TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring all original music by Nine Inch Nails, will be released on September 19. Created for the third installment in the groundbreaking TRON film franchise, TRON: Ares stands among Nine Inch Nails’ most compelling albums, humming with menace, melancholy, and momentum as analog soul and digital dread collide. It also marks the first-ever film score by the pioneering band, although bandmates Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have composed 20 scores under their own names, winning two Oscars, three Golden Globes, a GRAMMY^® and an Emmy in the process. In this exclusive Empire feature, Reznor delves into why they approached TRON: Ares as a Nine Inch Nails project. Pre-order / pre-save TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  HERE. See below for track listing. Today, Nine Inch Nails dropped “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” – the album’s first single and the first official music from the band in five years. Listen to “As Alive As You Need Me To Be.” Disney’s TRON: Ares releases in U.S. theaters on October 10.

Nine Inch Nails will kick off the North American leg of their acclaimed “Peel It Back” world tour on August 6 at Oakland Arena in Oakland, CA. The 26-date, sold-out run will include two-night stands at United Center in Chicago (August 19 and 20), Barclays Center in Brooklyn (September 2 and 3) and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles (September 18 and 19). Boys Noize will support on all dates. See below for itinerary. Due to fan demand and overwhelming response to the production debuted on the European tour, a number of limited view tickets will be released across all dates this Friday, July 18, at 9AM PT/12PM ET at NIN.com.

The arena tour, which marks the band’s first live outing since 2022, launched at Dublin’s 3Arena in June. The Times, in an opening night review, said, “The show was a revelation — a thrilling onslaught that combined angst, sincerity and a nightmarish otherworldliness…” NME noted, “[The band] delivered a stacked setlist of huge hits and rarities.” Kerrang hailed the tour as “mind-blowing” while Evening Standard proclaimed, “Trent Reznor is the last great art rock star.”

In 2008, Reznor and Ross launched a prolific career in composing music for film. Their first project, David Fincher’s The Social Network, earned the pair an Oscar and a Golden Globe. They’ve gone on to compose music for a diverse array of film and television projects, including the Watchmen series for HBO, which earned the duo an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a series. Their score for the 2020 animated Pixar film Soul. won numerous awards, including an Oscar, GRAMMY, Golden Globe and British Academy Film Award. In the same year, their score for Fincher’s MANK received nominations for many of the same awards. Recent projects have included Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, Fincher’s The Killer and a trio of projects with director Luca Guadagnino – Bones and All, Challengers and Queer.

Earlier this year, Reznor and Ross announced Future Ruins, a one-day music festival created and curated by the duo. Celebrating the visionary composers shaping the sound of modern cinema and television, the event features live performances across three stages—including select sets with full orchestra. Held on November 8, 2025, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Future Ruins invites audiences to experience the duo’s groundbreaking score work—and that of their peers—not as background, but as the main event. The music tells the story. Tickets are on sale now at FutureRuins.com.

As a work by Nine Inch Nails, TRON: Ares is a bracing departure from these acclaimed scores. Its architecture in sound: pulsating synths, distorted textures, and haunting melodies. Not one second of orchestra. Instead, the album erupts with the full force of Nine Inch Nails, breaking boundaries and redefining what a score can be.

NINE INCH NAILS – PEEL IT BACK WORLD TOUR 2025 – NORTH AMERICAN LEG

Wed Aug 06 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena

Fri Aug 08 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

Sun Aug 10 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Tue Aug 12 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Thu Aug 14 – West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center

Fri Aug 15 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Sun Aug 17 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Tue Aug 19 – Chicago, IL – United Center

Wed Aug 20 – Chicago, IL – United Center

Fri Aug 22 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Sat Aug 23 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Tue Aug 26 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Wed Aug 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Fri Aug 29 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sun Aug 31 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Tue Sep 02 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

Wed Sep 3 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center

Fri Sep 05 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center

Sat Sep 06 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Tue Sep 09 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena

Wed Sep 10 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Fri Sep 12 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

Sat Sep 13 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

Tue Sep 16 – Phoenix, AZ – PHX Arena

Thu Sep 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

Fri Sep 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum