Bow Down Before The One You Serve: Trent Reznor Will Only Bring The Best New Music On Tour With Him

Trent Reznor Will Only Bring The Best New Music On Tour With Him

Opening for this summer's Nine Inch Nails tour, which kicks off at the Pemberton Festival before fanning out across the country: Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, A Place To Bury Strangers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and White Williams. Average Pitchfork score of the five openers' albums: 7.14—but it goes up to 8.3 if you toss out Tom Ewing's pan of the Does It Offend You, Yeah? album. Tour dates and openers after the jump.

25 jul 08 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival
26 jul 08 Seattle, WA Key Arena Crystal Castles
28 jul 08 Edmonton, ALB Rexall Place Crystal Castles
29 jul 08 Calgary, ALB Pengrowth Saddledome Crystal Castles
31 jul 08 Winnipeg, MAN MTS Centre Crystal Castles
2 Aug 08 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Crystal Castles
3 Aug 08 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza Festival
5 Aug 08 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre Deerhunter
7 Aug 08 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena Deerhunter
8 Aug 08 Worcester, MA DCU Center Deerhunter
12 Aug 08 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum Deerhunter
13 Aug 08 Duluth, GA Gwinnett Arena Deerhunter
15 Aug 08 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center A Place To Bury Strangers
16 Aug 08 Houston, TX Toyota Center A Place To Bury Strangers
18 Aug 08 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center A Place To Bury Strangers
20 Aug 08 St Louis, MO Scottrade Center A Place To Bury Strangers
22 Aug 08 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena Does It Offend You, Yeah?
23 Aug 08 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills Does It Offend You, Yeah?
27 Aug 08 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center Does It Offend You, Yeah?
29 Aug 08 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center Does It Offend You, Yeah?
31 Aug 08 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena White Williams
2 Sep 08 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater Deerhunter
3 Sep 08 Salt Lake City, UT The E Center of West Valley Deerhunter
5 Sep 08 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena Deerhunter
6 Sep 08 Inglewood, CA The Forum Deerhunter

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8:55 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Maura Johnston
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by Al Shipley at 09:47 AM on 05/01/08
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Don't forget the Virgin fest!

The Pitchfork score for this tour would also drop considerably if you factor in the 5.0 for Ghosts I-IV. Speaking of which, PF's news item about this was ridiculous. "How will Bradford Cox's antics go over in arenas in Duluth, Georgia or Salt Lake City, Utah?" Oh no! People in an Atlanta suburb can't handle a skinny indie guy in a dress!
by sicksteanein at 09:58 AM on 05/01/08
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Crystal Castles are the reason I no longer believe in karma.
by Maura Johnston at 10:03 AM on 05/01/08
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@Al Shipley: i'm holding back that bit of math until trent drops the album he alluded to in the id3 tags of 'discipline.'
by Ned Raggett at 10:04 AM on 05/01/08
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Until I clicked through I thought this meant all five bands would open every show. Which would have been...well, long.
by Tenno at 12:28 PM on 05/01/08
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=( no Las Vegas dates, which sucks because I like 4 of the above groups.
by MayhemintheHood at 12:36 PM on 05/01/08
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@sicksteanein:

I emphatically second that.
by cassidy2099 at 12:47 PM on 05/01/08
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Love Does It Offend You, Yeah?. Pitchfork be damned on that one. That's a pretty solid list of openers. A Place To Bury Strangers, that'll be a loud show.