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Got to the Spectrum at 2. Picked up our tickets and got in line and waited there until 4 when they were letting us in. It wasnt that bad of a wait in line since we talked to the three guys behind us the whole time.

They sat us down in seats and this guy came over (my husband! lol claire) and told us all the rules of the soundcheck, no pictures was like the only rule really. We stayed seated for a little while longer while Alex was drumming, and then Aaron and Allesandro came out and then Jeordie, then Trent who I didnt even recognize at first. Then we were allowed to go up to the baracade. It was very awkard walking up to the band while they are already on stage, and Jeordie is so strange he just stares you down as your walking up, of course Trent is hiding from us getting drinks of water and stuff, he didnt turn around until we were all in place. Claire and I were perfectly in front of Trent!

The list of songs for the soundcheck:

                   1.Dead Souls
                        2.The Frail
                        3.The Wretched
                        4.Wish
                        5.Deep

  Before they did Deep, Trent said "and this next classic is a request" and sometime before that he said about the lights " (insert dudes name here) , remind me to talk to you about these uhhh, super mario lights we've got going on"  all in the monotone Trent way of speaking. Trent was also moaning into the microphone stand and rubbing it up and down and then looked at us suprised and said "oh, eh, i was just checking something out" ..yeah that was VERRRRYY NICE. At the end he said "this is much more awkard for us than for you because the lights are on and i feel all naked and exposed"  then some girl yelled out "you fucking rock with or without lights on" and all Trent did was give a half assed embarrassed smirk and wave and then walked off the stage.

Back to our seats for 2 and a half hours. At least we were inside  sitting instead of outside standing

When we were let back down onto the floor we ended on the side where Aaron stands/falls/kicks/jumps/breaks/throws shit.

Death From Above 1979 were...quite boring .
Queens of the Stone Age were good, but I just dont like their music, except that one catchy song they had thats okay. The singer was saying funny stuff but then he started to annoy me I dont know why. Probably because I wanted him to shut the fuck up so that NIN could come on! I did like how he stopped to comb back his hair hahahahaha

Setlist:

During Closer in the begining Aaron and Trent fell into an amp and Trent landed right on his ass, but he got back up and then ran to the edge of the stage and jumped down and got into the crowd. When he got back up on stage he asked "Who was that I was just making out with.. male or female?"  People who saw it are saying it was a girl, too bad I'd have liked to see some pics of Trent making out with a dude.

Something I Can Never Have was brilliant.  I was so glad they did that song at this show because they didn't do it at the last show i was at.

Eraser, Right where it belongs, and Beside you in time were really great, with the curtains down and videos playing on them. The whole place was silent for Right Where It Belongs just watching the images on the screen, but when pictures of Bush came up everyone boo'ed.

Trent gave a shout out to PA before HLAH, which people say that he doesn't do very much at shows.

so bottom line, the show kicked major ass. can't want to see them again!



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Me, Claire, and her Mom got to the Factory at around 3 and waited in line for four hours to be let in. So worth the wait. The show was incredible. Trent sounded perfect, and might I add, his ass looked verrrry nice. And in the begining of the show he pulled up his shirt a little bit, omg *orgasm* and he has on a button down shirt and the buttons were realllly coming undone, the shirt was like halfway undone by the end of the concert. NICE FUCKING CHEST, so defined. his arms are way huge in person too. 
Here is the setlist

01 - beside you in time (intro)
02 - the frail
03 - the wretched
04 - you know what you are?
05 - the line begins to blur
06 - march of the pigs
07 - piggy
08 - terrible lie
09 - burn
10 - closer
11 - reptile
12 - the big come down
13 - gave up
14 - the day the world went away
15 - no, you don't
16 - suck
17 - even deeper
18 - wish
19 - hurt
20 - the hand that feeds
21 - starfuckers, inc.
22 - head like a hole

During Head Like A Hole Trent got really pissed off that about his microphone going off for a second that he screamed "somethings going to get broken" well he more like really scarily growled it. Then he threw his guitar into the lighting setup behind the stage, which supposedly caused one of the panels to fuck up and only light up on the top part. Then he threw microphone stands arond and went over to his keyboard rig and thought about throwing that but then changed his mind, then he stomped around the stand like a god damn mad man for like a minute. It was amazing, I never thought I'd witness Trent destroying the stage like the old days. During Piggy Trent got into the crowd for awhile it was awesome, but i was on the other side of the stage. Here are pictures of that someone else took of Trent in the crowd:

Hurt was stunning, Trent played the keyboard right in the center of the stage with the lights shining on him and the crowd was so loud singing along with him. This concert was literally a dream come true

"March of the Pigs
The ending of the song. Reznor is singing each of the last few lines, one by one. In anticipation for the final line, the crowd sang it without waiting for Reznor. In stead of overshadowing the crowd participation on the last line, Trent kind of backed away from the mic and with what seemed to be a smile and let us have that one. I thought that was a great moment in the exchange between nin and the audience."
SOMEONE POSTED THAT AT THE ECHOING THE SOUND MESSAGE BOARD.
THANK YOU I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THAT UNTIL I READ IT.

OH AND THE BEST THING SOMEONE SAID TO DESCRIBE THE SHOW:

"wednesdays night show was merely a warm-up to the chaos that would ensue on thursday. wednesday night was a campfire compared to thursday nights inferno."

fuck yeah, i was at the thursday night show.

i bought this poster at the show also:

edit: my pictures i took didnt come out so good but here is the link to them
http://community.webshots.com/user/swine617
the Nine Inch Nails section of course

here are two links from "killitallaway" at the echoing the sound forum
http://www.picturetrail.com/ninphilly
http://www.picturetrail.com/ninphilly2

their pictures turned out reallllly good. but i had a crappy disposable camera. but hey, if i can see trent even a tad in my pics it works for me!!!

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The concert was on Thursday (may 12th).Claire and I got to the TLA at 5:30 or 6 I cant remember. But point it we had major time to kill until the show, doors were at 9. So we hung around outside the TLA for awhile, until we noticed that Will Sergeant was standing outside very near us talking to some people. We left at that point haha, we didnt want to interrupt him, and we didnt want to stand there staring either. So we walked a little bit down the street went into a store then we were just standing around talking again when we noticed someone jog out of the TLA and across the street right into a food place right next to where we were standing. We stand there and stare and eachother for a moment and then we realize "HOLY SHIT THAT WAS MAC!" so we freaked out for a moment, and we walked back across the street so we could stare at him getting his food. Again, we didnt want to bother him because he was busy buying food, not time for annoying fans, haha. Then he ran back across the street with a cheesesteak (figures) and a drink. After I helped fund a crack habbit me and claire got in line for the show. Then we stand in line forever, until they post signs up that say we can have cameras when everyone thought that we could. (UGGGGGGH!) then we were finally allowed in, and they let us in with cameras as long as we didnt use them.

The first band to play was called "eleven eleven" Their music was actually good, it reminded me alot like the Cure, but you couldnt hear the guys voice. But they werent bad, thank god.

Then it was time for Echo and the Bunnymen.After all of their drinks were in place, which took longer than the clean up of the last band, and the sound check, they took the stage.Mac sounded, and looked great! They opened up with "Going Up" then "With a Hip" and then "Seven Seas" and then "Buried Alive" i dont know the correct order of all the rest of the songs, but I know the songs. Mac's dancing was very very nice, along with his hand gestures. ahem. They sang a new song called "In The Margins" it was awesome, I can't wait for the new album and to see them live again. During the last song (Ocean Rain) everyone else was taking pictures and they werent having their cameras taken away so i took mine out and took a few pictures, i think about 4. I'll post them up when I get the film developed. oh and, Mac said the cheesesteak sucked. haha



This is the setlist out of order after Buried Alive

Echo and the Bunnymen Setlist
Going up
With A Hip
Seven Seas
Buried Alive
Crocodiles
Rescue
In The Margins
 Show Of Strength
The Cutter
Killing Moon
Bring on the Dancing Horses
Over The Wall
Villiers Terrace
Zimbo
Back of Love
Never Stop

Encore One
Nothing Lasts Forever
Loose

Encore Two
Lips Like Sugar
Ocean Rain


I SEE NINE INCH NAILS THIS THURSDAY!