Nine Inch Nails “Peel It Back Tour 2025” at the Wells Fargo Center

I was fresh out of high school the first time that I witnessed Nine Inch Nails live at the Trocadero. Halo 5, AKA Broken, was just released. The video for Wish was plastered all over MTV. You could belly up to the bar at Tattoo Mom’s on South Street and be surrounded by a plethora of would-be extras cast for Trent Reznor’s Pretty Hate Machine lineup. At the time, I was an angry young man surrounded by and finding comfort in a community of other angry teenagers. Nine Inch Nails was the poster child for finding joy in the sorrow. Trent Reznor was our hero. And he didn’t need a cape. The year was 1993.

Fast forward to May 2022. My Wife and I watched the now Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Nine Inch Nails tear through a bevy of emotions as Trent Reznor illuminated The Met’s stage with sweeping sorrows and invigorating angst. The band closed the evening with a version of Hurt that left not a dry eye in the crowd of mid to the back end of forty-year-olds. And I mean everyone was crying. Some were even sobbing. When the house lights came on, we all looked at each other on the verge of asking for and offering a hug. We needed it. What a ride. What a performance. What a show.

Between 1993 and 2022, I have remained a fan of and have seen Nine Inch Nails many times. Impossible as it seems, the production and execution of the stage show kept improving. The music and the man matured. Trent and company didn’t just get older. They got better—every single time.

So imagine my elation when Nine Inch Nails announced that the Peel It Back Tour would arrive at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Tickets will be available starting on Wednesday, January 29 at noon at nin.com. This tour is the band’s first live run since 2022 and includes several dates across Europe and North America, kicking off on June 15 in Dublin, Ireland, at the 3Arena, followed by stops in Manchester, London, and Cologne. The tour will continue through Paris, Madrid, and Oeiras, with the North American leg beginning in August in Oakland, CA followed by shows in Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, and cities across the U.S. including Denver, Chicago, and Boston, before wrapping up in Los Angeles on September 18 at the Kia Forum.

If history holds, and it typically does… Bring a hand towel for the show. You’re going to need it, for both the sweat and the tears.

And if they add a second show, get tickets for that one, as well, and go to both. Thank me later.

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Allan Lane

Philadelphia born and bred, Allan Lane is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of digital magazines. He launched his first publication, SportBikes Inc Magazine in 2010, followed by dosage MAGAZINE in 2019. Recently, Allan launched his third online publication, Club For Man. As a journalist, Allan covers fashion, lifestyle, culture, art, and motorcycles.

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