Full Nine Inch Nails photos/review coming soon

Without getting into the specifics (those I’ll save for the actual review), Nine Inch Nails’ Bonnaroo set was as bare-bones as NIN shows these days are. Sure there was a crazy light show, but it was nothing compared to the crazy screens they had last fall. But unlike Pitchfork, I was thrilled with the show. It was easily the best setlist of the three NIN shows I’ve seen. They cut out most of the filler and packed in fan treats like the Gary Numan/Joy Division covers, the not-often-heard Bowie collab “I’m Afraid of Americans” and an appearance by the Dillinger Escape Plan — an appearance my roommate described as “guys who were even more intense than Trent.” If it turns out to be the last American NIN show, as Trent said it would, I think it was a great one to end on.

ZIP: Nine Inch Nails – Live at Bonnaroo 2009

For those of you who just want a taste, here’s the awesome cover they did of Gary Numan’s song “Metal.” Thanks very much to the original taper. Full setlist after the break.

MP3: Nine Inch Nails – Metal (Gary Numan cover)

Nine Inch Nails @ Bonnaroo setlist

01. Home
02. Terrible Lie
03. Discipline
04. March of the Pigs
05. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
06. Metal (Gary Numan cover)
07. Reptile
08. The Becoming
09. I’m Afraid of Americans
10. Burn
11. Gave Up
12. La Mer
13. The Fragile
14. Banged and Blown Through (Saul Williams cover)
15. Non-Entity
16. Gone, Still
17. The Way Out is Through
18. Mr. Self Destruct
19. Survivalism
20. The Hand That Feeds
21. Head Like a Hole
22. Wish (W/ Dillinger Escape Plan)

-Encore 1-
23. Echoplex
24. The Good Soldier
25. Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
26. The Day The world Went Away

-Encore 2-
27. Hurt