Nine Inch Nails had a reunion of sorts during their tour closer at Cleveland, OH’s Blossom Music Center. Trent Reznor welcomed former members Chris Vrenna, Donny Lohner, Charlie Clouser and Richard Patrick onstage with the band to perform “Eraser” off The Downward Spiral, and they stayed for the rest of the set, assisting on “Wish,” “Sin,” […]
The Joe Walsh-led annual VetsAid benefit concert will be a hot ticket for rock’n’roll fans this fall, as it will feature what’s being billed as the final performance of Walsh’s pre-Eagles band James Gang, plus appearances by Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys and The Breeders. The Drew Carey-hosted event will be held […]
Nine Inch Nails, My Chemical Romance and The Original Misfits will headline the 2022 edition of Riot Fest, which will take place Sept. 16-18 at Chicago’s Douglass Park. The event also features the first confirmed performance since 2010 of the reunited Sunny Day Real Estate, news of which was exclusively revealed by SPIN in January. […]
Nine Inch Nails is back on tour later this week, and they have finally announced their opening acts for the upcoming U.S. tour. Boy Harsher, Yves Tumor, and 100 Gecs have been added to the list of musicians supporting NIN on this tour. Boy Harsher and 100 Gecs will offer support on the first leg […]
Nine Inch Nails will replace Foo Fighters as the Friday night headliners at Boston Calling. The Foos have canceled all activity following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. This marks Nine Inch Nails’ first time on the road in four years. As previously announced, the Saturday of the festival will be headlined by The Strokes […]
Nine Inch Nails‘ last proper headlining, non-festival performance was all the way back in 2018. With COVID and a few canceled festivals, the band hasn’t performed live in a while, but they just announced that is (thankfully) going to change. The band is scheduled for a hometown performance on September 24 at Blossom Music Center […]
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to […]
The Shaky Knees Festival just unveiled its lineup and schedule, set for April 29 to May 1 at Atlanta’s Central Park next year. The annual fest is bringing in an eclectic string of performing artists, garnering the likes of Billy Idol, Chvrches, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Death Cab […]
Following a banner year that included (so far) winning a Golden Globe, an Oscar, working on new music and producing a new Halsey album, Trent Reznor was ready to take Nine Inch Nails back on the road for a celebration of the return of live music. However, with the Delta variant of COVID continuing to […]
Music videos are the perfect bastard child of art and commerce, even more than pop music itself. A promotional visual accompaniment to a popular song doesn’t need a coherent narrative (although on rare occasions, they do). It just needs to suit the song, sell the record, and possibly make the artist look cool. But since […]