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Last night Nine Inch Nails played the first of their final batch of shows on their Wave Goodbye Tour and ended up putting on one of the greatest shows they’ve ever performed. As you may recall, NIN performed the entirety of their epic album The Downward Spiral live at Webster Hall in NYC, NY last week … and they decided to do it again for the West Coast crowd. Because the Webster Hall show was not recorded professionally by the band, methinks Trent Reznor wanted to do it again for the record.

Last night’s show was, IMHO, superior to the Webster Hall performance primarily because not only did we get TDS in full but we also got a guest performance by Gary Numan, who TR brought on stage for a couple of songs. After the jump, check out a few of my photos from last night’s show, see the full setlist, watch video of some of the songs performed last night (including A Warm Place, which was performed live for only the second time ever) and find out which celeb were in the hiz to see NIN perform at the Hollywood Palladium last night …

I wasn’t entirely sure that NIN was going to perform The Downward Spiral in full again but by the time they got to March of the Pigs, I was certain that history was repeating itself. Here are a few of my photos and the full setlist:

The Downward Spiral

Mr. Self Destruct
Piggy
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Closer
Ruiner
The Becoming
I Do Not Want This
Big Man with a Gun
A Warm Place — second ever live performance
Eraser
Reptile
The Downward Spiral
Hurt

1,000,000
Terrible Lie
Lights in the Sky
Burn
Gave Up
Suck
Metal (Gary Numan) (with Gary Numan)
Cars (Gary Numan) (with Gary Numan)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole

As an extra added treat, we were given limited edition NIN buttons with our tickets to commemorate last night’s show at the Hollywood Palladium:

Yes, pretty much everything was PERFECT about last night’s concert … A show like this needed no encore so none was performed … midway thru the show, Trent Reznor confessed to the audience that he was not feeling well. It turns out that TR was more ill than he lead us to believe … shortly after last night’s performance was finished, it was announced on NIN.com that tonight’s performance at the Henry Fonda Theater has been canceled due to doctor’s orders. There is no word on the status of the last two NIN shows this weekend (at The Wiltern and The EchoPlex) but I do hope that TR is able to recuperate and feel better. I understand the show tonight is not being rescheduled and refunds will be given instead *may* be rescheduled (according to the marquee at the Henry Fonda Theater, the show will be rescheduled — see photo below). Still … last night’s performance was just … stellar. Here is some video I shot of some of my fave songs performed last night — first up …

The Becoming:

A Warm Place:

Hurt:

Metal (with Gary Numan):

I mean … just a fantastic show. I honestly don’t think anyone could’ve asked for more … Trent Reznor gives SO MUCH to his fans with absolutely everything he’s got … if there has to be a show cancellation, you better believe it’s because TR was forced into it. I wish him a speedy and full recovery. As for the celebs in the hiz, I stood next to Steve Perry from Journey for a while and then Jared Leto and Katy Perry wandered into my vicinity. I hear Adrienne Curry, Danny DeVito, Tatam O’Neil and Jason Lee was also in the hiz but I did not see them. Nice to know these celebs have good taste in music.

Because my plans for tonight have been freed up, I’ll be able to spend more time with David and his parents who arrive today and will be staying with us for the weekend … it’ll be nice to hang out with them.

UPDATE: The marquee at the Henry Fonda Theater has been updated today with the following message:


Thus far there has been no official confirmation from anyone in the NIN camp about this rescheduled show but, HOLY SHIT, it’s encouraging news!! I’ll update when there is more info.