Nine Inch Nails, the Trent Reznor-fronted group described as “trailblazers in melding industrial noise with rock“, are returning to the stage after a four-year absence, and they’ll be closer than you think. Despite most of their energies being spent on a long-winded US tour, which will be taking most of their diary space from April till September, they’ve managed to fit in two dates this June for their UK fans as well.
The group will be playing at the Eden Project in Cornwall, with two sessions set for June 17th and 18th, and they won’t be alone. Other artists due for some summer gigs include Britpop icon Noel Gallagher (appearing June 15th), Canadian superstar Bryan Adams (June 29th) and even classic sixties singer Diana Ross will be making an appearance. But if that seems to have wetted the event’s doomer-gloom appeal for you, My Chemical Romance should make up for it, with their two dates set for May 16th-17th.
Nine Inch Nails Return to the UK
Tickets on sale to the public Friday, February 18 at 10am local time.https://t.co/nK3LX1ddbL#NINONTOUR pic.twitter.com/XrIAZdhuW7— nine inch nails (@nineinchnails) February 14, 2022
It should be a good one, or at least that’s what the reviews say. According to a Guardian review back in 2018, they’ve still got it, describing their performance as “saw toothed,‘ with the ‘ferocity of a Rottweiler gnashing through its muzzle, bathed in exquisite monochromatic lighting and smoke“. And the Eden Project isn’t too shabby a place either, with the Evening Standard assuring us that it’s “the nearest you can get to watching a gig on the moon”.
To be fair to Reznor, he hasn’t been bone idle the last four years. Apart from releasing two positively received albums with Nine Inch Nails back in 2020, he and fellow NIN member Atticus Ross have also been working with American pop-star Halsey, helping on her album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. And the awards just keep coming. Nine Inch Nails got inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 2020, and along with that Reznor/Ross even have another Academy Award to put on their shelves, right next to their trophy for 2010’s The Social Network. This time it comes from the soundtrack to the 2020 Pixar movie Soul.
If you’re interested in seeing Reznor & co. perform live, pre-sale tickets were available yesterday. However, if you’re an Eden Project Member, you haven’t missed all your perks, with special access to tickets arriving tomorrow from 10 am. After that, the general sale starts this Friday at 10 am. If you’re interested in more details, you can look here. If you fancy a trip to America just to see them, look here. Otherwise, let’s just hope these last four years haven’t whetted their appetite for the raucous performances that made them such a compelling name in the past.
