. Money well spent, I only wish I had done the WPB show as well. If you can see this tour, DO IT. If you can see it more than once... I envy you!
Sat 9 May – NIN|JA 2009
