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, Die Warzau, Meat Beat Manifesto, Monkey Fear, Pure, Sky Cries Mary, and Supreme Love Gods.
Line-Up
Stage Set-Up
This setup for this tour was minimal, with basic lighting and fog machines. There were also strands of recording tape that hung down at the front of the stage, recalling the music video for "Head Like A Hole", and three large ropes that Reznor would occasionally swing from during the set.
Typical setlist
- "Intro"
- "Terrible Lie"
- "Sin"
- "Something I Can Never Have"
- "Sanctified"
- "That's What I Get"
- "Suck"
- "The Only Time"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "Ringfinger"
- "Down In It"
- "Head Like A Hole"
Tour Dates
| Date/City
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Venue
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| 1990/05/22 Palo Alto, CA
|
The Edge
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| 1990/05/23 San Francisco, CA
|
The I-Beam
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| 1990/05/24 Laguna Beach, CA
|
Club Postnuclear (CANCELLED due to laryngitis)
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| 1990/05/25 Los Angeles, CA
|
Stardust Ballroom (Helter Skelter)
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| 1990/05/26 San Diego, CA
|
Bacchanal
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| 1990/05/29 Portland, OR
|
Pine Street Theatre
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| 1990/05/30 Vancouver, BC
|
Luv-a-Fair
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| 1990/05/31 Seattle, WA
|
The Oz
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| 1990/06/21 St. Louis, MO
|
Club 1227
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| 1990/06/22 Kansas City, MO
|
The Shadow
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| 1990/06/23 Tulsa, OK
|
Cain's Ballroom
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| 1990/06/24 Oklahoma City, OK
|
Kinetix
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| 1990/06/26 Dallas, TX
|
The Video Bar
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| 1990/06/27 Austin, TX
|
Mirage
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| 1990/06/28 Houston, TX
|
Numbers
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| 1990/06/29 New Orleans, LA
|
unknown venue
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| 1990/07/01 Melbourne, FL
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Power Station
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| 1990/07/02 Jacksonville, FL
|
unknown venue
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| 1990/07/03 Miami Beach, FL
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Club Nu
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| 1990/07/05 Tampa, FL
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The Masquerade
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| 1990/07/06 Orlando, FL
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Visage
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| 1990/07/07 Atlanta, GA
|
The Masquerade
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| 1990/07/09 Virginia Beach, VA
|
The Peppermint Beach Club
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| 1990/07/10 Baltimore, MD
|
Grog & Tankard
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| 1990/07/11 Washington, DC
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9:30 Club
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| 1990/07/13 Trenton, NJ
|
City Gardens
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| 1990/07/14 Philadelphia, PA
|
Grand Hall in Creese Center, Drexel University
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| 1990/07/16 New York, NY
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Rock Academy (New Music Nights)
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| 1990/07/18 Newark, NJ
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The Pipeline
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| 1990/07/20 Boston, MA
|
Axis Club
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| 1990/07/23 Minneapolis, MN
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First Avenue & 7th St Entry (Mainroom)
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| 1990/07/26 Cincinnati, OH
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Bogarts
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| 1990/07/27 Chicago, IL
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Cabaret Metro
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| 1990/07/28 Detroit, MI
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St. Andrews Hall
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| 1990/07/29 Reading, PA
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Silo
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| 1990/07/31 Toronto, ON
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RPM
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| 1990/08/01 Montréal, QC
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Les Foufounnes Électriques
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| 1990/08/03 Pittsburgh, PA
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Metropol
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| 1990/08/04 Cleveland, OH
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Empire Club
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