Musician’s Notebook

 

 

Upon arriving on Nine Inch Nails’ website on the highly anticipated day after the message on their web blog titled, “2 Weeks”,

we saw that the assumptions were very much correct, we stumbled across the message saying:

“05 may 2008: halo 27

 

Click HERE to get the new full-length nine inch nails record: the slip

 

(thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one’s on me)”

 

 

That’s right ladies and gentlemen the expected (or unexpected) album from Nine Inch Nails is out. The best thing about it is, as you can read, 

“this one’s on me” meaning its absolutely FREE! It’s not another Ghosts I-IV this album actually contains vocals like all other Nine Inch Nails albums.

Anyways I don’t want to keep you here all day but the link to download this album is here: 

 

http://theslip.nin.com

 

 

Upon arriving at the site you will need to give your email address so that the download link will be sent to you and onc eyou click on the link you will have a 

choice to forward it to some of your friends via email. Once you have click on the download, you will be given several choices as to what format you want to download 

and also mentioning the fact that  the physical format are coming soon and i doubt those will be free. The formats available at the moment are:

 

High-Quality MP3s

FLAC Lossless 

M4A Apple Lossless 

High Definition WAVE 24/96

 

 

All files are 100% DRM

 

Also, as usual somewhere in the link you will have a link to download the multitracks to the album and NIN also encourages you to remix it and pretty much pass it along.

 Track Listings:

1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. letting you
4. discipline
5. echoplex
6. head down
7. lights in the sky
8. corona radiata
9. the four of us are dying
10. demon seed

 

Aside from the new album I thought we’d all have to wait for awhile before Nine Inch Nails decided to announce their tour dates till May 25th but it appears they already

started throwing out some of the dates in our faces unexpectedly. Now, I too am disappointed that I don’t see a Florida date on here, but I mean it’s okay because they normally won’t give 

you all the dates for this next album’s tour right away. My only advice to those that don’t have their hometown under this list is just sit there and wait a little while longer 

and hopefully we’ll see them come around to our hometowns. Cross your fingers!

 

 

For ticket sales and presales it’s noted to go to their site http://www.nin.com 

 

 

 

7/25/08 Pemberton, BC [Pemberton Festival]

On sale: NOW

 

7/26/08 Seattle, WA [Key Arena]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10:00AM)

 

7/28/08 Edmonton, AB [Rexall Place]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (10:00AM)

 

7/29/08 Calgary, AB [Pengrowth Saddledome]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (10:00AM) 

 

7/31/08 Winnipeg, MB [MTS Centre]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (10:00AM) 

 

8/2/08 Minneapolis, MN [Target Center]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

8/3/08 Chicago, IL [Grant Park - Lollapalooza Festival]

On Sale: NOW

 

8/5/08 Toronto, ON [Air Canada Centre]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (5:00PM)

 

8/7/08 Uncasville, CT [Mohegan Sun Arena]

Pre Sale: 5/21 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/24 (10AM)

 

8/8/08 Worcester, MA [DCU Center]

Pre Sale: 5/14 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/17 (12NOON)

 

8/10/08 Baltimore, MD [Pimlico Race Course - V Festival]

On Sale: 5/3 

 

8/12/08 Knoxville, TN [Knoxville Civic Coliseum]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (9AM)

 

8/13/08 Duluth, GA [Gwinnett Arena]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (5PM)

 

8/15/08 Oklahoma City, OK [Ford Center]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

8/16/08 Houston, TX [Toyota Center]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (5PM)

 

8/18/08 Dallas, TX [American Airlines Center]

Pre Sale: 5/6 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/9 (5PM)

 

8/20/08 St. Louis, MO [Scottrade Center]

Pre Sale: 5/28 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/31 (10AM)

 

8/22/08 Cleveland, OH [Quicken Loans Arena]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

8/23/08 Auburn Hills, MI [The Palace of Auburn Hills]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

8/27/08 East Rutherford, NJ [Izod Center]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (12NOON)

 

8/29/08 Philadelphia, PA [Wachovia Center]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

8/31/08 Lexington, KY [Rupp Arena]

Pre Sale: 4/30 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/3 (10AM)

 

9/2/08 Morrison, CO [Red Rocks Amphitheater]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On Sale: 5/10 (10AM)

 

9/3/08 Salt Lake City [E Center]

Pre Sale: 5/7 (5PM)

On sale: 5/10 (11AM)

 

9/5/08 Oakland, CA [Oracle Arena]

Pre Sale: 6/12 (5:00PM)

On Sale: 6/15 (10AM)

 

9/6/08 Los Angeles, CA [The Forum]

Pre Sale: TBA

On Sale: TBA 

 

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So it appears that Nine Inch Nails is doing it again! 

 

 

After releasing, “Ghosts I-IV” on March 2, 2008 you figure most fans were thinking, “Okay, great well, now we’ll have to wait for some time for another release from Nine Inch Nails.”  Well guess again! Nine Inch Nails just so happens to release their new single entitled, “Discipline” (mixed by Alan Moulder), which includes vocals and everything. American radio stations began playing the new single and provided the online links  as to where you can download this song for free (discipline.nin.com)    

 

 

 

Now the whole situation that has people completely psyched and in massive anticipation is the fact that about two weeks prior to “Ghosts I-IV”, Trent Reznor posted on his site blog “2 Weeks”. So he does it again now! April 21, 2008 Trent Reznor posts “2 Weeks”. So us doing the math leads to the very speculation that the follow-up to “Year Zero” will be released on May 5th, 2008!! Even contained with the MP3 down for Discipline is the message that says “Go to www.nin.com May 5″. So no one knows exactly what that’s all about, but we all know that Nine Inch Nails has gone completely independent and of course thats a whole other story. 

 

 

In the future, I  will be discussing a few things about how the music business has changed over time and why artists like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead have been doing these complete DIY releases. As for now let’s all put our hands together for more Nine Inch Nails material! 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Stone Temple Pilots have just recently reunited for a 4-month summer tour and before all that takes place on May 17th, they will start off their first performance at the ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” tonight  (which is actually tomorrow early morning Friday at Midnight!).  It should be exciting to see the long await reunion take place. I don’t know about all of you but a Stone Temple Pilots reunion is something I always predicted would happen. Now before you go off to see them live in person you should take the time to see them on screen. The performance will bring great fuzzy feelings to every hardcore 90s music enthusiast . To bring back that refreshing sound of Stone Temple Pilots should be something of wonders to all our ears! 

 

 

In the side note of all this related news, I would also like to inform that they will be working on a new album and Scott Weiland actually said that there might be a DVD included with this upcoming album. Another part of this to mention is Scott Weiland’s second solo album will be coming out along with his autobiography later towards the end of the year. 

 

For those of you that haven’t kept taps on the recent news from Stone Temple Pilots, they have also announced their tour dates starting May 17th (or should we say Tonight at “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) 

 

 

For those of you completely oblivious to the tour dates here they are! 

 

 

Columbus, OH

Rock On The Range Festival 

(May 17)

 

Camden, NJ 

Tweeter Center The Waterfront 

(May 18)

 

Cleveland, OH 

State Theatre Playhouse Square 

(May 20)

 

Chicago, IL 

Charter One Pavillion 

(May22)

 

Indianapolis, IN 

Indianapolis Motor Speedway 

(May 23)

 

Uncasville, CT 

Mohegan Sun Casino 

(May 26)

 

 

Holmdel, NJ 

PNC Bank Arts Center 

(May 31)

 

Mansfield, MA 

Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts 

(June 1)

 

Detroit, MI 

Fillmore Detroit 

(June 3)

 

St. Paul, MN 

Roy Wilkens Auditorium 

(June 6)

 

Kansas City, KS 

Rock Fest Liberty Memorial Park 

(June 7)

 

Maryland Heights, MO 

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 

(June 8)

 

West Valley City, UT 

E Center 

(June 11)

 

Las Vegas, NV 

The Pearl

(June 12, 14)

 

Calgary V Festival 

(June 21)

 

Los Angeles, CA 

Hollywood Bowl (June 24)

 

Tucson, AZ 

Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre 

(June 25)

 

San Antonio, TX 

AT&T Center

(June 27)

 

The Woodlands, TX 

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 

(June 28)

 

Grand Prairie, TX 

Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie 

(June 29)

 

Morrison, CO 

Red Rocks Amphitheatre 

(July 2)

 

Milwaukee, WI 

Summerfest Marcus Amphitheatre 

(July 4)

 

Quebec City, Quebec 

Summer Festival Planes |Of Abraham 

(June 10)

 

North York, ONT 

Edge Fest Downsview Park 

(June 12)

 

Canandaigua, NY 

Constellation Performing Arts Center 

(July 15)

 

Green Bay, WI

Oneida Casino 

(July 17)

 

Mt Pleasant, MI 

Soaring Eagle Casino 

(July 18)

 

Cadott, WI 

Chippewa Valley Music Festival 

(July 19)

 

Berkeley, CA 

Greek Theatre 

(July 25)

 

Paso Robles, CA 

Mid California State Fair 

(July 26)

 

San Diego, CA 

Concerts on the Green Qualcomm Stadium 

(July 27)

 

Bethlehem, PA 

Muzikfest 

(August 8)

 

Atlantic City, NJ 

The Borgata 

(August 9)

 

Baltimore, MD 

V Festival Pimlico Race Track 

(August 10)

 

Charlotte, SC 

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 

(August 17)

 

Orlando, FL 

UCF Arena 

(August 19)

 

Hollywood, FL 

Hard Rock Live Seminole Hard Rock Casino 

(August 20)

 

Tampa, FL 

Ford Amphitheatre 

(August 22)

 

Alpharetta, GA 

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Encore Park 

(August 23)

 

Vancouver 

GM Place 

(August 30)

 

Seattle, WA 

Bumbershoot Festival Memorial Stadium 

(August 31)