Nine Inch Nails shares details about project With Boys Noize

From Trent Reznor:
The creative fulfillment of working on the Challengers and TRON scores with Boys Noize led me to think that including him in the Peel It Back tour could be an interesting way to express NIN in more purely electronic terms live – a concept I’ve wanted to explore for some time. The result was so much fun for us we felt it was worth expanding and formalizing in some way.
On a whim I mentioned it would be cool to play a whole set as Nine Inch Noize in the Sahara tent at Coachella. Careful what you wish for…the next thing I knew we were designing a whole new show to present in the way it deserved.
There’s no surprise tour announcement – this Saturday is it. I’m taking Sunday off and excited to be working on new Nine Inch Nails music Monday – I’ll see you when I come up for air.
We recorded this album all over the place – some of it’s live, some in studios, hotels, planes, etc. We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy. Listen LOUD.
Nine Inch Nails drew more than 700,000 fans on 2025/26’s sold-out Peel It Back Tour across Europe, the UK and North America. The outing featured Nine Inch Nails performing on two stages – the main stage and the smaller B-stage, located in the crowd. Each concert included an interlude where Nine Inch Nails were joined by Boys Noize on the B-stage. Together, they reimagined select songs from Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ award-winning score compositions and their How to Destroy Angels project.
Nine Inch Nails – Nine Inch Noize includes reworkings of nine Nine Inch Nails songs – including “Closer” and “AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE,” the GRAMMY®-winning hit from TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – and “Parasite,” by How To Destroy Angels.
German-Iraqi DJ and producer Boys Noize (Alex Ridha), a focused DJ, an expansive producer, and a master of both, tapped by figures like Trent Reznor, A$AP Rocky, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, Arca, Virgil Abloh, Chilly Gonzales, and even Lady Gaga to bring his subterranean edge and distinctive sonics to productions. Boys Noize has remixed Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, A.G. Cook, and Solomun, earned a GRAMMY nomination with long-time collaborator Skrillex, and featured on tracks alongside Keinemusik, Shygirl, Kelsey Lu, Rico Nasty, and VTSS.
In 2025, Boys Noize joined Nine Inch Nails on their world Peel It Back tour as an opening and main act performer alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. With the group, Ridha co-produced the near-entirety of the TRON:Ares soundtrack, including the GRAMMY-winning “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” and in 2026, his collaboration with Reznor and Ross – Nine lnch Noize debuts with a sets at Coachella.
Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize
Nine Inch Nails – Nine Inch Noize
Tracklisting
Intro (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Vessel (Nine Inch Noize Version)
She’s Gone Away (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Heresy (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Parasite (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Copy Of A (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Me I’m Not (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Closer (Nine Inch Noize Version)
The Warning (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Memorabilia (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Came Back Haunted (Nine Inch Noize Version)
As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Nine Inch Noize Version)
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