*NIN only
-Sean Highkin

*NIN only
-Sean Highkin

*NIN only
-Sean Highkin

A poster on the official website of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival by the name of johnnyj posted what may well be the first dates of this summer’s Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction co-headlining tour. These dates have not been confirmed by either band but seem to check out with both bands’ touring schedules. If these dates are real, the tour would kick off when both bands headline George, Wash.’s Sasquatch Music Festival on May 24th, and run through a July 4th stop in Irvine, Ca. Full dates after the jump.

Rumored Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction Tour Dates:

May 24th – Sasquatch Festival, George, WA
May 25th – Amphitheater at Clark County, Ridgefield, WA
May 28th – Cricket Wireless Pavillion, Phoenix, AZ
May 29th – Journal Pavillion, Albuquerque, NM
May 31st – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
June 2nd – Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX
June 3rd – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion, Houston, TX
June 5th – Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
June 7th – Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
June 8th – Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
June 10th – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
June 11th – Nissan Pavillion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, VA
June 13th – Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN (NIN only)
June 15th – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, St. Louis, MO
June 17th – Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
June 18th – Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
June 20th – DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
June 21st – Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 23rd – Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, ON
June 24th – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
June 26th – Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantaugh, NY
June 27th – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
July 1st – Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View, CA
July 3rd- Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
July 4th – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA

-Sean Highkin

When a photo surfaced last week of Nine Inch Nails auteur Trent Reznor and Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro in the studio, speculation began that Reznor would either be producing a new album by the recently reunited Jane’s or touring with Perry Farrell and Co. Reznor confirmed today in a blog post that a co-headlining world tour is in the works, although dates have not yet been set. His full statement can be read below the fold.

Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term “alternative” rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend – truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the “next level” (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.

Fast forward to the present. Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original Jane’s lineup play a tiny show in LA that was unbelievable. I break out my Jane’s records and am amazed by how vital they sound. These guys were the real deal and in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs and pussies it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE.
Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we’re in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they’re in the same room.

In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year’s “Lights in the Sky” tour was something I’m quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year – much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane’s to see if they’d want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Is there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope.
Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does.
Look for tour dates soon and I hope to see you out there.

Trent

-Sean Highkin

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has uploaded onto his blog a photo of himself in the studio with Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. This update comes on the heels of clues on Reznor’s Twitter page that he is in the studio for a project unrelated to NIN. The nature of this project is currently unknown, but this photo with Navarro is fueling speculation that he is producing new music for the recently reunited Jane’s, or that the two alternative-rock giants are planning some shows together. Reznor is strongly rumored to be plotting a summer tour, and has been confirmed to play Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo festival in June.

-Sean Highkin