The summer is winding down for the hiatus-prepped industrial band Nine Inch Nails and acclaimed rapper Lil Wayne. Both are among the major acts with tours winding down during the week ending September 7, as compiled by TicketNews.
Industrial rock’s leading man Trent Reznor is in line for his final four performances with his trailblazing band, Nine Inch Nails. The rock group is booked for a four-night run in Los Angeles from September 2 at the Hollywood Palladium through September 6 at EchoPlex, after which an indefinite hiatus looms large. Reznor has pledged to continue his recording career, but for fans eager to see him perform live — for what could be the last time — these are “can’t miss” events.
Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne is hosting the final dates of his summer-long America’s Most Wanted Music Festival Tour over the course of this week, supported by the likes of Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and newcomer Drake. The tour’s next stop is September 1 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN, with the last date of the run set for September 6 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL.
The summer calendar closes this week for Debbie Harry’s new wave juggernaut Blondie, which takes the stage for its final bow of the season on September 1 at Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, AZ. Another powerful, female-fronted rock outfit, The Pretenders also has a handful of itinerary closing gigs lined up this week from September 1 at Pala Casino Resort and Spa in Pala, CA, through September 4 at The Show in Rancho Mirage, CA.
After a series of health-related cancellations earlier this year, Depeche Mode is closing its stint in the U.S. on September 5 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL. Meanwhile, the party is almost over for Steely Dan, as the duo wraps its Rent Party ’09 Tour with a final multiple-night engagement on September 1, 3 and 4 at Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL, and a tour-end show on September 5 at Sound Board Theater in Detroit, MI.
The pop-punk community celebrates a milestone this week with the Warped Tour: 15th Anniversary Show on September 6 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. The concert includes performances by Blink-182, 3OH!3 and Katy Perry and will be released in select theaters in movie-form on September 17. On the other end of the spectrum, Motley Crue’s vanity festival CrueFest 2 completes its second summer on the road with events lined up through September 5 at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, NY.
For some high-octane entertainment, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pep Boys Auto 500 will roll into Hampton, GA, this Labor Day weekend. The race hits the pavement at Atlanta Motor Speedway, just outside the city limits, on September 6. This year’s U.S. Open Tennis Championship is also running through Labor Day weekend, with Sessions 3-16 scheduled from September 1-7 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Corona, NY.
“Last Chance” information is compiled at the beginning of the week, based on touring acts whose current itineraries are closing over the course of that week. The availability of tickets for Last Chance events depends on primary and secondary seller inventory, and may vary as tickets are sold in the days leading up to each event.
THIS WEEK’S LAST CHANCE EVENTS
| Last Event Date | Event |
| September 1 | The Cool Kids |
| September 1 | Chicago – The Band |
| September 1 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 3 |
| September 1 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 4 |
| September 1 | Blondie |
| September 1 | Street Drum Corps |
| September 1 | George Clinton |
| September 2 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 5 |
| September 2 | Pedal to the Metal Tour |
| September 2 | Atrophia |
| September 2 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 6 |
| September 2 | Patti Austin |
| September 2 | Yahir |
| September 2 | Shudder To Think |
| September 2 | Scotland Celtics FC |
| September 2 | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| September 2 | Hothouse Flowers |
| September 2 | De La Soul |
| September 2 | George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic |
| September 2 | Tarrus Riley |
| September 3 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 7 |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Buffalo Bills |
| September 3 | Maylene And the Sons of Disaster |
| September 3 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 8 |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Chicago Bears |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: New York Jets |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Denver Broncos |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: New Orleans Saints |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Seattle Seahawks |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: St. Louis Rams |
| September 3 | Live Set Disaster |
| September 3 | Thursday Night Music Club |
| September 3 | Las Vegas 51s |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Atlanta Falcons |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: New England Patriots |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Cincinnati Bengals |
| September 3 | The Pretenders |
| September 3 | Canada Cup: Women’s Hockey – Canada |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Jacksonville Jaguars |
| September 3 | NFL Preseason: Carolina Panthers |
| September 3 | Julio Iglesias |
| September 3 | Persuasions |
| September 3 | Israel Vibrations |
| September 3 | Dungen |
| September 3 | Babasonicos |
| September 3 | Lee Scratch Perry |
| September 3 | Candlebox |
| September 4 | Nebraska Cornhuskers Season Tickets |
| September 4 | Lillian Axe |
| September 4 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 9 |
| September 4 | E Hula 2009 |
| September 4 | The BET |
| September 4 | The Wallflowers |
| September 4 | Warp20 featuring Battles, !!!, Prefuse73 and Pivot |
| September 4 | This Day Forever |
| September 4 | Barely Blind |
| September 4 | Sneakers Ruined My Life |
| September 4 | American Music Festival: Boyz II Men |
| September 4 | Action Action |
| September 4 | God Fearin’ Snake Handlers |
| September 4 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 10 |
| September 4 | NFL Preseason: San Diego Chargers |
| September 4 | NFL Preseason: Minnesota Vikings |
| September 4 | NFL Preseason: Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| September 4 | T-pain |
| September 4 | Yellow Brick Road: Tribute To Elton John |
| September 4 | White Linen Party: Glen Jones |
| September 4 | Battle of the Bands: Nsu V |
| September 4 | Rewired |
| September 4 | Labor Fest |
| September 4 | Staten Island Yankees |
| September 4 | America’s Most Wanted Music Festival: Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy & Soulja Boy |
| September 4 | Hot 97 on the Reggae Tip |
| September 4 | Club Wars Xvii Semi Final |
| September 4 | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| September 4 | The Story of My Life |
| September 4 | Toots & the Maytals |
| September 4 | Roots Rock Reggae |
| September 4 | Three Redneck Tenors |
| September 4 | Tiger |
| September 4 | Tramps Like Us: Bruce Springsteen Tribute |
| September 4 | George Lynch’s Souls of We |
| September 4 | 86 The Effort |
| September 4 | The Higher Hands |
| September 4 | The Intelligence |
| September 4 | David Nail |
| September 4 | Petula Clark |
| September 4 | Lucky Boys Confusion |
| September 4 | The Pillowheads |
| September 4 | Kill Syndicate |
| September 4 | Moody Blues |
| September 4 | Mew |
| September 4 | B-real & Bizzy Bone |
| September 4 | The Unconscious |
| September 4 | Paucity |
| September 4 | Erup |
| September 4 | Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s |
| September 4 | Kiss Tribute Band |
| September 4 | John Merritt Classic Kickoff Celebration |
| September 4 | Split Lip Rayfield |
| September 4 | The Slickee Boys |
| September 4 | Bill Deasy |
| September 4 | Sera Cahoone |
| September 4 | Hell’s Belles |
| September 4 | Outlaws I & I : Umojah |
| September 4 | Lovebettie |
| September 5 | Penn State Nittany Lions Football |
| September 5 | 9 To 5 |
| September 5 | Nine Inch Nails |
| September 5 | NASCAR Nationwide Series: Labor Day Event |
| September 5 | Big & Rich |
| September 5 | Darryl Worley |
| September 5 | Red Snow |
| September 5 | Star Trek Film Marathon |
| September 5 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 11 |
| September 5 | Traffic Jam Day 1 |
| September 5 | Dubfest |
| September 5 | Strawberry Fields: A Tribute To The Beatles |
| September 5 | Saratoga Horse Racing |
| September 5 | Next To Normal (matinee) |
| September 5 | The Soulfood Festival ’09 |
| September 5 | Crue Fest 2 |
| September 5 | World Cup Qualifying Game: USA Men’s Soccer |
| September 5 | Indianapolis Indians |
| September 5 | Mark Mallman |
| September 5 | No Guts – No Glory |
| September 5 | Masquerade Erotica Ball |
| September 5 | NASCAR Nationwide Series: Degree V12 300 |
| September 5 | Cheenon |
| September 5 | The Sidekicks |
| September 5 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 12 |
| September 5 | American Music Festival: Heart |
| September 5 | Arythma |
| September 5 | Orlando Rocks! |
| September 5 | Labor Day Weekend Metal Fest |
| September 5 | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Lucas Oil 200 |
| September 5 | Aberdeen Ironbirds |
| September 5 | Black Eyed Peas |
| September 5 | Baryshnikov |
| September 5 | Canada Cup: Women’s Hockey – Semi Final #2 |
| September 5 | VCW Wrestling |
| September 5 | E Hula Mau |
| September 5 | Depeche Mode |
| September 5 | Steely Dan |
| September 5 | Dressy Bessy |
| September 5 | Return Of The Legends V.6 |
| September 5 | The Felice Brothers |
| September 5 | All Ohio Chorus Concert |
| September 5 | Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women |
| September 5 | The Chee Weez |
| September 5 | Break Science |
| September 5 | Walter Trout |
| September 5 | Dracula’s Ball |
| September 5 | Phosphorescent |
| September 5 | Gasoline Heart |
| September 5 | Mr. 44 |
| September 5 | Valium Stallion |
| September 5 | 3 Fifths |
| September 5 | Fiction 20 |
| September 5 | The Casualties |
| September 5 | John Williams: Music Of The Movies |
| September 5 | Yuridia |
| September 5 | Slippery When Wet |
| September 5 | Tommy’s Comedy Lounge |
| September 5 | Little Tony |
| September 5 | V103 Ol Skool House Party |
| September 5 | Tigercity |
| September 5 | Sidewise |
| September 5 | Led Zepplin 2 |
| September 5 | Busdriver |
| September 5 | The Yayhoos |
| September 5 | I-40 Old School Showdown Party |
| September 5 | Hairbanger’s Ball |
| September 5 | Mark Pipas |
| September 6 | Michael Burks |
| September 6 | NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals |
| September 6 | Atlanta Rhythm Section |
| September 6 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 13 |
| September 6 | Traffic Jam Day 2 |
| September 6 | Del Mar Thoroughbred Racing: Pacific Classic Day Sunday |
| September 6 | Long Beach Blues Festival |
| September 6 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| September 6 | Turntables On The Hudson |
| September 6 | Labor Day Weekend Fest |
| September 6 | Warped Tour: 15th Anniversary Show |
| September 6 | Xiv Int’l Ballet Festival |
| September 6 | Brooklyn Cyclones |
| September 6 | Smash Mouth |
| September 6 | Heathen |
| September 6 | Chip Da Ripper |
| September 6 | Erickson |
| September 6 | Daycare Swindlers |
| September 6 | Higher, Aviator, Ask, The Idea, Help Help |
| September 6 | American Music Festival: The Black Crowes |
| September 6 | My Children My Bride |
| September 6 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 14 |
| September 6 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pep Boys Auto 500 |
| September 6 | Def Leppard, Poison & Cheap Trick |
| September 6 | Fuerzabruta |
| September 6 | Carnival of Wonders |
| September 6 | A Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| September 6 | Big Picture |
| September 6 | Canada Cup: Women’s Hockey – Gold Medal Game |
| September 6 | Cleo Lane & John Dankworth |
| September 6 | Rob Sherwood |
| September 6 | Between The Buried And Me |
| September 6 | Counting Crows |
| September 6 | Cirque Dreams: Pandemonia |
| September 6 | Tracy Morgan |
| September 6 | Jim Florentine |
| September 6 | Pop Fest ’09 |
| September 6 | The Germs |
| September 6 | Jello Wrestling |
| September 6 | Los Adolescent’s |
| September 6 | Duke Robillard |
| September 6 | Sam Sylk Middle School Jam |
| September 6 | The Veer Union |
| September 6 | Polvo |
| September 6 | Jonathan Edwards & Red Molly |
| September 6 | Chairmen Of The Board |
| September 6 | Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through The Hits |
| September 6 | Chiddy Bang |
| September 6 | White Massive |
| September 6 | The Spits, Woven Bones, Mother Of Tears |
| September 6 | Rib America Festival: Puddle Of Mudd |
| September 6 | Prince |
| September 7 | Bumbershoot |
| September 7 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 15 |
| September 7 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship – Grounds Pass |
| September 7 | Traffic Jam Day 3 |
| September 7 | Los Tigres Del Norte |
| September 7 | Portland Sea Dogs |
| September 7 | Frederick Keys |
| September 7 | Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs |
| September 7 | Gwinnett Braves |
| September 7 | Ogden Raptors |
| September 7 | Pawtucket |
| September 7 | Eddie Miles |
| September 7 | Tennessee Smokies |
| September 7 | Cirque Shanghai |
| September 7 | Pickin’ For Preemies |
| September 7 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees |
| September 7 | Michael Stanley |
| September 7 | Apoptygma Berzerk |
| September 7 | Midland Rockhounds |
| September 7 | U.S. Open Tennis Championship Session 16 |
| September 7 | The Rock Conference |
| September 7 | Columbus Clippers |
| September 7 | Springfield Cardinals |
| September 7 | Chairlift |
| September 7 | Pleasure P |
| September 7 | Take 6 |
| September 7 | Larry G Jones with Red Skelton by Brian Hoffman |
