The National

[wokeupnew]

I've seen the national 10+ times. Do I NEEED to see this tour?

I’ve seen them 8 times and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon

 

[Godardian]

I've seen the national 10+ times. Do I NEEED to see this tour?

how dare you ask such a question

 

[Djxfactor511]

Has the guest vocalist been Luluc on the whole tour or have there been different?

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Has the guest vocalist been Luluc on the whole tour or have there been different?

Luluc and Hannah Georgas sang in Hamilton.

 

[Djxfactor511]

Luluc and Hannah Georgas sang in Hamilton.

Oh nice, I think having two people as guest vocalists would have helped with my complaint about being too low in the mix. Was that the case for your show?

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Oh nice, I think having two people as guest vocalists would have helped with my complaint about being too low in the mix. Was that the case for your show?

I thought the guest vocalists were only just a little too quiet. Not too bad. I couldn't hear the string section at all unless there were no other instruments playing, unfortunately.

 

[AngryVal]

Sent you a PM just now

Sorry - it was in my spam!! I set up autoforward and everything - but thanks for getting us the tickets while I got drunk in West Hartford last night. I barely remember calling you other than shouting something about being excited. WE ARE SEEING THE NATIONAL UP CLOSE. TWICE!!

 

[McGlam]

have you ever seen them with such an array of performers on stage, complementing the sound of the band?

if not, then YES! is the answer

if yes, then YES! is the answer

I’ve seen them 8 times and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon

how dare you ask such a question

Ok ok! Shame on me for asking!!

 

[CanadaPostRock]

ann Arbor show was awesome last night... 4th row, matt crawled on me and held my face and sang to me during ’day I die‘. Played ‘son’ which is kinda rare. Long set.

Also, the cherry tree poster is nicer than the show poster Imo. Supposedly on foil reflective paper. Geeked.

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

it's always nice to be extremely paralytic drunk-dialled by @AngryVal from half the world away as he garbles about how excited he is to be seeing the national in 9 months time again

 

[Antsman41]

American Mary was played tonight, holy shit.

 

[ayayrawn]

First time seeing them tonight! Matt stormed the crowd during "Graceless" one of my favorite songs by them, and got within 3 feet of us. Also they played American Mary for the first time in apparently years.

 

[Space Wanderer]

American Mary was played tonight, holy shit.

Back at the "Special Evening with The National" show at the Beacon earlier this year, after they screened the film they did a discussion/Q&A about it with Matt, Bryce and Mike Mills (moderated by Julien Baker). The last question they took from the crowd was from a very agitated man who wanted to know why they "ignore the existence of the first album" and never play American Mary despite it being the namesake of their new fan club.

Come to think of it, there's a non-zero chance that that person is on this forum.

 

[mdmost]

First time seeing them tonight! Matt stormed the crowd during "Graceless" one of my favorite songs by them, and got within 3 feet of us. Also they played American Mary for the first time in apparently years.

I love when Matt does that but I feel so sorry for the poor roadie who has to follow him around and then rewind the cord after Matt's done walking around. I remember being a little freaked out when we saw them for the first time and he pops up about 10 feet from us during Mr. November.

 

[Djxfactor511]

I love when Matt does that but I feel so sorry for the poor roadie who has to follow him around and then rewind the cord after Matt's done walking around. I remember being a little freaked out when we saw them for the first time and he pops up about 10 feet from us during Mr. November.

So what do you do on tour?

I'm in charge of the microphone cord.

Oh?

It's way more intense than you think.

 

[AngryVal]

Back at the "Special Evening with The National" show at the Beacon earlier this year, after they screened the film they did a discussion/Q&A about it with Matt, Bryce and Mike Mills (moderated by Julien Baker). The last question they took from the crowd was from a very agitated man who wanted to know why they "ignore the existence of the first album" and never play American Mary despite it being the namesake of their new fan club.

Come to think of it, there's a non-zero chance that that person is on this forum.

Oh man - those loopy fans are the worst. Nick Cave did an interesting show here which was Q&A mixed in with a few simple tracks on the piano. Apparently the Q&A was full of self-important hard core fans trying to out-fan each other and quoting Nick Cave quotes back to him from 10-15 years earlier.

The best part was he apparently just shut them all down, saying 'I don't remember that' and quickly moving on.... hilarious

 

[goodoohuru]

Oh man - those loopy fans are the worst. Nick Cave did an interesting show here which was Q&A mixed in with a few simple tracks on the piano. Apparently the Q&A was full of self-important hard core fans trying to out-fan each other and quoting Nick Cave quotes back to him from 10-15 years earlier.

The best part was he apparently just shut them all down, saying 'I don't remember that' and quickly moving on.... hilarious

Was that show anything to do with what has now become his Red Hand Files where he answers fan questions each week via email?

 

[wokeupnew]

holy hell this setlist is bonkers

 

[Djxfactor511]

Man, I would much rather have that than this:

Dudes! I was there, 2nd row! Should've done a forum round-up to grab a drink.

Still better than this one IMO

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Still better than this one IMO

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Yeah the Hamilton poster looks like ass. They got a huge design studio that does some amazing beer labels for Bellwoods Brewery to do it, but it's pretty ugly. Was there a Cherry Tree version of it too?