Nine Inch Nails Live 2013 is a Nine Inch Nails tour planned for 2013 and 2014 in support of Hesitation Marks. It was announced on February 25, 2013 via Pitchfork:
Nine Inch Nails are touring this year.
I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show. Calls were made to some friends, lots of new ideas were discussed, and a show was booked - which led to another, which somehow led to a lot of shows.
The band is reinventing itself from scratch and will be comprised of Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Ilan Rubin, and me. The first shows will begin this summer, followed by a full-on arena tour of the US this fall, and lots of other dates worldwide to follow through 2014.
Lots of details and dates to come. See you soon.
TR
On July 6, 2013, it was announced that the US arena leg of the tour would be named Tension, starting from September 28 in St. Paul, MN.[1]
On October 9, 2013, a co-headlining tour of Australia and New Zealand with Queens Of The Stone Age was announced for March 2014.[2]
Festival Leg
Line-Up
- Alessandro Cortini: Keyboards, programming, guitar, backing vocals
- Josh Eustis: Bass, keyboards, guitar
- Robin Finck: Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Trent Reznor: Vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Ilan Rubin: Drums, cello
Changes
Though Eric Avery and Adrian Belew were originally slated to be part of the touring lineup, both dropped out during rehearsals. Avery, originally set to play bass, felt overwhelmed by the idea of going on tour after just having finished a major tour with Garbage, and also wanted to focus on some studio work.[3] Belew, originally set to play guitar, stated simply that "it didn't work."[4] Robin Finck was brought back to replace Belew and Josh Eustis' duties were then expanded to include bass.
Stage Set-Up
This tour utilized several mobile LED screens behind the band, which would supply lighting and also background footage during certain portions of the set. The production and lighting were again designed in cooperation with Moment Factory and Roy Bennett, who also worked on the 2008 Lights In The Sky Tour and the How To Destroy Angels Live 2013 tour. The production also made use of Kinect for interactive video manipulation. The band members arrived onstage at the beginning of the set one member at a time and their silhouettes were projected onto the background, which are references to Talking Heads' 1984 concert film, Stop Making Sense.[5] The silhouettes are also reminiscent of those at the beginning of shows on Depeche Mode's Devotional tour.
Typical setlist
- "Copy Of A"
- "Sanctified" or "Disappointed"
- "Came Back Haunted"
- "1,000,000"
- "March Of The Pigs"
- "Piggy"
- "Terrible Lie"
- "Burn"
- "Closer"
- "Gave Up"
- "Help Me I Am In Hell"
- "Me, I'm Not" or "The Warning"
- "Find My Way"
- "The Way Out Is Through"
- "Wish"
- "Survivalism"
- "Only"
- "The Hand That Feeds"
- "Head Like A Hole"
- "Hurt"
- "The Frail"/"The Wretched" or "Reptile" was sometimes included after "Piggy".
- "What If We Could?" was sometimes played in addition to or instead of "Find My Way".
- "Something I Can Never Have" was played once in place of "Piggy" at the San Francisco, CA show.
Setlists for the three non-festival dates were longer and also more varied since minimal production was used. Other songs played during these shows include (in order of commonality): "Somewhat Damaged", "The Beginning Of The End", "I'm Afraid Of Americans", "The Good Soldier", "Pinion", "Dead Souls", "La Mer", "The Day The World Went Away" and "The Line Begins To Blur".
Dates
- 2013/07/26 Naeba, Japan (Fuji Rock Festival)
- 2013/07/28 Ansan, South Korea (Ansan Valley Festival)
- 2013/08/02 Chicago, IL (Lollapalooza)
- 2013/08/10 San Francisco, CA (Outside Lands Festival)
- 2013/08/15 Hasselt, Belgium (Pukkelpop Festival)
- 2013/08/16 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands (Lowlands Festival)
- 2013/08/18 Hockenheim, Germany (Rock'n'Heim Festival)
- 2013/08/20 London, England (Scala)
- 2013/08/21 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Belsonic Festival)
- 2013/08/23 West Yorkshire, England (Leeds Festival)
- 2013/08/24 Paris, France (Rock en Seine Festival)
- 2013/08/25 Reading, England (Reading Festival)
- 2013/08/28 Milan, Italy (Mediolanum Forum)
- 2013/08/29 Zurich, Switzerland (Zurich Openair Festival)
- 2013/09/01 Philadelphia, PA (Made In America Festival)
- 2013/09/03 West Hollywood, CA (Secret KROQ show at The Troubadour)
Tension 2013
Line-Up
- Alessandro Cortini: Keyboards, programming, guitar, backing vocals
- Josh Eustis: Keyboards, guitar, saxophone
- Robin Finck: Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Lisa Fischer: Backing vocals
- Sharlotte Gibson: Backing vocals
- Pino Palladino: Bass
- Trent Reznor: Vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Ilan Rubin: Drums, cello
Stage Set-Up
to be announced
Typical setlist
to be announced
Dates
- 2013/09/21 Los Angeles, CA (Tension 2013 Rehearsal Show)
- 2013/09/28 St. Paul, MN (Xcel Energy Center)
- 2013/09/30 Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center)
- 2013/10/01 St. Louis, MO (Chaifetz Arena)
- 2013/10/03 Montreal, QC (Centre Bell)
- 2013/10/04 Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)
- 2013/10/05 Cleveland, OH (Wolstein Center)
- 2013/10/07 Auburn Hills, MI (The Palace of Auburn Hills)
- 2013/10/08 Pittsburgh, PA (Petersen Events Center)
- 2013/10/11 Boston, MA (TD Garden)
- 2013/10/12 Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)
- 2013/10/14 Brooklyn, NY (Barclays Center)
- 2013/10/15 Newark, NJ (Prudential Center)
- 2013/10/18 Washington, DC (Verizon Center)
- 2013/10/19 University Park, PA (Bryce Jordan Center)
- 2013/10/21 Raleigh, NC (PNC Arena)
- 2013/10/22 Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena)
- 2013/10/24 Atlanta, GA (Philips Arena)
- 2013/10/26 Asheville, NC (Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit)
- 2013/10/30 Sunrise, FL (BB&T Center)
- 2013/10/31 Orlando, FL (Amway Center)
- 2013/11/02 New Orleans, LA (Voodoo Experience)
- 2013/11/05 San Antonio, TX (AT&T Center)
- 2013/11/08 Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center)
- 2013/11/09 Phoenix, AZ (US Airways Center)
- 2013/11/11 El Paso, TX (Don Haskins Center)
- 2013/11/13 Broomfield, CO (1st Bank Center)
- 2013/11/15 Las Vegas, NV (The Joint)
- 2013/11/16 Las Vegas, NV (The Joint)
- 2013/11/18 Portland, OR (Rose Garden Arena)
- 2013/11/19 Spokane, WA (Spokane Arena)
- 2013/11/21 Vancouver, BC (Rogers Arena)
- 2013/11/22 Seattle, WA (Key Arena)
- 2013/11/24 Edmonton, AB (Rexall Place)
- 2013/11/25 Calgary, AB (Scotiabank Saddledome)