Trent Reznor has announced that drummer Josh Freese will stop touring with NIN at the end of the current tour. "Josh Freese fans be sure to check out a show on the upcoming North American leg of the tour, as sadly they will be the last ones he's playing with us," Trent wrote on NIN.com "He informed me he's leaving the tour at the end of this year. Yes, we are still dear friends. No, I'm not sure what we are going to do," he wrote. Josh and his wife are expecting their third childn in January of 2009.

In addition to his work with NIN, Freese is one of the most accomplished drummers in music. He has been a member of A Perfect Cirle, The Vandals and Devo and has been on almost 300 records. He has also worked with Dr. Dre, Jewel, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Walsh and Weezer, among many others.

If you want to learn a little bit about the drummer check out this video he put out back in August.