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New music by Trent Reznor's project "How to Destroy Angels." Their debut album, "Welcome Oblivion," will be released on March 5. Whatcha listening to this evening?

Nine Inch Nails at show #3 of Nine Inch Nails' farewell tour at Terminal 5 in New York City got an unexpected treat last night, when goth-rock legend Peter Murphy of Bauhaus joined the band for three songs.

After explaining to the crowd that NIN's first real break was when they were offered an opening slot on tour with Bauhaus, the band and the ageless Prince of Darkness tore through NIN's "Reptile", Bauhaus's "Kick in the Eye" and Joy Division's "Dead Souls", shown above.

Spin has more.

Nine Inch Nails' performance at Bonnaroo was supposed to be their last, but Trent Reznor ain't goin' out like that:

It turns out Nine Inch Nails’ Bonnaroo ‘09 set won’t be Trent Reznor’s final U.S. show ever — today the NIN leader announced on the band’s Website new plans to perform a handful of small venue shows in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Nine Inch Nails’ joint tour with Jane’s Addiction and their massive set at Bonnaroo were supposed to be the final curtain calls for Reznor and Co. in the States before the band would “disappear for a while,” but as Reznor writes, “Upon reflection, the NIN/JA tour felt like we had to rush through sets due to a limited allotted set length and many shows were in daylight — it just didn’t feel right to end NIN that way.”

So far, Reznor said Nine Inch Nails will perform at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal Five; Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom; and Los Angeles’ Wiltern, the Henry Fonda, Palladium and the Echoplex. “These should be cool, unusual and unique shows and I hope you come out — this is it,” Reznor writes of the final shows, strangely echoing Michael Jackson’s canceled “This Is It!” concerts in London, which were meant to be the King of Pop’s final performances in the U.K.

I'll be damned if I don't make it to one of those LA shows. I'll also be damned if these are the last every Nine Inch Nails shows. Does anyone even believe bands that Ian MacKaye isn't in when they announce their final show?

What ever happened to rock stars basking lazily in eternal singledom and promiscuity? Something must be in the air this week, because rock stars are all getting engaged.

We have Meg White and Trent Reznor (not to each other), as well as Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard's engagement to Zooey Deschanel.

Rock star marriages are often known to be both brief and tumultuous, with this one seeming to hold the title for both. Here's wishing Trent, Meg and Ben better luck than their forebearers.

(Guest blogged by Logan Murphy)

I'm Afraid Of Americans

This has always been one of my favorite Bowie songs and this live version really smokes. Co-written by Brian Eno, the song originally appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Showgirls in 1995 and re-released on the album Earthling in 1997. Later that year Trent Reznor remixed the song and it was released as a single along with a video you can see here. Which version do you like better?

Your challenge tonight is to find remixes of songs by the original artists and great collaborations.