Not to be confused with Fragile Tour.
Fragility Tour
Concert tour nameFragility
LocationEurope · Japan · Oceania · North America
ArtistNine Inch Nails
AlbumThe Fragile
Start dateNovember 14, 1999
End dateJuly 9, 2000
Number of legs2
Number of shows
  • 75
  • 44 in North America
  • 20 in Europe
  • 6 in Oceania
  • 5 in Asia
  • 2 cancelled
Last tourSelf Destruct Tour
(1994–96)
This tourFragility Tour
(1999–2000)
Next tourLive: With Teeth Tour
(2005–06)

The Fragility Tour was a concert tour in support of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile album, which took place in late 1999, running until mid-2000, and was broken into two major legs, Fragility v1.0 and Fragility v2.0 respectively. Destinations included Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and North America.[1]

The tour featured increasingly large production values, including a triptych video display created by contemporary video artist Bill Viola.[2] The images displayed on the triptych focused on storm and water imagery. "I don't want to do the standard 'rock band in a hockey arena' show", said Trent Reznor. "I want to up the par a little bit. I think our stage show has had a lot of thought put into it. It's not like a Korn or Rob Zombie show where they just go into the prop cupboard and pull out as much shit as they can. I hope, when people see our shows, they go, 'Fuck, that was smarter than that Korn tour I saw, but not in a pretentious way – it kicked ass.' On our previous tour the audience was our enemy but, this time around, we're best friends with the audience at the end of shows. Everyone's connected."[3]

Rolling Stone magazine named Fragility v2.0 the best tour of 2000.[4]

The Fragility v2.0 North American leg was filmed and recorded for the live album and double DVD tour documentary And All that Could Have Been, which was released in 2002.

On May 20, 2000, Nine Inch Nails performed their 500th gig (in count) at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta.[5]

Before several of the later performances, Recoil's 2000 album Liquid was played over the PA system.

On July 9, 2000, the rest of the tour was cancelled due to "band illness". The most notable "illness" was eight days earlier when the band went to London for a concert, and Reznor almost died from a heroin overdose, mistaking the heroin for cocaine, which he was addicted to at the time. He went into and completed rehab in 2001.

Personnel

Tour legs

Europe ("Fragility v1.0")

Typical set list

  1. "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"
  2. "Somewhat Damaged"
  3. "Terrible Lie"
  4. "Sin"
  5. "March of the Pigs"
  6. "Piggy"
  7. "The Frail"
  8. "The Wretched"
  9. "No, You Don't"
  10. "Gave Up"
  11. "La Mer"
  12. "The Great Below"
  13. "The Way Out Is Through"
  14. "Wish"
  15. "Into the Void"
  16. "Down in It" or "Get Down, Make Love"
  17. "Head Like a Hole"
  18. "The Day the World Went Away"
  19. "Starfuckers, Inc."
  20. "Closer"
  21. "Hurt"

"Something I Can Never Have" was played once in Europe. "Reptile", "Please" and/or "Even Deeper" were added at some shows.

Support act

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
November 14, 1999BarcelonaSpainPabellon de la Valle Hebron
November 17, 1999MilanItalyAlcatraz
November 19, 1999MunichGermanyColosseum
November 20, 1999ViennaAustriaLibro Music Hall
November 22, 1999BerlinGermanyColumbiahalle
November 23, 1999CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen
November 25, 1999ParisFranceZénith de Paris
November 26, 1999DüsseldorfGermanyStahlwerk
November 28, 1999TilburgNetherlands013
November 29, 1999LondonEnglandBrixton Academy
December 1, 1999

Asia

Typical set list

Same as above.

Support act

  • Skingame

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
January 10, 2000UrayasuJapanTokyo Bay NK Hall
January 11, 2000
January 12, 2000
January 14, 2000YokohamaPacifico Yokohama
January 15, 2000OsakaCastle Hall

Oceania (Big Day Out 2000 festival dates)

Typical set list

These shows featured shorter and more aggressive set lists.

Accompanying acts

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
January 21, 2000AucklandNew ZealandEricsson Stadium
January 23, 2000Gold CoastAustraliaGold Coast Parklands
January 26, 2000SydneySydney Showground
January 30, 2000MelbourneRoyal Melbourne Showgrounds
February 4, 2000AdelaideAdelaide Showgrounds
February 6, 2000PerthBassendean Oval

North America ("Fragility v2.0")

Typical set list

  1. "The New Flesh" / "Pinion"
  2. "Somewhat Damaged"
  3. "Terrible Lie"
  4. "Sin"
  5. "March of the Pigs"
  6. "Piggy"
  7. "The Frail"
  8. "The Wretched"
  9. "Gave Up"
  10. "La Mer"
  11. "The Great Below"
  12. "The Mark Has Been Made"
  13. "Wish"
  14. "Complication"
  15. "Suck"
  16. "Closer"
  17. "Head Like a Hole"
  18. "The Day the World Went Away"
  19. "Just Like You Imagined" or "Even Deeper"
  20. "Starfuckers, Inc."
  21. "Hurt"

"The Big Come Down", "Get Down, Make Love", "Reptile" and "The Fragile" made a number of occasional appearances.

Support act

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
April 3, 2000Los AngelesUnited StatesGrand Olympic Auditorium
April 12, 2000ClevelandCSU Convocation Center
April 14, 2000Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills
April 15, 2000ColumbusSchottenstein Center
April 17, 2000MinneapolisTarget Center
April 18, 2000MilwaukeeU.S. Cellular Arena
April 20, 2000IndianapolisConseco Fieldhouse
April 21, 2000ChicagoUIC Pavilion
April 22, 2000MadisonDane County Expo Center
April 25, 2000Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena
April 26, 2000ChicagoUIC Pavilion
April 28, 2000TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens
April 29, 2000BuffaloUnited StatesHSBC Arena
April 30, 2000MontrealCanadaMolson Centre
May 2, 2000WorcesterUnited StatesCentrum Centre
May 3, 2000ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
May 4, 2000HartfordHartford Civic Center
May 6, 2000PhiladelphiaFirst Union Spectrum
May 7, 2000BurgettstownStar Lake Amphitheater
May 9, 2000New York CityMadison Square Garden
May 12, 2000ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
May 13, 2000RaleighAlltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
May 14, 2000CharlotteBlockbuster Pavilion
May 17, 2000MiamiMiami Arena
May 18, 2000LakelandLakeland Center
May 20, 2000AtlantaLakewood Amphitheater
May 22, 2000HoustonCompaq Center
May 23, 2000DallasStarplex Amphitheater
May 25, 2000New OrleansNew Orleans Arena
May 27, 2000Maryland HeightsRiverport Amphitheater
May 28, 2000Kansas CityKemper Arena
May 30, 2000OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
June 2, 2000ParadiseThomas & Mack Center
June 3, 2000San DiegoCox Arena
June 4, 2000PhoenixAmerica West Arena
June 6, 2000AnaheimArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
June 7, 2000Daly CityCow Palace
June 9, 2000GeorgeThe Gorge Amphitheatre
June 10, 2000PortlandRose Garden Arena
June 12, 2000SpokaneSpokane Arena
June 13, 2000VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors Place
June 15, 2000WheatlandUnited StatesSacramento Valley Amphitheater
June 17, 2000West Valley CityE Center
June 18, 2000DenverPepsi Center

Europe (Festival dates)

Typical set list

These shows featured shorter and more aggressive set lists.

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
June 23, 2000SomersetEnglandGlastonbury Festival
June 24, 2000ScheeßelGermanyHurricane Festival
June 25, 2000TuttlingenSouthside Festival
June 29, 2000RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde Festival
June 30, 2000WerchterBelgiumRock Werchter
July 4, 2000KristiansandNorwayQuart Festival
July 7, 2000BelfortFranceEurockéennes
July 8, 2000WiesenAustriaForestglade Festival
July 9, 2000MonzaItalyMonza Rock Festival

Canceled dates

DateCityCountryVenueNote
May 10, 2000UniondaleUnited StatesNassau Coliseum
July 1, 2000LondonEnglandLondon ArenaDate canceled due to "band illness".

References

  1. ^ Elfman, Doug (2000-06-02). "Quite a Contrast" (fee required). Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ "Bill Viola – Video Artist". Gergiev Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  3. ^ Kerrang!, 1 July 2000
  4. ^ Heinz, Ryan (2002-02-01). "NIN: It wasn't all it could have been". The Western Courier. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  5. ^ Nine Inch Nails Tour Dates (see Fragility v2.0 section)