Trent Reznor has put an end to speculation about the future of Nine Inch Nails touring, clarifying that while the band is taking a break from the road, they are definitely not calling it a day.
The rumour mill went into overdrive last month after comments Reznor made at a show in Tulsa, where he told the crowd: “I don’t know if we’re going to be touring anymore after this, but I’m proud of the show we’re doing right now.”
Naturally, that one line was enough to send the internet into a spin, prompting the Nine Inch Nails frontman to set the record straight at the ‘Peel It Back Tour’ finale in Sacramento this week. Reznor explained (via Rolling Stone) that he felt his comments “got misconstrued into something that is not intentionally necessarily true”.
“This is the last show on this tour and we don’t have any shows booked, and we don’t have any plans to book any shows any time in the future, so far,” Reznor said on stage.
“That doesn’t mean we may not tour again. We may tour again. It won’t be next month, it won’t be this year. I never said we were intentionally stopping, and I never meant that.”
While the future of live shows is up in the air for now, the good news for fans is that the break is for a very good reason. Reznor was crystal clear about what’s next for Nine Inch Nails.
“What we’re going to do is work on some new music, and make some new shit,” he said. “And if we feel inspired, and if we feel we can beat this [tour] we’ll see you again. And I hope to see you again.”
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Their most recent original material, Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts, arrived in 2020, followed by last year’s Tron: Ares soundtrack. Reznor and longtime collaborator Atticus Ross have simultaneously pursued various film scoring projects, keeping both musicians occupied beyond Nine Inch Nails activities.
