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, This Is Our Daughter, Lesson Seven, The Aquanettas, Cxema, Dharma Head, and Supreme Love Gods.
Line-Up
- Lee Mars: Keyboards, backing vocals
- Richard Patrick: Guitar, backing vocals
- Trent Reznor: Vocals, guitar
- Chris Vrenna: Drums
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"