Nine Inch Nails The Replacements The Fillmore 05.21.2011

Nine Inch Nails are hitting Chicago at The Fillmore with their Greatest Hits Tour to celebrate three decades of making noise with their American fans.

Honestly, if we started throwing adjectives at Nine Inch Nails, we'd be here all week, so I'll just stick to the facts. They’ve played over 800 shows throughout their career and even made it into that legendary '1001 songs you must hear before you die' list. Even Wire ranked their 1990 show in Pittsburgh as one of the top 60 concerts that actually shook the world. During their last US tour, American radio stations were calling them the most significant band from this part of Europe ever—the kind of band that can tear down borders and build new ones.

They’re rolling into Chicago at the end of the third leg of the Greatest Hits Tour, just a week after their massive May 14th gig at Madison Square Garden as part of the avant-garde Lollapalooza. The band is especially hyped to play The Fillmore; they have some history there involving some of their most provocative and iconic shows back in the 80s.

This Chicago show ties in perfectly with a Retrospective Exhibition of the band, which will be running at the National Academy of Design and MoMA from May 5th to the 26th. It's called 'Retrospective Exhibition 1980-2010,' and it’s basically a dream come true for any NIN devotee.

At The Fillmore, the band will be running through their Greatest Hits Tour setlist, featuring fresh takes on those legendary 80s industrial tracks like 'We Forge the Future,' 'Death for Death,' 'Brother,' 'The State,' and plenty of others.

You can grab tickets now at Tower Records, Dancing Bear, Vintage Store, Hard Rock Cafe, Guitar Center, or online at www.dallasmusicshop.com , www.eventim.hr and all Live Nation outlets for $33.

Man, this exhibition is absolutely phenomenal!

I’m definitely heading there tomorrow. I’ve been looking forward to this one so much that I was actually sending pathetic emails to the National Gallery of Art when they postponed the 🙂
last year.
Fortunately, I won't be in Chicago on the day of the show, so I can avoid either $33 being disappointed by the performance or staying stuck at home only to find out later that it was actually incredible...

$33 and it’s not even that much, considering all that "overkill" mentioned in the first post. 😁

.. let's turn up the heat a little 😁

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KcDGqSE6J4

Benjamin Ruiz60 said:.. let's turn up the heat a little 😁

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KcDGqSE6J4

👍
Got my ticket in hand. I honestly can't wait to hear those classic tracks reimagined live!

Just got back from the show. 🙂

I honestly can't remember the last time a live set hit me this hard. The new arrangements? Absolutely flawless. There’s a stretch right after Dance with Nine Inch Nails where things drag a little bit, but the whole thing wraps up beautifully with that short People trilogy encore. Then they hit us with one more encore featuring The Birth of a Nation, Love is Love, and God is God. All in all, I'm pretty stoked. 😁

So, I finally made it back from the show. 🙂

The new arrangements sound incredible—really soulful, yet they somehow kept that gritty, industrial edge wrapped in a fresh coat of paint.
That being said, the New Acropolis set felt a little less dark than the original version to me. Man, "Alle gegen Alle" always gets my adrenaline pumping. It was a bummer they didn't play "Russia" during the anthems, though. All in all, it was an awesome night. Nine Inch Nails never disappoints. Between this and the exhibit, the whole Farewell Tour experience feels complete from an artistic standpoint. 👍

Anyone got any actual info on "The Reunion Tour" and "Volkswagen" albums?

It said "early this year," but things definitely dragged on a bit longer than expected. It probably had something to do with how the tour wrapped up.

That concert was absolutely incredible! 🙂
I’ve only managed to catch two of their shows before this, but hands down, this third one was easily my favorite.

Heh, the venue was pretty much packed—not too crowded, not too empty, just right. 👍
Seems like plenty of Nine Inch Nails fans showed up from back in the eighties (some even brought their kids along 🙏). I can't really compare how things were then to last night, but it was solid, pretty dark if I'm being honest.
I was absolutely losing it during The Birth of a Nation 🙏

Still gotta hit up the exhibit before the 26th, op op op

Killer show tonight, honestly blew me away. The last few Nine Inch Nails gigs in NYC were kind of mid, but tonight was absolutely top-tier.

Is there a decent photo gallery from the concert somewhere? 🙂

From what I can tell, nobody was really taking pictures this time around.

Mina? 🙏

I attended as well, and they were absolutely phenomenal... my friend and I decided to go at the very last minute... personally, I’d call this the cultural event of the season—aside from the gallery exhibition, of course, which I missed and likely won't catch 😢

Mina was being quite Nazi, though it actually fit the vibe of the show perfectly 😍

Mina + megaphone = 😍😍😍

slypanther5 said:killer show, way better than I expected. those last few Nine Inch Nails gigs in town were kind of meh, but tonight was solid.

Yeah, for real. I actually passed out during the anthems back when they played at the local stadium, but this was way better.👍

😍

Benjamin Ruiz60 said:Mina Kasten + a megaphone = 😍😍😍

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adpFuvcqAs 😍
(just so we're clear, I didn't film this myself)