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The National is an American indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, in 1999, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Trouble Will Find Me is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band The National, released on May 17, 2013 on 4AD. Produced by band members Aaron and Bryce... Read More

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The National share rescheduled UK and European tour dates for summer 2022

The band's two shows at London's Brixton Academy this May have been cancelled

The National ‘s upcoming UK and European tour dates have been rescheduled to 2022, with some dates being cancelled – see details below.

The band were set to head to Europe in the summer of 2020 to celebrate 10 years of their lauded album ‘High Violet’, but the dates – including two London shows at Brixton Academy – were then rescheduled to May and June 2021 .

• READ MORE:  The National’s Matt Berninger on 10 years of ‘High Violet’: “We wanted to reach everybody”

Now, a number of the dates have been rescheduled, with the band revealing that more amended dates are set to be revealed soon.

“We are excited to announce the first set of rescheduled dates for our UK and European shows in 2022,” the band wrote on Twitter. “We look forward to seeing everyone next year. Until then, please stay safe.”

Fans who purchased tickets for the two Brixton Academy shows in London, set for May 25-26 this year, have been notified by their ticket provider that the shows have been cancelled.

We are excited to announce the first set of rescheduled dates for our UK and European shows in 2022. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. Until then, please stay safe. For tickets and info, please visit https://t.co/JrUsP56rzh pic.twitter.com/csO58yGDlY — The National (@TheNational) April 19, 2021

See The National’s current rescheduled 2022 UK and European tour dates below.

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5 – Limerick, The Docklands Festival 6 – Cork, Live At The Marquee 7 – Belfast, Botanic Gardens 10 – Stockholm, Rosendal, Djurgården 18 – Lisbon, Rock In Rio

The National released their last album, ‘I Am Easy To Find’, back in 2019, with NME calling it “lush, profound and experimental” in a four-star review .

Since then, frontman Matt Berninger has released his debut solo album, 2020’s ‘Serpentine Prison’ , while songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Dessner worked with Taylor Swift on her pair of 2020 lockdown albums, ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’ .

Earlier this year, The National released remastered versions of their first two albums – 2001’s self-titled debut and 2003 follow-up ‘Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers’ – to mark 20 years as a band.

Regarding new music, Aaron Dessner said last December that the band are “starting to talk about” their next steps .

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• Thu 11 Jul Edinburgh Castle The National Bess Atwell
• Fri 5 Jul London, Crystal Palace Park The National Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kevin Morby, This Is The Kit
• Thu 4 Jul Manchester, Castlefield Bowl The National This Is The Kit
• Wed 3 Jul Cardiff Castle The National Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Tue 2 Jul St Austell, The Eden Project The National This Is The Kit
• Wed 26 Jun → Sun 30 Jun Glastonbury, Worthy Farm Glastonbury Festival 2024 Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem…

September 2023

• Wed 27 Sep London, Alexandra Palace The National Soccer Mommy
• Tue 26 Sep London, Alexandra Palace The National Soccer Mommy
• Sun 24 Sep Glasgow, The OVO Hydro The National Soccer Mommy
• Sat 23 Sep Leeds, first direct arena The National Soccer Mommy

August 2022

• Sat 27 Aug Manchester, Mayfield Depot The National Dry Cleaning
• Fri 26 Aug London, Victoria Park All Points East 2022 The National, Fleet Foxes, Mogwai, Parcels, Villagers…
• Fri 26 Aug → Sun 28 Aug Edinburgh, Royal Highland Centre Connect Festival 2022 IDLES, The National, The Chemical Brothers, Jon Hopkins, Black Coffee…
• Tue 7 Jun Belfast, Botanic Gardens The National
• Mon 6 Jun The National
• Thu 2 Jun → Sun 12 Jun Primavera Sound Barcelona-Sant Adrià 2022 Massive Attack, Pavement, Tame Impala, Beck, The National…
• Sat 19 Jun → Sun 27 Jun Lisbon, Parque Da Bela Vista Rock In Rio Lisboa 2021 Foo Fighters, The National, Liam Gallagher, Black Eyed Peas, Ivete Sangalo…
• Tue 8 Jun Belfast, Botanic Gardens The National
• Mon 7 Jun The National
• Wed 26 May London, O2 Academy Brixton The National
• Tue 25 May London, O2 Academy Brixton The National
• Fri 26 Mar → Sun 28 Mar Online / Streaming Events 6 Music Festival 2021 Bicep, Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Marling, Black Country New Road, Dry Cleaning…
• Sat 20 Jun → Sun 28 Jun Lisbon, Parque Da Bela Vista Rock In Rio Lisboa 2020 Black Eyed Peas, Camila Cabello, Foo Fighters, The National, Liam Gallagher…
• Fri 12 Jun → Sun 14 Jun Best Kept Secret 2020 The National, Massive Attack
• Mon 8 Jun The National
• Sat 6 Jun Belfast, Botanic Gardens The National
• Tue 2 Jun London, O2 Academy Brixton The National
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• Mon 1 Jun Online / Streaming Events The National
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December 2019

• Tue 10 Dec Motorpoint Arena Nottingham The National, Jenny Lewis
• Mon 9 Dec Utilita Arena Cardiff The National, Jenny Lewis
• Sun 8 Dec Leeds, first direct arena The National, Jenny Lewis
• Sat 7 Dec Brighton Centre The National, Jenny Lewis

August 2019

• Fri 16 Aug → Sun 18 Aug Lowlands 2019 Tame Impala, twenty one pilots, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak, The National…
• Wed 14 Aug → Sat 17 Aug Vodafone Paredes De Coura 2019 The National, Parcels, New Order, Car Seat Headrest, Acid Arab…
• Sat 10 Aug → Sun 11 Aug Summer Well Festival 2019 The 1975, The National, Maribou State, Pale Waves, Black Honey (1)…
• Wed 7 Aug Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park The National
• Tue 6 Aug Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park The National
• Fri 2 Aug → Mon 5 Aug All Together Now 2019 The National, Patti Smith, Hot Chip, Father John Misty, Jon Hopkins…
• Sat 13 Jul London, Hyde Park Florence + The Machine, The National, Lykke Li, Khruangbin, Blood Orange, Nadine Shah, Aldous Harding, Cherry Glazerr, Marlon Williams, Let's Eat Grandma, Goat Girl, Roses Gabor …
• Thu 11 Jul → Sat 13 Jul Mad Cool Festival 2019 Bon Iver, Charlotte de Witte, Disclosure (2), Foxing, H.E.R.…
• Wed 10 Jul Manchester, Castlefield Bowl The National, Adia Victoria
• Thu 18 Apr London, Royal Festival Hall The National
• Thu 12 Jul → Sat 14 Jul NOS Alive '18 Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails, Snow Patrol, Khalid, Friendly Fires…
• Sat 16 Jun The National
• Fri 15 Jun The National
• Fri 8 Jun → Sun 10 Jun Best Kept Secret 2018 Arctic Monkeys, Deerhunter, Future Islands, Job Jobse, Tyler The Creator…
• Thu 7 Jun → Sat 9 Jun Northside Festival Björk, Thundercat, Queens Of The Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, The National…
• Sat 2 Jun London, Victoria Park The National, The War on Drugs, Future Islands, Warpaint, Cat Power, Public Service Broadcasting, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, Amber Run, This Is The Kit, The Districts, Rostam, Pumarosa, Warpaint (DJ Set), Gengahr, Sorry, Club Kuru, Night Flight (1), Cosmo Sheldrake, Cavetown, Flyte, All We Are, Warhaus, To Kill A King …
• Wed 30 May → Sun 3 Jun Primavera Sound Festival 2018 Belle & Sebastian, Spiritualized, Holy Bouncer, Javiera Mena, Kedr Livanskiy…

November 2017

• Thu 2 Nov → Sat 4 Nov Pitchfork Music Festival 2017 The National, Run The Jewels, Ride, Badbadnotgood, Talaboman…

September 2017

• Thu 28 Sep London, Eventim Apollo The National
• Wed 27 Sep London, Eventim Apollo The National
• Tue 26 Sep London, Eventim Apollo The National
• Mon 25 Sep London, Eventim Apollo The National
• Sat 23 Sep O2 Apollo Manchester The National
• Fri 22 Sep O2 Apollo Manchester The National
• Thu 21 Sep Edinburgh, Usher Hall The National
• Wed 20 Sep Edinburgh, Usher Hall The National
• Mon 18 Sep Dublin, Vicar Street The National
• Sun 17 Sep Dublin, Vicar Street The National
• Sat 16 Sep Cork City, Cork Opera House The National
• Wed 21 Jun → Sun 25 Jun Glastonbury, Worthy Farm Glastonbury Festival 2017 Radiohead, The xx, Royal Blood, Kris Kristofferson, First Aid Kit…
• Sun 17 Jul Dublin, Marlay Park The National
• Thu 14 Jul → Sun 17 Jul Southwold, Henham Park Latitude Festival 2016 The Maccabees, Beirut, Father John Misty, Courtney Barnett, British Sea Power…

November 2014

• Wed 26 Nov London, The O2 The National, Wild Beasts

October 2014

• Fri 31 Oct → Sat 1 Nov BIME Live Placebo, Macy Gray, Basement Jaxx, The Divine Comedy, Imelda May…

August 2014

• Fri 8 Aug → Sun 10 Aug Flow Festival Outkast, The National, Janelle Monae, Die Antwoord, Darkside (2)…
• Thu 17 Jul → Sun 20 Jul Colours Of Ostrava 2014 Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters, The National, Zaz, MGMT, Bastille…
• Sat 12 Jul London, Hyde Park Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The National, Tom Odell, Caitlin Rose, Phosphorescent, Flyte (2), Ethan Johns, The Webb Sisters, Jack Savoretti, To Kill A King, Hero Fisher, Midlake, Bruno Major, Lucy Rose, Half Moon Run …
• Thu 10 Jul Edinburgh, Usher Hall The National
• Thu 5 Jun → Sat 7 Jun Optimus Primavera Sound Porto 2014 Pixies, Neutral Milk Hotel, !!! (chk chk chk), Bicep, Caetano Veloso…
• Wed 28 May → Sat 31 May Primavera Sound Barcelona 2014 Sky Ferreira, Stromae, Holy Ghost!, Temples, El Mato A Un Policia Motorizado…

February 2014

• Fri 28 Feb → Sat 1 Mar O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester The 6 Music Festival Damon Albarn, Midlake, Kelis, Haim, Luke Sital-Singh…

November 2013

• Thu 14 Nov London, Alexandra Palace The National
• Wed 13 Nov London, Alexandra Palace The National
• Tue 12 Nov O2 Apollo Manchester The National
• Mon 11 Nov O2 Apollo Manchester The National
• Sun 10 Nov Dublin, 3Arena The National
• Sat 9 Nov SSE Arena, Belfast The National
• Wed 3 Jul → Sat 6 Jul Open'er Festival Alt-J, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Ballady i Romanse, Blur…

December 2012

• Fri 7 Dec → Sun 9 Dec Nr. Rye, Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park All Tomorrows Parties Bear In Heaven, Boris, Buke and Gase, Dark Dark Dark, Ethan Lipton's No Place To Go…

August 2011

• Wed 24 Aug → Sun 28 Aug Reading Festival Reading Festival 2011 My Chemical Romance, Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against…
• Wed 24 Aug → Mon 29 Aug Leeds, Bramham Park Leeds Festival 2011 A Genuine Freakshow, Anguish Sandwich, Arthur Rigby & The Baskervilles, Black Diamond Bay, Castrovalva…
• Wed 24 Aug O2 Academy Glasgow The National, Wye Oak
• Tue 23 Aug O2 Academy Edinburgh The National, Wye Oak
• Thu 14 Jul → Sun 17 Jul Southwold, Henham Park Latitude Festival Gwendolen Chatfield, Fuel Sheds, Alan Hollinghurst, Alexei Sayle, Andrew Smith…

December 2010

• Wed 1 Dec London, O2 Academy Brixton The National, Phosphorescent

November 2010

• Tue 30 Nov London, O2 Academy Brixton The National, Phosphorescent
• Mon 29 Nov London, O2 Academy Brixton The National
• Sat 27 Nov Manchester Academy The National, Phosphorescent
• Fri 26 Nov O2 Academy Glasgow The National, Phosphorescent

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Some people of my age (82) want to try Parachuting, Bungee Jumping or some other daring pursuit while still on this planet but my greatest wish was to go to a live concert of that amazing band, The National!

I was so lucky to be in Brighton last Saturday (7th Dec) to have my wish granted and the whole experience was fantastic - they even played my very favourite song, ‘Light Years’. The song list was well chosen, full of contrast in mood and tempo and the audience responded happily to singing Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks!

Our group included three generations, myself, two daughters and a granddaughter, all National fans.

The Brighton Centre is an excellent venue and the audience was so receptive and enthusiastic. I think Matt himself must have realised that, considering his many ventures down to the front row. At one point, he stumbled and my younger daughter held out her hands to steady him - unfortunately he stood on her toes but all is forgiven, Matt!

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I had heard they were a life changing show prior to going, but I was skeptical due to how hyperbolic people tend to be about that kind of thing, but HOLY SHIT.

They had a bit of a rocky start, but once they got their groove on (and Beringer got sufficiently drunk) 2-3 songs in, it was one of the most surreal shows I've ever had the pleasure of attending.

their music is often noted for being a bit mellow, but this show couldn't be less so. when it they weren't reaching swans-level volumes with songs like Mr November, they were delivering some satisfyingly visceral takes on classics like "Don't Swallow the Cap" or "Fake Empire"

seriously, though, this show was insane & I highly recommend seeing them to anyone if they're in your area.

They are absolutely incredible live. Between Matt's shrieking during The Pull of You and the intensity of Bryce and Aaron during rockers like Day I Die (during which Matt waded deep into the crowd) and System, this was certainly not a boring affair! Even the quieter numbers (Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks, Light Years, etc) had a coiled intensity. Matt is super funny on stage, telling clever anecdotes and giving away the mic stand at the end of the concert. The only caveat to the performance was that the whole field reeked of weed, so strong it was making me and my SO sick. Most of the fans just stood there smoking instead of actually having fun and dancing. The band itself was awesome though!

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The National announces UK tour and new album

Today, The National has announced the release of its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein , due April 28, 2023 via 4AD. Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages of Frankenstein signals a new chapter in the band’s beloved discography. The 11-song album was produced by The National at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. Pre-order for the album is available now HERE and at americanmary.com .

After two back-to-back albums and several busy years of touring, First Two Pages of Frankenstein was initially stalled while lead singer Matt Berninger navigated, “a very dark spot where I couldn’t come up with lyrics or melodies at all. Even though we’d always been anxious whenever we were working on a record, this was the first time it ever felt like maybe things really had come to an end.” Instead, The National “managed to come back together and approach everything from a different angle, and because of that we arrived at what feels like a new era for the band,” according to guitarist/pianist Bryce Dessner, whose bandmates also include his brother Aaron (guitar/piano/bass) as well as brothers Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).

The band has also shared the first single off the album, the deceptively upbeat “Tropic Morning News.” Partly recorded live in Hamburg, the song merges its mercurial textures and kinetic rhythms with a lush yet subtle grandeur achieved through Bryce Dessner’s work with the London Contemporary Orchestra. “When Matt came in with that song in the depths of his depression, it felt like a turning point for us,” says Aaron Dessner. “It’s almost Dylan-esque in its lyrics and it’s so much fun to play; everything suddenly felt like it was coming alive again.”

Co-written with Berninger’s wife Carin Besser, “ Tropic Morning News ” takes its title from a phrase Besser invented to describe the regrettably routine practice of doomscrolling. “The idea of referring to the darkness of the news in such a light way unlocked something in me,” says Berninger. “It became a song about having a hard time expressing yourself, and trying to connect with someone when the noise of the world is drowning out any potential for conversation.”

First Two Pages of Frankenstein channels the group’s revitalized chemistry into a body of work that beautifully balances elegant musicality with The National’s more idiosyncratic impulses. Tracks such as “Grease in Your Hair” and “Ice Machines” were road-tested in 2022 before they were recorded, allowing the band to hone the material in real time (another song, “Weird Goodbyes” featuring Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, was released as a standalone track last August). “To me the power of this record has to do with the intentionality and structure of the music meeting with a lot of accidental magic,” says Aaron Dessner.

The band has also today announced 2023 tour dates including a show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden with very special guest Patti Smith and her band. Other shows feature opening sets from Soccer Mommy, The Beths and Bartees Strange. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 27th at 10:00AM local time. Ticket info can be found at AmericanMary.com .

Formed in New York in 1999, The National’s last four albums have all been in the Top 5 in the UK charts, with 2017’s Grammy award-winning (for Best Alternative Album) Sleep Well Beast hitting Number 1. In the US, The National have scored five top 10 albums on The Billboard 200.

UK and EU tour dates:

Support: *Soccer Mommy ^Bartees Strange

• September 21 – Dublin, IRE – 3 Arena *
• September 23 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena *
• September 24 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Arena *
• September 26 – London, UK – Alexandra Palace *
• September 29 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome ^
• September 30 – Berlin, DE – Max-Schmeling-Halle ^
• October 1 – Munich, DE – Zenith ^
• October 4 – Madrid, ES – WiZink Center ^
• October 5 – Porto, PT – Super Bock Arena ^
• October 6 – Lisbon, PT – Campo Pequeno ^

US tour dates:

Support: *Soccer Mommy ~The Berths

• May 20 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre *
• May 21 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre *
• May 24 – Washington, DC – The Anthem *
• May 26 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling Festival
• May 28 – Napa, CA – Bottlerock Festival
• May 30 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *
• June 2 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield *
• June 3 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield *
• June 4 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park *
• June 5 – Burnaby, BC, Canada – Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park *
• August 1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia ~
• August 3 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl ~
• August 7 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit ~
• August 8 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee ~
• August 9 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory ~
• August 11 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom ~
• August 15 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater ~
• August 16 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park ~
• August 18 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden with very special guest Patti Smith and her band

‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ tracklist:

• Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
• New Order T-Shirt
• This Isn’t Helping (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
• Tropic Morning News
• The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)
• Grease In Your Hair
• Ice Machines
• Your Mind Is Not Your Friend (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
• Send For Me

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The National Announce 2022 Tour Dates with Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus

Bartees Strange will also provide support on select dates

The National will return to the road this summer with freshly announced 2022 tour dates.

The schedule is sandwiched between a pair of previously announced headlining spots at Pitchfork Music Festival in July and Connecticut’s new Sound on Sound Festival in September. Between those gigs, The National will play shows in Calgary, Missoula, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Boston, Milwaukee, and the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

For a special night in Portland, Maine, The National will be joined by guest Japanese Breakfast . Lucy Dacus and Bartess Strange will provide support on select dates throughout the rest of the tour. (Strange recently covered The National’s “About Today” for the suicide prevention nonprofit Sounds of Saving.)

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 1st at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster . Check out the full itinerary below.

“We are excited to finally share our full tour itinerary for summer 2022,” The National said in a statement. “The last couple years have given us ample time for reflection and rejuvenation. Summer 2022 is a time for reunion. We look forward to gathering with friends, old and new. United in music and light, suspended in time. We hope you can join us.”

Composers of the Year Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s Collaborative Nature Reached New Heights in 2021

Through PLUS1, The National will donate $1 from each ticket to the PLUS1 Ukraine Relief Fund as well as Buffalo String Works , the latter of which works “to ignite personal and community leadership through accessible, youth-centered music education.”

Marking their first dates since 2019, this tour follows a number of side-projects from The National members. Frontman Matt Berninger released his solo debut, Serpentine Prison , in 2020, as did drummer Bryan Devendorf ( Royal Green ). Aaron Dessner made waves working with Taylor Swift on  folklore and  evermore , in addition to joining Justin Vernon in Big Red Machine for  How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? . He also worked with his brother, Bryce Dessner, on the soundtracks to  C’mon C’mon and  Cyrano , the latter of which featured the new National track “Somebody Desperate.”

The National 2022 Tour Dates: 05/30 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel 05/31 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel 06/03 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/05 – Limerick, IE @ The Docklands Festival 06/06 – Cork, IE @ Live at the Marquee 06/07 – Belfast, UK @ Botanic Gardens 06/09 – Oslo, NO @ Loaded 06/10 – Stockholm, SE @ Rosendal, Djurgården 06/11 – Copehagen, DK @ Syd for Solen 06/13 – Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark 06/15 – Berlin, DE @ Zitadelle Spandau 06/16 – Gelsenkirchen, DE @ Gelsenkirchen Amphitheater 06/17 – Zeebrugge, BE @ Live Is Live 06/18 – Lisbon, PT @ Rock in Rio Lisboa 06/21 – Lido di Camaiore, IT @ La Prima Estate 07/15 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival 07/17 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest 07/19 – Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum * 07/20 – Cooperstown, NY @ Brewery Ommegang * 07/21 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point ^ 07/22 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival 08/06 – Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Folk Festival 08/07 – Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium # 08/08 – Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater # 08/09 – Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater # 08/10 – Dillon, CO @ Dillon Amphitheater # 08/12 – Bellevue, NE @ Outlandia Music Festival 08/14 – Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival 09/12 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre # 09/13 – Kansas City, MO @ Grinders KC 09/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field 09/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater 09/17 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park 09/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park 09/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts 09/22 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner 09/24 – Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg University 09/25 – Bridgeport, CT @ Sound on Sound Festival

* = w/ Lucy Dacus ^ = w/ Japanese Breakfast # = w/ Bartees Strange

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• Sep 28 2024 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Greenwood Village, CO, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 5:30 PM  –  Start time: 9:17 PM (Est.) Tickets 5:30 PM 9:17 PM Estimated
• Sep 29 2024 Granary Live Salt Lake City, UT, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 4:30 PM  –  Start time: 8:17 PM (Est.) Tickets 4:30 PM 8:17 PM Estimated
• Oct 01 2024 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 5:45 PM  –  Start time: 9:32 PM (Est.) Tickets 5:45 PM 9:32 PM Estimated
• Oct 02 2024 Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC, Canada  –  Find tickets Doors 5:30 PM  –  Start time: 9:17 PM (Est.) Tickets 5:30 PM 9:17 PM Estimated
• Oct 03 2024 Moda Center Portland, OR, USA  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
• Oct 05 2024 Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions 2024 Napa, CA, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 4:00 PM  –  Start time: 7:47 PM (Est.) Tickets 4:00 PM 7:47 PM Estimated
• Oct 06 2024 William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 4:00 PM  –  Start time: 7:47 PM (Est.) Tickets 4:00 PM 7:47 PM Estimated
• Oct 07 2024 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 5:15 PM  –  Start time: 9:02 PM (Est.) Tickets 5:15 PM 9:02 PM Estimated
• Oct 10 2024 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City, Mexico  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
• Oct 25 2024 The New Yorker Festival 2024 New York, NY, USA  –  Find tickets Add time  –  Scheduled: 8:30 PM Tickets Add time Add times 8:30 PM

The National at Breese Stevens Field, Madison, WI, USA

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• Slippery People
• Don't Swallow the Cap
• Tropic Morning News
• Bloodbuzz Ohio
• The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
• I Need My Girl
• Conversation 16
• Mr. November
• Light Years
• Fake Empire

The National at Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA

• Once Upon a Poolside
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Woodcut portrait of Raphael from the 1568 edition of Giorgio Vasari, Le vite … , Florence 1568 (2nd edn), vol. 3, p. 64. © The National Gallery, London

Tom Henry , 2024

Extracted from: Carol Plazzotta and Tom Henry,  The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings: Volume IV, Raphael (London: The National Gallery, 2022).

Raphael is one of the most famous artists of all time and has been loved and admired across the world, and especially in Great Britain, for centuries. Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi) was born in the Marchigian hilltop city state of Urbino at Easter in 1483 (either on 28/29 March or 6/7 April). His mother, Magia di Battista Ciarla (d. 1491), died when he was eight years old. His father, Giovanni Santi (active 1469–1494), a painter and poet at the court of the Montefeltro dukes of Urbino, died three years later, when his son was 11. Raphael, who inherited half of his father’s estate, was brought up by his paternal uncle, Bartolomeo, a priest, who also lived in Urbino. The Montefeltro were famous both as mercenary generals and discerning patrons of the arts, with strong connections to the papal court in Rome. This combination of artistic pedigree and court connections partly explains the young Raphael’s meteoric rise to become one of the most successful and internationally renowned artists of the Italian Renaissance. It is now widely accepted that, as a youth, Raphael received at least a rudimentary training from Santi. The first documents regarding Raphael’s activity as an artist (he was named as a master at the age of 17, in 1500) show him working with the artist Evangelista da Pian di Meleto (about 1460–1549), who had previously worked for Giovanni Santi and had been a trusted member of his household from at least 1483. It is possible that his training continued in Urbino after his father’s death, since his earliest works, datable to the period 1500–2, are clearly based on his father’s art. On the other hand, the artist’s biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) and other early commentators traced Raphael’s apprenticeship to the workshop of the leading Umbrian painter of the time, Pietro Perugino (about 1450–1523). While it is beyond doubt that Raphael modelled his style very closely on Perugino’s in the years 1502 to 1504/5, and that he almost certainly had direct contact with him, a formal apprenticeship any earlier is not accepted by all writers and not by the present authors. One also needs to explain the fact that his earliest works (1500–2) are more evidently related to his father’s art than to Perugino’s.

Raphael’s first recorded activity as a painter was in (or for) Città di Castello where he painted three altarpieces (including the Mond Crucifixion , NG 3943) and a banner, 1500–4. From late 1502 he seems to have worked increasingly in Perugia where he went on to paint several altarpieces (including the Colonna Altarpiece, with its predella depicting the Procession to Calvary , NG 2919; the Ansidei Madonna , NG 1171 , with its predella depicting Saint John the Baptist preaching , NG 6480), and a fresco in the period 1502/3–7, receiving a number of other smaller commissions as well. In addition to evident contact with Perugino, he was befriended by Bernardino Pintoricchio (about 1454–1513) and had a role in designing paintings executed by the elder artist and his workshop in the town of Fratta (modern‐day Umbertide) and Siena. From 1504/5 and until 1508, Raphael also spent time in Florence, and the overlaps in these dates suggest the extent to which the artist moved around in his early years (periods back in his home town of Urbino are also documented, and it was probably during one of these that the Dream of a Knight , NG 213, was painted for a court patron). In Florence Raphael modified his style again, inspired by the work of fifteenth‐century Tuscan artists, among them Masaccio (1401–1428/9?) and Donatello (1386–1466), as well as benefiting from direct contact with his older contemporaries Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) and Michelangelo (1475–1564) who were especially influential on the young artist’s development. In addition to varying his drawing style and technique in response to these new stimuli, Raphael embarked on a study of the male nude and developed a greater awareness of contrapposto , both newly visible in his art at this time ( Saint Catherine of Alexandria , NG 168 , is a prime example). He painted an important series of Madonnas for patrons in Florence and elsewhere (for example, the Madonna of the Pinks , NG 6596), but received only one altarpiece commission for the city, which he left incomplete when he was summoned to work for the Della Rovere Pope Julius II (r. 1503–13) in Rome in 1508, a few months after the Pope’s nephew had succeeded his uncle as Duke of Urbino. It seems highly likely that armed with or preceded by letters of recommendation from the Urbino court, Raphael arrived in papal Rome in the summer or autumn of 1508.

Rome remained Raphael’s home for the rest of his life. The opportunity to work in the Stanze (papal apartments) of the Vatican Palace offered to him by Julius II established his contemporary and posthumous fame. He worked in fresco, his first lucid forays into grand and eloquent designs sealing his reputation in the papal reception rooms, the Stanza della Segnatura (1508/9–11) and the Stanza di Eliodoro (1511–14). The success of his work there saw other artists being progressively displaced; in some cases their work was torn down to make way for the revolutionary frescoed compositions of the young artist from Urbino. Alongside these commitments in the Vatican, Raphael also found time to paint portraits (including that of Pope Julius himself, NG 27), Madonnas (including the Garvagh Madonna , NG 744, and the Mackintosh Madonna , NG 2069) and to embark on a long and fruitful working relationship with the rich Sienese banker, Agostino Chigi (1466–1520). Chigi was the first patron to commission architectural designs from Raphael, whose practice as an architect became increasingly important to his activity as the 1510s progressed, especially after he succeeded Donato Bramante (1444–1514) as architect of St Peter’s in 1514. He also began to take on altarpiece commissions, predominantly for export from Rome (Piacenza and Naples in the early 1510s; Palermo, Bologna, Perugia and Narbonne in the years before his death).

After Julius’s death in 1513 Raphael became even more fundamental to the artistic strategy of the new Pope, Leo X (r. 1513–21). He was called upon to design a spectacular set of tapestries for the Sistine Chapel (most of these survive in the Vatican Museums; seven preparatory cartoons are on loan from the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London). He continued and added to the projects that had been undertaken in the Vatican Palace by completing further rooms in the papal apartments, the Stanza di Eliodoro and then the Stanza dell’Incendio (1514–17), before turning to the Loggia of Leo X (1517–18) and the initial planning (and perhaps execution) of the Sala di Costantino (1519–24). Increasingly, these varied and manifold projects saw him turning to an expanded workshop to assist in production and in some cases design. He came to rely on the not insignificant talents of the painters Giulio Romano (1492/9–1546) and Giovanni da Udine (1487–1561) and of the printmaker Marcantonio Raimondi (about 1480–1534), as well as the less easily definable talents of GianFrancesco Penni (1496–1528) who, with Giulio, was widely recognised as Raphael’s artistic heir. Raphael also involved himself in a very serious study of ancient art, commissioning draughtsmen to work for him across Italy (and beyond), engaging Fabio Calvo (about 1450–1527) to produce an Italian translation of Vitruvius’ De architectura , and collaborating with Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) on a written manifesto for the treatment of antiquities (the so‐called Letter to Leo X) that seems to have been designed to accompany a project to systematically study and recreate ancient Rome. In addition to his work on St Peter’s, Raphael turned his hand to villa design with the initial planning of the Villa Madama for Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici (1478–1534), who was also the patron of Raphael’s last great altarpiece, the Transfiguration (about 1519–20), a picture made in competition with the Raising of Lazarus (NG 1) by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1547). Raphael continued to be active as a painter for Agostino Chigi, Leo X and other patrons, and his fame and works were exported within his lifetime to England and especially to France and the court of François I (1494–1547).

Raphael died on the night of Good Friday 6–7 April 1520. He was hugely mourned, especially by the large retinue of artists who accompanied him to his burial place in the Pantheon and by the literary figures and ambassadors who either celebrated his achievements or reported the news of his untimely demise (Raphael was just 37) in their correspondence. Some of his projects were brought to completion by his workshop (for example, the Sala di Costantino and at least part of his original vision for the Villa Madama), but his enterprise could not survive the loss of its master and soon thereafter of his patron Leo X (d. 1521). The departure of Giulio Romano for Mantua in 1524 brought this initial continuation by his team to an end, and this became even more definitive following the depredations of the Sack of Rome in 1527.

It is tempting to say that Raphael’s death ushered in the phase of his artistic afterlife and collecting of his works, but in truth his influence and fame were so enormous that even his drawings had begun to be collected during his lifetime. For example, Raphael’s friend and colleague Timoteo Viti (1469–1523) took a large group of his early drawings to Urbino, many of which subsequently formed the core of the astonishingly rich holdings of Raphael drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the British Museum, London. The Royal Collection also acquired works by Raphael, including Charles I’s (1600–1649) purchase of Raphael’s tapestry cartoons in 1623. The ten Raphaels in the National Gallery reached the collection through a number of different channels. Lord Robert Spencer’s (1747–1831) acquisition on behalf of his brother the 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739–1817) of the Ansidei Altarpiece ( NG 1171 ), with its predella ( NG 6480 ), from the monks of S. Fiorenzo in Perugia in 1768, were the first Raphaels in the National Gallery to reach British shores. The main altarpiece was eventually bought by the Gallery from the Marlborough family with the aid of a government grant. At a similar date the 3rd Earl Cowper (1738‐1789) was also acquiring works by the artist in Italy. Other wealthy aristocrats, including the 2nd Earl of Dudley (1817–1885) (NG 3943) and the 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792–1865) (NG 6596), also purchased Raphaels from Italy, and their heirs were eventually tempted to part with these works for hefty sums. Monied collectors such as William Beckford (1760–1844) ( NG 168 ) and Ludwig Mond (1839–1909) (NG 3943) acquired their Raphaels in England and either sold, or in the latter case and that of Eva Mackintosh (1843–1935), bequeathed them to the National Gallery.

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Version 1, generated from files CP_TH_2022__16.xml dated 28/08/2024 and database__16.xml dated 20/09/2024 using stylesheet 16_teiToHtml_externalDb.xsl dated 30/07/2024. Document updated to use external database of archival and bibliographic references; entries for NG168, NG213 and NG 2069, and biography, created from design‐ready Word document and prepared for publication; figs 15, 20, new fig. 22, and 23 (previously 22) added, and fig. 17 updated, in entry for NG1171.

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