NIN Press Conference + Info About NIN Lettered Fans Photos
 
Memorabilia wrote us to explain that she was one of the characters who stacked herself high onto the mountain of NIN lettered fans and a bit about what she learned when her friends chatted with Trent Reznor. "I'm the third from the left on the top," she said, "the second 'n' of 'nine'."
Memorabilia and some of the fans on the right are members of a Nine Inch Nails French club on egroups. "Actually there are 2 clubs," she added, "one that is a kind of forum, the other which is focused on the news." Here is a presentation of the clubs (in French) with 2 links: www.nin.fr.fm.
"We went to Belfort together and wanted to do something special for the occasion, since NIN doesn't play really often here in Europe," she explained. "Then we had the idea of wearing all these t-shirts with one letter of "nine inch nails" each, and our URL in the back..."
Aline, a friend who had a VIP pass, all chatted with the nin.com webmaster, which he took two photos of them in front of the stage and about two hours before the show. "I gave him other pictures we shot in Paris, a "n" T-shirt for him and one for Trent," she said.
On to the news... Aline was able to attend the press conference NIN gave in Belfort, too, and here's what she got out of the conference:
- "Starsuckers, inc." single + a 53 minute CD with the Fragile remixes, including "Metal"
- They'll do a Fragility DVD
- They'll do an acoustic album
- Trent told TRM (the webmaster of "Dissonance") that the band will be back in Europe before the end of the year...
"After the show," Memorabilia said, "some of us could meet the members of the band, including Trent who was looking for something to eat." She didn't meet Trent but TRM explained he was really kind. "When TRM asked Trent to come back so that we (the other members of the club) could meet him too, he told the tour manager, who said they were in a hurry (they had to go to Austria, which is quite far from France) that 'he had time' for his fans," said Memorabilia. "He had already looked at the pictures we gave Rob and appreciated the T-shirt we gave him. Unfortunately he finally could not come back, but we met Charlie and Danny who were really, really kind, too, signed autographs and accepted to be in pictures with us."
"Danny seemed really sorry for the people who went to the Lost Weekend Festival to see them," Memorabilia explained. "I was one of those and I felt so much pain when I arrived at the London Arena and saw NIN had cancelled the show." Jerome Dillon, the Nine Inch Nails drummer, posted a letter on the official NIN message board and explained what he was sick with and why he couldn't perform:
...to everyone on the boards for their concern about my illness..... I tried to ignore a stomach virus that eventually kicked my ass. Unfortunately, the show in London was cancelled and we all still feel shitty about it- but there was no alternative. My apologies to anyone/everyone who traveled to see the show and/or refunded their tickets... Jerome.
"The tour manager gave us news from Trent really often," said Memorabilia, "but he was quite busy. He finally led us to the NIN tour bus, and Trent went outside with his mobile phone." Trent was calling an Austrian radio station and made them shout on the phone. "After that," she added, "he got back on the bus to finish the interview and we saw them leave."
"I want to thank Aline for talking to Rob about us," mentioned Memorabilia, "TRM to have called me when he met Trent. Thanks a lot to the tour manager, who came to see us really often to give us some news. To Rob for putting the photo on the official website and for his kindness, too, and of course to the band, who gave a great show and really seemed to care about us. I'm proud to be a NIN fan, I really love you guys and hope you will be back really soon!"