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[[Image:Lights In The Sky poster.jpg|thumb|290px|Tour poster]]
The '''Lights In The Sky Tour''' was a [[Tour|tour]] that took place between July and December 2008 in North America and South America in support of ''[[Ghosts I-IV]]'' and ''[[The Slip]]''. It was also essentially supporting ''[[Year Zero]]'' for the audiences it reached, as the [[Performance 2007]] tour had not covered those parts of the world. This was only the second NIN tour to reach South America.
==Announcements==
On March 27, 2008, after much speculation, [[Nine Inch Nails]] announced a series of North American tour dates. A statement from [[Trent Reznor]] accompanied the announcement:
<blockquote>Lots going on in the world of nine inch nails...
On November 20, 2008, a [http://vimeo.com/2294591 trailer] for the tour was posted on nin.com.
During the Las Vegas show on December 13, 2008, Reznor announced [[Alessandro Cortini]], like [[Josh Freese]], would be leaving the line-up at the end of the tour, making the show the last for both Freese and the last for Cortiniuntil 2013. Reznor also stated that 2009 would see Nine Inch Nails performing as a four-piece act, opting to not replace Cortini, suggesting the shows would not be of the same aesthetic, visually or musically, during the 2009 dates. The December 17, 2008, nin.com blog entry read:
<blockquote>"The LIGHTS IN THE SKY era has come to a close, and I'd like to once again thank you for your support. I am very proud of what we pulled off - it was an immense amount of work and worth it all.
[[Image:Seattle2008.jpg|thumb|250px|Show in Seattle on July 26, 2008.]]
[[Image:Montreal2008.jpg|thumb|250px|Show in Montreal on November 12, 2008.]]
The production for the Lights In The Sky tour was one of the most ambitious for NIN, as well as the industry in general at the time. Trent Reznor [[Rob Sheridan]] and lighting designer Roy Bennett worked with a company called Moment Factory to create unique and groundbreaking visuals that were at times interactive with Trent Reznor and other members of the band. This was achieved with a set of "stealth screens" that would be raised or lowered during the set.
Among these effects were a static-like visual used for "[[Only (song)|Only]]", during which Reznor's movements could break the effect as if the lights were a physical barrier; a feed from a camera trained on Reznor during "[[The Greater Good]]" and "[[Closer]]" that created a surreal, almost 3D image of his face across the stage as he sang; and a large scale re-creation of a drum machine touch screen for Josh Freese to use during "[[Echoplex]]".
==Setlists==
Due to the tour being very production-heavy, the setlists were reasonably static. Many songs from ''The Slip'' and ''Year Zero'' were played, with "[[God Given]]", "[[Vessel]]" and "[[Meet Your Master]]" making their live debuts. Each show also featured a mini-set comprised of a rotating selection of songs from ''Ghosts I-IV'', which always concluded with a version of "[[Piggy]]" that had been reworked to evoke the feel of the ''Ghosts'' instrumentation. Though it was not played in full, an instrumental portion of "[[Zero-Sum]]" was tagged onto the end of set closer "[[In This Twilight]]".
==Scrapped 3D Film==
*[http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/nine-lives Article from livedesignonline.com]
*[http://nin.thisoneisonus.org/node/34 ''Another Version Of The Truth: The Gift'']
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/sets/72157605441223672/ Rehearsals photos by Rob Sheridan]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/sets/72157606578907130/ North America (Summer) photos by Rob Sheridan]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/sets/72157608601929404/ South America + Mexico photos by Rob Sheridan]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/sets/72157608791075126/ North America (Fall) photos by Rob Sheridan]
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