Nine Inch Nails Prep First Tour in Five Years

The roster of shows currently includes 26 North American dates, which, for a Nine Inch Nails-style mega tour, kind of sounds like a healthy number. However, before you dust off the vinyl pants and get ready to emote, there's a catch-- the Nails are playing two consecutive shows in nearly every city they visit in the U.S. and Canada. So it's actually more like a scant 16 cities, although the band's official website does promise more dates to be announced in the coming weeks, in addition to dates in Japan. Anyhoo, the current lineup looks like this:

03-23 Fresno, CA - William Saroyan Theatre
03-24 Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Showroom
03-25 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis
03-30 London, England - Astoria
03-31 London, England - Astoria
04-27 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
04-28 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
04-30 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
05-01 Indio, CA - Coachella Music and Arts Festival
05-03 Denver, CO - Fillmore Theatre
05-04 Denver, CO - Fillmore Theatre
05-06 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
05-07 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
05-09 Toronto, Ontario - Koolhaus
05-10 Toronto, Ontario - Koolhaus
05-12 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
05-13 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
05-15 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
05-16 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
05-18 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
05-19 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
05-21 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
05-22 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
05-24 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
05-25 Austin, TX - Stubbs Bar-B-Q
05-27 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
05-28 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
05-30 San Diego, CA - Soma
05-31 San Diego, CA - Soma
06-02 Mexico City, Mexico - Sports Palace
06-10 Schleesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-12 Tuttlingen, Germany - Southside Festival
06-14 Vienna, Austria - Outdoor Arena
06-15 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
06-22 Paris, France - Zenith
06-24 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
06-25 Oberhausen, Germany - Area 4 Festival
06-29 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
07-04 London, England - Brixton Academy
07-05 London, England - Brixton Academy
07-07 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
07-08 Birmingham, England - Academy
07-10 Manchester, England - Apollo
07-11 Manchester, England - Apollo

As for the product the tour will be so gallantly promoting, Nine Inch Nails' fourth studio album With Teeth (depending on how you count Broken or his myriad remix albums) will see its long-delayed release via Interscope on May 3. The first single "The Hand That Feeds" is expected to hit radio in the preceding weeks, with details on a CD release yet to be confirmed.