Nine Inch Nails Announce Tour Dates, New Album

by Kevin Johnson Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

Weeks after Eric Avery announced his departure, Nine Inch Nails has announced that they’ll be touring starting this summer. Bandleader Trent Reznor has recruited longtime NIN collaborator and guitarist Robin Finck to fill out the ensemble for the trek, which consists of festivals across the world.

Things kick off July 26th at Japan’s Fuji Rocks Festival before the group heads to Europe and the United States for a total of fifteen appearances.

Reznor also shocked fans by revealing that a new album is already finished and slated to be released later this year. He made the announcement on the Nine Inch Nails website:

I’ve been less than honest about what I’ve really been up to lately. For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly [expletive] great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!