Moody Center
Stories
"I was introduced to NIN in high school when PHM came out and my friend typed all of the lyrics to all of the songs on a piece of paper and gave it to me at lunch. She was like, 'OH MY GOD one of the songs says 'Rain, rain go away. Come again some other day!!' We were kooky, nerdy, artsy weird girls and this was our soundtrack. I remained a fan and met my husband by bonding over another band we both love. It was extra icing on the cake when I found out how much he loved NIN too. He wears his heart on his sleeve so the lyrics always speak to him. I'm the one who likes loud aggressive stuff so we balance each other. I have been jealous of him for years because there were 2 iconic shows on Halloween night in 1994 here in Houston. He got to go to the NIN show and I went to the Hole show. I would have preferred to have gone to NIN. According to my husband we've seen NIN like 8 times together but this tour has been like nothing I've ever seen before. It was so incredible in Sept. That I contemplated driving to the next city, the last on the tour, to see it again. When they announced they were coming to Austin this year we were like 'Done!' but unfortunately ticket sales and paydays didn't line up. But the universe knew we NEEDED to see this again and by chance we got the opportunity to get 4 tickets. We needed 4 because we needed our children to see this band that had bonded their parents together and meant so much to us. Hell, we even included song lyrics in our wedding! It brought a tear to my husband's eye to see his wife and 2 daughters screaming 'HEAD LIKE A HOLE!' at the top of our lungs! I can't stop talking about how incredible this tour was for SO MANY reasons, and I'm so glad I got to see it. 🖤"
Tasha, 53, Houston, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
ALL SHOWS ATTENDED: 9/12/25 — Houston, TX, 3/1/26 — Austin, TX
"These were my 8th and 9th NIN shows. The show in Los Angeles was as a patron and the one in Austin I was working. It was amazing to see both sides of the tour from the production and from the audience. I also had a seat next to Ron Jeremy in Las Vegas during the lights in the sky tour. It’s a crazy world we live in."
Mike, 46, Austin, Texas, UNITED STATES
ALL SHOWS ATTENDED: 9/19/25 — Los Angeles, CA (Night 2), 3/1/26 — Austin, TX
"This was my first concert ever. I was introduced to Nine Inch Nails by a friend, and it was monumental to my developing music taste. NIN was there for me when nothing else was, when nothing made sense. Seeing them live was an experience I will cherish forever. Hearing Reptile and Hurt live was so different, the lighting, the energy from the crowd, all of it was beautiful. I took home merch that day, yes, but I also took home an experience I won’t ever forget. I’m so thankful to have gone to the show, and to have witnessed Trent, Atticus, Alexander, Robin, Freese, and Brooks insane talent."
Laura, 23, Austin, United States
"This was my first NIN show in 12+ years; my sixth overall, almost 20 years since I first saw them in my hometown where BYIT was filmed.
NIN has always been special to me, but this was a really meaningful experience:
I went with my wife, who bought me tickets to the only NIN show where we had the rail.
I went with my brother, who first introduced me to NIN at 5 years old. I was with him the first time I saw NIN.
I went with my nephew, who I introduced to NIN in his childhood. He had never seen them live.
The Still album was the soundtrack to the road trip in which I first read my favorite book, so seeing the piano rendition of SICNH had me teary-eyed. I never thought I'd get to hear one of my all-time favorite NIN songs, Non-Entity -- so seeing that immediately after had me in a full cry.
This was everything to me. For a minute, just a minute, the 4 of us made it feel like home."