Just got back from the Nine Inch Nails show at Freeborn Hall on the UC Davis campus!....EXCELLENT SHOW AS ALWAYS!!!! The venue was about the size of a high school gym. It might have held 1500 or so people. The drive to Davis was 90 miles but with SF Bay Area traffic, even leaving at 3pm, it took about 2.5 hours. We had dinner had a very tasty Thai place....we ate family style so we could try more stuff And the Thai ice teas were with unlimited refills...never seen that before We were able to walk from downtown Davis to the venue on the UC Davis campus in about 20 minutes. The line was around the venue, but was moving quickly by time we got to the end. The people behind us had a jug of Capt Morgan's Spiced Rum that had become a communal drink jug. I was too full from Thai so I did not partake, but many a people were making friends quickly over a swig of rum....I felt like i was among rum guzzling pirates There was an opening act...it was a girl that sang and played electric guitar. She played about 5 or 6 songs. The crowd had no time for her...we wanted our NIN!!! She lsot the crowd after about the 3rd song. Just after 9pm NIN took the stage. Trent was as intense as ever. They played for about 90 mnutes. No encore. Ended with 'Head Like a Hole'. Lots of lights on stage, but they were limited by the stage size. The stage could have ben taller so we could see better....luckily I am tall. We were dead center about 20-25 feet back. The guitarist was pretty wild jumping all around and once jumping off the top of a double stck amp about 10 fee tup. Trent did crowd surf during one song. During 'Hurt' some really reaaly drunk guy kept yelling. The crowd was getting PISSED OFF. Finally, about the 3rd time he yelled, mob rule took over and about 10 people just started punching him and then people got out their lighters and started trying set his hair on fire. He finally shut up and went to the back of the venue. A few people took swings at him as he headed to the back....the guy continued to provoke people as he walked towards the back. He was an ASS!!!! NIN played a good mix of msotly old tunes with about 3 or 4 new tunes thrown in. I heard all my favorites like Hurt, Head Like a Hole, Terrible Lie, Starfuckers, Piggy, Wish and a bunch of others I cannot think of right now. Trent said very few words....maybe 6 words total -- stuff like "Here's a new one" and "Thank You". I appreciated his lack of jabbering. The sound was very clear as always and LOUD as it should be!!! After the show I picked up a t-shirt and a limited editiion poster for the 3 sneak preview shows. Can't wait to see NIN again in late April at the Warfield in San Francisco and then at Cochella on May 1st. Yeah, NIN is back!!!!!!!!!!!
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