Since NIN is one of the most cutting-edge bands out there nowadays, we figured we would dedicate a page to their exploits. In the last few months, they released an entire album for free, an instrumental album, and have had numerous remix and video contests. They encourage fan interaction more than anyone else out there. We'll keep you updated on the latest news here on this page.

from RollingStone.com

After a headling slot at Pemberton on Friday night, Nine Inch Nails kicked off their North American tour with a 21st-century marriage of old-school showmanship and bleeding-edge technology on Saturday. With a crack four-piece band in tow — including NIN stage vets Robin Finck on guitar and Josh Freese on drums — an adrenalized, finely-coifed Trent Reznor tore through a two-hour set that leaned heavily on new material and included several choice classics.

As noted in the tour preview, at least half the show featured the band sandwiched between mesh LED curtains alternating evocative visuals, from falling rain to grainy static to an apocalyptic cityscape. The more obscured the band was by special effects, the more a detached, post-YouTube voyeurism haunted the performance.

About an hour in, a solid backdrop descended at the front of the stage and the band — now a four-piece, minus keyboardist Alessandro Cortini — stepped in front of it. Standing at the lip of the stage, with Reznor on vibraphone and Justin Meldal-Johnsen on upright bass, they played a 20-minute, mostly acoustic interlude of songs from NIN’s recent Ghosts I-IV. It was a bold move, settling into a subdued, broken-down cabaret swing that was all atmosphere.

Reznor swung the microphone like a weapon and ran the stage like an athlete. Twice during the set he pointed out the fact that this was the “first official night of the tour” — a tour, he said, that’s been ongoing for the last 15 years. He didn’t want it to stop, either: After closing with “Head Like a Hole,” the band returned for a half-hour encore. “Hurt” had the entire crowd singing and a few weeping; “In This Twilight,” from last year’s Year Zero ended the set in a downtrodden — but quintessential NIN — manner.

Set List
“999,999″
“1,000,000″
“Letting You”
“Discipline”
“March of the Pigs”
“Head Down”
“The Frail”
“Closer”
“Gave Up”
“The Warning”
“The Great Destroyer”
“Ghosts 1″ (Acoustic)
“Ghosts 25″ (Acoustic)
“Ghosts 19″ (Acoustic)
“Ghosts/Piggy” (Acoustic)
“Wish”
“Terrible Lie”
“Survivalism”
“The Big Come Down”
“Ghosts 31″
“Only”
“The Hand That Feeds”
“Head Like a Hole”

Encore
“Echoplex”
“The Beginning of the End”
“The Good Soldiers”
“Hurt”
“In This Twilight”

To get tickets in the hands of fans, NIN is doing exclusive pre-sales on their website to upcoming shows across North America. This is to reward fans, and extra security measures will be taken to try and discourage scalpers and ticket brokers. The presale for the Georgia show at Duluth Amphitheatre starts this week, May 6th at 5pm, until Friday at 5pm.

The following shows are currently available for sale and/or presale: 

Nine Inch Nails - "Discipline"

Nine Inch Nails finished this track last week, and within 24 hours of mastering it, we had it. Now they have a video for the song. We're still bewildered over this being the official video, but we're not ones to question the genius of Trent Reznor. Even if it is a bit weird by their standards...

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross in studio

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 Hello-

First of all, a sincere THANK YOU for the response to Ghosts. We are all amazed at the reaction for what we assumed would be a quiet curiosity in the NIN catalog. My faith in all of you has been restored - let's all go have coffee somewhere (my treat)!

Today we announce the expansion of the Ghosts project into the visual world. This record began as an experiment with us using sound as a means to describe visuals. Early in the project we thought it would be interesting to see what the community could create / collaborate on as a reaction to the music we were making. We wanted to keep the canvas as blank as possible for you, hence the lack of descriptive song titles and the primarily textural artwork and packaging.

So here's the plan: we've teamed up with YouTube to host a "film festival" around Ghosts. The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team of us (including me) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones we feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we will present a virtual "film festival" with me and some special guests presenting selections of your work.

This isn't a contest and you don't win elaborate prizes - it's meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship. We've discussed some interesting ways this could go, including multiple installments of the online "film festivals," to broadcast TV specials, to a one-time live performance of the entire Ghosts record with your visuals involved. It really depends on how this progresses and develops. We are all very much looking forward to what you come up with, and hope you enjoy the experience. Visit our YouTube channel for information on how to participate.

TR