A few weeks ago, Trent Reznor made headlines when he told a crowd at a Nine Inch Nails show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, “I don’t know if we’re gonna be touring anymore after this.” Now, the NIN frontman is clarifying his comments, saying that new music may lead to more touring.
NIN played the final show of their winter North American tour on Monday night in Sacramento, California. Reznor paused the show for a moment to address his previous comments, and explain that NIN may very well tour again:
“As some of you may know, this is the last show of the tour. And to be clear, I think I said something the other day that then got misconstrued into something that is not intentionally necessarily true. What I said was, this is the last show of this tour, and we don’t have any shows booked, and we don’t have any plans to book any shows any time in the future, so far. That doesn’t mean we may not tour again. We may tour again. It won’t be next month, it won’t be this year.
I never said we were intentionally stopping, and I never meant that. But, to be truthful, we didn’t tour for a while before this tour because, frankly, I didn’t know if we could do it well, and if it still mattered, and if really [felt] like we had something to say. And the combination of this band, and this crew, and a lot of hard work, and we put on a show that I’m really fucking proud of. I thank you for coming and attending. I appreciate it. It makes us all feel like we have a fucking purpose.
And, what we’re going to do is work on some new music, and make some new shit. And if we feel inspired, and if we feel we can beat this [tour], we’ll see you again. And I hope to see you again, and I hope you come see us if we do.”
As it stands, NIN do have a couple shows left in 2026, a pair of sets at the Coachella festival in April under the moniker Nine Inch Noize.
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As far as new music, Reznor backed up what he told Consequence when we named NIN our 2025 Live Act of the Year. In that December interview, Reznor said, “We are working on new stuff and we’re excited to work on it, and we are prioritizing working on Nine Inch Nails over just taking on every single thing that comes up in the other category. So, beyond that, I can’t say much, but the difference between now and a year ago is the fuse has been lit and the desire is there.”
Check out our Live Act of the Year interview with Reznor, his NIN bandmate Atticus Ross, and the tour’s creative director Todd Tourso here, and watch Trent Reznor’s aforementioned speech from the stage in Sacramento below.
