Trent Reznor Hints at the End of the Road for Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails are active, and on the road. But the end might be closer than we realize. NIN spearhead Trent Reznor gave fans an unexpected warning when the industrial rock heavyweights visited Tulsa, OK last Friday night, Feb. 27. “I don’t know if we’re going to be touring anymore after this,” he remarked in a video filmed from the BOK Center crowd , “but I’m proud of the show that we’re doing right now.

And I’m f—ing grateful that you’ve chosen to spend your evening with us tonight. Thank you very much.” NIN ensured the 1980s were buried under a ton of metal with Pretty Hate Machine. Although it only peaked at No. 75 on the Billboard 200, the album marked ground zero in a new movement of heavy-edged music, with the synth in its stable.

It’s one of 18 NIN appearances on the all-genres albums chart, a tally that includes two leaders: 1999’s The Fragile (one week at No. 1) and 2015’s With Teeth (one week). Reznor and Co. are currently on the second leg of the Peel It Back tour, which is scheduled to wrap up March 16 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA.

The first leg got underway June 15, 2025, in Dublin, and ended with two shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles last September.