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[[Image:Wavegoodbye.jpg|thumb|200px|Tour logo from [[nin.com]]]][[Image:Wavegoodbye2.jpg|thumb|200px|Logo from bottom of tour page]]During the [[2008/12/13 Las Vegas, NV|Las Vegas, Nevada]] show on December 13, 2008, [[Trent Reznor]] announced [[Alessandro Cortini]], like [[Josh Freese]], would be leaving the line-up at the end of the tour, making the show the last for both Freese and Cortini. It was also announced that after the Australian leg of 2009 dates there would be a selection of US Amphitheater dates and some European shows later in the year in the same format as Australia, following festivals.
Reznor also stated that 2009 would see Nine Inch Nails performing as a four-piece act, opting to not replace Cortini, suggesting the shows would not be of the same aesthetic visually or musically during the 2009 dates. This was confirmed a matter of days later via an entry on the nin.com homepage, confirming that the [[Lights in the In The Sky tour Tour]] ended with the departure of Josh and Alessandro, possibly indicating an entire new theme and motif for 09 tour, much like the changeover from 2006's [[Live: With Teeth]] to [[Performance 2007]]:
<blockquote>"The LIGHTS IN THE SKY era has come to a close, and I'd like to once again thank you for your support. I am very proud of what we pulled off - it was an immense amount of work and worth it all.
==Backstage Passes==
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A series of backstage passes, with a meal with the band, were announced to coincide with a charity case for [http://weloveeric.com/ Eric De La Cruz], where NIN fans could pledge $1200/$1000 for the cause, with the larger amount for those who did not already have a ticket. This would give them a meal with the band, watch the soundcheck and talk to the band. There was also a $300 option, for a meet and greet prior to the show, or a general $10+ donation, simply to support the man. After the North America tickets sold out due to high demand, Reznor announced that signed copies of ''[[Still]]'', ''[[Ghosts I-IV|Ghosts I-IV DE]]'', ''[[The Slip]] '' (each with the message "X of 100 for EDLC. Thank you, Trent Reznor") and signed skateboards by [[wp:Tony Hawk|Tony Hawk]] would be sold for $1000, in a limited quantity of 100 sets.[http://store.nin.com/helperic/]
On 2nd June 2009, Trent posted that over $850,000 had been raised, and that Jane's Addiction had come on board for the donation process, and were offering their own package of $1,000 per head for up to ten people to go backstage and see them rehearse in their dressing room[https://store.nin.com/donateja/].
===Setlists===
[[Image:18.05.09.jpg|thumb|250px|Show in Las Vegas on May 18, 2009.]]
Due in part to the stripped-down production, the NIN/JA 2009 tour featured the widest array of Nine Inch Nails songs played on any tour, with only "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]", and "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]] " being performed at every show. The first show featured the debut of the songs "[[Metal]]", "[[I'm Afraid of Americans]]", and "[[Gone, Still]]", while the second night had the debut of "[[Lights In The Sky (song)|Lights In The Sky]]", as well as the return of the intro "[[Now I'm Nothing]]", which hadn't been performed since 1991 when Nine Inch Nails was featured on the first [[Lollapalooza Tour]]. The third show featured the debut of [[Saul Williams]]' "[[Banged And Blown Through]]," with Saul making a special appearance to duet the song with the band.
Songs that were reintroduced back into the set following years of absence included "[[Right Where It Belongs]]," "[[Not So Pretty Now]]," "[[I Do Not Want This]]," "[[Home]]," "[[The Way Out Is Through]]," and "[[Piggy#Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)|Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]."
===Setlists===
This leg of the tour featured shorter sets at the various festivals that were played, but generally featured most of the songs that were performed on the NIN/JA 2009 tour, with a few notable exceptions, such as how at the show on July 15 in London, England, [[Gary Numan]] joined the band onstage and they performed covers of "[[Metal]]" and "[[Cars]]," with Numan on vocals, as well as an intentional "quieter set", that was played at the Sonisphere Festival on August 2nd, which also featured the only non-US performance of ''"Lights In The Sky''". The song "[[The Collector]]" was performed twice, on July 25th and on July 30th.
===Tour Dates===