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It's the "Interscope Labelmates With Acronymic Names" tour! Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age, known to their fans and lazy journalists alike as NIN and QOTSA, have just announced the itinerary for their upcoming arena tour. If you missed them both on their separate, more intimate headlining tours this past spring, now is your chance to see them both, at the same place, on the same day, with +/- 20,000 of your closest friends.

Both groups are touring in support of new releases with ferocious titles. NIN is pushing With Teeth, while QOTSA are out promoting Lullabies to Paralyze. And Queens of the Stone Age have some catching up to do, as Billboard.com reports that With Teeth has sold almost twice as many copies as Lullabies, with more than 494,000 and 252,000 respectively.

For now, NIN will be playing a number of the major European festivals before headlining some shows in the UK and Australia throughout the summer. QOTSA are doing very much the same thing, with international festivals on the schedule throughout the summer, as well as some headlining gigs in Australia. Here are the dates for the joint tour:

09-16 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
09-17 Tucson, AZ - TCC Arena
09-19 Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena
09-20 Fresno, CA - Selland Arena
09-23 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
09-24 Portland, OR - Rose Garden
09-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
09-28 Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
09-30 Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-04 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
10-05 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
10-07 Rosemont (Chicago), IL - Allstate Arena
10-08 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
10-09 Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena
10-11 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
10-13 Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
10-14 St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center
10-16 San Antonio, TX - SBC Center
10-17 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Arena
10-19 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
10-21 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Arena
10-22 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
10-24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Office Depot Center
10-25 Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
10-27 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
10-29 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
10-31 Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
11-02 Washington, DC - MCI Center
11-03 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden