In March 2009, Nine Inch Nails went around the U.S. for the Lights In The Sky Tour and because they somehow could not get a professional capture team for a commercial release, they released 405GB of free raw HD footage from the tours to their fans, allowing them to do what they please with it.
In January, the fan group This One Is On Us released their creation, in literally every format you could ever need, for free, with the exception of full Blu-ray.
Today, the group has released the BD of “The Gift,” for free, with the torrent available here: The Gift Blu-ray torrent.
The group says the BD is about 19.8GB, and will have 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound.
Furthermore, the BD combines footage from all three shows and includes DVD menus, bonus footage, a PDF booklet, and more.
Adds the group on the availability of a physical BD release: “The physical side of the BD release is still ongoing, and updates on that will get posted soon. Once that’s done, there’s one or two more little things to do before we’re done (I’ll announce them when finalized).”
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In commemoration of its upcoming Nine Inch Nails: Lights in the Sky tour, the band has released a nice five-track EP on its website with songs from itself and four other bands which are on the tour.
According to the NIN website, the songs are all “high quality, DRM-free, fully-tagged MP3 files” and each download will even come with “cover art and a pack of digital extras.”
The five track EP includes the following songs:
1. a place to bury strangers - “to fix the gash in your head”
2. does it offend you, yeah? - “we are rockstars”
3. crystal castles - “crimewave (crystal castles vs HEALTH)”
4. deerhunter - “like new”
5. nine inch nails - “echoplex”
For those interested in picking up the free EP, all you need to do is sign up here and provide a working email address. You will then be emailed a download code for the EP and digital extras.
In early May, the band was applauded for fighting back against the record companies and giving away part of its album “Ghosts I-IV” for free in better-than-CD quality. The band also offered the CD in physical format and the rest of the CD in digital format for much cheaper prices than most CDs cost today. Their “experiment” is said to have netted $1.6 million USD for the band, with little to no production costs and nothing to pay to the labels.
