This post has been sitting in draft as I have been attending my tumblr blog. Since I am seeing nine inch nails tonight in Las Vegas, I thought it would be a good time to push this out.
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It was November 7, 2014. I got off the subway in Hollywood around 1:30PM and was 8th in line. I was expecting cooler weather and wore black but it was very sunny and warm. Spent the next few hours chatting with people in line while waiting for my friends to show up. Learned a lot of info that would come in handy for tomorrow's show at Staples Center.
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After they showed up, sound check started. They played a small bit of 1000000. They played All The Love In The World, which they had just debuted a couple of days ago. I would have shot some video, but a trailer truck was in the way. It sounded great with the back up singers. They did Various Methods of Escape multiple times, which ended up being broadcasted.
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By now wristbands were being given out and now there were 20-30 people in front of me. After moving to the priority line, All Time Low was sound checked. I recorded this, but there's so much talking going on I didn't bother to upload.
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After being let in, everyone took a spot behind a yellow tape. After the security guy gave the signal, he dropped the line and everyone moved to the front of the stage. While my friend made it to the front and secured a spot on the rail for me, some girl ran across from my left to my right and got a spot as well. The security guy yelled at my friend for getting in front of him. Nothing made any sense and I was incredibly worried she was going to get thrown out. She got off with just a warning. Right before the show she scored a poster so everything balanced out for her. The girl who cut me off decided to give up her spot and my other friend took her place.
For her troubles, my friend scored a nice poster for the night's show. nine inch nails opened with Various Methods of Escape and followed with All Time Low. I took a bunch of photos. These songs used to be up on youtube, but they're private now. Then the cameras went away and I switched to video mode as they played Sanctified, Came Back Haunted and The Hand That Feeds. Enjoy my videos from the show.
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