The National

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QRO’s spotlight goes bigger than ever for the bigger than ever The National.


Name: The National

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY (originally from Cincinnati, OH)

Associated act(s): Big Red Machine, Clogs, EL VY, Hannah Georgas, LANZ, LNZNDRF, Royal Green, Sufjan Stevens, This Is the Kit

Members: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Scott Devendorf

Albums: The National (2001), Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers (2003), Cherry Tree EP (2004), Alligator (2005), Boxer (2007), Virginia EP (2008), High Violet (2010), Trouble Will Find Me (2013), Sleep Well Beast (2017), I Am Easy To Find (2019), First Two Pages of Frankenstein (2023), Laugh Track (2023)

The NationalRelated Articles:

Review of Boxer

Photo gallery from South Street Seaport in New York, NY on August 17th, 2007

Live review at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on October 12th, 2007

Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg

Featured in “Top 25 Albums of 2007”

Review of Virginia EP

Photo gallery from Central Park SummerStage in New York, NY on August 4th, 2008

Review as part of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX on November 8th, 2008

Photo gallery from Fun Fun Fun Fest

Photo gallery from Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL on July 18th, 2009

Photo gallery from Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, TN on March 28th, 2010

Review of High Violet

Review as part of Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, WA on May 29th, 2010

Photo gallery from Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on June 4th, 2010

Photo gallery from Electric Factory on June 5th, 2010

Photo gallery from D.A.R. Constitutional Hall in Washington, D.C. on June 6th, 2010

Photo gallery from Massey Hall in Toronto, ON, Canada on June 9th, 2010

Photo gallery from Rockin’ at The Knox, Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, NY on June 18th, 2010

Photo gallery from The Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands on July 6th, 2010

Photo gallery from Tivoli in Utrecht, Netherlands on July 7th, 2010

Photo gallery from Stadtpark in Hamburg, Germany on July 8th, 2010

Photo gallery from The Corn Exchange in Brighton, U.K. on July 9th, 2010

Review as part of Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada on July 31st, 2010

Photo gallery from Osheaga

Review as part of Haldern Pop Music Festival in Rees-Haldern, Germany on August 14th, 2010

Photo gallery from Haldern Pop

Interview with Scott Devendorf

Review as part of Music Fest NW Day Five at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, OR on September 12th, 2010

Photo gallery from Pioneer Courthouse Square

Review as part of Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX on October 10th, 2010

Photo gallery from Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, CA on October 17th, 2010

Photo gallery from Crossing Border Festival in den Haag, Netherlands on November 21st, 2010

Review of High Violet (Expanded Edition)

Featured in “Top 50 Albums of 2010”

Photo gallery from Vorst National in Brussels, Belgium on February 15th, 2011

Review as part of Cross Linx Festival in The Netherlands, February 16th-19th, 2011

Photo gallery from Day One of Cross-Linx Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands on February 16th, 2011

Photo gallery of Scott Devendorf DJing on Day Two of Cross-Linx Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands on February 17th, 2011

Photo gallery of Aaron & Bryce Dessner from Day Two of Cross-Linx Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands on February 17th, 2011

Photo gallery from Day Two of Cross-Linx Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands on February 17th, 2011

Photo gallery from Day Three of Cross-Linx Festival in Groningen, Netherlands on February 18th, 2011

Photo gallery from Day Four of Cross-Linx Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands on February 19th, 2011

Photo gallery from Mejeriet in Lund, Sweden on February 28th, 2011

Photo gallery from Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden on March 1st, 2011

Photo gallery from Coliseu do Porto in Oporto, Portugal on May 23rd, 2011

Photo gallery from Camp Pequeno in Lisbon, Portugal on May 24th, 2011

Review as part of Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain on May 28th, 2011

Photo gallery from Primavera Sound Festival on May 28th, 2011

Photo gallery of Aaron & Bryce Dessner’s ‘The Long Count’, featuring Matt Berninger, at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t ij in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 2nd, 2011

Photo gallery from Heineken Open’er Festival in Gydnia, Poland on June 30th, 2011

Review as part of Main Square Festival in Arras, France on July 2nd, 2011

Photo gallery from Main Square Festival

Photo gallery from Open Air Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland on July 3rd, 2011

Photo gallery from Piazza Castello in Ferrara, Italy on July 5th, 2011

Photo gallery from Krizanke Theatre in Ljubjana, Slovenia on July 6th, 2011

Photo gallery from 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands on July 13th, 2011

Photo gallery from Latitude Festival at Henham Park in Southwold, U.K. on July 15th, 2011

Photo gallery from Terraneo Festival in Sibenik, Croatia on August 10th, 2011

Review as part of Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary on August 14th, 2011

Photo gallery from Sziget Festival

Photo gallery from Esplanade Theatre in Singapore on November 6th, 2011

Photo gallery from Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX on December 4th, 2011

Photo gallery from Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada on December 8th, 2011

Photo gallery from Beacon Theatre in New York, NY on December 12th, 2011

Photo gallery of Bryce Dessner playing with Kronos Quartet from All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, U.K. on December 8th, 2012

Photo gallery from All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, U.K. on December 9th, 2012

Review as part of Boston Calling Music Festival in Boston, MA on May 26th, 2013

Photo gallery from Boston Calling

Review of Trouble Will Find Me

Photo gallery from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 5th, 2013

Photo gallery from North-by-Northeast at Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto, ON, Canada, on June 14th, 2013

Photo gallery from Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville, KY on September 13th, 2013

Review as part of Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX on October 6th, 2013

Featured in “Top 40 Albums of 2013”

Photo gallery from Massey Hall on April 9th, 2014

Photo gallery from ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX on April 21st, 2014

Photo gallery from Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA on April 25th, 2014

Photo gallery from Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA on April 26th, 2014

Review as part of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, GA on May 9th, 2014

Photo gallery from Shaky Knees

Review as part of Primavera Sound Festival on May 30th, 2014

Photo gallery from Primavera Sound Festival on May 30th, 2014

Review as part of NOS Primavera Sound in Oporto, Portugal on June 7th, 2014

Photo gallery from NOS Primavera Sound

Photo gallery from Piazza Castello on July 22nd, 2014

Photo gallery from Siren Fest in Vasto, Italy on July 25th, 2014

Photo gallery from Superuho Festival in Sibenik, Croatia on August 3rd, 2014

Review as part of Boston Calling on September 5th, 2014

Photo gallery from Boston Calling on September 5th, 2014

Review as part of Riot Fest in Chicago, IL on September 13th, 2014

Photo gallery from Riot Fest

Photo gallery from Eaux Claires Festival in Eau Claire, WI on July 17th, 2015

Photo gallery from Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, CA on October 18th, 2015

Review of Sleep Well Beast

Live review from O2 Apollo in Manchester, U.K. on September 22nd, 2017

Photo gallery from O2 Apollo

Live review from Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY on October 6th, 2017

Photo gallery from Forest Hills Stadium

Featured in “Top 20 Albums of 2017”

Live review from Irving Plaza in New York, NY for Citi Sound Vault on January 25th, 2018

Review as part of Shaky Knees on May 6th, 2018

Photo gallery from Shaky Knees on May 6th, 2018

Review as part of Primavera Sound Festival on June 1st, 2018

Photo gallery of Bryce Dessner x Player Fence from Eaux Claires on July 6th, 2018

Photo gallery of Aaron & Bryce Dessner from Eaux Claires on July 6th, 2018

Photo gallery from Eaux Claires on July 6th, 2018

Live review from The Metro in Chicago, IL on August 2nd, 2018

Photo gallery from The Metro

Review as part of Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL on August 3rd, 2018

Photo gallery from Lollapalooza

Photo gallery from Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX on October 5th, 2018

Review of I Am Easy To Find

Live review from Coca Cola Roxy in Atlanta, GA on June 16th, 2019

Photo gallery from Coca Cola Roxy

Photo gallery of Matt Berninger at Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY on February 26th, 2010

Review of Matt Berninger’s “Serpentine Prison”

Review of Matt Berninger’s “Distant Axis”

Review of Matt Berninger’s “One More Second”

Review of Matt Berninger’s Serpentine Prison

Photo gallery from Pitchfork Festival on July 15th, 2022

Review as part of Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI on July 22nd, 2022

Photo gallery from Newport Folk Festival

Review of “Weird Goodbyes” with Bon Iver

Live review from Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on September 23rd, 2022

Review as part of Sound on Sound Festival in Bridgeport, CT on September 25th, 2022

Photo gallery from Sound on Sound

Review of “Tropic Morning News”

Review of “Eucalyptus”

Review of First Two Pages of Frankenstein

Photo gallery from Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on May 30th, 2023

Review of Laugh Track

Review of “Laugh Track”

Tour dates:

Feb 24, 2024 – Spark Arena – Auckland, NZ
Feb 25, 2024 – TSB Arena – Wellington, NZ
Feb 28, 2024 – Riverstage – Brisbane, AU
Mar 01, 2024 – Aware Super Theatre – Sydney, AU
Mar 02, 2024 – Aware Super Theatre – Sydney, AU
Mar 05, 2024 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne, AU
Mar 06, 2024 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne, AU
Mar 09, 2024 – Kings Park & Botanic Garden – Perth, AU
Mar 10, 2024 – Kings Park & Botanic Garden – Perth, AU
Jun 02, 2024 – Carroponte – Milan, Italy
Jun 03, 2024 – Cavea of the Auditorium Parco della Musica – Rome, Italy
Jun 05, 2024 – Zénith de Paris – Paris, France
Jun 21, 2024 – Hurricane Festival – Scheeßel, Germany
Jun 22, 2024 – Southside Festival – Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
Jun 24, 2024 – INmusic Festival – Zagreb, Croatia
Jun 25, 2024 – Stadthalle – Vienna, Austria
Jun 27, 2024 – Kunst!Rasen – Bonn, Germany
Jun 28, 2024 – Live Is Live – Antwerp, Belgium
Jul 02, 2024 – Nr St Austell, Cornwall Eden Sessions – Cornwall, United Kingdom
Jul 03, 2024 – Cardiff Castle – Cardiff, United Kingdom
Jul 04, 2024 – Sounds of the City, Castlefield Bowl – Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 05, 2024 – Crystal Palace Park –  London, United Kingdom
Jul 11, 2024 – Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Aug 06, 2024 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark

Sep 12, 2024 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Gilford, NH*#
Sep 13, 2024 Forest Hills Stadium New York, NY*#
Sep 14, 2024 Xfinity Center Mansfield, MA*#
Sep 16, 2024 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD*#
Sep 17, 2024 TD Pavilion at the Mann Center for Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA*#
Sep 19, 2024 Place Bell Laval, QC*#
Sep 19 – 22, 2024 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY
Sep 20, 2024 Budweiser Stage Toronto, ON*#
Sep 21, 2024 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH*#
Sep 24, 2024 United Center Chicago, IL*#
Sep 25, 2024 Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill Sterling Heights, MI*#
Sep 26, 2024 Breese Stevens Field Madison, WI*#
Sep 28, 2024 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Denver, CO*#
Sep 29, 2024 Granary Live Salt Lake City, UT*#
Oct 01, 2024 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA*#
Oct 02, 2024 Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC*#
Oct 03, 2024 Moda Center Portland, OR*#
Oct 06, 2024 The Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA*#
Oct 07, 2024 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA*#
Oct 10, 2024 Palacio De Los Deportes Mexico City, MX *

* w/ The War On Drugs
# w/ Lucius


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