Nine Inch Nails’ latest tour is all about extremes.

From piano ballads to industrial rockers to dance makeovers, the show the band puts on during its “Peel It Back Tour,” which included a stop Sunday at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, represents many of the things leader Trent Reznor and his crew have done since he started the project in this city in 1988.

And that, combined with first-class lights and graphics presentation, made for an exhilarating 100 minutes.

Before we go farther, though, let’s address what Reznor did during the show for Cleveland, which, in his own words, “shaped me into who I became.” The answer: not much. There was little to set this show apart from others on the tour. He even dropped a song from the upcoming soundtrack to “Tron: Ares” that online setlist show was play

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