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[[Image:21.02.09.jpg|thumb|Show in Brisbane on February 21, 2009.]]
On December 1, 2008, Nine Inch Nails announced the first leg of the 2009 tour, beginning in New Zealand and Australia. These dates included the first show in Auckland since 2000, and several dates headlining the Soundwave Festival across Australia.<br>
Losing the elaborate visuals from the Lights In The Sky Tour, Nine Inch Nails was able to incorporate different songs into their set, including some songs that hadn't been performed in some time, including "[[The Fragile (song)|The Fragile]]"," "[[Non-Entity]]"," and "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" (which hadn't been performed in over a decade).
===Tour Dates===
===Setlists===
[[Image:18.05.09.jpg|thumb|Show in Las Vegas on May 18, 2009.]]
Due in part to the stripped-down production, the NIN/JA 2009 tour featured a wide array of Nine Inch Nails songs, with only "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" and "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" 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 Williams 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)]].
===Tour Dates===
===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 . At the show on July 15 15th 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 . 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.
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