Nine Inch Nails Reading (2007)

[@Butterfliesandzebras]

Can only echo other comments. I've been to many many gigs but this was the best. No idea what the guys were on that night but this set was like a freight train smashing straight through reading and making every other band look average. The funny thing was they weren't even the headliners. Absolutely no fucks given no prisoners taken by Trent and co that night

[@robillustrates6949]

This is the best live performance I've ever seen in over 200 plus gigs and 22 plus festival weekenders. Trent and this lineup of NIN were just amazing, it was like someone turned on the volume as the main stage at Reading sounded quiet all weekend, changed my life.

[@yeahyeahyeah0yeah]

Rob Illustrates was there too and couldn’t agree more

[@SamStevenson3265]

Yep - couldn’t agree more.

[@SamStevenson3265]

This was the best show I've seen - bar nothing. I didn't really appreciate NIN before this show, but man, the brutality and pure emotion that went into this was mind-blowing. It's impossible to convey how amazing this was through a video. Imagine someone telling you that a band they aren't a huge fan of put on the best show they've ever seen. I know many others who would echo this statement.

[@aarondee4635]

Sam Stevenson I was there and I totally agree. Amazing show.

[@olliemartin324]

Know what you mean! I saw NIN a good handful of times before and after this performance (same year) yet THIS is the one set I keep on coming back to watch. It really was incredible and caught me off guard they were just soo up for it. I saw the same touring festival production at other festivals that year also but just everything was right at Reading that night! They rocked up and tore a new one into that stage. The Smashing Pumpkins who were headlining must have thought omg how do we follow that! Sound, energy, performance spot on and the best time ive seen them. Usually bands are pretty awful at Reading but this was something else.

[@mattremnant]

Completely agree. Reading 2007, my first festival, went off from my friends to catch NIN and they blew me away, 12 years later and this still gives me goosebumps. This, Head Like a Hole, Wish, Great Destroyer, they fucking killed it.

[@allthepies88]

Nin were my favourite as I was growing up. This set was just ridiculous when I saw it at reading. I couldn't even watch the smashing pumpkins afterwards. You couldn't follow that up. I saw them again at Roskilde in Denmark last year I think. That set was also outrageous, and many friends said the same, just completely blew them away.

[@kevinkibble8342]

I was at Leeds. Pumpkins were better IMO.

[@diegoaguilar3278]

Trent Reznor Aaron North Twiggy Ramirez Alessandro Cortini Josh Freese What a dream team

[@codrinmurariu2420]

The fucking best lineup!

[@ohmguru81]

I see fucking great live with Aaron, song "Terrifing lies" was crazy and tought

[@iCreats]

0:03 Only 4:22 Wish 8:41 Dead Souls 14:04 The Hand That Feeds 17:38 Head Like A Hole 24:00 Hurt

[@republiqeclothing]

I was here, remember it like yesterday! Best live performance I’ve ever seen!

[@mywhychromosome]

Aaron's almost David Gilmour-esque spacey lead during "Wish" of all songs at 6:18, is fucking gorgeous. THAT'S how you add something to a band you were not in when the song was written. That's how it's done, folks

[@thewealthcircle29]

Spot on. Seriously good solo

[@Pablo-ze6un]

Absolutely amazing solo, now every time that I listen to a non-North rendition of the song it just feels incomplete without it. It's beyond me how some people think he "ruined" the song by adding that spin to the solo.

[@mywhychromosome]

@@Pablo-ze6un Yeah, I went to a bunch of gigs during that era, and especially during the earlier ones around '05, he was definitely a 'controversial' guitarist for the band, I remember overhearing a lot of complaining. I'll admit that even I, at the very first show I saw, wasn't sure what to make of the crazy vibes he brought on stage and some of the interpretations of the songs, it was all so different...now I think it was probably the best line-up of the band

[@ellsm8037]

Saw this because my friend dragged me.. ended up being pretty much one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen bar the pixies. Im at the front, I think I still have the bruises.. Thanks for putting this up here. It was phenomenal.

[@bmofano]

Foo's new drummer

[@sampickering7502]

That final rendition of Hurt is absolutely outstanding, goosebumps.

[@thewealthcircle29]

watch the version of hurt from the Vevo presents NIN concert from the tension tour 2013

[@JuiKuen]

There was something about the 2005-2007 line up for NIN's 'return'. I reckon Aaron North and Jeordie White brought that raw aggression maybe Trent wanted at the time and that suited those albums. NIN still are an amazing live force to this day, but their line up and approach to their live music evolves for that current moment. One of the all time best.

[@qwertyuiip9132]

Dont forget Alessandro Cortini his back vocals was very good!

[@darylbrice]

This era was amazing because it was the last time NIN felt dangerous.

[@codrinmurariu2420]

@@darylbrice Best comment on here. Bar none.

[@philyates7670]

I saw them at Leeds as part of this Carling festival. I wasn't a fan then and was only there to watch Smashing Pumpkins. All these years later I'm still a Nine Inch Nails. Trent blew me away with how good live NIN were as well as the staging.

[@joewright3251]

I was there too waiting for SP. ended up leaving half way through SP to watch new found glory on the lockup. also great.

[@mariakondratskaya6574]

one of a kind. huge thanks for sharing

[@synthcrafter4122]

Robin And North..

[@danielbeware783]

Aaron North is my favorite all time guitar player in NIN history.

[@thewealthcircle29]

Must say I do prefer him to Robin Fink

[@mywhychromosome]

He was a fucking genius. This was the NIN live era I started with, and so I didn't FULLY appreciate it at the time...still thought it was badass, but my adolescent self spent a lot more time wondering if I had missed out on the "Self Destruct" era, etc...now that there's some space, and I've seen countless other NIN lineups...the '05 was the perfect fusion of soundscape professionals like Cortini, with agents of Chaos like North, they never touched it again. Not to mention the seemingly unimportant, but quite effective when you're actually looking at the stage, coincidental effect that this was the only lineup where they all looked like they were part of the same BAND...it just happened to end up being an entire collection of tall, pale as fuck, weird dudes with dyed black hair. Fucking great.

[@draisine1609]

mywhychromosome absolutely agree. I rue the day that I missed seeing them. It’s a shame that Aaron was not able to handle this success (he is now doing standup in LA).

[@mywhychromosome]

@@thewealthcircle29 There are a handful of moments during the "Fragility" era, which is also (not coincidentally) the most 'open'/'collaborative' period for an increasingly intoxicated Reznor, where Finck nudges things in an interesting direction...alot of the unplugged/"Still" stuff, for example, or his performance of "La Mer" from the live DVD...One of the 'background' influences that Trent always flirted with but never openly embraced was Shoegaze, and Finck came the closest to bringing that atmosphere up front at times. That said, best NIN lineups were about balance, and by the later eras, they NEEDED chaos in their guitarist...they are still missing it, even now.

[@mywhychromosome]

@@draisine1609 A. Which tour/show were u supposed to see them on?? B. He's doing...STANDUP??? What?? Please elaborate!

[@threedog14]

Twiggy kinda looks like Colin greenwood from Radiohead. Or it might just be me

[@thewealthcircle29]

How does this video only have 3900 views?!

[@Cum007]

9800 and counting

[@davidbispo4806]

Aaron North was the best guitar player of NIN history.

[@CharledSanders]

You know whos got the money the ones in control and they dont deserve it

[@brycestempka5505]

Wow inspiring

[@ohmguru81]

Wow!

[@somersfamily]

Always got confused was twiggy playing bass and guitar when in nin ? It looks like he was playing guitar so thats why I ask.

[@dakotahigh1440]

Jeordie White (Twiggy Ramirez) primarily played bass guitar for NIN, but he played guitar on certain songs, such as “Wish”, “Head Like A Hole”, “March of The Pigs” and some others.

[@Pablo-ze6un]

He played bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and keyboards.

[@lightninglegs1979]

Dead souls is my favourite joy division so I was interested to hear their version. Somehow sounds less intense but trents vocals suit it

[@looptelepatico2300]

Bass... but played guitar in wish, march of the pigs, gave up, get down make love, last, head like a hole, the wretched, down in it, somewhat damaged, reptile, Mr self destruct, getting smaller.... acoustic guitar in right where it belongs ... keyboards in something I can never have 🤓🎸🎹🤘🏼

[@CharledSanders]

Hell yes i want to change it

[@bmofano]

Its a shame reading always gets the decent highlights, leeds crowds far more grateful and lively

[@lordbottaro4549]

Should have shown the Leeds version, the crowd went mental, especially when they played “Wish” and “Head Like A Hole”.

[@anthonymcilwain4426]

Finck all the way

[@codrinmurariu2420]

Haha. No.

[@PatdShowsAndMore]

This music isn't my type :/ i like it but panic at the disco is BEST

[@brthdy]

????????

[@yeetusjesus8385]

Nah lostprophets were the best performers that year in reading festival, NIN was a close second