Dont know if any of you follows Nine Inch Nails but...
 

I am glad I went to see them when I did.
This showed up today on the official site:
12.3.08: curtain call

File this one under lost opportunities.

I'm very proud of the show we've put together for this tour and have been working hard the last few months to find a way to capture it. I had an amazing situation lined up that would have allowed me to film the show in 3D with James Cameron's team for a theatrical release as well as DVD / BluRay, etc. We had an extra date added to the tour that we were going to give away all the tickets for and have a filming party / thank you show.

I made two critical mistakes. One was to approach a certain record company that owns some of the song rights about producing / funding. The second was to allow said company to **** around as usual for months before saying um... no. We then achieved the impossible by finding alternate production / funding but the timetable is too rushed to get it filmed comfortably with the remaining time left on the tour. This tour and a lot of the personnel involved finish at the end of this leg, so we can't push filming into Jan / Feb.

Deep breath...
This was an amazing tour and production - certainly the best thing I've ever been involved with and likely the final tour for NIN on this scale. Thank you to those who came out to see it and forgive me for having a Kanye West moment, but this was FOR SURE the best show of the year and any bull**** end-of-the-year poll you may read in the next few weeks that says otherwise simply has it wrong. Those of you who saw it know I'm right.

The shows we have announced in 2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely different approach with some different personnel and will likely be the last for the foreseeable future.

posted by trent reznor at 4:28pm




Sounds like he is calling at least touring quits for the time being.
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No, no. He's just saying that future tours will be a lot less expensive and/or expansive than this one was. Stripped down, no fancyness.

NIN not my thing.

Prefer Ministry.

Saw NIN a few years ago when they toured with David Bowie. Pretty cool overall. I did find it rather sad that about half the stadium left after NIN and so few stuck around to see Bowie - the guy is an icon and his show was fantastic. It was just kind of sad to see.

NIN played a helluva set that night though.

Trent did the sound for the original Quake game, and has released a CD or two Free online. I 'torrented it, I've got it on my server - I'll leave it up for a few days. http://www.gruv.org/NiN-Ghosts.zip

I knew Trent when he played in a disco band in Cleveland. He don't talk about that too much.

From what I gather, most musicians feel like calling it quits towards the end of a tour...

I never got into NIN until my son did and I took him to the concert here. He's 15 and it was an incredible show. I wished I knew more of their music before I went.

I've been pretty disappointed with their last two albums. I like about two songs on With Teeth and I listened to Year Zero once and put it away.

My copies (on CD) of Pretty Hate Machine, the Downward Spiral, and The Fragile are pretty much worn out.

It just sounds like he is going to chill out for a while. I don't blame him, he tours all the damn time. I saw them when they were touring with A Perfect Circle - it was an awesome show and would have been better if APC's CD would have been out so I could have at least somewhat known the songs.

LMFAO This is very relevant. Slightly NSFW if someone can see over your shoulder or speak fluent german.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDfHNEkp_4&feature=email

Here are my vids from this tour for those of you that didnt have the pleasure of seeing them live.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnsonsl944&view=videos