Smoothie King Center
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“My first NIN show was in 1994 at MSG in NYC. I have now seen the 37 times and I can only hope to add to that number. Peel it back has been amazing. I took my daughter to her first NIN show in New Orleans. Everyone i meet at these shows are friendly and it's great sharing show memories.”
Dan, 48, New York, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
ALL SHOWS ATTENDED: 8/22/25 — Detroit, MI, 9/2/25 — Brooklyn, NY (Night 1), 9/3/25 — Brooklyn, NY (Night 2), 2/5/26 — New Orleans, LA, 2/14/26 — Newark, NJ
"My first NIN show! Been to many many shows but this one, was so especially special. Best concert I have ever been to so far, and it was a full circle moment. I’ve been a fan since I was in middle school, and I met my now boyfriend almost two years ago, and the first thing we bonded over was NIN and Bowie. I remember being at a party and he was playing some NIN and i said 'what do you know about NIN?' lol. So going with him was so special. I remember the first song I ever fell in love with was Reptile, and on tour I was so so stoked to hear Perfect Drug as a huge Lynch/Lost Highway fan. There were so many times when I was younger and alone in my room listening to the Downward Spiral and just sitting with my own thoughts, their music has helped me through so many rough times in my life. So getting to see them, with my partner who also loves them as much as me was so important to me and something I will always cherish, and definitely never forget."\
Mak, 22, Thibodaux, UNITED STATES
"The 2026 peel it back tour was my second time seeing NIN live. The first time was 2014. Luckily I only had to travel from Baton Rouge to New Orleans this time. I've been listening to NIN since 1998. But I fully fell in love when I heard 'we're in this together now' my friend and I would belt the chorus out while studying for tests lol. This year I got share the show experience with my husband and sister and was the best feeling ever."
LaFon, 40, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, UNITED STATES
"My first NIN show, as an LA native the trip was nothing but it was so awesome for them to come to my home state. Ive been a fan of NIN since I was 12 (21 now) and the fist song I ever heard from Nine Inch Nails was probably Pretty Hate Machine, or maybe The Day The World Went Away in Terminator, I fell in love with NIN through David Bowie and it was through listening to Pretty Hate Machine in a rough time in my lie and then later listening to the Downward Spiral during a breakup, it truly saved me in the mot honest sense of the word. My favorite live song was definitely hearing March of the Pigs, and the emotion in Something I Can Never Have. He showed that he still has that young Trent energy. This concert ment so much to me because I got to enjoy it with the love of my Life, Mak/Makenzie who I met because of our mutual love for Nine Inch Nails and absolutely will always cherish and remember this full circle, special memory."
Micah Bascle, 21, Louisiana, UNITED STATES
"This [New Orleans] was my first Nine Inch Nails show I ever attended. It's such a different experience from sitting by yourself in your car hearing the music screech and crawl into your ears as you drive down mysterious back roads in the middle of the night. You and thousands of others are there for a purpose—to be shaken by every bass thump in your chest, to shout every lyric like a church choir, to thrash and writhe under the strobe—it's almost spiritual in a sense. You walk out of the venue at nearly midnight feeling renewed with the adrenaline pumping through your veins. I was fortunate he was playing so close, so my partner and I took the train from Mississippi to New Orleans, we shared the car with another couple who were also seeing the show and bonded over it. Funny enough we were in line later that night and the people in front of us were from my tiny hometown, and the people who sat behind us in the venue visit my hometown regularly. Knowing that we're everywhere is comforting, like a family. I'm proud to be a fan of this band that fosters a community like this, thank you ♡"