When Is Nine Inch Nails Touring?
What Should Fans of Trent Reznor and Company Find This Year?
Trent Reznor’s industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails is preparing a lengthy summer tour across North America. NIN leader Trent Reznor revealed the 2023 run towards the end of 2022, assuring fans of a big touring comeback after taking a break due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Fans are eager to hear NIN's heavy, guitar-driven sound live, especially since the band released two new EPs entitled Ghosts V: Split and Ghosts VI: Locusts in March 2020 and would have probably gone on an extensive tour to promote new material which was created during this period due to the outbreak of coronavirus. With several of the shows already sold out and some of the best venues booked throughout the US and Canada, dedicated fans will get a chance to see NIN this year after the band was forced to go on an involuntary sabbatical from touring.
When Are Nine-Inch Nails On Tour In 2023?
The Nine Inch Nails 2023 tour begins on April 25 with a concert in Raleigh, North Carolina. The outing then hits big cities such as Detroit, Chicago, and Toronto before heading west in May with shows in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Austin and Dallas. June sees NIN playing some massive shows, including headlining sets at some of America’s largest summer festivals, such as Bonnarroo in Tennessee, Primavera Sound festivals in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Boston Calling in Massachusetts.
The tour gains momentum in July and August; Nine Inch Nails, Reznor’s pioneering band, performs at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, on July 13, tops the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium on July 15, and dominates Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 4. Additional headline shows and festival performances are planned for the remainder of the year and into the first few months of 2023, with the band playing in Europe and South America, thus providing concertgoers all over the world with a chance to see the legendary rock band that started in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1980s.
The Projections for Nine Inch Nails’ Songs and Live Performances in 2023
Any Nine Inch Nails fan of the band will agree that their live shows are widely considered to be among the most impactful of any rock acts. Lead vocalist/lyricist Trent Reznor performs in an unusually energetic manner and has a raw, edgy style that perfectly captures the aggressive tone of NIN’s music, which is both sonically and conceptually provocative. He morphs into a conducting force of nature on stage, powerfully embodying the suffering, anger, hopelessness and release that are communicated in songs such as ‘Head Like A Hole,’ ‘March Of The Pigs,’ and ‘Closer’ backed by a tight live band.
Regarding the numbers in the songs, fans can expect the band to perform their hit numbers along with new ones whenever Nine Inch Nails tours through 2023. Nineteen Ninety-Five/Sixteen, two EPs that Reznor released in 2020 during lockdown, contain 17 new Nine Inch Nails songs likely to be incorporated into set lists this year. Songs like "Letting Go While Holding On" and "The Cursed Clock" from Ghosts V: Both “Still Right Here” and “The Worriment Waltz” from Ghosts VI: Locusts deal with the challenges, doubts, and the hope and strength of the past couple of years. These songs that have been written and produced recently should be the theme of the present.
Long-standing NIN member and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Atticus Ross will again tour with Reznor, the pair having created a remarkably potent songwriting partnership. In Nine Inch Nails live performances, Ross is often seen playing keyboards, synths and other layers contributing to the band’s cinematic evilness. Ilan Rubin, an excellent drummer, will anchor the rhythms with force and precision, while Robin Finck, who has worked with NIN before, will handle guitar with skilled use of effects. Prepare for two hours of sonic onslaught from NIN’s 2023 concerts to be complemented by appetizing portions of strobe lights, well-executed backing videos, and top-notch visual enhancement.
Speculated Set List for 2023 NIN Shows
That being said, some predictions about what Nine Inch Nails songs are likely to be played during the Nine Inch Nails concerts in 2023 are possible based on the tendency of the band to change set lists each night during the tour. In addition to the typical NIN hits such as the post-apocalyptic nihilism of “Hurt,” “Wish,” and “The Day The World Went Away,” one can expect classic Nine Inch Nails tracks like “The Hand That Feeds,” “Survivalism,” “Copy Of A,” “Only,” “The Perfect Drug,” “Somewhat Damaged,” and “The Wretched. ”
Concert classics that are closer to catalog cuts and relative rarities could also seep further into setlists in 2023. Previous tours have witnessed NIN excluding tracks such as “The Becoming”, “Reptile”, “Shit Mirror”, “A Warm Place”, and the ferocious “Last”. With Nine Inch Nails’ mammoth discography that has inspired countless fans and musicians, Reznor and his crew have plethora of tunes to choose from, tour by tour.
A Guide to Securing 2023 Nine-Inch Nails Tours
Given that Nine Inch Nails are one of the finest and hardest-working bands in industrial music and have enjoyed strong fan support from people of all ages since first emerging in 1989, it only makes sense that their shows are quick to sell out upon being announced. Of course, many dates do have tickets but some fans will have to be quick to get seats for highly popular concerts planned for such venues as Madison Square Garden in New York, Shrine Auditorium and Forum in Los Angeles, Wembley Stadium in London, and Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, among other popular venues this NIN tour for 2023.
Links to purchase tickets directly, as well as pre-sale information, can be found on Nine Inch Nails’ official website, nin.com. Primary ticket sellers such as Ticketmaster, Live Nation, StubHub and Vivid Seats also take pre-loads on most of NIN’s dates for shows across North America this year. European concerts may be found through Ticketmaster UK and StubHub UK. Keep an eye out for Nine Inch Nails’ official social media pages for ticket sale announcements and limited VIP experiences such as meet-and-greets, soundchecks, or exclusive merchandise drops as the year progresses in 2023. So move quickly to book your tickets as soon as NIN comes to town to see one of the most essential touring outfits in contemporary music this year.
