By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
THERE is no better way to end it all than to have everyone in the audience scream our lungs out (And you can have it all/My empire of dirt). When he was done singing, perched on his keyboard in the middle of the stage, no one dared clamor for one more song. That would have ruined it all. Listening to Trent Reznor sing "Hurt" live was something else, really.
Here's a video I took with my mobile of Nine Inch Nails performing "Terrible Lie" at Asia World Expo in Hong Kong.
Me and my fellow Nine Inch Nail-heads -- including fellow journalist Jing Garcia from the Manila Times, who I never saw act as giddy before until finally seeing his idol; Raymund and Myrene of Sandwich; and Kris, lead singer for Fatal Posporos -- soaked it all up.
In the end, burning some serious cash to go to Hong Kong and buy those concert tickets was well worth it. For NIN-heads, it was definitely something not to be missed. Unless you plan on burning more serious cash watching their gigs somewhere farther and more expensive than HK
