Trent’s farewell tour just got a bit more interesting and perhaps more fitting. After attending the NIN/JA show in at PNC in NJ, I was left disappointed. As the last note of “Hurt” was played, the writhing hard-hitting NIN that that I had seen more than ten times live seemed to have ended with a whimper, destroying my dream of hearing “Heresy” played live.
Now Trent seems to have agreed (citing short sets and large outdoor venues in daylight as not the way to go out). The announcement came today via Twitter, thanks to Trent’s recent return to the digital world. But just as he announced it, the servers crashed, delaying the official NIN.com announcement while they patched them up for some 45 minutes. Dates have yet to be announced.
Full Post from nin.com below:
Getting right to the point, we’re going to play a handful of shows in NYC, Chicago and LA starting August 22nd. They will be informal affairs in medium to small venues with longer set-lists, possible special guests, cool openers and other surprises. Upon reflection, the NIN/JA tour felt like we had to rush through sets due to a limited allotted set length and many shows were in daylight – it just didn’t feel right to end NIN that way. An offer to headline V-Fest in Toronto (being announced soon) set the idea in motion to play some FUN shows to end this up with. If we can get it together we’ll film these shows, too
In NYC we’ll be playing Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal 5. In Chicago, the Aragon Ballroom. In LA we’ll be at The Wiltern, The Henry Fonda, The Palladium and The Echoplex. These should be cool, unusual and unique shows and I hope you come out – this is it.
So far, The Horrors will be joining us for some shows in NYC, Mew will be with us at other shows in NYC, Chicago and LA, and perhaps more.
Details and ticket info will be announced shortly, so check back.”Thanks,
Trent
Redemption awaits…
