Tour posters from the Performance 2007 tour. Nine Inch Nails industrial rock act, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland , Ohio . Since 1988, they have 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 .
The group's live performances contrast with its in-studio counterpart. Reznor writes and performs nearly all Nine Inch Nails studio material, with occasional instrumental and vocal contributions from other 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. Guitar Drums Keyboard Oct–Nov 1988 Skinny Puppy 's VIVIsectVI Tour — Ron Musarra Chris Vrenna North America (8 dates) Headliner: Skinny Puppy 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 tourDavid Haymes North America (30 dates) Headliner: Jesus and Mary Chain Mar–Apr 1990 Peter Murphy 's Deep tourNorth America (26 dates) Headliner: Peter Murphy May–Aug 1990 Hate tour Lee Mars North America (39 dates) Support: Meat Beat Manifesto , Die Warzau , Pure , Cold Front Dec 1990– Feb 1991 Sin tour Jeff Ward North America (32 dates) Support: Die Warzau , Chemlab Jul–Aug 1991 Lollapalooza James Woolley North America (25 dates) With: Jane's Addiction , Siouxsie and the Banshees , Living Colour , Ice-T & Body Count , Butthole Surfers , Rollins Band , Violent Femmes Aug–Sep 1991 European tour Europe (13 dates) Headliner: Guns N' Roses , The Wonderstuff , Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Self-Destruct (1994–1996) 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 Aug 1994– Feb 1995 Further Down the Spiral tour North America (82 dates) Support: Marilyn Manson, Jim Rose Circus , Pop Will Eat Itself , Hole Apr 1995 Alternative Nation Festival Charlie Clouser 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 Sep–Oct 1995 Dissonance/Outside tour North America (26 dates) With: David Bowie Support: Prick Nov–Dec 1995 Club Tour North America (7 dates) Support: Helmet Aug–Sep 1996 Nights of Nothing tour Kevin McMahon North America (3 dates) With: Marilyn Manson, Meat Beat Manifesto
Fragility (1999–2000) 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 (16 dates) Support: Atari Teenage Riot , Skingame Jan–Feb 2000 Big Day Out 2000New Zealand, Australia (6 dates) With: Red Hot Chili Peppers , Foo Fighters , Atari Teenage Riot, Blink-182 , The Chemical Brothers Apr–Jul 2000 Fragility v2.0 North America, Europe (53 dates) Support: A Perfect Circle
Live: With Teeth (2005–2006) 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 Jun–Aug 2005 Summer international tour Europe, Japan, Australia (26 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 (45 dates) Support: Queens of the Stone Age , Autolux , Death from Above 1979 Alex Carapetis Josh Freese Feb–Apr 2006 Winter arena tour North America (32 dates) Support: Moving Units , Saul Williams May–Jul 2006 Summer amphitheatre tour North America (31 dates) Support: Saul Williams, TV on the Radio , Bauhaus , Peaches
Performance 2007 (2007) Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s) (dates) Other acts Ref. Guitar Bass Drums Keyboard Feb–May 2007 Spring tour Aaron North Jeordie White Josh Freese Alessandro Cortini Europe, Australia, Japan (52 dates) Support: The Popo, Ladytron , Serena Maneesh 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.
Lights in the Sky (2008) 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 (60 dates) Support: A Place to Bury Strangers , Boris , The Bug , Crystal Castles , Deerhunter , Does It Offend You, Yeah? , Health , White Williams October 2008[I] Over South America 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 — Australia & New Zealand (8 dates) Support: The Naked and Famous, Jaguar Love May–August 2009 NIN | JA 2009 North America, Europe, Asia (59 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
Twenty Thirteen Tour (2013–2014) 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 (16 dates) September–November 2013 Tension 2013 Robin Finck Josh Eustis Pino Palladino Lisa Fischer Sharlotte GibsonNorth America (34 dates) Support: Godspeed You! Black Emperor /Explosions in the Sky (31 dates) Autolux (2 dates) February–August 2014 NIN 2014 Robin Finck — — North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America (69 dates) With: Queens of the Stone Age , Soundgarden Support: Brody Dalle , Cold Cave , Oneohtrix Point Never , The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Trilogy Tour (2017–2018) 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) June–December 2018 Cold and Black and Infinite 2018 North America, Europe, Asia (59 dates) Support: Queen Kwong, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Kite Base, Jesus and Mary Chain
U.S. 2022 & U.K. 2022 (2022) Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s) (dates) Other acts Ref. Guitar 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 June 2022 U.K. Summer Tour Europe (6 dates) Support: Nitzer Ebb and Yves Tumor September–November 2022 U.S. Fall Tour North America (12 dates) Support: Nitzer Ebb and Yves Tumor
Peel It Back (2025–2026) Duration Tour leg Band lineup Location(s) (dates) Other acts Ref. Guitar Bass Drums Keyboard June–July 2025 Peel It Back Europe Robin Finck Alessandro Cortini Ilan Rubin Atticus Ross Europe (16 dates) Support: Boys Noize August–September 2025 Peel It Back US Josh Freese North America (26 dates) February-March 2026 Peel It Back US Stu Brooks North America (22 dates)
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