Europe + Asia 2018

Nine Inch Nails embarked on the Europe and Asia leg of the NIN 2017-2018 touring cycle between June and August, in order to support the trilogy of Not The Actual Events, Add Violence and Bad Witch.

Line-Up

• Alessandro Cortini: Keyboards, guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Robin Finck: Guitar, Keyboards, backing vocals
• Trent Reznor: Vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Atticus Ross: Keyboards, samples, programming, backing vocals
• Ilan Rubin: Drums, keyboards, backing vocals

Stage Set-Up

Photo credit: Jonathan Rach

Photo credit: Jonathan Rach

This touring cycle had a stripped down, back-to-basics approach, similar to that of the Performance 2007 and Wave Goodbye tours. Reznor stated that he had bowed out of the "arms-race" of concert technology and wanted to bring an element of danger and unpredictability. Behind the band was a scrim, and very basic lighting was used. Smoke machines were able to be used, as no elaborate visual elements would be interfered with. The looseness of production allowed for setlists for the overall cycle to be notably spontaneous. An aesthetic element was added with strands of recording tape hanging from mic stands, keyboard stands, and drum structures. This harked back to the music video for "Head Like A Hole" and certain portions of the Self Destruct Touring Cycle.

Typical Setlist

1. "Branches/Bones"
   or
   "Somewhat Damaged", then "The Day The World Went Away"
2. "Wish"
3. "Less Than"
4. "March Of The Pigs"
5. "Piggy"
6. "The Lovers"
7. "Shit Mirror"
8. "Ahead Of Ourselves"
9. "God Break Down The Door"
10. "Closer"
11. "Copy Of A"
12. "Reptile"
13. "I'm Afraid Of Americans"
14. "Gave Up"
15. "The Hand That Feeds"
16. "Head Like A Hole"
17. "Hurt

Several other songs appeared regularly throughout the tour; the above is based on setlist.fm's "average set" function.

Tour Dates

Date/Location	Venue
2018/06/22 London, UK	Meltdown Festival
2018/06/24 London, UK	Royal Albert Hall
2018/06/25 Paris, France	L'Olympia
2018/06/27 Amsterdam, Netherlands	AFAS Live
2018/06/29 St. Gallen, Switzerland	OpenAir St. Gallen
2018/06/30 Prague, Czech Republic	Aerodrome Festival
2018/07/02 Berlin, Germany	Zitadelle
2018/07/04 Roskilde, Denmark	Roskilde Festival
2018/07/06 Belfort, France	Les Eurockeennes
2018/07/08 Werchter, Belgium	Rock Werchter
2018/07/09 Montreux, Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival
2018/07/12 Lisbon, Portugal	NOS Alive
2018/07/14 Madrid, Spain	Mad Cool Festival
2018/08/11 Incheon, Korea	Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival
2018/08/14 Bangkok, Thailand	Moon Star Studio
2018/08/17 Tokyo, Japan	Sonic Mania
2018/08/19 Osaka, Japan	Summer Sonic