{{expand}}After serving as an opening act for both [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] and [[Peter Murphy]], [[Nine Inch Nails]] embarked on their first major headlining tour in the summer of 1990. The tour is part of the [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]] series. Opening acts for this tour were Cold Front, [[Related bands and artists#Die Warzau|Die Warzau]], [[Meat Beat Manifesto]], Monkey Fear, Pure, Sky Cries Mary, This Is Our Daughter, Lesson Seven, The Aquanettas, Cxema, Dharma Head, and Supreme Love Gods.
The Cleveland show of this tour was filmed by H-Gun, who also did the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "Down In It" and "Head Like a Hole". It was intended to be part of a concert video sold by NIN.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40TApsMUfcM#t=8m] That never happened, but a high-generation copy of the video leaked out, and is available in bootleg trading circles.