List of Nine Inch Nails concert tours

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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)[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)
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]

Fragility (1999–2000)[edit]

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

^ I Dublin, August 22, 2007.
[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
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)
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]

See also[edit]

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