Despite some individual members’ supreme awfulness over the years as well as the automatic lameness of the whole cash-cow reunion charade, I’m kind of intrigued to see the original line-up of Jane’s Addiction play again. Lone hold-out Eric Avery had long said he had no interest in pursuing the past, but I guess he caved for the cash, as most eventually do. A new Trent Reznor-produced record is in the works with the reunited quartet, so we’ll see if they can drum up any of that early tension,which is now two decades in the rear-view mirror. I have my doubts, but I must admit watching clips of the band’s recent show at the Echoplex in LA brought back a few nostalgic teenage moments. Reunions are tricky. They toy with your emotions and your memories. Nostalgia can make logic fuzzy and seem unimportant. Yes, all the danger is long gone, and, yet, there’s still some semblance of something exciting for those four guys to be playing together.

Nine Inch Nails & Jane’s Addiction

May 8 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 9 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
May 10 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 14 – Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
May 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 16 – Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
May 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
May 20 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 22 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 26 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
May 27 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
May 29 – Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion (NIN Only)
May 30 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 31 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 2 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
June 3 – Darien Lake, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheatre
June 5 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At The Waterfront
June 6 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 7 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater
June 9 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 10 – Burgettstown, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 12 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre