Nine Inch Nails opened their show in New Orleans last night (February 5) with two unexpected songs, a version of ‘Something I Can Never Have’ using a Depeche Mode snippet and a rare airing of ‘Non-Entity’.
The rendition of ‘Something I Can Never Have’ that began the show featured a snippet of Depeche Mode’s ‘Stripped’ and was also a tour debut, while ‘Non-Entity’ was performed for the first time since 2009. Both songs were played from Nine Inch Nails’ B-stage, as well as a version of ‘Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)’.
The show was part of the first night of the second North American leg of Nine Inch Nails’ current ‘Peel It Back’ world tour, their first shows as a band since 2022. Notably, it was their first show with Stu Brooks playing bass, taking over from Alessandro Cortini.
Check out footage of the band’s opening songs at the Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans below:
