List of Nine Inch Nails concert tours explained

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)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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)
Jan–Mar 1990	Jesus and Mary Chain's Automatic tour		—		David Haymes	North America (30 dates)	Headliner: Jesus and Mary Chain	^[7]
Mar–Apr 1990	Peter Murphy's Deep tour		—		David Haymes	North America (26 dates)	Headliner: Peter Murphy	^[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
Apr 1991	Gub Tour	—	—	—	—	North America (5 dates)	Pigface with Reznor
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	^[11] ^[12]
Aug–Sep 1991	European tour	Richard Patrick	—	Jeff Ward	James Woolley	Europe (13 dates)		^[13]

Self-Destruct (1994–1996)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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	^[14] ^[15]
Aug 1994– Feb 1995	Further Down the Spiral tour				James Woolley	North America (82 dates)	Support: Marilyn Manson, Jim Rose Circus, Pop Will Eat Itself, Hole	^[16]
Aug 1994– Feb 1995	Further Down the Spiral tour				Charlie Clouser	North America (82 dates)		^[16]
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
Aug–Sep 1996	Nights of Nothing tour	Kevin McMahon				North America (3 dates)	With: Marilyn Manson, Meat Beat Manifesto	^[20] ^[21]

Fragility (1999–2000)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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
Sep – Dec 2005	Fall arena tour					North America, South America (46 dates)	Support: Queens of the Stone Age, Autolux, Death from Above 1979	^[32] ^[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)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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	Aaron North	Jeordie White	Josh Freese	Alessandro Cortini	Europe, Asia, Australia, Hawaii (28 dates)	With: Foo Fighters, Silversun PickupsSupport: Intacto, Theodor Bastard, Serena Maneesh, The Dandy Warhols, Ladytron, Alec Empire, Unkle, The Lovesong, White Rose Movement I Dublin, August 22, 2007.	^[37]

Lights in the Sky (2008)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
July–Dec 2008	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	Over South America	Robin Finck	Justin Meldal- Johnsen	Josh Freese	Alessandro Cortini	South America (3 dates)	Support: Vigilante

I The North American and South American legs overlapped in mid-October.

Wave Goodbye (2009)

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

May–August 2009

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Twenty Thirteen Tour (20132014)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup					Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitar	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Backing vocals	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
July–September 2013	Twenty Thirteen	Robin Finck	Josh Eustis	Ilan Rubin	Alessandro Cortini	—	North America, Europe, Asia (12 dates)
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)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitars	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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	Robin Finck	Alessandro Cortini	Ilan Rubin	Atticus Ross	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)

Duration	Tour leg	Band lineup				Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
Duration	Tour leg	Guitars	Bass	Drums	Keyboard	Location(s) (dates)	Other acts	Ref.
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

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Notes and References

Web site: Live Review: Nine Inch Nails in Boston . Jon . Zahlaway . LiveDaily . 2005-05-16 . 2007-02-10 . 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. . https://web.archive.org/web/20070430224936/http://www.livedaily.com/reviews/Live_Review_Nine_Inch_Nails_in_Boston-8158.html . 2007-04-30 . dead .
Web site: DVD Review: Nine Inch Nails Live . Brent . Busby . . 2007-03-23 . 2007-04-08 . In theory, Nine Inch Nails shouldn't be a great live band. Reznor's music sometimes consists of non-organic instruments thrown straight onto a computer, at times being twisted to the point of not even sounding like the original source. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427085045/http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2007/03/23/TheEdge/Dvd-Review.Nine.Inch.Nails.Live-2789289.shtml . 2009-04-27 .
Getting Down in It . . March 1990 .
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News: Reznor's edge cuts NIN's bleak outlook . Chun . Gary . . 2007-09-14 . 2007-09-18 . 2011-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810213420/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/09/14/features/story05.html . dead .
Web site: An Interview with Carre Callaway . The NIN Hotline . 2005 . LaBarbera . Paul . 2009-02-09 . 2008-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120055801/http://www.theninhotline.net/features/interviews/callaway/ . live .
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Web site: Nine Inch Nails Recruit Replacement Drummer . Chris . Harris . MTV.com . 2005-10-10 . 2007-02-10 . 2009-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429090334/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511147/20051010/nine_inch_nails.jhtml . dead .
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Web site: Nine Inch Nails Announce Massive Tour With Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 2013-06-06. 2013. Minsker, Evan. Pitchfork. 2013-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20130608172439/http://pitchfork.com/news/51053-nine-inch-nails-announce-massive-tour-with-godspeed-you-black-emperor/. live.
Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age Close Out Australia Trek: Live Review. Billboard. 2016-04-08. 2016-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408115711/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/live/5937647/nine-inch-nails-queens-of-the-stone-age-close-out-australia-trek-live. live.
Web site: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden Go Hard for First Hollywood Bowl Headlining Gig: Concert Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 26 August 2014. 8 April 2016. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419050109/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nine-inch-nails-soundgarden-hollywood-bowl-concert-728209. live.
Web site: I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017 - NinWiki. www.nin.wiki. 30 March 2021. 25 July 2017. 24 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170724163256/http://www.nin.wiki/I_Can%27t_Seem_To_Wake_Up_2017. live.
Web site: Cold and Black and Infinite 2018 - NinWiki. www.nin.wiki. 16 November 2022. 26 October 2020. 30 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030004422/https://www.nin.wiki/Cold_And_Black_And_Infinite_Tour. live.
Web site: Nine Inch Nails Announce 2022 US Tour. nin.com. 7 February 2022. 25 September 2022. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195651/https://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-announce-2022-u-s-tour/. live.
Web site: New 2022 UK Tour Dates Announced. nin.com. 21 March 2022. 25 September 2022. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925192643/https://www.nin.com/new-2022-uk-tour-dates-announced/. live.