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Nine Inch Nails shake up setlist as ‘Peel It Back’ UK tour rolls into Manchester

By Liberty Dunworth Jun 18, 2025 | 9:58 AM

Nine Inch Nails mixed up the setlist when they brought their ‘Peel It Back’ tour to Manchester last night (June 17). Check out footage below.

The show took place at the Co-op Live arena, following on from an opening night in Dublin over the weekend. The gigs mark their first tour dates since 2022 and have been seeing frontman Trent Reznor and co. break out rarities across two stages.

Unlike the opening night at 3Arena, which opened with back-to-back renditions of ‘Right Where It Belongs’, ‘Ruiner’, and ‘Piggy’, the show in Manchester commenced with rare performances of ‘A Minute To Breathe’, ‘That’s What I Get’ and ‘The Fragile’.

The former is a cover of the 2016 track made by Reznor and bandmate Atticus Ross outside of NIN, and the performance marked the first time it had been played live at the band’s shows.

The performance of ‘That’s What I Get’ marked the first time the song was played live since 1991 and saw the band put a 2025 spin on it. The same was done for ‘The Fragile’, which hadn’t been included in the setlist since 2009.

The opening three tracks were performed at the smaller B-stage, located in the middle of the audience, while the second act took place on the main stage. Here, NIN played ‘Eraser’, ‘Wish’, ‘March Of The Pigs’, ‘Copy A’ and ‘Gave Up’, before heading back to the B-stage and joined by opening act and longtime collaborator, Boys Noize.

As seen in Dublin, the DJ and producer joined the band for renditions of ‘Vessel’ and ‘Came Back Haunted’, before also introducing a new addition to the list, playing ‘Branches/Bones’ for the first time since 2018.

The fourth and final act saw the metal icons play 1999’s ‘Somewhat Damaged’, 2007’s ‘Survivalism’, 2017’s ‘Less Than’ and 1997’s ‘The Perfect Drug’ all for the first time this tour, before ending the night with classic tracks ‘Head Like A Hole’ and ‘Hurt’.

Check out more footage of the show below, as well as the full setlist.

The Nine Inch Nails’ Manchester setlist was:

Act One – B-stage
‘A Minute to Breathe’ (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross cover, live debut)
‘That’s What I Get’ (first live performance since 1991; 2025 rework)
‘The Fragile’ (first live performance since 2009; 2025 rework)

Act Two – Main Stage
‘Eraser’
‘Wish’
‘March of the Pigs’
‘Reptile’
‘Copy of A’
‘Gave Up’

Act Three – B-Stage
‘Vessel’ (with Boys Noize, techno remix)
‘Branches/Bones’ (with Boys Noize, first live performance since 2018; techno remix)
‘Came Back Haunted’ (with Boys Noize, techno remix)

Act 4 – Main Stage
‘Somewhat Damaged’ (tour debut)
‘Less Than’ (tour debut)
‘Heresy’
‘Survivalism’ (tour debut)
‘The Perfect Drug’ (tour debut)
‘Head Like a Hole’
‘Hurt’

“Holy moly NIN were sick as heck. Great staging, great music,” one fan wrote on X/Twitter after the Manchester gig, while another shared that the “production for Nine Inch Nails was so insane”.

“So the Nine Inch Nails gig was crazy and I loved it,” added a third, while someone else agreed, describing the gig as “outstanding”. Find more fan responses below.

Support from Boys Noize comes following the DJ, and producer (real name Alex Ridha) working with Reznor and Ross on the score for the hit Luca Guadagnino film Challengers, as well as on Oliver Stone’s Snowdon.

The ‘Peel It Back’ tour will continue tonight (June 18) with a show at The O2 in London, before heading to Europe for the remainder of June and entirely of July. Slots across Europe include festival appearances at Madrid’s Mad Cool, Poland’s Open’er and Portugal’s NOS Alive.

From there, the band will head over to the US for the final leg of the tour. Visit here for remaining tickets to UK shows and here for tickets to international dates.

Nine Inch Nails’ remaining 2025 ‘Peel It Back’ tour dates are: 

JUNE
18 – London, UK – The O2
20 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena
21 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting^
24 – Milan, Italy – Parco della Musica Novegro
26 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
27 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle
29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

JULY
1 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena
3 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er^
7 – Paris, France – Accor Arena
10 – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool^
12 – Oeiras, Portugal – NOS Alive^

AUGUST
6 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
8 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
10 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
12 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
14 – West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center
15 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
17 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
19 – Chicago, IL – United Center
22 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
23 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
26 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
27 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
29 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
31 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

SEPTEMBER
2 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
5 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
6 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
9 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena
10 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
12 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
13 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
16 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
18 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

News that Nine Inch Nails would be hitting the road again first emerged in January, when details of their tour plans leaked online. The members would hold off on confirming the dates until later in the spring due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

The shows come as the frontman revealed at the end of 2024 that the band were underway with writing new material – potentially signalling their first album since 2018’s ‘Bad Witch’ and the surprise 2020 ambient double album ‘Ghosts V-VI’.

Beyond work with Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross have announced details of Future Ruins, a new festival that celebrates film and television composers. As well as featuring a performance from the duo – who have composed music for the likes of Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Soul, Challengers and more – others on the line-up include Danny Elfman, John Carpenter, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.

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