Morbyd
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Ok, I know that on the heels of news about the Princely one's amazing arrival on the stages of London, this probably pales in comparison...
But the group that brought the 1980s/90s industrial music scene to the masses, Nine Inch Nails, played in Moscow last night and the show ROCKED
I thought the show started at 8pm (as some adverts said) but as I was heading to the venue around 8:30ish (no one ever starts on time) I looked at my ticket and it said 7! I managed to trade my 2 seated tickets (friend bailed out) for a more expensive standing one in the Fan Zone which is right in front of the stage. And I walked in just seconds before they started. Result!
Great show... Perfect mixture of new material and tons of old hits - March of the Pigs, Closer, Pig, Suck, a very rousing Head Like a Hole and much more. Live versions of newer tunes like The Hand That Feeds, despite their more commercial rock style, fit in with the older rock/synth/industrial-styled songs that I grew up with. The kicker was when Trent Reznor came out by himself to close the show with Hurt. I was nearly in tears. Beautiful.
Easily the best rock show I've seen in the past year (and I've been to a lot of concerts lately). George Michael is still tops for me on the pop music side.
Bring on Prince in 12 days and Basement Jaxx two weeks after that
I only got one photo with my phone's crappy camera - the stage at end of the show:
But the group that brought the 1980s/90s industrial music scene to the masses, Nine Inch Nails, played in Moscow last night and the show ROCKED
I thought the show started at 8pm (as some adverts said) but as I was heading to the venue around 8:30ish (no one ever starts on time) I looked at my ticket and it said 7! I managed to trade my 2 seated tickets (friend bailed out) for a more expensive standing one in the Fan Zone which is right in front of the stage. And I walked in just seconds before they started. Result!
Great show... Perfect mixture of new material and tons of old hits - March of the Pigs, Closer, Pig, Suck, a very rousing Head Like a Hole and much more. Live versions of newer tunes like The Hand That Feeds, despite their more commercial rock style, fit in with the older rock/synth/industrial-styled songs that I grew up with. The kicker was when Trent Reznor came out by himself to close the show with Hurt. I was nearly in tears. Beautiful.
Easily the best rock show I've seen in the past year (and I've been to a lot of concerts lately). George Michael is still tops for me on the pop music side.
Bring on Prince in 12 days and Basement Jaxx two weeks after that
I only got one photo with my phone's crappy camera - the stage at end of the show:
I later heard that the reaction to NIN's songs was poor and Reznor totally reworked them before releasing the album.
