Fragility Tour

Fragility

Tour by Nine Inch Nails
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A promotional poster for Nine Inch Nails' concert in London on November 29, 1999 as part of their Fragility v1.0 tour
Location	Europe Japan Oceania North America
Associated album	The Fragile
Start date	November 14, 1999
End date	July 9, 2000
Legs	2
No. of shows	75 44 in North America 20 in Europe 6 in Oceania 5 in Asia 2 cancelled
Nine Inch Nails concert chronology

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
• 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 ("Fragility v1.0")

Typical set list

1. "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"
2. "Somewhat Damaged"
3. "Terrible Lie"
4. "Sin"
5. "March of the Pigs"
6. "Piggy"
7. "The Frail"
8. "The Wretched"
9. "No, You Don't"
10. "Gave Up"
11. "La Mer"
12. "The Great Below"
13. "The Way Out Is Through"
14. "Wish"
15. "Into the Void"
16. "Down in It" or "Get Down, Make Love"
17. "Head Like a Hole"
18. "The Day the World Went Away"
19. "Starfuckers, Inc."
20. "Closer"
21. "Hurt"

"Something I Can Never Have" was played once in Europe. "Reptile", "Please" and/or "Even Deeper" were added at some shows.

Support act

• Atari Teenage Riot

Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
	Barcelona	Spain	Pabellon de la Valle Hebron
	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
	Munich	Germany	Colosseum
	Vienna	Austria	Libro Music Hall
	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle
	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
	Düsseldorf	Germany	Stahlwerk
	Tilburg	Netherlands	013
	London	England	Brixton Academy

Asia

Typical set list

Same as above.

Support act

• Skingame

Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
	Urayasu	Japan	Tokyo Bay NK Hall
	Yokohama		Pacifico Yokohama
	Osaka		Castle Hall

Oceania (Big Day Out 2000 festival dates)

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

Date	City	Country	Venue
	Auckland	New Zealand	Ericsson Stadium
	Gold Coast	Australia	Gold Coast Parklands
	Sydney		Sydney Showground
	Melbourne		Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
	Adelaide		Adelaide Showgrounds
	Perth		Bassendean Oval

North America ("Fragility v2.0")

Typical set list

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New York ticket

1. "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"
2. "Somewhat Damaged"
3. "Terrible Lie"
4. "Sin"
5. "March of the Pigs"
6. "Piggy"
7. "The Frail"
8. "The Wretched"
9. "Gave Up"
10. "La Mer"
11. "The Great Below"
12. "The Mark Has Been Made"
13. "Wish"
14. "Complication"
15. "Suck"
16. "Closer"
17. "Head Like a Hole"
18. "The Day the World Went Away"
19. "Just Like You Imagined" or "Even Deeper"
20. "Starfuckers, Inc."
21. "Hurt"

"The Big Come Down", "Get Down, Make Love", "Reptile" and "The Fragile" made a number of occasional appearances.

Support act

• A Perfect Circle

Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
	Los Angeles	United 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
	Worcester	United 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
	Wheatland	United States	Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
	West Valley City		E Center
	Denver		Pepsi Center

Europe (Festival dates)

Typical set list

These shows featured shorter and more aggressive set lists.

Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
	Somerset	England	Glastonbury Festival
	Scheeßel	Germany	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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Note
May 10, 2000	Uniondale	United States	Nassau Coliseum
July 1, 2000	London	England	London Arena	Date canceled due to "band illness".