Nine Inch Nails have revealed the members of their latest touring incarnation, in time for the band’s string of summer shows.
The performances will mark he first time that Trent Reznor and co. have taken to the stage in over three years, and the band are set to perform at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles, which runs from July 21 to 23, as well as a gig a week later at the Panorama Music Festival in New York, which runs from July 28 to 30.
The touring line-up was confirmed in the Tweet from the band’s official account, which can be seen below. The post revealed that the frequently-altered NIN line-up will include Robin Finck (guitarist), Alessandro Cortini (keyboards/electronics), and Ilan Rubin (drummer), accompanying Reznor. Also joining will be Atticus Ross, who won an Oscar with Reznor for their work on 2011’s The Social Network, will also be part of the live arrangement, having recently become an official member of the band.
— nine inch nails (@nineinchnails) March 21, 2017
The announcement of live shows will serve as further encouragement for NIN fans, who were surprised by odd envelopes from the band earlier this month, which contained a strange black powder. The packages accompanied the purchased of the band’s new EP Not The Actual Events from their website, which contained a warning that the venelope’s contents “may contain subversive elements that produce feelings of euphoria and [which] may be harmful and unsettling to the consumer.”
The EP dropped at the end of 2016, but Reznor also spoke to Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, to clarify that he plans two release “two new major” projects over the course of 2017. Renor also confirmed that both of these projects would fall “under the Nine Inch Nails umbrella”, rather than being any sort of solo record. NIN’s last album to date was 2013’s Hesitation Marks.
