List of Nine Inch Nails tours

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Tour posters from the Performance 2007 tour.
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, Australia, Japan, and China. 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 front man Reznor remaining the only constant on vocals and lead guitar. Notable musicians who have contributed to live performances include Richard Patrick, Chris Vrenna, Jeordie White, Robin Finck, and Josh Freese.

Contents

[edit] Early tours and Pretty Hate Machine tour (1988–1991)

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
(10 dates)		 Headliner: Skinny Puppy [3][4]
[5][6]
Jan – Mar
1990		 Jesus and Mary Chain's
Automatic tour		 Richard
Patrick		 — Chris
Vrenna		 Nick
Rushe		 North America
(34 dates)		 Headliner: Jesus and Mary Chain [3][4]
[7]
Mar – Apr
1990		 Peter Murphy's
Deep tour		 — David
Haymes		 North America
(30 dates)		 Headliner: Peter Murphy [3]
May – Aug
1990		 Hate tour — North America
(35 dates)		 Support: Meat Beat Manifesto [8]
Dec 1990 – Feb 1991 Sin tour — North America
(31 dates)		 Support: Die Warzau, Chemlab [8]
July – Aug
1991		 Lollapalooza — Jeff Ward James
Woolley		 North America
(28 dates)		 With: Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, Ice T & Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Violent Femmes [8][9]
[10]
Aug – Sep
1991		 Guns N' Roses' European tour — Europe
(13 dates)		 Headliner: Guns N' Roses [11]

[edit] Self-Destruct (1994–1995)

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 [8][12]
[13]
Aug 1994 – Feb 1995 Further Down the Spiral tour North America
(82 dates)		 Support: Marilyn Manson, Jim Rose Circus, Pop Will Eat Itself, Hole [8][14]
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 [15]
Sep – Oct
1996		 Dissonance/Outside tour North America
(26 dates)		 With: David Bowie

Support: Prick, Reeves Gabrels, Morrissey, The Gyres, Echobelly

 [16][17]
Aug – Sep
1996		 Nights of Nothing tour various North America
(3 dates)		 With: Marilyn Manson, Prick, Meat Beat Manifesto, Pop Will Eat Itself [18][19]
[18]

[edit] Fragility (1999–2000)

Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s)
(dates)		 Other acts Ref.
Guitar Bass Drums Keyboard
Nov 1999 – Feb 2000 Fragility 1.0 Robin Finck Danny Lohner Jerome Dillon Charlie Clouser Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia
(26 dates)		 Support: Atari Teenage Riot [20][21]
Apr – Jun
2000		 Big Day Out 2000 Australia
(6 dates)		 With: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Atari Teenage Riot, Blink-182, The Chemical Brothers [22]
Jun – Jul
2000		 Fragility 2.0 North America, Europe
(43 dates)		 Support: A Perfect Circle [23][24]

[edit] Live: With Teeth (2005–2006)

Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s)
(dates)		 Other acts Ref.
Guitar Bass Drums Keyboard
Mar – May
2005		 Spring tour Aaron North Jeordie White Jerome Dillon Alessandro Cortini North America, England
(30 dates)		 Support: Carre Callaway, The Dresden Dolls [25][26]
[27][28]
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 [25]
Sep – Dec
2005		 Fall tour North America, South America
(46 dates)		 Support: Queens of the Stone Age, Autolux, Death from Above 1979 [29][21]
[30][28]
Alex Carapetis
Josh Freese
Feb – Apr
2006		 Spring tour North America
(33 dates)		 Support: Moving Units, Saul Williams [31]
May – July
2006		 Summer tour North America
(31 dates)		 Support: Saul Williams, TV on the Radio, Bauhaus, Peaches [32]

[edit] Performance 2007 (2007)

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 [33]
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

 [34]

[edit] Lights in the Sky (2008)

Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s)
(dates)		 Other acts Ref.
Guitar Bass Drums Keyboard
Jul – Sep 2008 Over North America 2008 Robin Finck Justin
Meldal-
Johnson		 Josh Freese Alessandro Cortini North America
(26 dates)		 Support: Deerhunter, Crystal Castles, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, A Place to Bury Strangers, White Williams [35][36]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ Busby, Brent (2007-03-23). DVD Review: Nine Inch Nails Live. Western Courier. Retrieved on 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.”
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  11. ^ "Nine Inch Nails" (March 1994). Musician. 
  12. ^ Robin Finck – Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
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  14. ^ "An Interview With Charlie Clouser" (September 1996). Scene. 
  15. ^ Murfett, Andrew (2005-08-18). "Nailed it Impressively". The Age. 
  16. ^ Nicholas, Pegg (2004). The Complete David Bowie. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-73-0. 
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  22. ^ 182 (1999-09-23). Chili Peppers To Join NIN, Chems, Blink-182 At Big Day Out; New Video On Tap. MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
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  24. ^ Manning, Kara (2000-03-09). Nine Inch Nails Taps A Perfect Circle For U.S. Tour. MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
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