»11th July 2005

Nine Inch Nails

Last night fucking Nine Inch Nails played at the fucking Apollo in Manchester and it fucking rocked. It was the most awesome thing I have ever seen.

The Set List

Pinion
Wish
Sin
March Of the Pigs
The Line Begins To Blur
Something I can never have
The hand that feeds
Terrible Lie
Burn
Closer
Home
Reptile
The Frail
The Wretched
Suck
No You Don't
Love Is Not enough
Hurt
Gave Up
You Know What You Are?
Starfuckers Inc
Head Like A hole

I think that is accurate. I tried writing down what was going on my phone but it started saving the text-messages in the wrong order.

I could go through how awesome every single song was, which would be very tedious. Highlights were Reptile, No You Don't, Head Like A Hole and Trent throwing his guitar into the crowd.

We might have got closer to the stage if we'd have got there a little earlier, like not at half seven.

Saul Williams didn't seem that bad but I couldn't tell what the hell he was saying most of the time.

Enough of my jibber-jabber, the photos are more interesting.


Saul Williams might be playing there. It's dark, I can't take photos in the dark for shit and he was moving around so quick, I guess we'll never know.


The best picture I managed to take. You can see Jerome there, how cool is that?


It turns out that the sun really does shine out of Trent Reznor's arse


That photo would be good if my arm would keep still.

I would talk more about how cool Trent was, how energetic Aaron North was, how relentless Jerome Dillon was, how wet Alessandro Cortini was, how tight Jeordie White's shirt was and how little the Apollo staff cared about the health and safety of people sat on other people's shoulders... but, you know, it's too hot.


This is what the rest of the photos look like. The Apollo doesn't need to confiscate cameras when they have clientele like me.


Extar, over, out.

I want a free Les Paul too.