Fragility Tour
Introduction The '''Fragility Tour''' was a concert tour in support of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails' ''The Fragile'' album, which took place in late 1999, running until mid-2000, and was broken into two major legs, Fragility v1.0 and Fragility v2.0 respectively. Destinations included Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and North America.The tour featured increasingly large production values, including a triptych video display created by contemporary video artist Bill Viola. The images displayed on the triptych focused on storm and water imagery. "I don't want to do the standard 'rock band in a hockey arena' show", said Trent Reznor. "I want to up the par a little bit. I think our stage show has had a lot of thought put into it. It's not like a Korn or Rob Zombie show where they just go into the prop cupboard and pull out as much shit as they can. I hope, when people see our shows, they go, 'Fuck, that was smarter than that Korn tour I saw, but not in a pretentious way – it kicked ass.' On our previous tour the audience was our enemy but, this time around, we're best friends with the audience at the end of shows. Everyone's connected. "''Rolling Stone'' magazine named Fragility v2.0 the best tour of 2000.The Fragility v2.0 North American leg was filmed and recorded for the live album and double DVD tour documentary ''And All that Could Have Been'', which was released in 2002.On May 20, 2000, Nine Inch Nails performed their 500th gig (in count) at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta.Before several of the later performances, Recoil's 2000 album ''Liquid'' was played over the PA system.On July 9, 2000, the rest of the tour was cancelled due to "band illness". The most notable "illness" was eight days earlier when the band went to London for a concert, and Reznor almost died from a heroin overdose, mistaking the heroin for cocaine, which he was addicted to at the time. He went into and completed rehab in 2001.
Personnel *Trent Reznor – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, Prophet VS synthesizer*Robin Finck – Guitar, E-bow, lap steel synthesizer, backup vocals*Danny Lohner – Bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, backup vocals*Charlie Clouser – Synthesizer, theremin, vocoder, backup vocals*Jerome Dillon – Drums, samples
Tour legs === Europe () ======= Typical set list ====# "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"# "Somewhat Damaged"# "Terrible Lie"# "Sin"# "March of the Pigs"# "Piggy"# "The Frail"# "The Wretched"# "No, You Don't"# "Gave Up"# "La Mer"# "The Great Below"# "The Way Out Is Through"# "Wish"# "Into the Void"# "Down in It" or "Get Down, Make Love"# "Head Like a Hole"# "The Day the World Went Away"# "Starfuckers, Inc."# "Closer"# "Hurt"==== Support act ====* Atari Teenage Riot==== Dates ====DateCityCountryVenue  Barcelona Spain Pabellon de la Valle Hebron  Milan Italy Alcatraz  Munich Germany Colosseum  Vienna Austria Libro Music Hall  Berlin Germany Columbiahalle  Copenhagen Denmark KB-Hallen  Paris France Zénith de Paris  Düsseldorf Germany Stahlwerk  Tilburg Netherlands 013 LondonEnglandBrixton Academy === Asia ======= Typical set list ====Same as above.==== Support act ====* Skingame==== Dates ====DateCityCountryVenue UrayasuJapanTokyo Bay NK Hall    Yokohama Pacifico Yokohama  Osaka Castle Hall=== Oceania () ======= Typical set list ====These shows featured shorter and more aggressive set lists.==== Accompanying acts ====* Red Hot Chili Peppers* Foo Fighters* Atari Teenage Riot* Blink-182* The Chemical Brothers* A Perfect Circle==== Dates ====DateCityCountryVenue  Auckland New Zealand Ericsson Stadium  Gold CoastAustralia Gold Coast Parklands  Sydney Sydney Showground  Melbourne Royal Melbourne Showgrounds  Adelaide Adelaide Showgrounds  Perth Bassendean Oval=== North America () ======= Typical set list ====New York ticket# "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"# "Somewhat Damaged"# "Terrible Lie"# "Sin"# "March of the Pigs"# "Piggy"# "The Frail"# "The Wretched"# "Gave Up"# "La Mer"# "The Great Below"# "The Mark Has Been Made"# "Wish"# "Complication"# "Suck"# "Closer"# "Head Like a Hole"# "The Day the World Went Away"# "Just Like You Imagined" or "Even Deeper"# "Starfuckers, Inc."# "Hurt"==== Support act ====* A Perfect Circle==== Dates ====DateCityCountryVenue  Los AngelesUnited States Grand Olympic Auditorium  Cleveland CSU Convocation Center  Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills  Columbus Schottenstein Center  Minneapolis Target Center  Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena  Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse  Chicago UIC Pavilion  Madison Dane County Expo Center  Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena  Chicago UIC Pavilion  Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens  Buffalo United States HSBC Arena  Montreal Canada Molson Centre  WorcesterUnited States Centrum Centre  Providence Providence Civic Center  Hartford Hartford Civic Center  Philadelphia First Union Spectrum  Burgettstown Star Lake Amphitheater  New York City Madison Square Garden  Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion  Raleigh Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek  Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion  Miami Miami Arena  Lakeland Lakeland Center  Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater  Houston Compaq Center  Dallas Starplex Amphitheater  New Orleans New Orleans Arena  Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheater  Kansas City Kemper Arena  Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium  Paradise Thomas & Mack Center  San Diego Cox Arena  Phoenix America West Arena  Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim  Daly City Cow Palace  George The Gorge Amphitheatre  Portland Rose Garden Arena  Spokane Spokane Arena  Vancouver Canada General Motors Place  WheatlandUnited States Sacramento Valley Amphitheater  West Valley City E Center  Denver Pepsi Center=== Europe () ======= Typical set list ====These shows featured shorter and more aggressive set lists.==== Dates ====DateCityCountryVenue  Somerset England Glastonbury Festival  ScheeßelGermany Hurricane Festival  Tuttlingen Southside Festival  Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival  Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter  Kristiansand Norway Quart Festival  Belfort France Eurockéennes  Wiesen Austria Forestglade Festival  Monza Italy Monza Rock Festival
Canceled dates DateCityCountryVenueNote May 10, 2000 Uniondale United States Nassau Coliseum July 1, 2000 London England London Arena
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