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Nine Inch Nails Announce Limited Run of 2022 Tour Dates

The trek kicks off April 28 in Raleigh, N.C.

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Nine Inch Nails announced Monday (Feb. 7) that they’re headed out on the road this year for a handful of headlining dates.

The industrial rock band began by revealing a one-night-only event at Cleveland’s Blossom Music Center on Sept. 24 with special guests Ministry and Nitzer Ebb, only to follow it up in a separate post with 10 more dates that proceed the Cleveland show.

“Nine Inch Nails will be playing a limited number of shows in the US this spring and fall. Tickets on sale to the public Friday, February 11 at 10am local time,” they wrote alongside the full announcement.

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NIN’s tour kicks off April 28 at the Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, N.C. The run of dates also includes appearances at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival and the inaugural Primavera Sounds Los Angeles, as well as back-to-back nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater.

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Last year, the rockers were supposed to play a pair of shows in Cleveland with Pixies to commemorate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the performances were scrapped due to a COVID surge around the U.S. at the time.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been quite busy outside NIN in recent months. They produced Halsey’s fourth studio album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power , which was released in August and is nominated for best alternative music album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards. And just last month, an expanded version of the LP dropped featuring two new bonus tracks.

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Nine Inch Nails Announce 2022 U.S. Tour Support: Yves Tumor, 100 gecs, and More

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Nine Inch Nails have announced the opening acts for their upcoming U.S. tour . Joining Trent Reznor and the band at select dates are Boy Harsher, Yves Tumor, and 100 gecs, as well as Ministry and Nitzer Ebb. A press release notes that the acts were “personally curated by Trent Reznor .” Find Nine Inch Nails’ tour dates below.

Since they last toured in 2018, Nine Inch Nails have released Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts . In addition, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released music for Bird Box , Watchmen , Soul , Mank , and more. The musicians also worked with Halsey on If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power and took home the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Score for their work on Soul , as well as the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media .

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04-28 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater * 04-30 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival 05-01 Franklin, TN - First Bank Amphitheater * 05-22 Daytona Beach, FL - Welcome to Rockville 05-24 Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia ^ 05-25 Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia ^ 05-27 Boston, MA - Boston Calling Music Festival 09-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 09-03 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 09-07 Troutdale, OR - Edgefield @ 09-09 Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater @ 09-11 Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley @ 09-15 Las Vegas, NV - Zappos Theater @ 09-17 Los Angeles, CA - Primavera Sound Los Angeles 09-22 Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life 09-24 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center #%

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Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction Tour Dates Announced

Nine Inch Nails and the original Jane's Addiction lineup will embark on a May/June co-headlining tour that will see these seminal artists sharing a stage for the first time since the historic debut of the Lollapalooza festival in 1991. The genesis of the upcoming tour came about in late 2008 after NIN's Trent Reznor was tapped to produce Jane's first recordings since reforming.

The NIN/JA tour will feature a streamlined NIN with Reznor on vocals, guitars, keys, Robin Finck on guitars and keys, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass and keys, and newest NIN member IIan Rubin on drums and keys. NIN's stripped down configuration for the upcoming dates was inspired by a pair of club shows toward the end of last year's wildly ambitious Lights in the Sky tour. Leaving the massive production in the trucks for those two nights freed up the band for spontaneous performances including several seldom-aired NIN classics and inspired NIN to take a similarly unencumbered and unpredictable approach to the May/June dates, which include previously announced NIN appearances at the Sasquatch and Bonnaroo festivals.

For the first time in 17 years, the original lineup of Jane’s Addiction will tour - vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. The possibility of reforming first took shape in April 2008 when the musicians performed and accepted the Godlike Genius Award bestowed on them by N.M.E. Magazine at their US Awards ceremony. The band then tested the waters with small, secret shows around the Los Angeles area and the tremendous excitement from the shows lead to their decision to tour again.

The “full circle” nature of the co-headlining tour has not been lost on the artists, with Reznor recently blogging…

“Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term “alternative” rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend - truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the “next level” (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.”

Jane’s guitarist Dave Navarro responded in kind, paying homage to the recent collaboration with the Nine Inch Nails frontman and revealing enthusiasm for the upcoming shows.

“Since our reformation, we have been spending a lot of time with Trent in the rehearsal studio and in the recording studio, working on new stuff, addressing some old stuff and more importantly, creating a friendship and working relationship,” Navarro explains. “It's rare that touring partners have an opportunity to spend so much time together creatively before a tour. Regardless of the collaborative outcome, our time with Trent has brought forth a new focus and sense of purpose that we plan to share with you on a nightly basis.”

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Support for all NIN/JA dates will be Street Sweeper, a collaboration between Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine/The Nightwatchman and Boots Riley of The Coup.

Tickets go on sale beginning March 13th, visit NIN.com , janesaddiction.com and livenation.com for additional ticket and tour information.

Dates and venues for the NIN/JA tour are listed below. On sale dates will be announced shortly.

• Fri-May-08 West Palm Beach, FL [Cruzan Amphitheatre]
• Sat-May-09 Tampa, FL [Ford Amphitheatre]
• Sun-May-10 Atlanta, GA [Lakewood Amphitheatre]
• Thu-May-14 Albuquerque, NM [Journal Pavilion]
• Fri-May-15 Phoenix, AZ [Cricket Wireless Pavilion]
• Sat-May-16 Chula Vista, CA [Cricket Wireless Amphitheater]
• Mon-May-18 Las Vegas, NV [The Pearl]
• Wed-May-20 Irvine, CA [Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine Meadows]
• Fri-May-22 Mountain View, CA [Shoreline Amphitheatre]
• Sun-May-24 George WA Sasquatch Festival - The Gorge
• Tue-May-26 Englewood, CO [Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre]
• Wed-May-27 Kansas City, MO [Starlight Theatre]
• Fri-May-29 Chicago, IL [Charter One Pavilion] * NIN only
• Sat-May-30 Noblesville, IN [Verizon Wireless Music Center]
• Sun-May-31 Clarkston, MI [DTE Energy Music Theatre]
• Tue-Jun-02 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
• Wed-Jun-03 Darien Lake, NY [Darien Lake Amphitheatre]
• Fri-Jun-05 Camden, NJ [Tweeter Center At The Waterfront]
• Sat-Jun-06 Holmdel, NJ [PNC Bank Arts Center]
• Sun-Jun-07 Wantagh, NY [Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater]
• Tue-Jun-09 Columbia, MD [Merriweather Post Pavilion]
• Wed-Jun-10 Burgettstown, PA [Post-Gazette Pavilion]
• Fri-Jun-12 Charlotte, NC [Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre]
• Sat-Jun-13 Manchester TN - Bonnaroo * NIN only

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Nine Inch Nails have announced a headline U.S. tour including two nights at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado (September 2 and 3). Los Angeles Nine Inch Nails fans are going to want to book a flight for this epic performance. Nine Inch Nails headline run will kick off on April 28 at Red […]

Nine Inch Nails have announced a headline U.S. tour including two nights at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado (September 2 and 3). Los Angeles Nine Inch Nails fans are going to want to book a flight for this epic performance. Nine Inch Nails headline run will kick off on April 28 at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC and include a two-night-stand at the aforementioned Red Rocks. The tour will wrap up on September 24 with a special show in Cleveland, where Trent Reznor founded the band in 1988. Ministry   and Nitzer Ebb will join  Nine Inch Nails  as special guests at Cleveland’s Blossom Music Center for the exclusive, one-night-only event.

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Nine Inch Nails have a Los Angeles show date scheduled at Primavera Sound Los Angeles . The festival takes place Sept. 16-18. We’re still unsure if Nine Inch Nails will add an additional Los Angeles tour date, but we do know special guests for the other dates will be announced shortly! Alternate West Coast dates include the Greek Theatre in Berkley , where Nine Inch Nails will perform on Sept. 11, as well as a concert date in Vegas at the Zappos Theatre on Sept. 15 .

We last caught the band in 2018 at the Hollywood Palladium as part of Nine Inch Nails’ COLD AND BLACK AND INFINITE tour.

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Ticket cost for Nine Inch Nails vary per city and venue. Tickets are priced from $55 and up. Tickets for Nine Inch Nails tour dates will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 11, at 10AM local time. Nine Inch Nails has an artist presale begining Tuesday, February 8, at 10AM local time. Use the following ticket link and presale code / password: STILLHERE .

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These are the tour dates for Nine Inch Nails 2022. Unlike past years, so far there is no tour stop for Rapid City, South Dakota or the Tri-Cities surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. There is however, a Nine Inch Nails tour date in Franklin, Tennessee. Stay tune for more tour dates near you!

4/28 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater 4/30 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Festival 5/1 Franklin, TN First Bank Amphitheater 9/2 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 9/3 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 9/7 Troutdale, OR Edgefield 9/9 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater 9/11 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley 9/15 Las Vegas, NV Zappos Theater 9/16-18 Los Angeles, CA Primavera Sound 9/24 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center with special guests Ministry & Nitzer Ebb

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Nine Inch Nails Reveal Spring + Fall 2022 U.S. Tour Dates

Nine Inch Nails ' 2021 tour plans did not come to fruition , but the band will be back on stages in 2022.

In fact, the group has just announced a brief run of spring tour dates, with a larger fall itinerary to follow. The spring run appears to be centered around the band's appearance at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta on April 30, with dates booked in Raleigh, North Carolina and Franklin, Tennessee bookending the festival week.

As for the fall, the band will get back underway with a two-night stand Sept. 2-3 at Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheatre. More dates are booked through the month of September, winding down Sept. 24 at Cleveland's Blossom Music Center. While support acts have not been named for either of the tours, it was revealed that Ministry and Nitzer Ebb would open that final Cleveland date.

While Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have primarily been tied up with their scoring work in recent years and they did take time out to produce Halsey's latest album, Reznor did tease a likely recording return for Nine Inch Nails last year right after their Oscar win for the Soul original score .

"What we've tried to do ... is break it up where we do some rock music and come back and do some film work. We've just done three pretty big [scores] with  Watchme n,  Mank  and  Soul  in a row," stated Reznor in a post-Oscar interview. "We should be on tour but Covid has prevented that and we are planning on working on Nine Inch Nails material as soon as probably tomorrow."

Tickets for Nine Inch Nails spring and fall shows will go on sale this Friday (Feb. 11) at 10AM local time. Check their website for ticketing info.

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April 28 - Raleigh, N.C. @ Red Hat Amphitheater April 30 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Shaky Knees Festival May 1 - Franklin, Tenn. @ FirstBank Amphitheater Sept. 2 - Denver, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept. 3 - Denver, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept. 7 - Troutdale, Ore. @ Edgefield Sept. 9 - Bend, Ore. @ Hayden Homes Amphitheatre Sept. 11 - Berkeley, Calif. @ Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley Sept. 15 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Zappos Theater Sept. 16-18 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Primavera Sound Sept. 24 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center (with Ministry + Nitzer Ebb)

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In typical Neil Young fashion, virtually nothing was revealed about his 2024 U.S. tour before it kicked off Wednesday night at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, other than the fact he’d be backed by Crazy Horse , and that Micah Nelson would be taking over guitar duties from Nils Lofgren. Would he pull a Greendale and debut an entire rock opera nobody had ever heard? Would he focus the set around the three new studio albums he cut with Crazy Horse between 2019 and 2022? Might he repeat the concept of his 2023 solo tour by spotlighting obscure Eighties and Nineties album tracks and skipping most of his hits?

They jammed for six minutes before Young sang the opening lines, igniting the crowd into a frenzy, but the big moment came near the end, when he began singing completely unfamiliar words. As he teased earlier this month , it was the legendary lost segment of the song that failed to record during the 1975 Zuma sessions because the console briefly lost power. Young recently found the lyric manuscript, and worked out where they originally fit in the song.

“I floated on the water,” Young sang. “I ate that ocean wave/Two weeks after the slaughter/I was living in a cave/They came too late to get me/But there’s no one here to set me free/From this rocky grave/To that snowed-out ocean wave.”

It was a remarkable moment to witness. After 49 years and over 540 live performances, the world finally got to hear the song as Young originally wrote it.

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Young was talking about “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’),” from 1996’s Broken Arrow, which was the newest song they played all evening. The rest of the set was music recorded when Briggs was alive, largely between 1969 and 1979, beginning with “Don’t Cry No Tears.” He followed it up with a triple shot of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere : “Down by the River,” “The Losing End,” and the title track. And it was a particularly mesmerizing “Down by the River” that stretched out for 16 blissful minutes.

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After the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere mini-set, the quartet (Crazy Horse 4.0?) kicked into one of the greatest renditions of “Powderfinger” I’ve ever heard, thanks to improvisational guitar work prior to each verse by Young and Nelson. What came next was a 16-minute “Love and Only Love,” the band walking offstage, and then Young strapping on an harmonica rack for solo acoustic renditions of “Comes a Time,” “Heart of Gold,” and “Human Highway” that had the entire amphitheater singing along.

The band returned to wrap up the night with “Don’t Be Denied,” an autobiographical tale that carries a lot more emotional weight when Young sings it at age 78 as opposed to 28, and a thrashed-out “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black).”

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Airlines must cough up cancellation cash and can no longer hide fees under new federal rule

A federal rule announced Wednesday will require airlines to quickly give cash refunds — without lengthy arguments — to passengers whose flights have been canceled or seriously delayed, the Biden administration said.

“Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them — without headaches or haggling,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.

The rule from the Transportation Department says passengers who decline other reimbursement like travel credits are to get cash refunds.

It applies when a flight is canceled or has a “significant change,” the administration said.A “significant change” includes when departure or arrival times are three or more hours different from the scheduled times for domestic flights or six hours for international flights, and when the airport is changed or connections are added, it said.

Passengers are also to get refunds when their baggage is 12 hours late in delivery for domestic flights.

The new rule comes after promises to hold airlines accountable after major disruptions that made travel hell for passengers, including the 2022 Southwest Airlines meltdown , which resulted in almost 17,000 significantly delayed or canceled flights and a missing baggage nightmare.

The Transportation Department said that the new rule means refunds are automatic and that "airlines must automatically issue refunds without passengers having to explicitly request them or jump through hoops."

Also announced Wednesday was a rule requiring airlines to more clearly disclose so-called junk fees upfront, such as surprise baggage or other fees, the department said.

It said that rule is expected to save fliers around $500 million a year.

The surprise fees are used so tickets look cheaper than they really are, and then fliers get the unwelcome surprise of fees on checked bags, carry-on bags or reservation changes — or even discounts that are advertised but apply to only part of the ticket price, officials said.

Airlines will also have to tell fliers clearly that their seats are guaranteed and that they don't have to pay extra to ensure they have seats for flights, according to the Transportation Department.

Airlines for America, an industry trade group, said that its member airlines “offer transparency and vast choice to consumers from first search to touchdown” and that they do offer cash refunds.

The 11 largest U.S. airlines returned $10.9 billion in cash refunds last year, an increase over $7.5 billion in 2019 but slightly down from $11.2 billion in 2022, the group said.

“U.S. airlines are providing more options and better services while ticket prices, including ancillary revenues, are at historic lows,” Airlines for America said.

Left out of the federal changes announced Wednesday are those involving "family seating fees," but the Transportation Department said in a statement that "DOT is planning to propose a separate rule that bans airlines from charging these junk fees."

Travelers have complained to the Transportation Department that children weren’t seated next to accompanying adults, including in some cases young children, department officials said last year.

Fees on bags specifically have made up an increasing amount of airline revenues, the Transportation Department said Wednesday in announcing the new rules.

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How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Relationship Has Changed After Spending Tour Break Together

As Taylor Swift gets ready for the next leg of her international Eras Tour, she is also preparing to part ways with boyfriend Travis Kelce again. The pair have been dating since 2023, and have had to manage very different and distant obligations. Luckily, a source says that “all the time they’ve spent together recently” in between tour dates has “deepened their bond.”

The source added that the couple took “a trip up the California coast” after Swift’s new album release of The Tortured Poets Department to “celebrate privately,” saying, “They’re making the most of the time they have together.”

The pair were not entirely alone—they were seen in Carmel-by-the-Sea with friends Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper, as well as Kelce’s mom, Donna.

Another source previously said that during this break from work, the pair were “focused on rest and recuperation and relaxing at home and having low-key and chill time together.”

“They are enjoying movie nights in her home theater, catching up on films and shows they’ve missed,” they continued, explaining that the couple is working on “scheduling” the upcoming long distance and their various projects so that they can “see each other as much as possible” because they “don’t want to spend too much time apart.”

Kelce is spending the NFL offseason in Los Angeles after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win in February, taking time to see Swift in both Singapore and Australia when she was performing. He is currently filming a new game show called Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity.

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