On Thursday night, Nine Inch Nails performed their last ever concert at The Wiltern Theater here in Los Angeles, CA in front of a sold out house of family, friends, fans on the last night of the Wave Goodbye Tour. I had the extreme fortune to interview Trent Reznor (which you can watch in full HERE) before Thursday’s final NIN show and then it was time to get down to business …

After the jump, check out a few of the photos that I snapped from the show, see the show’s full setlist and watch video of NIN performing The Day the World Went Away for the last time — ever …

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On Thursday evening, I had the great fortune to attend the final Nine Inch Nails live performance at The Wiltern Theater here in Los Angeles, CA. But before Trent Reznor took the stage to perform the last NIN concert, he graciously set aside some time to sit down and grant me a short interview for Pink is the new Blog:

As you may recall, I was able to interview Reznor on the last night of the Lights in the Sky Tour last December in Las Vegas, NV so I was thrilled he was willing to chat with me again on the last night of the Wave Goodbye Tour, the last for Nine Inch Nails. In our 20 minute chat, TR explained how he goes about crafting a setlist for each performance, which live performance in his 20 year touring history stands out most in his mind, his plans for new music outside of Nine Inch Nails and more. After the jump, you can watch my interview with Trent Reznor in full …

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The title of this post comes from an early Nine Inch Nails song that was never released officially on any album but every hardcore fan is well aware of. The song is titled Now I’m Nothing and contains the Wave Goodbye lyric … which is the name that Trent Reznor decided to give the last Nine Inch Nails tour … which ends tonight at The Wiltern Theater here in Los Angeles, CA:

I can honestly say that I have been an ardent NIN fan since 1989 (I distinctly remember hearing about the band who writes their Ns backwards and trying to spell out the NIN logo on the chalkboard in my History class) and have had the extreme fortune to see the band live 27 times over the years (in various US States and countries). Tonight’s show will be my 28th show … I am both excited and a bit sad about tonight’s show. I am even more excited and totally nervous about my interview with Trent Reznor later on this afternoon (scheduled to take place between sound check and showtime). I’m planning to video record the whole thing for sharing here on the blog ON SATURDAY since I do NOT POST on September 11 (which is tomorrow). The interview will be similar to the interview I conducted with TR last December on the last night of the Lights in the Sky Tour.

I haven’t yet decided but since I had such a great time in the NIN mosh pit at the last show at The Henry Fonda Theater, I may enjoy the show from the pit again tonight. If so, I’ll be off the grid and I will not be tweeting from the show. It’s a bit surreal to think that the live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails will come to an end tonight but I cannot express how thrilled I am to be able to be in attendance at tonight’s performance.

Last night was the 3rd of 4 Nine Inch Nails concerts performed here in SoCal on the Wave Goodbye Tour and by many accounts, NIN managed to outdo themselves yet again. Not only was I at last night’s show but I was front and center against the rail and managed to witness the almost 3 hour show from the best “seat” in the house:

The theme of the show was Guest Stars because not only did Gary Numan come out to perform with NIN again but so, too, did David Bowie’s pianist Mike Garson, Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato, Jane’s Addiction bandmember Eric Avery and former Nine Inch Nails bandmember Danny Lohner … AND, the show opening band Health even came out to perform on one of the songs (making it seem like there were 45 people on stage) — it was a truly fantastic sight to behold. After the jump, check out a bunch of photos that I took at last night’s show (my best yet), see the full 32 song (!!!) setlist and watch video of Gary Numan performing his song Down in the Park with NIN on stage …

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Last night Nine Inch Nails played the second of the 4 final dates of the Wave Goodbye Tour at The EchoPlex in Los Angeles, CA in front of a sold out house of about 700 fans. Last night’s venue was supposed to be the last one of the tour but due to illness and rescheduling, it became the 3rd to last show of the tour:

As you might expect, Trent Reznor brought not only a blistering set of songs but also brought out a special guest to perform with NIN on stage … providing a rock solid, raucous show for the audience. After the jump, check out a few of the photos I took at last night’s concert, see the full show setlist and watch video of NIN performing I Die: You Die with Gary Numan on vocals …

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David’s parents Marla and Mark arrived in SoCal yesterday and we got to spend the entire evening with them showing them our wonderful neighborhood. Because the Nine Inch Nails show at the Henry Fonda Theater was canceled (postponed?) last night, I was able to spend more time with the parentals. We did dinner at Hugo’s and then settled in for some catching up. It’s really great having them here, they are seriously a couple of the coolest people I have the pleasure to know. They’ll be with us thru the weekend so I’m looking forward to spending more time with them.

This afternoon, I’m having all of my hair cut off … I tried to grow it out but I just can’t do it. It’s been driving me crazy for weeks now so I’ve decided to cut it all off.

I’m happy to pass along that Trent Reznor has messaged fans on Twitter that he is “still alive” and will be updating show info soon (click HERE to read the latest message posted to the official Nine Inch Nails Twitter profile) so it looks like the shows at The Wiltern and The EchoPlex on Saturday and Sunday (respectively) are still on. I’m not sure the status of my interview with TR considering his health issues but I’m gonna try and still make it happen if he’s game. Let the weekend commence!!

UPDATE: Trent Reznor just posted the rescheduled dates for the remaining Nine Inch Nails shows in LA:

9.4.09: NEW FAREWELL SCHEDULE
** The Wiltern show scheduled for Saturday Sept 5th is now happening on Thursday Sept 10th – this is now the final show **

Trent

Sounds good to me … TR gets a couple extra days of rest and will bring the awesomeness on these new dates. Woot!!

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 …

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