Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nine Inch Nails’ “As Alive As You Need Me to Be” debuts at No. 1 on ...

Sunday night, Trent Reznor opened the first Nine Inch Nails concert in the metro in a dozen years with a whisper, not a scream. Immediately after a set of industrial dance beats from German ...

Lately, the world feels cursed. Cultural division – largely motivated by political and economic strife – lurks around every corner, threatening to infect the inherently relational nature of humanity.

What a show! Purely from a production standpoint, Nine Inch Nails’ Peel it Back tour is a knockout of stage and lighting design, not to mention flow. No detail seemed unconsidered, all making for a ...