“I remember thinking halfway through the first song, ‘Is this just stupid, or is this actually, you know, cool?'” admits Trent Reznor, as VEVO’s Nine Inch Nails tour documentary nears its happy ending. “And I saw everybody’s face light up. And I could tell. I love doing this stuff. It’s incredibly stressful but it’s fun.”
“Trent demands, demands, demands excellence with everything,” adds art director Rob Sheridan, right before the band’s Fuji Rock set. (When things seem to be going south.) “We want the best, always. And that high level of expectation leads to a lot of stressful moments.”
Sounds like “Tension” was a fitting name for the fall trek, after all. Check out the run-up to the NIN’s warm-up date in Tokyo below, along with a soundboard-quality bootleg of their rehearsals that slipped out earlier this week. Part two of Vevo’s documentary is set to air later this fall, after the group’s North American run is over.
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Nine Inch Nails: Tension tour dates:
9/28 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center *
9/30 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center *
10/1 St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena *
10/3 Montreal, QC – Centre Bell *
10/4 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre *
10/5 Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center *
10/7 Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills *
10/8 Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center *
10/11 Boston, MA – TD Garden **
10/14 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center **
10/15 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center **
10/18 Washington, DC – Verizon Center **
10/19 University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center **
10/21 Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena **
10/22 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena **
10/24 Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena **
10/30 Sunrise, FL – BB&T Center +
10/31 Orlando, FL – Amway Center +
11/5 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center *
11/8 Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center *
11/9 Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
11/11 El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center
11/13 Broomfield, CO – 1stBank Center
11/15 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint *
11/16 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint *
11/18 Portland, OR – Rose Garden Arena *
11/19 Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena *
11/21 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena *
11/22 Seattle, WA – KeyArena *
11/24 Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place +
11/25 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome +
* w/ Explosions in the Sky
** w/ Godspeed You! Black Emperor
+ w/ TBA