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[[Image:Wavegoodbye.jpg|thumb|200px|Tour logo from [[nin.com]]]][[Image:Wavegoodbye2.jpg|thumb|200px|Logo from bottom of tour page]]During the The '''Wave Goodbye Tour''' took place between February and September 2009 in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia as a series of farewell shows, though NIN would be revived for touring again in 2013. Opening acts for this [[Tour|tour]] were [[2008/12/13 Las VegasRelated bands and artists#Alec Empire|Alec Empire]], NV[[Related bands and artists#HEALTH|Las Vegas, NevadaHEALTH]] show on December 13, 2008, [[Trent ReznorThe Horrors]] announced , io echo, [[Alessandro CortiniRelated bands and artists#Jaguar Love|Jaguar Love]], like [[Josh FreeseMew]], would be leaving the line-up at the end of the tourThe Naked And Famous, making the show the last for both Freese [[Related bands and Cortini. It was also announced that after the Australian leg of 2009 dates there would be a selection of US Amphitheater dates artists#Queen Kwong|Queen Kwong]] and some European shows later in the year in the same format as Australia, following festivals[[Street Sweeper Social Club]].
==Announcements==During the [[2008/12/13 Las Vegas, NV|Las Vegas, Nevada]] show on December 13, 2008, [[Trent 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 Freese and the last for Cortini until 2013. It was also announced that after the Australian leg of 2009 dates there would be a selection of US Amphitheater dates and some European shows later in the year in the same format as Australia, following festivals. 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. This was confirmed a matter of days later via an entry on the nin.com homepage, confirming that the [[Lights in the In The Sky tour Tour]] ended with the departure of Josh and Alessandro, possibly indicating an entire new theme and motif for 09 tour, much like the changeover from 2006's [[Live: With Teeth]] to [[Performance 2007]]:
<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.
On February 16, 2009, Reznor announced that the 2009 tour would be NIN's last "for a while." On April 30, 2009, the tour had been renamed from "NIN 2009" to "Wave Goodbye." On May 5, 2009, Reznor disclosed in an interview that this would be the last NIN tour for at least several years.
==Backstage Passes==
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A series of backstage passes, with a meal with the band, were announced to coincide with a charity case for [http://weloveeric.com/ Eric De La Cruz], where NIN fans could pledge $1200/$1000 for the cause, with the larger amount for those who did not already have a ticket. This would give them a meal with the band, watch the soundcheck and talk to the band. There was also a $300 option, for a meet and greet prior to the show, or a general $10+ donation, simply to support the man. After the North America tickets sold out due to high demand, Reznor announced that signed copies of ''[[Still]]'', ''[[Ghosts I-IV|Ghosts I-IV DE]]'', ''[[The Slip]] '' (each with the message "X of 100 for EDLC. Thank you, Trent Reznor") and signed skateboards by [[wp:Tony Hawk|Tony Hawk]] would be sold for $1000, in a limited quantity of 100 sets.[http://store.nin.com/helperic/]
On 2nd June 2009, Trent posted that over $850,000 had been raised, and that Jane's Addiction had come on board for the donation process, and were offering their own package of $1,000 per head for up to ten people to go backstage and see them rehearse in their dressing room[https://store.nin.com/donateja/].
<blockquote>"This is for something important. Eric De La Cruz is dying and needs a heart transplant. He keeps getting turned down for a transplant list because he’s on Nevada Medicaid, and there are no transplant centers in Nevada. We want to get involved and hopefully so do you, so we’re extending a hand. His sister Veronica (former Anchor and Internet Correspondent for CNN) has started a campaign to save his life.
Eric’s situation shines a bright light on a broken health care system, and his particular set of problems are being addressed on the political front, aiming for reform in addition to the need for immediate financial help to keep him alive TODAY. I think we can help with the latter.
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<blockquote>"Thank you so much for you help with this cause. Due to your generosity, we've raised OVER $800,000 FOR ERIC IN JUST SIX DAYS!
This response has been overwhelming - so much so we sadly have to stop accepting any more VIP package donations for the North American NIN/JA shows. We simply can't accommodate any more people! We are still accepting multiples of $10 donations and all VIP packages for the headlining shows in the rest of the world. Starting hopefully tomorrow, we'll be offering a limited package of 1,000 collectable / signed complete skateboards generously donated from my friend Tony Hawk. For a donation of $1,000, you will receive one of these and a signed-by-me copy of NIN's rarest CD release, STILL.
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| [[2009/02/21 Brisbane, QLDAustralia]]
| RNA Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
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| [[2009/02/22 Sydney, NSWAustralia]]
| Eastern Creek Raceway (Soundwave Festival)
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| [[2009/02/24 Sydney, NSWAustralia]]
| Hordern Pavillion
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| [[2009/02/25 Melbourne, VICAustralia]]
| Festival Hall
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| [[2009/02/27 Melbourne, VICAustralia]]
| Melbourne Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
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| [[2009/02/28 Adelaide, SAAustralia]]
| Bonython Park (Soundwave Festival)
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| [[2009/03/02 Perth, WAAustralia]]
| Steel Blue Oval (Soundwave Festival)
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===Setlists===
[[Image:18.05.09.jpg|thumb|250px|Show in Las Vegas on May 18, 2009.]]
Due in part to the stripped-down production, the NIN/JA 2009 tour featured the widest array of Nine Inch Nails songs played on any tour, with only "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]", "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]", and "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]] " being performed at every show. The first show featured the debut of the songs "[[Metal]]", "[[I'm Afraid of Americans]]", and "[[Gone, Still]]", while the second night had the debut of "[[Lights In The Sky (song)|Lights In The Sky]]", as well as the return of the intro "[[Now I'm Nothing]]", which hadn't been performed since 1991 when Nine Inch Nails was featured on the first [[Lollapalooza Tour]]. The third show featured the debut of [[Saul Williams]]' "[[Banged And Blown Through]]," with Saul making a special appearance to duet the song with the band.
Songs that were reintroduced back into the set following years of absence included "[[Right Where It Belongs]]," "[[Not So Pretty Now]]," "[[I Do Not Want This]]," "[[Home]]," "[[The Way Out Is Through]]," and "[[Piggy#Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)|Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]."
===Setlists===
This leg of the tour featured shorter sets at the various festivals that were played, but generally featured most of the songs that were performed on the NIN/JA 2009 tour, with a few notable exceptions, such as how at the show on July 15 in London, England, [[Gary Numan]] joined the band onstage and they performed covers of "[[Metal]]" and "[[Cars]]," with Numan on vocals, as well as an intentional "quieter set", that was played at the Sonisphere Festival on August 2nd, which also featured the only non-US performance of ''"Lights In The Sky''". The song "[[The Collector]]" was performed twice, on July 25th and on July 30th.
===Tour Dates===
This leg of the tour saw the reintroduction of "[[Closer]]" back into the set, despite Trent Reznor previously saying in a fan interview that the song was not going to be performed in 2009. This was the typical setlist on this leg:
#"[[Somewhat Damaged]]"#"[[Terrible Lie]]"#"[[Heresy]]"#"[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]"#"[[Piggy]]"#"Closer"#"[[Reptile]]"#"[[The Becoming]]"#"[[I'm Afraid of Americans]]"#"[[Burn (song)|Burn]]"#"[[Gave Up]]"#"[[La Mer]]"#"[[The Fragile (song)|The Fragile]]"#"[[The Frail]]"#"[[The Wretched]]"#"[[Non-Entity]]"#"[[Gone, Still]]"#"[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]"#"[[The Big Come Down]]"#"[[Wish (song)|Wish]]"#"[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]"#"[[Echoplex]]"#"[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]"#"[[Dead Souls]]"#"[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]"#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]"#"[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]"
===Tour Dates===
==External Links==
*[http://portraitofdecay.net/www.ninja2009.com/ NIN/JA 2009 Official site(archived at Portrait of Decay)]*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nineinchnails/sets/72157618913100680/ Wave Goodbye photos by Rob Sheridan]
[[Category:Tours]]