Nine Inch Nails' fall tour starts Sept. 28 in St. Paul

The St. Paul gig will follow closely on the heels of the band's highly anticipated new album, "Hesitation Marks."

June 6, 2013 at 7:42PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Trent Reznor's last jump through town was for a Nine Inch Nails show at Target Center in 2008.

Lucky for Twin Cities fans, Trent Reznor has decided to make Nine Inch Nails more than just a summer festival kind of band. His '90s assault-rock vehicle will play its first date on a newly announced fall tour at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Sept. 28. The show was announced this morning along with the rest of the two-month Tension 2013 Tour, the band's first full trek in five years. Tickets will go on sale June 14 at 10 a.m. through the arena box office and Ticketmaster for $37.50, $51.50, $77.50 and $101.50. Pre-sale offers will be available via www.nin.com.

The tour will follow a summer of festival dates for NIN, including an Aug. 2 headlining performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago, plus big fest gigs in Japan and all over Europe. St. Paul's show arrives three weeks after the Sept. 3 release of the new NIN album, "Hesitation Marks," news of which the band surprised fans with last week. The first single, "Come Back Haunted," is expected to drop today and will be available via iTunes with a pre-order of the record.

NIN's last time in Minnesota was a Target Center concert in 2008. Reznor's crew also performed with a last-minute fill-in drummer at Xcel Center in 2005.

[Photo: Jerry Holt]

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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