The Twenty Thirteen Tour was a

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band

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to support the album ''

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''. It marked the return of the band for live performances after a four-year touring hiatus. It began on July 26, 2013, and ended on August 30, 2014.

Background

In February 2009,

Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He came to prominence as the founder, lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. T ...

stated, "I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while.", indicating the possible end of the act. Nine Inch Nails then embarked on a tour with

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, dubbed ''NIN, JA''. Afterwards, Reznor clarified that the band is done with touring for the foreseeable future but he will continue to make music under the moniker. Nine Inch Nails' final live performance was September 10, 2009 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Reznor also sold numerous performance gears, which include instruments, staging, amplifiers and

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s on

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after the last concert. Since the final show, until the release of ''

'' in 2013, Reznor released only two tracks as Nine Inch Nails: the theme song for the film, '' Tetsuo: The Bullet Man'' and a cover of " Zoo Station" by U2, for the tribute album '' AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered''.

Touring

In 2012, Reznor confirmed that he was working on new Nine Inch Nails material and might be performing live again. In February 2013, Reznor announced the return of Nine Inch Nails and revealed tour details. He also revealed that the new lineup of the band included

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, and

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, as well as returning members

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and

Ilan Rubin Ilan Rubin (born July 7, 1988) is an American musician, producer, songwriter, composer, and artist. He is known primarily for playing drums with bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, Lostprophets, Angels & Airwaves and Danny Elfman. In 2008 ...

. However, both Avery and Belew quit before the tour commenced, with former member

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returning in their place. On February 23, 2013, it was announced that the band would perform at

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and Rock 'n' Heim Festival in Hockenheim, Germany in mid-2013. On March 11, 2013, it was announced that they would also play

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. The Tension 2013 leg of the tour had support from

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and Explosions in the Sky.

Line-ups

Festival line-up (2013)

– lead vocals,

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, keyboards,

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– guitar, synthesizers, violin, backup vocals *

– bass, guitar, synthesizers, percussion,

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, backup vocals *

– keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, percussion, backup vocals *

–

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, percussion, keyboards, cello, backup vocals

Tension 2013 line-up

*Trent Reznor – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers *Robin Finck – guitar, synthesizers, violin, backup vocals *Joshua Eustis – guitar, synthesizers, percussion, saxophone, erhu, backup vocals *Alessandro Cortini – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, percussion, backup vocals *Ilan Rubin – drums, percussion, keyboards, cello, backup vocals *

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– bass,

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– backup vocals *Sharlotte Gibson – backup vocals

NIN 2014 line-up

*Trent Reznor – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers *Robin Finck – guitar, synthesizers, violin, backup vocals *Alessandro Cortini – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, backup vocals *Ilan Rubin – drums, bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards, backup vocals

Setlist

Songlist

Tour dates

References

External links

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