Comments on: Photos: Nine Inch Nails in Columbus OH

By: Ian Perge

Ian Perge — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:07:53 +0000

I believe the fairly poor attendance was due to the economic factors people have listed above (the Better-Half and myself will only go to arena-sized/priced shows for our “top” bands these days – it’s simply far too expensive to see that many) as well as piss-pour weather that evening that dumped several inches of show in-between entering and leaving the show. It took us double the amount of time to drive home. But this tour was so bleeding-edge (the *ONLY* band that I’d say even comes close would be U2, and even they are pretty far off in terms of stageshow – it’ll be years before a band approaches what NIN came up with for that tour) that we screwed the budget and saw 4 shows on the US leg.

…and I’ll agree to a point that yes, this isn’t 1995 and NIN isn’t riding the wave of “Closer”. But I just saw them last night co-headlining with Jane’s Addiction @ The Post-Gazette Pavilion outside of Pittsburgh, PA which is one of the largest attendance Amphitheaters I’ve ever seen a concert at: 23,000 – 7,070 seats in the pavilion and 16,000 for lawn seating. Even with the lousy economy it as a near-sellout and a good amount of the audience left in-between NIN and Jane’s Addiction: about 1/4th is my estimation. That plus the fact that they’ve been touring pretty consistently since the fall of 2005 shows that there is indeed an audience out there – they simply wouldn’t tour if it wasn’t economically feasible.

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:50:49 +0000

Their show in Worcester,MA a few months later was sold out (months in advance), almost 11.000 people.

Same with tomorrow’s NIN/JA show in MA, around 10.000 tickets sold.

It might be a “deep America” thing.

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By: boo

boo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:05:35 +0000

well just wanted to throw in my thoughts!
On this recent tour nin has just sold out manchester arena england in less than an hour!!
sometimes there is more than meets the eye…but i admire trent for making his decision to disappear for a while because he realises it will not last forever! He’s so different from the young gut of twenty years ago!

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By: Draco Firedong

Draco Firedong — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:13:26 +0000

Dude. I was sitting like right next to you, man. The show was sick. I had never heard Trent sound that good in my life. I was expecting the place to be packed, but oh well. One thing that annoyed me though was that the show itself started too late, and the japanese band was quite a pain to listen to.

By: Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:23:48 +0000

This tour was incredible. Ticket prices do seem high now a days and that’s why I feel Nine Inch Nails tries so hard to make it worth the $. I saw them in Grand Rapids this year and the sound quality was excellent, and the light show was absolutely amazing. They WANT you to feel you got your money’s worth.

All around great show. NIN’s fan base has probably diminished a little bit from the hey- day of closer but the new material is great and the band still kicks major ass live.

And yes. The economy definately has an effect on ticket sales.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:43:49 +0000

Nine Inch Nails rocks.
Plain and simple.
To all who are making ridiculous statements (for example, the one Mike made above), if you don’t like them, don’t listen to them. You missed a phenomenal show this year. I am guessing that Mike doesn’t realize doctors, lawyers, professors, scientists, and accountants are NIN fans. I’m pretty sure that most can comprehend way more than Mike can ever can imagine.
Nine Inch Nails has a very diverse fanbase…..perhaps a few people need to research a bit more before attempting rude remarks towards a band and a fanbase they apparently know nothing about.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:33 +0000

“Yes because saying ‘you suck cock’ is really the most intelligent thing anyone could say…”

It is because anybody listening to NIN can’t comprehend anything more complex than that.

By: don'tuwishunew

don'tuwishunew — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:28:35 +0000

Lol, I saw NIN as an opening band three times for Jesus and Mary Chain the first time they ever played Guess it was 89 or 90 saw them in Atlanta Chatanooga and Memphis They were my girlfriend at the time’s favorite band (Jesus and Mary Chain) after that NIN was one of her and my favorite’s. They do put on a great show. Oh and if anyone wants to check it was at The Roxy in Atlanta………