List of Nine Inch Nails concert tours
Tour posters from the Performance 2007 tour.
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)
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Oct–Nov 1988
Skinny Puppy 'sVIVIsectVI Tour
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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
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Chris Vrenna
Nick Rushe
North America (9 dates)
Jan–Mar 1990
Jesus and Mary Chain 's Automatic tour
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David Haymes
North America (30 dates)
Headliner: Jesus and Mary Chain
[ 3] [ 4] [ 7]
Mar–Apr 1990
Peter Murphy 's Deep tour
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North America (26 dates)
Headliner: Peter Murphy
[ 3] [ 8]
May–Aug 1990
Hate tour
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Lee Mars
North America (39 dates)
Support: Meat Beat Manifesto , Die Warzau , Pure , Cold Front
[ 9]
Aug 1990
RevCo Tour
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North America (14 dates)
Revolting Cocks with Reznor
[ 10]
Dec 1990– Feb 1991
Sin tour
Richard Patrick
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Jeff Ward
Lee Mars
North America (31 dates)
Support: Die Warzau , Chemlab
[ 9]
Apr 1991
Gub Tour
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North America (5 dates)
Pigface with Reznor
[ 10]
Jul–Aug 1991
Lollapalooza
Richard Patrick
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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
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Europe (13 dates)
Headliner: Guns N' Roses , The Wonderstuff , Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
[ 13]
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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]
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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]
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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]
^ I The North American and South American legs overlapped in mid-October.
Wave Goodbye (2009)
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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
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]
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July–September 2013
Twenty Thirteen
Robin Finck
Josh Eustis
Ilan Rubin
Alessandro Cortini
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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
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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)
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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)
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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]
See also
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