After a multi-year absence from the road, Nine Inch Nails returned last June for their first live performance since 2022, launching the visually ambitious Peel It Back Tour with elaborate staging and dual performance platforms.

The tour has continued into 2026.

Trent Reznor addressed the crowd during Friday's show at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK (February 27), sharing stories about the band's history and hinting that it could be one of their final chapters on the traditional live circuit.

"I think one of the first times we played here, I think maybe it was Cain's Ballroom, like 80 years ago….

I think we were opening for Peter Murphy… and we were playing 'Head Like A Hole,' and I could see someone in the back screaming the fuckin' lyrics back at me, and I thought, 'This is all I ever wanted in life, is to connect with somebody like that dude in the back [of the venue]," said Reznor.

"Anyway, that's what I think of when I roll into Tulsa.

I don't know if we're gonna be touring anymore after this." The tour will continue for now, but as frontman approaches 60 and dedicates more time to composing and scoring, fans wonder if there are farewell shows in the future.