Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock act, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. Since 1988, Nine Inch Nails has performed throughout the world, including tours in North America, South America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. During its earliest incarnations, Nine Inch Nails as a live band acted as supporting acts on tours for bands and musicians such as Skinny Puppy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Peter Murphy, and Guns N' Roses. Subsequent tours have featured Nine Inch Nails as the headlining act, with support from bands such as Unkle, Marilyn Manson, Atari Teenage Riot, and A Perfect Circle.
Nine Inch Nails' live performances contrast with its in-studio counterpart.[1][2] Reznor writes and performs nearly all Nine Inch Nails studio material, with occasional instrumental and vocal contributions from others artists. However, Reznor has typically assembled groups of backing musicians to interpret songs for tours and other live performances. The live-band lineup has changed constantly throughout the band's history, with frontman Reznor remaining the only constant on vocals and guitar, and long-time studio collaborator Atticus Ross officially joining in 2016. Notable musicians who have contributed to live performances include Chris Vrenna, Richard Patrick, Jeff Ward, James Woolley, Danny Lohner, Robin Finck, Charlie Clouser, Jerome Dillon, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Freese, and Ilan Rubin.
Pretty Hate Machine Tour Series (1988–1991)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Oct–Nov 1988 |
Skinny Puppy's VIVIsectVI Tour |
— | — | Ron Musarra |
Chris Vrenna |
North America (11 dates) |
Headliner: Skinny Puppy | [3][4] [5][6] |
| Oct–Dec 1989 |
Pretty Hate Machine promotional tour |
Richard Patrick |
— | Chris Vrenna |
Nick Rushe |
North America (9 dates) |
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| Jan–Mar 1990 |
Jesus and Mary Chain's Automatic tour |
— | David Haymes |
North America (30 dates) |
Headliner: Jesus and Mary Chain | [3][4] [7] | ||
| Mar–Apr 1990 |
Peter Murphy's Deep tour |
— | North America (26 dates) |
Headliner: Peter Murphy | [3][8] | |||
| May–Aug 1990 |
Hate tour | — | Lee Mars | North America (39 dates) |
Support: Meat Beat Manifesto, Die Warzau, Pure, Cold Front | [9] | ||
| Aug 1990 |
RevCo Tour | — | — | — | — | North America (14 dates) |
Revolting Cocks with Reznor | [10] |
| Dec 1990– Feb 1991 |
Sin tour | Richard Patrick |
— | Jeff Ward | Lee Mars | North America (31 dates) |
Support: Die Warzau, Chemlab | [9] |
| Apr 1991 |
Gub Tour | — | — | — | — | North America (5 dates) |
Pigface with Reznor | [10] |
| Jul–Aug 1991 |
Lollapalooza | Richard Patrick | — | Jeff Ward | James Woolley |
North America (28 dates) |
With: Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Ice-T & Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Violent Femmes | [9][11] [12] |
| Aug–Sep 1991 |
European tour | — | Europe (13 dates) |
Headliner: Guns N' Roses, The Wonderstuff, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine | [13] | |||
Self-Destruct (1994–1996)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Mar–Aug 1994 |
Self-Destruct | Robin Finck | Danny Lohner | Chris Vrenna | James Woolley | North America, Europe (53 dates) |
Support: Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative, Fem2fem, PIG, Die Krupps, Treponem Pal | [9][14] [15] |
| Aug 1994– Feb 1995 |
Further Down the Spiral tour | North America (82 dates) |
Support: Marilyn Manson, Jim Rose Circus, Pop Will Eat Itself, Hole | [9][16] | ||||
| Charlie Clouser | ||||||||
| Apr 1995 | Alternative Nation Festival | Australia (3 dates) |
With: Faith No More, Ice-T & Body Count, Lou Reed, Violent Femmes, Primus, Tool, L7, The Tea Party, Ween, Live, The Flaming Lips, Pennywise, Pop Will Eat Itself, Powderfinger | [17] | ||||
| Sep–Oct 1995 |
Dissonance/Outside tour | North America (26 dates) |
With: David Bowie Support: Prick |
[18][19] | ||||
| Nov–Dec 1995 |
Club Tour | North America (11 dates) |
Support: Helmet | [10] | ||||
| Aug–Sep 1996 |
Nights of Nothing tour | Kevin McMahon | North America (3 dates) |
With: Marilyn Manson, Meat Beat Manifesto | [20][21] [20] | |||
| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Nov 1999– Jan 2000 |
Fragility v1.0 | Robin Finck | Danny Lohner | Jerome Dillon | Charlie Clouser | Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia (26 dates) |
Support: Atari Teenage Riot, Skingame | [22][23] |
| Jan–Feb 2000 |
Big Day Out 2000 | Australia (6 dates) |
With: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Atari Teenage Riot, Blink-182, The Chemical Brothers | [24] | ||||
| Apr–Jul 2000 |
Fragility v2.0 | North America, Europe (43 dates) |
Support: A Perfect Circle | [25][26] | ||||
Live: With Teeth (2005–2006)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Mar–May 2005 |
Spring club tour | Aaron North | Jeordie White | Jerome Dillon | Alessandro Cortini | North America, England (30 dates) |
Support: Carre Callaway, The Dresden Dolls | [27][28] [29][30] [31] |
| Jun–Aug 2005 |
Summer international tour | Europe, Japan, Australia (22 dates) |
Support: The Dresden Dolls, Saul Williams, Eagles of Death Metal, The Bird Blobs, The Follow | [27] | ||||
| Sep – Dec 2005 |
Fall arena tour | North America, South America (46 dates) |
Support: Queens of the Stone Age, Autolux, Death from Above 1979 | [23][32] [30][33] | ||||
| Alex Carapetis | ||||||||
| Josh Freese | ||||||||
| Feb–Apr 2006 |
Winter arena tour | North America (33 dates) |
Support: Moving Units, Saul Williams | [34] | ||||
| May–Jul 2006 |
Summer amphitheatre tour | North America (31 dates) |
Support: Saul Williams, TV on the Radio, Bauhaus, Peaches | [35] | ||||
Performance 2007 (2007)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Feb–Mar 2007 | Spring European tour | Aaron North | Jeordie White | Josh Freese | Alessandro Cortini | Europe (63 dates) |
Support: The Popo, Ladytron, Serena Maneesh | [36] |
| Aug–Sep 2007 | Summer / Fall international tour | Europe, Asia, Australia, Hawaii (28 dates) |
With: Foo Fighters, Silversun Pickups[I]
Support: Intacto, Theodor Bastard, Serena Maneesh, The Dandy Warhols, Ladytron, Alec Empire, Unkle, The Lovesong, White Rose Movement |
[37] | ||||
Lights in the Sky (2008)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| July–Dec 2008[I] |
Over North America | Robin Finck | Justin Meldal- Johnsen |
Josh Freese | Alessandro Cortini | North America (59 dates) |
Support: A Place to Bury Strangers, Boris, The Bug, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Health, White Williams | [38][39] |
| October 2008[I] | Over South America | South America (3 dates) |
Support: Vigilante | [38] | ||||
^ I The North American and South American legs overlapped in mid-October.
Wave Goodbye (2009)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| Feb–March 2009 | 2009 Tour | Robin Finck | Justin Meldal-Johnsen | Ilan Rubin | Robin Finck Ilan Rubin |
Australia & New Zealand (8 dates) |
Support: The Naked and Famous, Jaguar Love | [38] |
| May–August 2009 | NIN | JA 2009 | North America, Europe, Asia (49 dates) |
With: Jane's Addiction Support: Street Sweeper Social Club |
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| August–September 2009 | Wave Goodbye | New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto (11 dates) | Support: The Horrors, Mew, Alec Empire, Health, Queen Kwong, io echo | [40] | ||||
Twenty Thirteen Tour (2013–2014)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | Backing vocals | |||||
| July–September 2013 | Twenty Thirteen | Robin Finck | Josh Eustis | Ilan Rubin | Alessandro Cortini | — | North America, Europe, Asia (12 dates) |
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| September–November 2013 | Tension 2013 | Robin Finck Josh Eustis Alessandro Cortini |
Pino Palladino | Alessandro Cortini Josh Eustis |
Lisa Fischer Sharlotte Gibson |
North America (33 dates) | Support: Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Explosions in the Sky (31 dates) Autolux (2 dates) |
[41] | |
| February–August 2014 | NIN 2014 | Robin Finck | Alessandro Cortini Ilan Rubin Robin Finck |
Alessandro Cortini | — | North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America (74 dates) | With: Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden Support: Brody Dalle, Cold Cave, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Dillinger Escape Plan |
[42][43] | |
The Trilogy Tour (2017–2018)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitars | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| July–December 2017 | I Can't Seem to Wake Up 2017 | Robin Finck | Alessandro Cortini | Ilan Rubin | Atticus Ross | North America (8 dates) | Support: Tobacco (2 dates) | [44] |
| June–December 2018 | Cold and Black and Infinite 2018 | North America, Europe, Asia (61 dates) | Support: Queen Kwong, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Kite Base, Jesus and Mary Chain | [45] | ||||
U.S. 2022 & U.K. 2022 (2022)
edit| Duration | Tour leg | Band lineup | Location(s) (dates) |
Other acts | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitars | Bass | Drums | Keyboard | |||||
| April–May 2022 | U.S. Spring Tour | Robin Finck | Alessandro Cortini | Ilan Rubin | Atticus Ross | North America (8 dates) | Support: Boy Harsher and 100 gecs | [46] |
| June 2022 | U.K. Summer Tour | Europe (6 dates) | Support: Nitzer Ebb and Yves Tumor | [47] | ||||
| September–November 2022 | U.S. Fall Tour | North America (12 dates) | Support: Nitzer Ebb and Yves Tumor | [46] | ||||
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Those who know Nine Inch Nails only from their studio recordings--industrial-rock affairs heavy on synthesized sounds--might assume that the group's material wouldn't translate well in a live setting. They'd be sorely mistaken, as evidenced by the band's Friday night (5/13) performance at Boston's Orpheum Theatre.
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