Nine Inch Nails peeled back into the hits last night (February 5th), as the industrial greats kicked into another leg of North American “Peel It Back” dates alongside Boys Noize.
NIN’s first full concert since September took place at New Orleans, Louisiana’s Smoothie King Center, and marked the project’s debut performance with new bassist Stu Brooks, who has taken over bass duties from Alessandro Cortini.
Other than that there were no big changes to the tour from what they did last year — not surprising given the very high-tech nature of a show like this. After the opening DJ set by Boys Noize, the curtain in the center of the arena dropped to reveal Trent Reznor behind the piano on the small B-Stage to perform Pretty Hate Machine’s “Something I Can Never Have,” which was making its tour debut. Then he pulled out “Non-Entity,” which hadn’t been played since 2009, as Atticus Ross, Brooks, and Robin Finck joined one by one, and then they played “Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now).”
From there, the show transitioned to the Main Stage for a set that included “Wish,” “March of the Pigs,” “Reptile,” “Copy of A,” and more, with the eye-popping live-manipulated visuals projected on multiple curtains on the stage. Then it was back to the B-Stage (the “Rave Stage”) for the awesome collab set with Boys Noize that is now being called Nine Inch Noize, which featured remixed club versions of “Vessel,” “Closer,” “Parasite,” and Grammy-winning TRON:Ares song “As Alive as You Need Me to Be.”
It was then back to the Main Stage for a second set with the full-band, including “Somewhat Damaged,” “The Perfect Drug,” “I’m Afraid of Americans” and more before wrapping up with “Head Like a Hole” and “Hurt.”
You’ll find photos and footage from throughout the night up above and down below, where you’ll likewise find the full setlist details.
Nine Inch Nails’ “Peel It Back” tour continues tomorrow (February 7th) at Jacksonville, Florida’s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and runs until the middle of April. You’ll find the rest of the date info here.
Nine Inch Nails setlist 2/5/2026:
Something I Can Never Have
Non-Entity
Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
Wish
March of the Pigs
The Frail
Reptile
Heresy
Copy of A
Gave Up
Vessel
Closer
Parasite
As Alive as You Need Me to Be
Somewhat Damaged
Less Than
The Perfect Drug
I’m Afraid of Americans (David Bowie cover)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Hurt
This article was originally published on BrooklynVegan.com and has been edited by Revolver.