Nine Inch Nails ‘Wave Goodbye’ To The US, 06.13.09
Nine Inch Nails played a 2 hour set at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN last night which, it turns out, was the last US show of the band’s 2009 Wave Goodbye Tour. The previous tourdates with Jane’s Addiction were titled the NIN/JA Tour 2009 but from here on out the tour is called Wave Goodbye. The band will be taking a few days off before they head off to Europe and the rest of the world for the rest of the tour … but last night’s show in Tennessee was the band’s last show on US soil for a long time (if not for all time). Here are a few photos (taken and posted to NIN.com by Rob Sheridan) from last night’s performance along with the show’s full setlist:
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, 061309
Home
Terrible Lie
Discipline
March of the Pigs
Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
Metal
Reptile
The Becoming
I’m Afraid of Americans
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Banged and Blown Through
Non-Entity
Gone, Still
The Way Out Is Through
Mr. Self Destruct
Survivalism
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Wish (with Dillinger Escape Plan)
Encore 1:
Echoplex
The Good Soldier
Dead Souls
The Day the World Went Away
Encore 2:
Hurt
HOLY MFG! This has to be one of NIN’s best setlists ever. Those hippies at Bonnaroo were pretty damn lucky to witness an epic show like this. I truly hope that those of you who are NIN fans here in the US got your chance to see them perform live on this tour. It very well may be the last tour the band ever does. My gut tells me that Trent Reznor isn’t finished with music forever and there may be another NIN tour sometime in the future but … you just never know. The rest of the world still has many NIN tourdates to look forward to. The band plays Austria on June 19 and they begin touring Europe after that. At this point, the final NIN concert will take place on August 12 in Taipei, Taiwan … but as for the US … NIN has already waved goodbye.
Tags: 'Wave Goodbye' Tour, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Dillinger Escape Plan, Nine Inch Nails
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June 14th, 2009 at 11:31 am
ok, I was impressed…and then I saw The Fragile make its way on there, and now I’m officially jealous beyond belief. I have never gotten a chance to see that song live.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Is there a reason they never do the song Closer? I haven’t seen it on any of the setlists for this tour and they definitely didn’t play it when I saw them..Is it because it was a pretty huge single and they just don’t want to go the obvious route? It just seems odd..
June 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am
@Chris — I realize it’s not “live” live but NIN performed ‘The Fraglie’ on the 99 MTV VMAs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coG5X9Sd66A
June 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Great Article Trent! Even if it makes me Sad…
Love the pictures!
Kendra, they chose NOT to play Closer on this tour because they have played it in various forms at every show since they resumed touring in 2005. As much as I love Closer, it’s been played to death. Since this was the “Wave Goodbye” tour—Trent chose to fill the playlist with some long time fan “suggestions” more obscure stuff like “Now I’m Nothing”, the Gary Neuman cover of “Metal” and the song he co-produced with David Bowie “I’m Afraid of Americans”.
I’m sad that it appears that they are ending the tour in a corner of the world where the fanbase is smaller and not “at home” in LA or whatever—but after some of the psycho shenanigans of people on this tour, I can’t say I blame Trent if he is done touring forever.
Being a fan since 93 and seeing 20 shows over the years, all I can say to Trent (and all the talented folks he has worked with) is Thank You…and I can’t wait to see what you do next!
June 14th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@Jetsettter – Thanks for the info! The show I saw a month ago was my first ever and, even though I didn’t mind that they didn’t play the song, I was just a little bewildered..It makes sense that they wanted to do more fan favorites..
June 14th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I was lucky enough to be there last night, because Manchester is my hometown. All I can say about the show is it was fucking amazing! It was my first NIN show and I’m incredibly sad that it will be my only one, but it was definitely one I will never forget.
June 14th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
*tear*
sad I only got to see one show this tour.
Hope Trent tours again in the future…. in one form or another.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:32 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I so wish I had the mean to get overseas to see them one last time. No plans for you and David to do that?
June 15th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
As far as I’m concerned, T-Rez will keep NIN around. It’s part of him, so I don’t think he’s never gunna play another Nails show again. He just needs a break to try other things. Who knows, maybe in a couple of years, he’ll put out the best record we’ve ever heard xD
June 15th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
They played this same set (well, almost) at Sasquatch a few weeks ago and it was really awesome.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:40 am
I saw this show and it was incredible!!! Frankly, I am glad they didn’t do “Closer”. The crowd was chanting for them to do it, but I felt like it was better left with “Hurt”. “Reptile” was crazy!! Their lights are amazing! One of the best shows I have EVER seen! Bonnarrooooo!!!!