Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction set tour dates

The pairing of Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction will hit the Los Angeles area May 20 with a date at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. The itinerary was released late Tuesday night on the Nine Inch Nails website, and a "here's what we can tell you" note up top hints that more dates are to come.

An on-sale date has not you been announced, and the dates don't yet appear to be in either the Ticketmaster or Live Nation databases. Thus far, 22 dates have been revealed. The concert, which Trent Reznor threatens will be his last before he "makes NIN disappear for a while," will open May 8 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

There's a May 18 date in Las Vegas for road-trippers, as well as a Friday-night performance tabled for May 22 in Mountain View.

Friends of Pop & Hiss who live in Chicago will see Nine Inch Nails sans Jane's, which will fuel suspicion that Jane's Addiction will appear at this year's edition of the Windy City fest Lollapalooza, which is set for Aug. 7-9.

-- Todd Martens

Photo: Trent Reznor Credit: Peter Tym / For The Times

Tour itinerary after the jump.

Trent Reznor saying goodbye, with Jane's Addiction?

A small consolation to those not seeing Jane's Addiction at the Echo tonight: It sounds like you'll get another shot to see the original lineup.

But here's the catch: It will probably be on a much bigger stage, and it may be the last time you see Trent Reznor -- at least for a while. Reznor posted today on the official Nine Inch Nails website that he's plotting a major world tour, with Jane's Addiction as a co-headliner.

After the outing, which will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Nine Inch Nails' debut, "Pretty Hate Machine," Reznor writes it will be "time to make NIN disappear for a while." While Reznor doesn't offer too many details as to why the time is ripe for a hiatus, he notes that 2008's "Lights in the Sky" tour was the "culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed."

A proposed tour with Jane's, he writes, would be "much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted." He promises further details soon, and credits Jane's Addiction for giving Nine Inch Nails one of the act's first big breaks.

However, nothing sounds too set in stone, although there have been some Trent/Jane's rumors circulating for a bit now. "I reached out to Jane's to see if they'd want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing," Reznor writes. Pop & Hiss has requested a comment from the Jane's Addiction camp.

Reznor's announcement to take a hiatus comes as Nine Inch Nails has seemingly been on a creative surge. Last year saw two Web-first releases, the  instrumental "Ghosts I-IV" and the more fierce "The Slip." Both albums saw Reznor not only experimenting in the studio, but also toying with new distribution models.

But expect it to be a while before the break comes -- Nine Inch Nails will be playing the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn. Also, here's betting Reznor isn't completely silent during the hiatus. He's spoken in the not too distant past about developing a TV series inspired by 2007's "Year Zero."

-- Todd Martens

Photo: Peter Tym / For The Times

Here we go (again): Jane's Addiction to play the Echoplex Monday

While Jane's Addiction had planned to play a last-minute secret show this past Monday, it appears the band has worked out the kinks and found the perfect-sized venue to once again tease fans this coming Monday. 

This time, however, more than 150 or so will be able to get in. The original lineup of the Los Angeles-bred foursome will play to the JA faithful who sign up at Jane's Addiction's recently re-launched website at the Echo Park club for just $10.  But, alas, there's a catch: They will only take the first 500 or so comers, so the window to get into the gig is basically today for those who sign up.

Eric Avery, the band's bassist, wrote on his blog Wednesday that the show is 18+, and that only the "first 500 folks" would be on some kind of guest list that will enable them to see the intimate gig.  Dave Navarro gave away tickets to the upcoming engagement on his radio show Wednesday evening on the "new" Indie 103.1.com.

Further, Jane's Addiction fan website xiola.org hints that the band, or at least certain members, might be in the studio with Trent Reznor working on new material. Pop & Hiss can't yet confirm this, but it's likely Jane's Addiction is working on writing at least a few new songs. The recent spate of shows in small venues goes beyond nostalgia, leading some to believe the band is perhaps working toward something bigger (a tour, at the very least?).

The band's manager, Peter Katsis, would only confirm today the band is "in the studio" and wouldn't comment on a tour or on the Reznor rumors.  He did confirm Monday's gig and that the forthcoming box set "Cabinet of Curiosities" is on track for a spring debut, although the release date has been pushed back once again, this time to April 28.

UPDATE 02/13: The confirmation email is going out to those who signed up to the website tonight, the band's management said late Friday afternoon. If you don't receive an email by Saturday, chances are you have not been selected as one of the chosen 500 or so to see the band Monday.

-- Charlie Amter

Photo by Kevin Casey / Los Angeles Times

UPDATE: 'Three Days' away: Jane's Addiction to play El Cid on Thursday night

The original lineup of Jane's Addiction is set to play another tiny venue in Los Angeles. Following on the heels of last month's near-impossible to get into engagement at downtown’s La Cita, the band will perform at Silverlake's El Cid this Thursday evening. 

Details are still being worked out, but Dave Navarro wrote on his blog yesterday that “the venue is a bit larger. … Hopefully we can all avoid another fire masrshal [sic] fiasco."   

El Cid is indeed bigger than La Cita, but not by much. Don’t even think about showing up after 8 p.m. and expect to see the band in such an intimate setting. Jane’s Addiction will surely do everything in its power this time around to make sure as many fans as possible get inside. (El Cid, a Spanish restaurant that books mostly local indie rock acts, is not exactly the type of venue impressed by name-droppers at the door). 

The Jane’s Addiction guitarist apologized to fans at 6767.com after the packed La Cita gig, writing "Many of our own friends and family members were unable to attend and it looks as though we are simply going to have to make it up to everybody somehow!"

Looks like the makeup begins Thursday. We're hearing tickets will go for $9 at the door, and that it will be first come, first served, but we have yet to officially confirm that price. Pop & Hiss will update this page with more details as we get them. 

We are also hearing the band is getting along so well, a full tour might be in the works for 2009.

UPDATE: We strongly advise anyone who is planning on going Thursday to listen to Dave Navarro's new radio show, "Dark Matter," for additional information, ticket news or any last minute venue changes. "Dark Matter" airs tonight (Wednesday) at midnight on Indie 103.1.

UPDATE #2: Just drove by El Cid on my way to work, and there are already a few people in line.  But it looks like under 10 so far.   They will certainly be getting inside tonight.

UPDATE #3: See our latest post/mini-review of the Jane's show last night here.

-- Charlie Amter

Photo credit: Edward A. Ornelas / Associated Press

Jane's Addiction secret show this fall in L.A.?

I ran into Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell Monday at Les Deux (it was a scene worthy of "Entourage" -- porn stars "actresses" aplenty were at the packed bar to support alt-porn queen Joanna Angel's newest DVD, "XOXO Joanna Angel"), and had the chance to talk a bit about the Jane's Addiction reformation earlier this year at the NME Awards USA.

To my surprise, Farrell said that Jane's is actually looking to play again locally, and soon. 

Pop & Hiss has confirmed this week that the band is in talks to play a very small bar in Los Angeles sometime this fall.  We won't ruin the surprise of where the show will likely take place, but let's just say that those who get to see the show, if it indeed happens, will be very lucky indeed. 

Here is a hint: The concert will likely be held on a Thursday night. Still unknown at this point is if original Jane's Addiction bass player Eric Avery will perform with the band, as he did in April in a short set for the NME Awards gig, but I'm operating under the assumption that he might.

-- Charlie Amter

Photo by Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times