Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor puts off the farewell: “We have no intention of stopping”

After stoking doubts about a possible halt to their live activity, Trent Reznor has returned to clarify the position of Nine Inch Nails. The clarification came from the stage in Sacramento, during the final date of the “Peel It Back World Tour,” where the American musician scaled back the interpretations that had circulated in the preceding days. Reznor explained that his statements had been misread: it wasn't an announcement of retirement from touring, but an observation tied to the end of the current cycle. “This is the last show of this tour, we don't have any other shows booked, and for now we're not planning any new dates,” he clarified. A pause, then, rather than a definitive shutdown.

The central point of his remarks concerns precisely the future outlook: the possibility of returning to touring remains open, but without any immediate timeline. “That doesn't mean we won't come back,” he added, while ruling out a short-term return, whether in the coming months or within the year. Reznor finally reiterated that he had never announced a stop to the band, clarifying that it was not his intention to suggest an end to their live activity.

The “Peel It Back World Tour,” which kicked off in 2025 and also passed through Italy, thus closes out as a completed chapter. The next live date is already set: in April, Nine Inch Nails will take the stage at Coachella 2026 alongside Boys Noize, with their shared project “Nine Inch Noize.”

Alongside their live activity, the band has surprise-released “Tron Ares: Divergence”, a 44-track project of remixes and unreleased material that expands the soundtrack to “Tron: Ares”, released in September 2025.

Despite having scored countless films over the years — with a track record that includes two Oscars, three Golden Globes, a Grammy and an Emmy — this marks the first soundtrack officially credited to Nine Inch Nails within the Tron universe, for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

On the occasion of the soundtrack's release, director Joachim Rønning had highlighted the central role of the music in the project: “Music is a fundamental part of the Tron saga. I knew they'd be composing the score, so I listened to them during filming to get into the rhythm. They're so precise in analyzing every scene. It was important to Trent and Atticus that the music come from the front speakers, as if you were listening to it at a concert”.

“Tron Ares: Divergence” expands that sonic framework with tracks left out of the original release and with a series of reinterpretations from producers and musicians such as Arca, Mark Pritchard, Boys Noize, Lanark Artefax, Chilly Gonzales, Danny L Harle, Jack Dangers, Pixel Grip, Working Men's Club, The Dare and Schwefelgelb.

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