NIN posted a note about their upcoming
LIGHTS IN THE SKY tour on their website. Also, you can check out their live tour rehearsals -
CLICK HERE!'We are hard at work preparing for the upcoming
tour. Lots of new surprises in store, and a stage that makes my head hurt thinking about it (kind of in a good way... kind of).'
'Anyway, our computer wizards presented some data to us in an interesting way and we thought we'd share it with you.
CLICK HERE to download a
Google Earth KML file representing downloads of our latest record
The Slip according to geographic region. We've had just over 1,400,000 people download
The Slip from our site since its release May 5th (that number represents individual people, and excludes multiple downloads from the same order), and this map displays ONLY downloads that came directly from us.'
'To open the
file, make sure you have the
Google Earth software installed first. If the KML doesn't open automatically, find the downloaded file on your hard drive and double-click it. Once it's open, you'll want to turn off other layers for the best view. Slower computers might have some trouble running this file.'
'P.S. - If you are one of the people from
Fiji who got the record, can we crash on your couch'?
'The idea for this visualization originally came from some data sent to us by
Topspin. These guys helped us out with our digital delivery for a while and are in my opinion the best option out there for artists to deliver their goods to their audience on their own terms. Keep an eye on them - they are leagues ahead of everyone else in terms of infrastructure and philosophy.'
The National, Nine Inch Nails, Gnarls Barkley, Broken Social Scene and many many more were all part of the 3 day Lollapalooza Festival that wrapped up in Chicago this past weekend.
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