Last night I went to the Aragon Ballroom to see Nine Inch Nails on their final tour.  At the end of their last tour (which was supposed to be their final tour) they Trent Reznor announced they would be playing a handful of shows in New York, Chicago and LA which would be the last Nine Inch Nail shows.  I managed to get tickets to both Chicago shows at the Aragon Ballroom which I’ve never been to before.  The venue was a cross between a classic old town theater and a high school gymnasium.  To get into the place there was a line wrapped at least a mile around the neighborhood.  It was moving but it was massive.

The show was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.  The sound was great, I was close to the stage yet out of the impromptu pit and the band simply kicked ass.  Robin Fink looks a lot like The Kurgan from Highlander and plays guitar like The Kurgan would if he was trying to kill Sean Connery with said guitar.  The setlist was awesome (Down In It, Wish, Pinion, Reptile).

Side Note:

* Whistling really shouldn’t be done unless it’s to signal some kind of action or as a way to grab an individual’s attention.  Whistling as a form of appreciation is not good.  Ever.

** The rest of my photographs are here on Flickr.