Confession: Last week, news editor Will Goldsmith and I had a bit of a laugh over this photo of Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. (Really, the only musician to bulk up more than Rez in the last decade is Dr. Dre; check the photos.) Now, Reznor is coming to pummel our asses.
Local music blogger (and recent Beck expert) Kaveh Ardalan tipped me off this afternoon to a few recently announced tour stops for NIN, including a November 5 gig at John Paul Jones Arena. No mention of it on the JPJ site yet, but full dates are listed here.
Trent Reznor: Rough and tough with his rock and stuff.
It’s worth your while to poke around the NIN website: In addition to cryptically leaving coordinates for tickets to recent warm-up gigs and offering a free download of the band’s latest album, The Slip, the site also offers a free sampler featuring songs from NIN and a few acts supporting the band on their current and upcoming dates (including a pretty excellent Deerhunter song that I’m listening to currently).
In light of last weekend’s pretty great Smashing Pumpkins show, this makes me optimistic about our chances for more enormous rock gigs in town. (Note: Not all local media shared my take on it.) Of course, it could also threaten to make me a hypocrite, considering I’ve given a bit of flack to venues for booking ’70s rock acts yet really enjoyed this Big in the ’90s rock wave sweeping our town. Still, I’ll give $10 to the first venue that books the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. What other arena rock acts do you want to see in town?
Recommended viewing for celebrating the NIN show? Watch the completely bizarre video for "The Perfect Drug."
