Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers Nine Inch Nails were back onstage today, June 15th, for the first time since November of 2022. The celebrated industrial metal outfit kicked off their ‘Peel It Back World Tour‘ with a sold out show at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, running through a setlist that featured some lesser played tracks, including the first live airings of “Right Where It Belongs“, “Ruiner” (acoustic) and “Piggy” since 2009.
“Vessel” was another rare inclusion, being performed for the first time since 2014, albeit with Boys Noize guesting. The latter tour opener also guested on the first performance of “Came Back Haunted” since 2018. A pair of covers made it into the set as well, including one of the Nine Inch Nails offshoot How To Destroy Angels‘ “Parasite“, and the mainstay rendition of David Bowie‘s “I’m Afraid Of Americans“.
No strangers to elaborate stage production, Reznor and co. alternated between an intimate stage surrounded by the audience, and a mainstage draped in projections across fabric and more. The setlist for the night ran as follows:
B-Stage:
“Right Where It Belongs”
“Ruiner” (acoustic)
“Piggy”
Main Stage:
“Wish”
“March Of The Pigs”
“The Frail”
“The Wretched”
“Reptile”
“Copy Of A”
“Gave Up”
B-Stage:
“Vessel” (feat. Boys Noize)
“Parasite” (How To Destroy Angels cover) (feat. Boys Noize)
“Came Back Haunted” (feat. Boys Noize)
Main Stage:
“Mr. Self Destruct”
“Heresy”
“Closer”
“I’m Afraid Of Americans” (David Bowie cover)
“The Hand That Feeds”
“Head Like A Hole”
“Hurt”
Further stops for the aforementioned tour, which will find Boys Noize opening, include:
06/17 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
06/18 London, UK – The O2
06/20 Cologne, GER – Lanxess Arena
06/21 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting
06/24 Milan, ITA – Parco della Musica Novegro
06/26 Zurich, SWI – Hallenstadion
06/27 Vienna, AUT – Wiener Stadthalle
06/29 Amsterdam, NET – Ziggo Dome
07/01 Berlin, GER – Uber Arena
07/03 Gdynia, POL – Open’er
07/05 Roskilde, DEN – Roskilde Festival
07/07 Paris, FRA – Accor Arena
07/11 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool
07/12 Oeiras, POR – NOS Alive
08/06 Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
08/08 Portland, OR – Moda Center
08/10 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
08/12 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
08/14 West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center
08/15 Denver, CO – Ball Arena
08/17 Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
08/19 Chicago, IL – United Center
08/20 Chicago, IL – United Center
08/22 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
08/23 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
08/26 Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
08/27 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
08/29 Boston, MA – TD Garden
08/31 Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
09/02 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
09/03 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
09/05 Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
09/06 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
09/09 Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena
09/10 Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
09/12 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
09/13 Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
09/16 Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
09/18 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
09/19 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
While rumblings of new material from the outfit being in the wings having circulated for sometime now, the band have been confirmed as the composers for the score to the upcoming ‘TRON: Ares‘ film, due out later this year. That soundtrack is a change of pace for the group’s core duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who have racked up numerous industry accolades for their work scoring film and TV projects under their respective actual names in recent years.
