Nine Inch Nails have kicked off their first tour since 2018 over the weekend with a hit-laden set that included back-to-back covers of two David Bowie classics, ‘I’m Afraid of Americans’ and ‘Fashion’.

The band’s US tour opener at North Carolina’s Red Hat Amphitheatre delivered many of NIN’s most beloved hits, including Closer and The Frail, during the first half of the set, and a two-track tribute to Reznor’s friend and collaborator, David Bowie, in the second half.

Watch Reznor and co.’s two track tribute to the late, great Starman below! 

Nine Inch Nails | ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’

Nine Inch Nails | ‘Fashion’

I’m Afraid Of Americans was co-produced by Bowie and Reznor in 1997 and came with an official music video featuring the pair in a very film noir-style pursuit through the streets of New York City (revisit it below). Fashion, originally released on Bowie’s 1981 album Changestwobowie, was covered by Reznor in January 2021 for A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!, a global live-streamed event marking the icon’s 74th birthday. See here. 

Revisit the official music video for David Bowie’s I’m Afraid Of Americans featuring Trent Reznor, one of the four singles from his 1997 LP, Earthlings. 

David Bowie | ‘I’m Afraid of Americans’ [Official Music Video] [4K Upgrade]

Coming up on 17th June, this year, 50 years and one day after the original U.K. release date of Bowie’s The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars will be issued as a limited-edition 50th-anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc, featuring the same master and a replica promotional poster for the album. Pre-order, here.

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