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Trent Reznor reveals how Nine Inch Nails came to find themselves supporting David Bowie on his "Outside Tour" in 1995. "I didn't know him, but I had left every possible breadcrumb of flattery in any interview I'd ever done... We had just finished a long wave of touring. We were burnt out. I wasn't in the best shape personally, and we'd just said we have to take some time off. The phone rings... David Bowie [tells me he] just did an album with [Brian] Eno, saying, 'It's very weird. It's not what the audience wants, but it's what I need to do. And the only band I'd want to be onstage with is you guys. Would you like to go on a tour this summer?' Before he finishes the sentence, [I respond] 'Yes, of course.' "We were faced with a strange predicament at that time, because at that moment Nine Inch Nails were a bigger concert draw than David Bowie, as impossible as that seems. And there was no possible way that David Bowie's gonna play before Nine Inch Nails. So, I talked it over with David: 'Maybe both bands join the stage at the same time, then I'll stay for a song with you guys and it morphs into your show...' He was completely up for it and it worked. It became a way to make it less about two bands on tour, and more about a unique experience." 📸: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images