Yesterday afternoon, Trent Reznor posted a note to the Nine Inch Nails forum announcing a forthcoming co-headlining tour with Jane's Addiction while reflecting on the band's past, present, and future as they approach the 20th anniversary of their first official releases. In his note, he casually drops the fanbomb, revealing Nine Inch Nails' plans to "disappear for a while" the idea being that, like so many bands before who've called it quits while seemingly at their prime, they'll go out guns blazing, before they can get old and stale. Reznor does more than imply that the upcoming world tour could very well be NIN's last.
Here's his note:
This article appears in Feb 11-17, 2009.