nin.com updates

Eric De La Cruz

2009-07-06T02:25:00.001-07:00

Sadly, Eric De La Cruz has passed away.

CLICK HERE for to read a letter from his sister Veronica.

Thank you all for your help and compassion with this.

Trent

Goodbye Pablo Castelaz

2009-06-28T07:34:00.000-07:00

My manager, dear friend, and colleague Jeff Castelaz (the co-founder of Dangerbird Records), along with his wonderful wife Jo Ann, are going through something which no parents should ever have to go through:

The untimely passing of their beautiful six year-old son, Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz.

Pablo passed away yesterday, after a very courageous battle with cancer over the past thirteen months. Pablo left this life peacefully, at home, in the loving arms of his parents and his brother Grady.

Over the past very difficult year, The Castelaz family has shown truly stunning strength, compassion, love, and sacrifice. I bow to them with unending respect and admiration. You can read more about Pablo, and their journey, here:

Pablog

And here's another, very profound reason to admire this family:

The Pablove Foundation

The Pablove Foundation, started by Jeff and Jo Ann shortly after Pablo's diagnosis, is a not-for-profit, independent operation that specifically supports the pediatric cancer community in and around the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Have a read through the website linked above, and please donate if you can. Once there, you'll also notice an option to purchase the "Give Listen Help Volume 5" compilation, which Dangerbird put together. It features contributions from Radiohead, Garbage, Silversun Pickups, Of Montreal, Oasis, Bat for Lashes, Sea Wolf, Eric Avery, Ladytron, and many more. All proceeds go to The Pablove Foundation.

Thank you very much for reading.

With love,
Justin

Post NIN/JA / SSSC Debut out

2009-06-17T05:06:00.000-07:00

Thanks for making the NIN/JA tour an overwhelming success. It was fun playing those shows and if you attended I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Tour-mates and friends Street Sweeper Social Club have just released their debut record. These guys were (ARE) great live and the record does not disappoint - pick up your copy here: http://tinyurl.com/ssscmp3

Help NIN, Tony Hawk, & Jane's Addiction support a great cause

2009-06-02T13:36:00.001-07:00

We have become involved with raising money to help save the life of Eric de la Cruz, a young man who's in dire need of a heart transplant but has been consistently rejected by our country's broken, uncaring health care system. Thanks to an overwhelming outpouring of support from the NIN fanbase, we have raised an utterly incredible sum of over $850,000 in just two weeks' time to help fund Eric's transplant operation, and hopefully shine some light on a health care crisis that's affecting millions of other people in similar situations every day.

We're continuing our efforts to raise money for this important cause, and our friends Tony Hawk and Jane's Addiction are now also getting involved. Here are the donation packages we're currently offering:

- Signed, limited edition complete Tony Hawk skateboards with signed, limited edition Nine Inch Nails albums (Ghosts, Still, and The Slip). Click here for info.

- A rare opportunity to hang out with Jane's Addiction while they jam in their dressing room backstage at one of the upcoming NIN/JA shows. Click here for info.

Thanks for your continuing support and for showing the power of a strong, compassionate community.

Trent

HELP OUT and HANG OUT

2009-05-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

For those of you interested in meeting us / hanging out backstage at any upcoming NIN/JA dates AND helping someone in dire need, please CLICK HERE for more information.

UPDATED INFO ON WHAT TO EXPECT FOR DONATIONS - CLICK HERE

UPDATED INFO ON THE TONY HAWK / NIN PACKAGE - CLICK HERE

NIN iPhone app updated with bug fixes, enhancements

2009-05-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

The long-awaited 1.0.3 update for the NIN: Access iPhone app is now available in the iTunes app store. This free update fixes a number of critical bugs, including the crashing bug that plagued many international users. We encourage all Access users to download this update, particularly those who have found the app to be unstable.

In addition to the bug fixes, we've made some minor tweaks to "Nearby" and added support for legacy usernames.

DOWNLOAD NIN: ACCESS V1.0.3

For those who have been awaiting this update in order to use the app, we apologize for the extended delay. Anyone still experiencing bugs after installing this update, please report them here.

The NIN/JA tour begins tomorrow - we'll be providing a link to take you to the venue on the Access map interface where you can watch activity from the show as it happens.

Trent Awarded Webby "Artist of the Year" Award

2009-05-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

Trent has won the Webby Award for Artist of the Year. The award recognizes the free release of The Slip and NIN's increasing level of online connectedness with fans.

Update: Nine Inch Nails has also been awarded Creative Review's Annual "Best In Book" for their interactive stage design on 2008's Lights In The Sky tour.

photo / recording policy for NIN/JA tour

2009-04-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

We've been able to pull off a "relaxed" policy regarding cameras and audio recorders for our upcoming North American NIN/JA tour. For details, CLICK HERE.

We cannot do this for any festival we are playing anywhere, so please don't bombard me asking about this.

For information regarding NIN/JA set times, CLICK HERE.

Thanks,
TR

NIN iPhone app AVAILABLE NOW

2009-04-14T19:10:00.001-07:00

Nine Inch Nails' new iPhone app is AVAILABLE NOW. It's free and you should get it now. Its official title is "NIN: Access."
For more information about what this application does, CLICK HERE.

To watch the action (no iPhone needed), GO HERE. You'll be prompted to install the Google Earth plugin if you don't have it (it's quick, free, and worth it).
Have fun and we're looking forward to seeing what happens...

Thanks as always for your support.
Trent and Rob

If you're experiencing bugs or issues with the app, please report them here. Post general feedback and suggestions about the app here. We'll be issuing an update to the app in about a week which addresses all major bugs that present themselves.

New NIN/JA tour site

2009-03-20T07:49:00.000-07:00

Check out the NIN/JA tour site, now live. Here you'll find various tour info, media from each band, streaming music, a downloadable tour sampler AND new multi-tracks for you to create your own remixes. We will probably be giving some physical things as well as "opportunities" away as the tour approaches (we're making this up as we go) so check back from time to time.
See you out there!

TR

DIGG it!

FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

2009-03-05T17:01:00.000-08:00

Our tour this summer with Jane's Addiction just got that much cooler. I'm happy to announce the addition of Street Sweeper - the new project featuring Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine / The Nightwatchman) and Boots Riley (The Coup). Have an exclusive first listen RIGHT HERE.

We are aiming to make this much more than just three acts sharing a bill...
Tour dates RIGHT HERE.

On sale info coming soon.

some official NIN/JA tour dates

2009-03-03T21:47:00.000-08:00

Here's what we can tell you so far:

Fri-May-08 West Palm Beach, FL [Cruzan Amphitheatre]
Sat-May-09 Tampa, FL [Ford Amphitheatre]
Sun-May-10 Atlanta, GA [Lakewood Amphitheatre]
Thu-May-14 Albuquerque, NM [Journal Pavilion]
Fri-May-15 Phoenix, AZ [Cricket Wireless Pavilion]
Sat-May-16 Chula Vista, CA [Cricket Wireless Amphitheater]
Mon-May-18 Las Vegas, NV [The Pearl]
Wed-May-20 Irvine, CA [Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine Meadows]
Fri-May-22 Mountain View, CA [Shoreline Amphitheatre]
Tue-May-26 Englewood, CO [Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre]
Wed-May-27 Kansas City, MO [Starlight Theatre]
*** Fri-May-29 Chicago, IL [Charter One Pavilion] NINE INCH NAILS Only
Sat-May-30 Noblesville, IN [Verizon Wireless Music Center]
Sun-May-31 Clarkston, MI [DTE Energy Music Theatre]
Tue-Jun-02 Toronto, ON [Molson Amphitheatre]
Wed-Jun-03 Darien Lake, NY [Darien Lake Amphitheatre]
Fri-Jun-05 Camden, NJ [Tweeter Center At The Waterfront]
Sat-Jun-06 Holmdel, NJ [PNC Bank Arts Center]
Sun-Jun-07 Wantagh, NY [Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater]
Tue-Jun-09 Columbia, MD [Merriweather Post Pavilion]
Wed-Jun-10 Burgettstown, PA [Post-Gazette Pavilion]
Fri-Jun-12 Charlotte, NC [Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre]

42 Entertainment

2009-02-24T16:20:00.000-08:00

When we were looking for the right way to unleash Year Zero into the world, we turned to 42 Entertainment. These guys are the very best at what they do, a real pleasure to collaborate with, and have become good friends. If you'd like to check something else out they've recently done for The Dark Knight, CLICK HERE.

If you'd like to help them get the recognition they deserve, please take a second and vote for them in this year's People's Choice Award.

The People's Choice Award: http://sxsw.com/peoples-choice

Much appreciated!
Trent

Upcoming NIN/JA tour

2009-02-23T16:28:00.000-08:00

Tour dates for our upcoming tour with Jane's Addiction will be posted soon. Meanwhile, check this out:

Live Review: Jane's Addiction

More videos here.

A note from Trent and a wave goodbye

2009-02-16T14:57:00.000-08:00

Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane's Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term "alternative" rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend - truly the best times I've had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the "next level" (whatever that means), but caused Jane's to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.

Fast forward to the present. Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original Jane's lineup play a tiny show in LA that was unbelievable. I break out my Jane's records and am amazed by how vital they sound. These guys were the real deal and in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs and pussies it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE.
Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we're in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they're in the same room.

In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year's "Lights in the Sky" tour was something I'm quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year - much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane's to see if they'd want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Are there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope.
Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does.
Look for tour dates soon and I hope to see you out there.

Trent

Lights In The Sky Tour Video Projects

2009-01-14T16:48:00.000-08:00

The wealth of live tour footage that recently surfaced was released with the hope that fans will come together to edit a wide variety of video content, from music videos to full DVDs. Several different projects to this effect are already underway, and we've created a new forum to help everyone keep organized.

In the new forum you can find downloads of materials, seek out others who may have footage of their own, and join groups of fans who are working on various editing projects. And if you just want to view the results, keep an eye on the nin.com video galleries - particularly Victoria, Portland, Sacramento, and the fan video gallery.

And watch nin.com, as we'll be highlighting some of the best video creations we come across as we find them.

your gift!

2009-01-07T12:56:00.000-08:00

The internet is full of surprises these days.
I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, unedited HD footage from three separate complete shows of our Lights in the Sky tour. Security must have been lacking at these shows because the quality of the footage is excellent.

If any of you could find a LINK to that footage I'll bet some enterprising fans could assemble something pretty cool.

Oh yeah, you didn't hear this from me.

Digg this!

I didn't forget

2009-01-05T16:18:00.001-08:00

Remember that gift I mentioned?
It's almost here.

2008: completed.

2008-12-17T11:51:00.000-08:00

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.
I'd like to thank Josh and Alessandro for being an integral part of this for the last few years and I wish them all the best.

No rest for the wicked here, though. We start rehearsing the new band/format first thing next year and as I mentioned, we'll be announcing some final waves of dates. North America, UK/Europe, Pacific Rim and elsewhere.

Oh yeah - we may have a small holiday gift for you soon. Check back.

Regarding NIN music used at Guantanamo Bay for torture

2008-12-11T11:36:00.001-08:00

It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music you've put your heart and soul into creating has been used for purposes of torture.
If there are any legal options that can be realistically taken they will be aggressively pursued, with any potential monetary gains donated to human rights charities.
Thank GOD this country has appeared to side with reason and we can put the Bush administration's reign of power, greed, lawlessness and madness behind us.

Trent Reznor

curtain call

2008-12-03T16:28:00.000-08:00

File this one under lost opportunities.

I'm very proud of the show we've put together for this tour and have been working hard the last few months to find a way to capture it. I had an amazing situation lined up that would have allowed me to film the show in 3D with James Cameron's team for a theatrical release as well as DVD / BluRay, etc. We had an extra date added to the tour that we were going to give away all the tickets for and have a filming party / thank you show.

I made two critical mistakes. One was to approach a certain record company that owns some of the song rights about producing / funding. The second was to allow said company to fuck around as usual for months before saying um... no. We then achieved the impossible by finding alternate production / funding but the timetable is too rushed to get it filmed comfortably with the remaining time left on the tour. This tour and a lot of the personnel involved finish at the end of this leg, so we can't push filming into Jan / Feb.

Deep breath...
This was an amazing tour and production - certainly the best thing I've ever been involved with and likely the final tour for NIN on this scale. Thank you to those who came out to see it and forgive me for having a Kanye West moment, but this was FOR SURE the best show of the year and any bullshit end-of-the-year poll you may read in the next few weeks that says otherwise simply has it wrong. Those of you who saw it know I'm right.

The shows we have announced in 2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely different approach with some different personnel and will likely be the last for the foreseeable future.

** UPDATE MONDAY Dec 8**
Camera / camcorder policy is back to normal. The next and last "bring your camera / camcorder" show will be Sacramento, Dec 12.

NEW SHIT ON NIN.COM

2008-11-25T21:06:00.002-08:00

Forget Twilight or Chinese Geography or 808s and Constipates or whatever else you may be wasting your time on... we've added some kick-ass new features to nin.com that may or may not work properly, so head on in and get busy!
Rob will now explain what we've done:

Nin.com's new image and video galleries aggregate media from Flickr and YouTube, allowing nin.com users to share their NIN photos, videos, artwork, and other content, which can then be organized, rated, and discussed by other fans. Your nin.com profile can now display your image and video contributions, as well.

You can browse individual galleries from every show of the 2008 tour, and soon we'll be adding past tours as well. The goal is to have the ultimate database of NIN images and videos right here on nin.com, created and organized by the fan community.

The galleries are still in beta, but we wanted to give everyone the opportunity to start using them while we continue to enhance functionality, work out bugs, and add new features. Expect support for favorites, descriptions, comment ratings, view counts, personal galleries, feeds, and more in the coming weeks. Please read the FAQ for gallery rules and guidelines, as well as instructions for adding your media to the site.

Welcome, Ilan!

2008-11-15T18:09:00.001-08:00

With great pride and excitement I announce the addition of Ilan Rubin to the lineup beginning next year. I had the chance to see Ilan playing his ass off at Reading and Leeds a couple summers ago and he blew me away. We recently invited him out to rehearse with us and he blew US away - the perfect guy to pick up the sticks after Josh leaves us at the end of the year.

Stay tuned for some 2009 tour announcements soon.

** UPDATE **
The New Regime is Ilan's one man band project. The debut record COUP is out now.
check it out

Taptap Revenge: NIN Edition available now

2008-10-30T12:16:00.001-07:00

Tapulous has released the NIN edition of their popular iPhone/iPod Touch rhythm game, TapTap Revenge. The game includes 13 NIN tracks from The Slip and Ghosts I-IV, multi-player mode, and NIN-themed graphics. To get the game on your iPhone or iPod Touch, click here to visit the iTunes store.

Additionally, Tapulous is giving away floor tickets for every NIN show between 11/8 and 12/12 - and one winner will get a Les Paul guitar signed by Trent. To enter, just submit a score of over 150,000 points on any track in the game. Each submission counts as one contest entry, so you can submit as many times as you like. For full contest rules, click here.

New NIN.COM features soon

2008-10-29T10:00:00.003-07:00

Thrilling new features are about to be added to NIN.COM in the very near future! Be sure to keep an eye on it.
Meanwhile, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!