nine inch nails/bauhaus/peaches
shoreline amphitheater, july 8th 2006
yeah, i’m in the fan club, so i get 7th row tix. *gloat*
it’s still light when peaches comes on, and there is something not right about that. she plays mostly new stuff, and considering her album wasn’t coming out for a few more days, it was hard to jam along. but i dug it. she is such a fun performer to watch, and i really get a kick watching my manfriend be the only straight guy pumping his fist at her. it was a much tamer show than the first time i saw her. but, again, it was light outside.
then came bauhaus. while i am wallowing in a cloud of awe, donnie elbows me to point out that Peter Murphy had a tag hanging from the armpit of his shirt. This being their last show…not only of the tour but maybe their like last last show ever….I thought it might be some kind of practical joke that bands do sometimes. But they’re not that kind of band. Then I start thinking about this stage manager getting fired after the show and why isn’t somebody coming and yanking the damn tag off. I am distracted by this for a good 20 minutes. Peter Murphy….strut….strut….tag blowing in the wind. I get over it when I hear She’s In Parties. They were really fun to watch.
Then NIN. What can I say that I haven’t already? It was awesome, even in seats. I was a bit buzzy, so my memory is fuzzy. They played Dead Souls, which was hella cool. That damn metal curtain came down for too long again. I couldn’t see Jeordie well enough. And as usual, no encore. But you could tell they were all so amped up for this last show. It was a really great experience knowing that everyone up close deserved to be there - it was all fanclub. And that rocks more than anything.