# Performance 2007 Tour

Two months before the release of their fifth full-length album, Year Zero, industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails began a new tour, officially called Performance 2007. The tour initially started off as a 'best-of' tour (since no songs from Year Zero were played at the first few days) but later transformed into a direct Year Zero support tour.
Prior to the beginning of the tour, Trent Reznor in an interview described it as an opportunity to play with the same line-up again, visiting some places the band did not play in before and revisiting music from all the different areas of Nine Inch Nails rather than focusing entirely on the new album.
The production on this tour was minimal so the heaviest setlist rotation in the band's history occurred, covering about 50 songs from all their albums.

## Songlist

| Album | Song | Times |
| Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | "Head Like a Hole" | 77 |
| Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | "Terrible Lie" | 33 |
| Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | "Down in It" | 20 |
| Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | "Something I Can Never Have" | 24 |
| Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | "Sin" | 29 |
| Broken (1992) | "Wish" | 79 |
| Broken (1992) | "Last" | 32 |
| Broken (1992) | "Help Me I Am in Hell" | 53 |
| Broken (1992) | "Gave Up" | 66 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Mr. Self Destruct" | 19 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Piggy" | 36 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Heresy" | 37 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "March of the Pigs" | 76 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Closer" | 68 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Ruiner" | 20 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "The Becoming" | 9 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Eraser" | 67 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Reptile" | 21 |
| The Downward Spiral (1994) | "Hurt" | 66 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "Somewhat Damaged" | 18 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "The Day the World Went Away" | 27 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "The Frail" | 27 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "The Wretched" | 21 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "We're in This Together" | 4 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "The Fragile" | 6 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "Even Deeper" | 3 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "No, You Don't" | 51 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "La Mer" | 26 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "Into the Void" | 21 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "Starfuckers, Inc." | 5 |
| The Fragile (1999) | "The Big Come Down" | 16 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "You Know What You Are?" | 16 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "The Collector" | 4 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "The Hand That Feeds" | 80 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "Love Is Not Enough" | 8 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "With Teeth" | 2 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "Only" | 63 |
| With Teeth (2005) | "The Line Begins To Blur" | 7 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "HYPERPOWER!" | 35 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "The Beginning of the End" | 53 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "Survivalism" | 69 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "The Good Soldier" | 35 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "Me, I'm Not" | 34 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "Capital G" | 9 |
| Year Zero (2007) | "The Great Destroyer" | 24 |
| Covers | "Get Down, Make Love" (Queen) | 4 |
| Covers | "Suck" (Pigface) | 49 |
| Covers | "Dead Souls" (Joy Division) | 31 |
| Songs from soundtracks movies | "Burn" (Natural Born Killers) | 63 |
| Songs from soundtracks movies | "Deep" (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) | 8 |

## Band line-up

* Trent Reznor – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, tambourine, mbira
* Aaron North – Guitar, keyboards, backup vocals
* Jeordie White – Bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, backup vocals
* Alessandro Cortini – Keyboards, programming, guitar, bass guitar, backup vocals
* Josh Freese – Drums

## Tour legs
### Europe (Spring Tour)
#### Notes

Two Year Zero songs made their debut on this leg ("Survivalism" and "The Beginning of the End"), as well as a few old, never before played live songs: "Last" from Broken, "We're in This Together" from The Fragile and a deconstructed version of "The Fragile" from Still. At a show in Madrid, Spain, ten tracks from The Downward Spiral were performed, the first seven of which were performed in their exact order on the album; three of these ("Heresy", "Ruiner", "The Becoming") returned to the setlist for the first time since the Self-Destruct tour.
During a concert in Lisbon, Portugal, a USB flash drive was found in a men's bathroom stall containing an intentionally leaked high-quality MP3 of the track "My Violent Heart", a song from the then-unreleased album, Year Zero. A second USB drive was found after a concert in Barcelona, containing the track "Me, I'm Not".
On April 18, Nine Inch Nails fans received in-game telephone-calls in which they were invited to a "resistance meeting" in Los Angeles. At the meeting, fans attended a fictional Art is Resistance meeting, and were later rewarded by an unannounced performance by Nine Inch Nails. The concert was cut short as the meeting was raided by a fictional SWAT team and the audience was rushed out of the building.

#### Support acts

* The Popo
* Ladytron

#### Dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| February 10, 2007 | Lisbon | Portugal | Coliseum |
| February 11, 2007 | Lisbon | Portugal | Coliseum |
| February 12, 2007 | Lisbon | Portugal | Coliseum |
| February 14, 2007 | Madrid | Spain | La Riviera |
| February 15, 2007 | Madrid | Spain | La Riviera |
| February 16, 2007 | Bilbao | Spain | Pabellon de la Casilla |
| February 18, 2007 | Barcelona | Spain | Razzmatazz |
| February 19, 2007 | Barcelona | Spain | Razzmatazz |
| February 21, 2007 | Paris | France | Olympia |
| February 22, 2007 | Paris | France | Olympia |
| February 23, 2007 | Lille | France | Zenith de Lille |
| February 25, 2007 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| February 26, 2007 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| February 28, 2007 | Glasgow | Scotland | Carling Academy Glasgow |
| March 1, 2007 | Glasgow | Scotland | Carling Academy Glasgow |
| March 3, 2007 | Nottingham | England | Trent FM Arena Nottingham |
| March 4, 2007 | Birmingham | England | Carling Academy Birmingham |
| March 7, 2007 | London | England | Brixton Academy |
| March 8, 2007 | London | England | Brixton Academy |
| March 10, 2007 | London | England | Brixton Academy |
| March 11, 2007 | London | England | Brixton Academy |
| March 14, 2007 | Cologne | Germany | Palladium |
| March 15, 2007 | Dortmund | Germany | Westfallenhalle2 |
| March 16, 2007 | Tilburg | Netherlands | 013 |
| March 18, 2007 | Brussels | Belgium | Ancienne Belgique |
| March 19, 2007 | Brussels | Belgium | Ancienne Belgique |
| March 21, 2007 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso |
| March 22, 2007 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso |
| March 24, 2007 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle |
| March 25, 2007 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle |
| March 26, 2007 | Stuttgart | Germany | Porsche Arena |
| March 28, 2007 | Munich | Germany | Colosseum |
| March 29, 2007 | Vienna | Austria | Gasometer |
| March 30, 2007 | Vienna | Austria | Gasometer |
| April 1, 2007 | Milan | Italy | Alcatrazz |
| April 2, 2007 | Zürich | Switzerland | Volkshaus |
| April 4, 2007 | Frankfurt | Germany | Jahrhunderthalle |
| April 6, 2007 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vega |
| April 7, 2007 | Orlo | Norway | Sentrum Scene |
| April 8, 2007 | Stockholm | Sweden | Annexet |
| April 10, 2007 | Helsinki | Finland | Old Ice Hall |

### Australia / Asia (Spring Tour)
#### Notes

This leg featured the same production as the previous European leg, but was more focused on Year Zero, as it had 5-6 Year Zero songs in each show setlist, while previously there were no more than two. "HYPERPOWER!", "The Good Soldier", "Me, I'm Not" and "Capital G" made their live debut on this leg.

#### Support act

* Serena Maneesh

#### Dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| May 7, 2007 | Brisbane | Australia | Riverstage |
| May 9, 2007 | Sydney | Australia | Luna Park (Big Top) |
| May 13, 2007 | Melbourne | Australia | Metro Nightclub |
| May 14, 2007 | Melbourne | Australia | Metro Nightclub |
| May 15, 2007 | Melbourne | Australia | Metro Nightclub |
| May 18, 2007 | Tokyo | Japan | Studio Coast |
| May 19, 2007 | Tokyo | Japan | Studio Coast |
| May 20, 2007 | Tokyo | Japan | Studio Coast |
| May 22, 2007 | Nagoya | Japan | Zepp Nagoya |
| May 23, 2007 | Osaka | Japan | Zepp Osaka |
| May 24, 2007 | Osaka | Japan | Zepp Osaka |

### Europe (Summer / Fall tour and festival dates)
#### Notes

This leg featured one more song from Year Zero ("The Great Destroyer") and more extensive production, which included a traditional major visual section in the middle of the show, this time created for "Me, I'm Not", "The Great Destroyer", "Eraser" and "Only". The former two were played by Reznor, North and Cortini as a 3-piece, using a combination of live guitars and pre-programmed samples triggered onstage with computers and manipulated in real time using Ableton software.

#### Support acts

* Intacto
* Theodor Bastard
* Noisecut
* The Dandy Warhols
* Ladytron
* Alec Empire

#### Dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| August 1, 2007 | Moscow | Russia | Luzhniki Arena |
| August 3, 2007 | St. Petersburg | Russia | Jubileyny Arena |
| August 5, 2007 | Helsinki | Finland | Ankkarock Festival |
| August 7, 2007 | Stockholm | Sweden | Hovet |
| August 8, 2007 | Oslo | Norway | Øya Festival |
| August 11, 2007 | Budapest | Hungary | Sziget Festival |
| August 12, 2007 | Bratislava | Slovakia | Incheba Hall |
| August 13, 2007 | Prague | Czech Republic | Slavia Zimni Sdion |
| August 15, 2007 | Avenches | Switzerland | Rock Oz’Arènes Festival |
| August 16, 2007 | Salzburg | Austria | FM4 Frequency Festival |
| August 18, 2007 | Hasselt | Belgium | Pukkelpop |
| August 19, 2007 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | Lowlands Festival |
| August 21, 2007 | Edinburgh | Scotland | T on the Fringe (Meadowbank Sports Centre) |
| August 22, 2007 | Dublin | Ireland | Marlay Park |
| August 24, 2007 | Leeds | England | Leeds Festival |
| August 26, 2007 | Reading | England | Reading Festival |
| August 28, 2007 | Birmingham | England | Birmingham Academy |
| August 30, 2007 | Wolverhampton | England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall |
| September 1, 2007 | Konstanz | Germany | Rock AM See Festival |
| September 2, 2007 | Bologna | Italy | Independent Day Festival |
| September 3, 2007 | Munich | Germany | Circus Krone |

### Asia / Australia / North America
#### Notes

This particular leg included the band's first ever performance in China.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported that the September 18 show in Honolulu would be the last performance of the current incarnation of the Nine Inch Nails live band. Reznor told the newspaper "at this point, I want to switch things around a bit. Nine Inch Nails as a rock band configuration, we've done it and we've done it again. I see other ways I can present the material in concert, more challenging, something new. I don't want it to go stale". In the same article, Reznor also admitted that "the idea of five guys playing loud music [for] two hours... has got to change once finances come into play, especially performing in markets outside of the mainland U.S. I want to whittle things down".

#### Support acts

* Unkle
* The Lovesong
* White Rose Movement

#### Dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| September 5, 2007 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center |
| September 9, 2007 | Beijing | China | Beijing Pop Festival |
| September 11, 2007 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Hall |
| September 13, 2007 | Hong Kong | China | Asia World Expo (Hall 10) |
| September 15, 2007 | Sydney | Australia | Luna Park (Big Top) |
| September 16, 2007 | Sydney | Australia | Hordern Pavilion |
| September 18, 2007 | Honolulu, Hawaii | United States | Blaisdell Arena |