Nine Inch Nails triumph during North American tour opener in Oakland

Nine Inch Nails kicked off the North American leg of its Peel It Back world tour in stellar fashion on Aug. 6, 2025 at Oakland Arena.

Trent Reznor and company performed 20 songs, including “Closer,” “Head Like a Hole” and other favorites, during a 90-minute-plus show delivered to an exuberant sold-out crowd of some 14,500 fans.

You’ll find a setlist from the Nine Inch Nails show below. Check back here on Thursday to read a full-length review of the concert.

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Nine Inch Nails Aug. 6, 2025 setlist (based on our notes and information from setlist.fm.)
1. “Right Where It Belongs”
2. “Ruiner”
3. “Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)”
4. “Wish”
5. “March of the Pigs”
6. “Reptile”
7. “Heresy”
8. “Copy of A”
9. “Gave Up”
10. “Vessel”
11. “As Alive as You Need Me to Be”
12. “Sin”
13. “Came Back Haunted”
14. “Somewhat Damaged”
15. “Less Than”
16. “Closer”
17. “The Perfect Drug”
18. “The Hand That Feeds”
19. “Head Like a Hole”
20. “Hurt”

 

 

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