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A year built around rotation
Performance 2007
February 10 – September 18, 2007
Performance 2007 moved from compact European rooms into a broader Year Zero presentation. Its defining quality was change: a catalog of roughly forty available songs, returning material, expanding Year Zero repertoire, and a final visual act that developed only after the record entered the world.
- Status
- Historical
- Tour / era span
- 2007
- Shows
- 11
- Photographs
- 1,434
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Shows and Photographs
Photographs are available for shows from FEBRUARY 18, 2007 – AUGUST 26, 2007. Select a show to view them.
Chronology
Touring Phases
European spring
February 10 – April 10, 2007
Minimal club-scale production supported extensive rotation and several long-absent songs.
Australia and Japan
May 7 – May 24, 2007
Year Zero material expanded after the album's release while the physical production remained restrained.
Summer and fall
August 1 – September 18, 2007
A larger visual suite developed around Me, I'm Not, The Great Destroyer, Eraser, and Only.
People, system, repertoire
The Live Profile
Touring lineup
- Touring lineup: Trent Reznor, Aaron North, Jeordie White, Alessandro Cortini, Josh Freese
Stage and lighting
- The European phase deliberately minimized production dependency so the band could rotate deeply through the catalog.
- The final phase added a visual middle act tied to the growing Year Zero repertoire without imposing the fixed architecture of the following year.
Setlist patterns
- The spring repertoire drew from roughly forty songs and revived Last, We're in This Together, and the Still arrangement of The Fragile.
- Year Zero representation grew from only a few songs into a larger block as the year progressed.
- Setlists changed throughout the year; no single show represents the full tour.
Support acts and co-bills
- The Dandy Warhols, Alec Empire, Ladytron, Serena Maneesh, Theodor Bastard, UNKLE, White Rose Movement, and other regional acts appeared across the year.
- The exact support configuration varied by show and remains tied to individual dates.
Documented points of reference
Landmarks & Recordings
Year Zero USB releases
Landmark performance
My Violent Heart, Me, I'm Not, and In This Twilight were deliberately placed at venues, connecting the concerts directly to the album's alternate-reality campaign.
Repertoire reopening
Landmark performance
The return of long-absent material made the changing set itself the central historical feature of the year.
Official tour photography
Official source material
Rob Sheridan's published tour photographs document the year but are not classified as concert recordings.
Audience archive
Audience recordings
No dedicated official concert release has been identified for this cycle.
Related pages
Related Releases, People & Records
Sources & review notes
Sources reviewed September 12, 2026. Show listings are drawn from the concert catalog.