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Trent Reznor has always had good taste in opening acts, but he's really outdone himself this time.

The supports for Nine Inch Nails' summer tour have been announced.

And they are...

Crystal Castles
Deerhunter
A Place to Bury Strangers
Does It Offend You, Yeah?

and for one show in Lexington, Kentucky...

White Williams

Well, this is going to be interesting. How will Bradford Cox's antics go over in arenas in Duluth, Georgia or Salt Lake City, Utah? Is Oklahoma City ready for A Place to Bury Strangers, the "loudest band in New York"? We shall see.

The Nine Inch Nails lineup on this trek includes Robin Finck, who toured with NIN previously in 1994-1997 and 2000-2001, but had more recently been a member of Guns N' Roses. Finck's defection to the NIN camp didn't make GNR too happy.

In other NIN news, Trent just dropped the "Discipline" single out of thin air, and apparently some sort of big announcement is coming to nin.com on May 5 (that would be Monday). Stay tuned!

Nine Inch Nails dates:

07-25 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
07-26 Seattle, WA - Key Arena at Seattle Center *
07-28 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *
07-29 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome *
07-31 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre *
08-02 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center *
08-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre !
08-07 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena !
08-08 Worcester, MA - DCU Center !
08-09-10 Baltimore, MD - Virgin Mobile Festival
08-12 Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum !
08-13 Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena !
08-15 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center #
08-16 Houston, TX - Toyota Center #
08-18 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center #
08-20 Saint Louis, MO - Scottrade Center #
08-22 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena $
08-23 Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills $
08-27 East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center $
08-29 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center $
08-31 Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena &
09-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater !
09-03 Salt Lake, City UT - The E Center of West Valley !
09-05 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena !
09-06 Inglewood, CA - The Forum !
10-24-26 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience

* with Crystal Castles
! with Deerhunter
# with A Place to Bury Strangers
$ with Does It Offend You, Yeah?
& with White Williams