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In 1995, [[Nine Inch Nails]] co-headlined the ''Dissonance'' tour with [[David Bowie]]. The tour is part of the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]]. Although NIN were supposedly more popular than Bowie at the time, Reznor felt uncomfortable having his idol open for him. So NIN played after the opening band [[Prick]] and before Bowie.
After NIN played a re-worked instrumental version of "[[Eraser]]", Bowie's band gradually came onto the stage to play 5 five songs with NIN. Reznor and Bowie sang duet throughout this dual mini-set, with Reznor leaving the stage at the end for Bowie's band to perform their own set. NIN and Bowie's individual set lengths ended up being roughly equal. The joint set ended with new version of "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]", performed mostly by Bowie's band and sang by Bowie and Reznor. A live recording of this version appears on ''[[Closure]]''.
The concept was innovative for its time, and received low sales and mixed reviews. Generalizing here, the young crowd did not stay for Bowie's set despite the segue, and the old crowd did not get industrial. Nowadays, these shows are treasured by the [[bootlegs|bootleg ]] community.
==Line-Up==
==Stage Set-Up==
The stage set up design for this tour was done by ''Closure'' documentarian Jonathan Rach.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4-xRCZGDsw] The overall look was very clean and basicstripped-down, contrasted with the previous legs of the Self Destruct Touring Cycle. There was a simple drapery style cloth backdrop that could be raised and lowered, hanging clusters of PAR can lights that shone down directly on individual band members, and keyboards on futuristic -looking metal stands. There were two sets of drums, allowing Vrenna and Clouser to play at the same time, when needed. All members of NIN were dressed in dark clothing while Bowie and his band were usually dressed in light clothing. Background projections were used during the portion of the set where NIN and Bowie were performing together. Charlie Clouser also provided some additional drums during this portion.
==Typical setlist==
== Scrapped concert film ==
A professionally produced concert film of both NIN and Bowie was planned by Bowie's label, Virgin Records. However, when EMI Group (Virgin's parent company) ran into financial troubles, the project was scrapped. The film's director/editor, David Williams, claimed that the production company was probably never paid by the label and the footage was lost forever.[https://www.theninhotline.com/news/permalink/1288209177] Fortunately, Williams posted about 43 minutes of rough cut footage from the film to his Vimeo channel, featuring both NIN and Bowie. It was filmed at the [[1995/10/18_Phoenix,_AZ|Desert Sky Pavilion]].
==Dates==