Nine Inch Nails ‘Wave Goodbye’ To The Hollywood Palladium, LA

Last night Nine Inch Nails played the first of their final batch of shows on their Wave Goodbye Tour and ended up putting on one of the greatest shows they’ve ever performed. As you may recall, NIN performed the entirety of their epic album The Downward Spiral live at Webster Hall in NYC, NY last week … and they decided to do it again for the West Coast crowd. Because the Webster Hall show was not recorded professionally by the band, methinks Trent Reznor wanted to do it again for the record. Last night’s show was, IMHO, superior to the Webster Hall performance primarily because not only did we get TDS in full but we also got a guest performance by Gary Numan , who TR brought on stage for a couple of songs. After the jump, check out a few of my photos from last night’s show, see the full setlist, watch video of some of the songs performed last night (including A Warm Place , which was performed live for only the second time ever) and find out which celeb were in the hiz to see NIN perform at the Hollywood Palladium last night … I wasn’t entirely sure that NIN was going to perform The Downward Spiral in full again but by the time they got to March of the Pigs , I was certain that history was repeating itself. Here are a few of my photos and the full setlist: The Downward Spiral Mr. Self Destruct Piggy Heresy March of the Pigs Closer Ruiner The Becoming I Do Not Want This Big Man with a Gun A Warm Place — second ever live performance Eraser Reptile The Downward Spiral Hurt 1,000,000 Terrible Lie Lights in the Sky Burn Gave Up Suck Metal (Gary Numan) (with Gary Numan) Cars (Gary Numan) (with Gary Numan) The Hand That Feeds Head Like a Hole As an extra added treat, we were given limited edition NIN buttons with our tickets to commemorate last night’s show at the Hollywood Palladium : Yes, pretty much everything was PERFECT about last night’s concert … A show like this needed no encore so none was performed … midway thru the show, Trent Reznor confessed to the audience that he was not feeling well. It turns out that TR was more ill than he lead us to believe … shortly after last night’s performance was finished, it was announced on NIN.com that tonight’s performance at the Henry Fonda Theater has been canceled due to doctor’s orders. There is no word on the status of the last two NIN shows this weekend (at The Wiltern and The EchoPlex ) but I do hope that TR is able to recuperate and feel better. I understand the show tonight is not being rescheduled and refunds will be given instead *may* be rescheduled (according to the marquee at the Henry Fonda Theater , the show will be rescheduled — see photo below). Still … last night’s performance was just … stellar. Here is some video I shot of some of my fave songs performed last night — first up … The Becoming : A Warm Place : Hurt : Metal (with Gary Numan ): I mean … just a fantastic show. I honestly don’t think anyone could’ve asked for more … Trent Reznor gives SO MUCH to his fans with absolutely everything he’s got … if there has to be a show cancellation, you better believe it’s because TR was forced into it. I wish him a speedy and full recovery. As for the celebs in the hiz, I stood next to Steve Perry from Journey for a while and then Jared Leto and Katy Perry wandered into my vicinity. I hear Adrienne Curry , Danny DeVito , Tatam O’Neil and Jason Alexander was also in the hiz but I did not see them. Nice to know these celebs have good taste in music. Because my plans for tonight have been freed up, I’ll be able to spend more time with David and his parents who arrive today and will be staying with us for the weekend … it’ll be nice to hang out with them. UPDATE : The marquee at the Henry Fonda Theater has been updated today with the following message: Thus far there has been no official confirmation from anyone in the NIN camp about this rescheduled show but, HOLY SHIT, it’s encouraging news!! I’ll update when there is more info.

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Rocco John Joins Madonna On Stage In Israel

Yesterday we saw photos and video of Lourdes Maria dancing on stage with her mother Madonna in Israel Monday night and today we get to see photos and video of Maddy ’s son Rocco John getting up on stage to perform with his mother last night . Rocco hung out with the DJ on stage while Madonna performed and then busted out some dance moves of his own during a few numbers last night: With big sister Lourdes grabbing the spotlight in Madonna’s video and dancing with her on stage, Rocco clearly wanted a piece of the action. The nine-year-old joined his famous mother on stage for the final night of her worldwide Sticky and Sweet tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. His Lourdes, also joined in the show, taking centre stage during dance routines and playing the piano on stage. Although the 51-year-old singer is reportedly a strict mother who doesn’t like the children to watch TV or read magazines, she seems to have no concerns about letting them have a little taste of the limelight. Rocco, Madonna’s son with ex-husband Guy Ritchie, joined her on stage on three tracks. He was seen pulling out some fancy footwork to the David Guetta track When Love Takes Over during the Paul Oakenfold set at the Hayarkon Park gig. He was later spotted jumping up and down and singing along to another dance track, before joining DJ Inferno wearing a baseball cap sideways in the DJ booth for mum’s performance of Music. Big sister Lourdes was also allowed on stage, joining in a dance routine with her mother at Tuesday night’s gig and playing the piano. She was dressed in the same revealing outfits as her mother during Give It To Me, and the popstar ended the concert with one armed draped around her daughter. Lourdes is proving to be quite the Madonna protege and even scored a starring role in her mother’s latest video clip for the single Celebration, which was released earlier this week. Oh yeah, Madonna ’s kids have tasted fame and they want more … this is just the beginning, I tells ya … you just wait and see. After the jump, check out a short video of Rocco jumping around on stage in Israel last night … Aww … cute kid. I’m sure when Madonna ’s youngest children, David Banda and Chifundo Mercy James , are old enough they’ll be dancing around on stage or showing up in her music videos as well. These kids are gonna be stars one day … you just wait and see. [ Source ]

BET Honors, Star’s boobs?

Gabrielle Union is gorgeous, so I put her as the main picture… but look at the other ones and then answer this question – Why does Star Jones think it’s OK to let her boobs hang out like that? Here are some pics from the BET Honors in DC this weekend. Gabrielle Union, gorgeous!! Gabrielle Union at BET Honors Joss Stone the contortionist!! OK that’s a human position. Magic & his wife Mary J. Blige Mary J has to go through the metal detector?? Samuel L Jackson & his wife Star Jones, burp. Just because you’re not 900 lbs anymore doesn’t mean we want to see your boobs!!