It’s been four years since Nine Inch Nails’ “Wave Goodbye” tour heralded the end of an era for Trent Reznor’s pioneering project. But since that time, Reznor has maintained that NIN wasn’t over forever, just changing focus.
Now, Reznor has announced that Nine Inch Nails will return to action in a big way in 2013. Tours are planned for this summer and fall, all the way into next year. The lineup will include Reznor, Eric Avery of Jane’s Addiction, Adrian Belew of King Crimson, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, as well as previous NIN collaborators Alessandro Cortini and Ilan Rubin.
Here is the statement from Reznor:
NOTE FROM TRENT:
Nine Inch Nails are touring this year.
I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show. Calls were made to some friends, lots of new ideas were discussed, and a show was booked - which led to another, which somehow led to a lot of shows.
The band is reinventing itself from scratch and will be comprised of Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me. The first shows will begin this summer, followed by a full-on arena tour of the US this fall, and lots of other dates worldwide to follow through 2014.
Lots of details and dates to come. See you soon.
TR
Be careful what you wish for. Smaller may seem better, but maybe not in this case. Just make sure to buy floor tickets if you can get them.
I’ve seen them in a 580 person club (Echoplex) as well as an over 14,000 seat amphitheater (Tampa) to everything inbetween.
Small venue was the worst. It was a sweat box and made for a miserable experience for all involved, including the band. IMO, not enough space in front of the stage for that amount of people to be comfortable.
Best show was the Wiltern in 2009, about 1400 seats and a nice sized stage with plenty of room on the floor. Next best was 10,000 seat arena for Lights in the Sky with limited floor access (I had floor tickets). The 2009 Fonda/Music Box show was good too and so was Palladium. The 2005 club show in Vegas was good too. So I’m going to go with 1300 to 4000 people venues seem about right.
Frank wasn’t an asshole…he was just demanding of his musicians…he wanted his shit played correctly…Belew and Frank got along very well and only ever had great things to say about the other…
Belew is good news. That indictes a different live dynamic alright as it won’t look right with Belew trying to rock with his younger bandmates, not really “NIN” as such. Therefore there’s probably going to be less of a rock show feel about it. Which is fine. There comes a time when you can no longer play Terrible Lie and not sound like a fool.
Belew is good news. That indictes a different live dynamic alright as it won’t look right with Belew trying to rock with his younger bandmates, not really “NIN” as such. Therefore there’s probably going to be less of a rock show feel about it. Which is fine. There comes a time when you can no longer play Terrible Lie and not sound like a fool.
Hmm yeah I guess this transition was inevitable, especially with the ‘Ghosts’ albums and all the soundtrack work…
I think Trent has done a good job of slowly “maturing” what NIN is about, thereby keeping it relevant unlike his protege Marilyn Manson and many more from that scene…
(Al I’m looking at you!!)
It’s a tough thing to do…I think a lot of people will be disappointed in an NIN concert without songs like “Terrible Lie” but I understand the need to move on after so many years…