Nine Inch Nails appear to be gearing up for a 2025 world tour

Nine Inch Nails have been on the road to a massive tour for a while, but speculation is growing about a global tour announcement after some dates were leaked.

News of a potential tour first surfaced on Monday (January 13), when fans on the Nine Inch Nails subreddit began sharing ostensibly premature Facebook screenshots of the upcoming gig.

In a post titled “It’s Happening(?),” a fan shared a screenshot of an event that listed the date for the Peel It Back World Tour in Tampa, Florida, on September 10. Another user found an active Ticketmaster listing that showed the sale date as Friday (January 17).

Although these fans confirmed that the events were quickly taken down after being listed on social media, a compilation of the allegedly leaked dates included events across the United States in Brooklyn, Tampa, Atlanta, Raleigh, Philadelphia, and Shows have been scheduled in Cleveland and elsewhere, as well as shows in Manchester and London, England, and a Canadian show in Toronto.

Currently, the band has not confirmed any dates, but the tour title alludes to Nine Inch Nails’ 1994 song “March of the Pigs,” which could indicate that the rumored tour could be an anniversary tour in support of the band’s downward spiral By 2024, the record will be 30 years old.

Nine Inch Nails has not performed live since 2022, when the US and UK dates ended. North America, Europe, United States, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Australia, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Australia, Canada, Canada, Australia completed 69 shows , have yet to perform live after their US and UK shows.

In recent years, the veteran industrial band (consisting of founding members Trent Reznor and, since 2016, Atticus Ross) has focused more on soundtrack work, for which it has won numerous Golden Globes, Grammys, and Oscars.

In April 2024, Reznor noted that his collaboration with Ross left the two eager to make a new Nine Inch Nails album. “[Soundtrack work has] Trying to make Nine Inch Nails feel more exciting than it has in years past,” he said. “I kind of let it languish in my mind for various reasons.”

Ross added that he feels “excited about starting the next record… I think we have an idea now.”