Nine Inch Nails Expand Acclaimed Peel it Back Tour with a Stop at Fiserv Forum on Feb. 23

MILWAUKEE (Oct. 1, 2025) – Nine Inch Nails expands its North American leg of its critically acclaimed Peel It Back Tour, stopping at Fiserv Forum on Feb. 23. Produced by Live Nation, the highly successful run has brought next-level production to its shows across Europe and North America. Friend and collaborator Boys Noize will join the band again on all upcoming dates. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 12 p.m. at www.fiservforum.com.

Since tipping off, the tour has drawn more than 450,000 fans across two legs and earned widespread critical acclaim. The New York Times, in an opening night review, said, “The show was a revelation — a thrilling onslaught that combined angst, sincerity and a nightmarish otherworldliness…” UPROXX hailed it as “a triumph of sound, obviously, but also sight. It could have been a movie, and Nine Inch Nails were the stars.” Consequence praised the “multi-sensory spectacle” as proof that “Nine Inch Nails have long been one of music’s most innovative bands,” while Dallas Observer described each night as “a visual masterpiece” and NME noted, “[The band] delivered a stacked setlist of huge hits and rarities.”

On Sept. 19th, Nine Inch Nails released TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Interscope Records. It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and No. 1 on the Soundtrack, Vinyl , Current Alternative and Current Electronic albums charts. The album marks the first-ever film score by the pioneering group. As a work by Nine Inch Nails, TRON: Ares is a bracing departure from the acclaimed scores that bandmates Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have composed under their own names, which have won two Oscars, three Golden Globes, a GRAMMY and an Emmy. TRON: Ares’ architecture in sound: pulsating synths, distorted textures and haunting melodies. Not one second of orchestra – instead, the album erupts with the full force of Nine Inch Nails, breaking boundaries and humming with menace, melancholy and momentum as analog soul and digital dread collide. Listen HERE. See below for track listing. Disney’s TRON: Ares releases in U.S. theaters on Oct. 10. Reznor and Ross served as Executive Producers on the film.

The New York Times hailed lead single “AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE” as “a return to the buzz-bomb synthesizers, stomping march beat, stereo ricochets and gut-wrenching vocals of the band’s heyday.” The track debuted at No. 1 on both the Official Physical Singles and the Official Vinyl Singles charts in the U.K. earlier this month. Stateside, with the single’s ascent into the top 10 of Billboard’s Alternative Airplay tally, Nine Inch Nails has the distinction of charting top 10 hits across four decades from the 1990s to the 2020s.

Earlier this year, Reznor and Ross announced Future Ruins, a one-day music festival created and curated by the duo. Celebrating the visionary composers shaping the sound of modern cinema and television, the event features live performances across three stages, including select sets with full orchestra. Held on Nov. 8, 2025, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Future Ruins invites audiences to experience the duo’s groundbreaking score work—and that of their peers—not as background, but as the main event. The music tells the story. This event also marks the first time Reznor and Ross will perform their score work live. Tickets are on sale now at www.FutureRuins.com.

Founded in 1988 by Reznor, Nine Inch Nails is widely considered one of the most innovative, influential acts in modern music. Known for fusing industrial, electronic, rock and ambient sounds into emotionally raw and sonically aggressive compositions, the band has won two GRAMMY® Awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. Nine Inch Nails’ multiplatinum studio albums include its 1989 debut, Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999), which was its first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, a feat repeated by With Teeth (2005).

In 2008, Reznor and Ross launched a prolific career in composing music for film. Their first project, David Fincher’s “The Social Network,” earned the pair an Oscar and a Golden Globe. They’ve gone on to compose music for a diverse array of film and television projects, including the “Watchmen” series for HBO, which earned the duo an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a series. Their score for the 2020 animated Pixar film “Soul” won numerous awards, including an Oscar, GRAMMY, Golden Globe and British Academy Film Award. In the same year, their score for Fincher’s “MANK” received nominations for many of the same awards. Recent projects have included Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” Fincher’s “The Killer” and a trio of projects with director Luca Guadagnino – “Bones” and “All, Challengers” and “Queer.”

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About Fiserv Forum
Fiserv Forum is a preeminent sports and entertainment arena in downtown Milwaukee that opened on Aug. 26, 2018. Designed by Populous, Eppstein Uhen Architects and HNTB, the venue offers incomparable sightlines, customer service, technology and amenities. Fiserv Forum includes 17,341 seats for basketball, 15,178 for hockey and up to 18,000 for concerts, with 34 luxury suites and three clubs. The world-class arena is home to the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette University’s men’s basketball team and was selected to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention and the 2024 Republican National Convention. Fiserv Forum hosts a diverse variety of year-round events, including major concerts, family shows and other sports and entertainment events. Fiserv Forum is the anchor of the surrounding 30-acre Deer District neighborhood, which is Milwaukee’s premier location for people to live, work and play. In 2025, Fiserv Forum was awarded LEED Platinum Certification for sustainability performance. Founding Partners for Fiserv Forum include Fiserv, BMO, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Johnson Controls, Motorola, Potawatomi Hotel and Casino and Beechwood Sales and Service / Anheuser-Busch. For more information, please visit www.fiservforum.com.

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