9 Inch Nails have lengthy been considered one of music’s most modern bands, as evidenced by the multi-sensory spectacle displayed on their present “Peel It Again” tour. The outing hit Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Middle on Tuesday night time (September 2nd), thrilling the adoring viewers on the sold-out enviornment.
Lengthy merch strains greeted concertgoers strolling into the venue, with followers clamoring to get the newest “NIN” T-shirts and hoodies. As soon as they made their strategy to their seats, they instantly seen an unconventional setup, with a major stage on one finish, a B-stage within the center, and a DJ stage on the opposite finish.
Digital-music DJ and producer Boys Noize (actual title Alexander Ridha) served because the opening act, delivering a gradual beat of electro home and industrial music (together with a little bit of NIN) on his turntables for roughly a full hour main as much as the headlining set. Whereas he did a stable job of setting the temper, the venue might have been served higher by an precise opening band, because the DJ set grew to become a little bit redundant within the confines of an enormous basketball enviornment, versus a dance membership.
Associated Video
Because the final beat of Boys Noize’s DJ set sounded, the curtain dropped on the B-stage, the place NIN mastermind Trent Reznor sat alone at his keyboard, performing “Proper The place It Belongs.” One after the other, he was joined by different members of the band, together with Alessandro Cortini, Atticus Ross, and Robin Finck as “Ruiner” and “Piggy (Nothing Can Cease Me Now)” adopted, with Reznor now prancing his manner across the small stage with microphone in hand and singing to every quadrant of the sector.
Then, in dramatic trend, returning drummer Josh Freese started pounding out “Want” whereas projected in big type on the curtain protecting the principle stage, giving time for the remainder of NIN to run over from the B-stage. When that curtain dropped, the complete band may be seen performing the electrifying music. Reznor and firm stored up the power as they adopted “Want” instantly with the equally explosive “March of the Pigs.” Subsequent got here “Reptile” and “Heresy,” making it a Downward Spiral trifecta, with “Copy of A” and “Gave Up” placing a wrap on the primary main-stage portion of the present.
It was then again to the B-stage for Reznor and Ross, the place they had been joined by Boys Noize for a four-song efficiency, together with “Vessel,” a completely charming model of “Nearer,” the brand new single “As Alive as You Want Me to Be” from the soundtrack to the upcoming Tron: Ares film, and “Got here Again Haunted,” which Reznor continued singing as he and Ross made their manner again to the principle stage.