NIN and Janes Addiction to hit the Road for 09 Tour

From Billboard.com

Nine Inch Nails will tour later this year with the reunited Jane's Addiction, NIN frontman Trent Reznor wrote in a post on the band's Web site.

Although he stopped short of saying the band was going on something more than a hiatus, Reznor confirmed these will be the last NIN shows for some time, and that they will be "much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted" compared to last year's "Lights in the Sky" tour. "It's time to make NIN disappear for a while," he said.

Dates have not yet been announced, but Reznor says the tour will take the bands "across the globe."

The pairing with Jane's Addiction was inspired by NIN's stint on the maiden Lollapalooza tour in 1991, which was headlined by Jane's. The band broke up for the first time shortly thereafter, only to reunite minus original bassist Eric Avery in 1997 and again in 2001.

"These performances essentially created and defined the term 'alternative' rock in the U.S., 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 f*cking FUN to play and attend -- truly the best times I've had," Reznor wrote.

Of late, Reznor has been in the studio with Jane's, which has played a handful of intimate L.A. club shows in the past few months with Avery, but has yet to announce a full-scale reunion tour. In fact, the band is playing tonight (Feb. 16) at the Echoplex. The intent of the studio sessions is unclear from his post.

"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," he wrote. "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."

Reps for both acts were unavailable for comment at deadline.

Also Be sure to check out NIN.com for a posting from Trent Reznor himself on what the future lies for nine inch nail touring.

NIN Release Music Sampler - FREE! + Firmed up NIN 2008 Lineup

2008 has become a busy year for the NIN Camp. In todays news Trent Reznor and company is now releasing a free mixer sampler featuring some up and coming electro acts called 'Lights in the Sky'. Theses acts will be apart of the upcoming various legs of tours with NIN.

Also courtesy of NIN.com, Trent has announced the firmed up lineup for the 2008 incarnation of NIN as they prep to go and hit the road for their Summer tour trek which includes Lollapalooza 2008. Here is what he had to say

I am proud to announce the final personnel lineup of nine inch nails for the foreseeable future. We've added, we've subtracted and we've wound up with unquestionably the strongest lineup I've EVER had. Joining me onstage will be Robin Finck, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Freese and Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
We've been working on something really special for these shows and so far I couldn't be happier with the results. We'll be revealing some live performances shortly here on nin.com - in the meantime, we've posted some photos from rehearsals up on Flickr here.

Meanwhile, I assume some of you may not be entirely familiar with the acts I've chosen to join us on various legs of this tour, so we've compiled a sampler EP for you. CLICK HERE to download this for free. If you like what you hear, be sure to show up early to the show (and please remember to support them by purchasing their music, if so inclined).

Best,
TR

Click here for the direct download for 'Lights in the Sky Music Sampler'.

Now here is an interesting video nugget featuring Trent Reznor before he joined Nine Inch Nails and was in the band 'Exotic Birds':

nine inch nails Cinco de Mayo New Free Music Download 'Echoplex'

Nine Inch Nails are at it again. Another New FREE song download is set to hit the net on May 5th with the song entitled 'Echoplex'. This will also be a song with lyrics and not instrumental. You may recall last month they released 'Discipline' for Free as well and released a nice little video which can find below. Check back May 5th on NIN.com.

And now here is 2005's The Hand that Feeds Video:

Guns n Roses News Update + 'Chinese Democracy'

The GnR 14 year in the making album 'Chinese Democracy' has been finished for about 4 months now, and we wanted to catch you up on the latest from the GnR Camp.

• Robin Finck is back with NIN and accompanying them on their upcoming tour. According to http://www.gunsnroses.com
  
  

  Robin's plans caught everyone in Guns, as well as our fans, a bit off-guard.

  Really, Del James' private e-mail that someone took upon themselves to post publicly is the best way for us to address things at this time: "Only Robin knows what Robin's doing."

  Neither we nor management, etc., know any more in this regard and we prefer not to speculate or offer opinions at this time.

  Robin's Robin. We're in negotiations for the release of "Chinese Democracy" and things are going well.

  When we begin to put tour plans together, we'll see where things are. Until then, Robin's touring with NIN and we're working with management on our game plans.

  Our thanks to those who continue to show their support.

  Guns N' Roses

• There will be NO Reality show accompanying the release of Chinese Democracy
• Album is rumored to be finally released late summer to Chirstmas of 2008

Thats the latest rumbling in the GnR camp. More to come...

Nine Inch Nails New Single = FREE Download + New Video

Nine Inch Nails new single 'Discipline' has been released and is available for a Free download at URL http://dl.nin.com/discipline/nin

Also they have a kick ass big budget video, check it out below

Nine Inch Nails Summer Trek 2008

With the physical release of their instrumental outfit 'Ghosts I-IV', NIN is headed on the road to conquer America once more. Here are the dates:

7/25 - Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Festival
7/26 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena at Seattle Center
7/28 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
7/29 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
7/31 - Winnipeg, MA @ MTS Centre
8/02 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
8/05 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
8/07 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
8/08 - Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
8/12 - Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum
8/13 - Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Arena
8/15 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
8/16 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
8/18 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
8/20 - Saint Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
8/22 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
8/23 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
8/27 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
8/29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
8/31 - Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
9/02 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
9/03 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center Of West Valley
9/05 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
9/06 - Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

Here is a word from Trent Himself in regards to Ghosts I-IV

nine inch nails’ "still" album now available for download

Still, the 2002 companion album to And All That Could Have Been, is now available for download on Amazon 's MP3 store and iTunes. The Amazon release is higher quality and DRM-free, although the iTunes release includes a PDF version of the Still CD booklet. The CD version is not available in stores, but can be purchased via the NIN merch store.

Still includes several stripped-down live in-studio recordings of Nine Inch Nails songs, as well as original material:

1. Something I Can Never Have
2. Adrift and at Peace
3. The Fragile
4. The Becoming
5. Gone, Still
6. The Day The World Went Away
7. And All That Could Have Been
8. The Persistence Of Loss
9. Leaving Hope

Here is a YouTube playlist highlighting some of the material from Still:

Trent Reznor Already Working on Next Nine Inch Nails Record

This is fantastic news from the NIN camp. After announcing his recent departure from Interscope, already emerging is the beginnings of a new NIN record.

According to Billboard.com and Blabbermouth, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails Fame is about to head back to the studio to work on the followup to "Year Zero", a process he couldn't begin until the expiration of the band's deal with Interscope due to contractual reasons. In addition, Billboard understands Reznor, in keeping with past practices, will not decide how to actually release, market and promote the next album until the music is finished.

There will be new NINE INCH NAILS product before the end of the year, however. The remix album "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D" is due November 20 via Interscope and feature remakes of "Year Zero" songs by Fennesz, the Faint, Ladytron and Saul Williams, among others.

Interscope holds the rights to release a greatest hits collection at some point in the future, but it is unknown when such a project could see the light of day. It is also unclear what the fate would be of any potential NINE INCH NAILS archival releases, particularly if the material was recorded during the band's Interscope tenure.

Read more at Billboard.com.

NIN are Now Free Agents

Trent Reznor of NIN posted this on the NIN.com Site

Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is atotally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate. Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed.