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Four acts across two stages
Peel It Back
June 12, 2025 – March 16, 2026
Peel It Back reorganized the arena as a four-act performance moving between an intimate center-floor platform and a layered main-stage cube. The architecture remained stable while songs, touring personnel, and the relationship with Boys Noize changed across Europe and two North American legs.
- Status
- Historical
- Tour / era span
- 2025–2026
- Shows
- 13
- Photographs
- 12,286
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Shows and Photographs
Photographs are available for shows from AUGUST 22, 2025 – MARCH 10, 2026. Select a show to view them.
Chronology
Touring Phases
Europe
June 12 – July 12, 2025
The original configuration paired Alessandro Cortini with Ilan Rubin.
North America fall
August 6 – September 19, 2025
Josh Freese returned on drums while the four-act arena system continued.
North America winter
February 5 – March 16, 2026
Stu Brooks replaced Alessandro Cortini for the final leg.
People, system, repertoire
The Live Profile
Touring lineup
- Continuous live core: Trent Reznor, Robin Finck
- Official member / studio partner: Atticus Ross remained central to Nine Inch Nails as an official member and studio partner rather than a regular onstage performer.
- Europe 2025: Alessandro Cortini, Ilan Rubin
- North America fall 2025: Alessandro Cortini, Josh Freese
- North America winter 2026: Stu Brooks, Josh Freese
- Featured collaborator: Boys Noize / Alex Ridha joined the third act rather than the complete NIN performance.
Stage and lighting
- Act one revealed an intimate electronic and acoustic performance on the center-floor stage after its surrounding curtain dropped.
- Act two moved to a layered main-stage cube using translucent scrims, multi-angle projection, live cameras, and Marcin Pospiech imagery.
- Act three returned to the floor for the Boys Noize collaboration, with fog, floor illumination, added electronics, and tarot-card cues.
- Act four removed the scrims for a direct full-band finish with rear lighting and side-screen live feeds.
Setlist patterns
- Act one reworked quieter electronic material such as Right Where It Belongs, Ruiner, and Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now).
- Act two delivered the first full-band attack through songs including Wish, March of the Pigs, Reptile, Heresy, Copy of A, and Gave Up.
- Act three transformed Vessel, Closer, As Alive as You Need Me to Be, and Came Back Haunted through the Nine Inch Noize collaboration.
- Act four returned to Mr. Self Destruct and later catalog anchors before Head Like a Hole and Hurt.
Support acts and co-bills
- Boys Noize supported every non-festival performance and then joined the third act.
- Festival appearances used reduced production and are treated as exceptions rather than full four-act arena presentations.
Documented points of reference
Landmarks & Recordings
The four-act arena design
Landmark performance
The center-floor and main-stage movement is the defining production landmark of the complete tour.
Sacramento · March 16, 2026
Landmark performance
The final Peel It Back performance completed the historical tour cycle.
Nine Inch Noize at Coachella
Landmark performance
The post-tour collaboration became a separate special event on April 11 and 18, 2026.
Nine Inch Noize · Halo 38
Derivative live project
The studio/live hybrid developed from material performed during the third act of Peel It Back.
Coachella 2026
Special-event performance record
The complete Nine Inch Noize presentation is preserved separately from the tour.
Related pages
Related Releases, People & Records
Sources & review notes
Sources reviewed September 12, 2026. Show listings are drawn from the concert catalog.