"Curtain Call"

Taken from nin.com:

"File this one under lost opportunities.

I'm very proud of the show we've put together for this tour and have been working hard the last few months to find a way to capture it. I had an amazing situation lined up that would have allowed me to film the show in 3D with James Cameron's team for a theatrical release as well as DVD / BluRay, etc. We had an extra date added to the tour that we were going to give away all the tickets for and have a filming party / thank you show.
I made two critical mistakes. One was to approach a certain record company that owns some of the song rights about producing / funding. The second was to allow said company to fuck around as usual for months before saying um... no. We then achieved the impossible by finding alternate production / funding but the timetable is too rushed to get it filmed comfortably with the remaining time left on the tour. This tour and a lot of the personnel involved finish at the end of this leg, so we can't push filming into Jan / Feb.
Deep breath...
This was an amazing tour and production - certainly the best thing I've ever been involved with and likely the final tour for NIN on this scale. Thank you to those who came out to see it and forgive me for having a Kanye West moment, but this was FOR SURE the best show of the year and any bullshit end-of-the-year poll you may read in the next few weeks that says otherwise simply has it wrong. Those of you who saw it know I'm right.
The shows we have announced in 2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely different approach with some different personnel and will likely be the last for the foreseeable future.
** UPDATE **
The venue for Friday night's performance in Victoria will have a very relaxed camera / camcorder policy... hmmn... "
EDIT** UPDATE SUNDAY Dec 7**
The relaxed camera / camcorder policy continues for Portland. Bring and shoot what you want and share what you get. Please understand local security has been made aware of this policy change but I cannot assure you every single one of them will be cool about it. Change can be hard for some.

I am now very concerned. Especially regarding the last paragraph...
Does this mean no more NIN? Or just no touring? Either way, I think I'm going to go cry in a corner...
DVD's a shame too.. I was looking forward to that =[

EDIT: I love how the concert he's talking about now is the other one I wanted to attend. Portland. Three hours away. @%$(@&#%*!!!!!!!!

EDIT AGAIN: And everyone's teaming up for creating this awesome fan video at the Vegas show this Friday. It's amazing how well organized it is.
And I'm still somewhat unsure about NIN releasing a video. It seemed like they already had a lot of filming done in the teaser. A little suspicious....
Anyways, I'm going to school. Yes, this is all I think about all day... :)

[currently listening to: Piggy - NIN]

Posted by Anna at December 5, 2008 09:00 PM