THE NIN HOTLINE

Nine Inch Nails have released a remix album for the Tron Ares Soundtrack entitled “DIVERGENCE” on streaming platforms. Have you listened to it yet? Join in the discussion on echoing the sound.

You can pre-order the record in compact disc or vinyl forms at Nine Inch Nails Store.

Pre-Order Tron Ares: DIVERGENCE CD
https://shop.nin.com/collections/nin-x-tron-ares/products/tron-ares-divergence-cd

Pre-Order Tron Ares: DIVERGENCE Vinyl:
https://shop.nin.com/collections/nin-x-tron-ares/products/tron-divergence-2xlp

Remember Know the Score, the original NIN sheet music website, still looking straight out of 2006? Twenty years later, composer Melissa Dunphy collaborated with the St Louis Chamber Chorus on an idea she'd been thinking of for a long time: arranging Nine Inch Nails for choir. These are a whole world away from the Closer madrigal she wrote in college, with decades of experience informing a deep fandom for the material. You can download the sheet music for Hurt and Right Where It Belongs sheet music, but if you're not in a choir and still want to hear it, you've got options. Step back into the 20th century with me...

On Classic 107.3 FM in St Louis, on February 11 at 7pm CT, host Philip Barnes will air an hour of Melissa's choral works, including professionally recorded performances of Hurt and Right Where It Belongs. The program re-airs on Sunday at 9am CST.

It being 2026, you can also listen online, naturally. And, as I was reviewing this update, it looks as though streaming services such as Apple Classical now have the album available to stream. You'll get better fidelity here, but the radio show comes with additional context and a little bit of inside baseball.

Both are available on - that's right - compact disc. $24 to the St Louis Chamber Chorus gets you these tracks on a silver platter. The best experience is hearing them sung live - so if you sing, or someone you know sings in a choir... make it happen, and tell us!!

Following in the footsteps of the 2025 tour kickoff, NIN took the stage in 2026 without any press and little in the way of traditional promotion, bringing their stunning live show to the parts of America they didn't quite get to last year. The tour brings a new mix of songs, particularly in the opening segments of the show, which have not only included new takes from Pretty Hate Machine and With Teeth, but small quotes of Depeche Mode and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Boys Noize reprises his role as tour opener and mid-set remix machine, and the NIN Live lineup sees Dub Trio co-founder Stu Brooks on bass and synths, as Alessandro Cortini steps away for work in Europe.

The tour comes with updated merch too, and I think it's some of the best designs offered in a while. merch.nincatalog.com has most of it up in the 2026 Peel It Back Tour section, with more coverage on their Instagram account.

Early entrants to the show are receiving commemorative ticket stubs, similar to the ones introduced in the latter half of Peel It Back 2025. The section/area/row numbers on the 2025 ticket stub aligned with the release date of the single for As Alive As You Need Me To Be, which coincided with the final date of the tour. this one hints at something happening 3/16/2026 - but it's probably just the last day of the tour.

On social media, including YouTube, the NIN Camp has been uploading snippets that appear to be filmed on VHS camcorders, giving a real Closure vibe to the concert footage.

I'm only able to catch the Washington DC show this time around, and it's going to be a bit of an ordeal to get there and back, but I'm glad to have one more opportunity to catch the show and hang out with some friends.