{"id":2068439,"date":"2026-07-29T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2068439"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:36:08","slug":"the-national-return-to-announce-first-live-show-since-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2068439","title":{"rendered":"The National return to announce first live show since 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2024-THE-NATIONAL-LIVE-15-CREDIT-ANDY-FORD@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The National return to announce first live show since 2024<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tickets go on sale next week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Damian Jones<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-29T14:36:08+01:00\">29th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2024-THE-NATIONAL-LIVE-15-CREDIT-ANDY-FORD@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Berninger of The National live at Glastonbury 2024, photo by Andy Ford\" title=\"NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2024-THE-NATIONAL-LIVE-15-CREDIT-ANDY-FORD@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Matt Berninger of The National live at Glastonbury 2024. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The National have announced plans for their first live show since 2024 \u2013 check out the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Matt Berninger interviewed: All that\u2019s left when you\u2019re gone are your ideas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The band will be performing a special one-off show as part of AB100 festival in Sans Sebastian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cThe National And Friends\u201d, the event will be staged\u00a0at the Kursaal Donostia on October 18 and will include performances from the band alongside the likes Kevin Morby, Ben Howard, Jon Hopkins, Mina Tindle, Ragnar Kjartansson, Arcade Fire\u2018s Richard Reed Perry, Ana\u00efs Mitchell and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale on August 3 at 11.30am Central European Time (10.30 BST) and can be purchased here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbX2esfjB7i\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The band last dropped two albums in 2023 \u2013 \u2018The First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\u2018 and \u2018Laugh Track\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2024, they told <em>NME <\/em>that they were in a \u201cvery creative space\u201d and in the \u201cgardening phase\u201d of writing new material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since then, frontman Matt Berninger has released a new solo album \u2018Get Sunk\u2018. He revealed at the time that a lot of the lyrics for his second solo album were written on baseballs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, writing on the baseballs is making me a better writer just by physically slowing the writing process down,\u201d he told <em>NME<\/em> in 2025. \u201cMy brain sits on a word just a hair longer when I have to write it on a baseball. My brain considers the word and goes, \u2018No, this is a better word. Don\u2019t go left, go backwards\u2019. When you\u2019re writing on a baseball, you have a minute to avoid the clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like writing a novel with one finger. Maybe that\u2019s the way Hemingway wrote and why his sentences are so good? Because he just fucking thought about every word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Dessner has also worked on a number of albums including Mumford &amp; Sons\u2018 \u2018Prizefighter\u2018, and Gracie Abrams\u2018 \u2018The Secret Of Us\u2019 and \u2018Daughter From Hell\u2018, Florence + The Machine\u2018s \u2018Everybody Scream\u2018 and Brandi Carlile\u2018s \u2018Returning To Myself\u2019 in recent years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He recently denied claims that Abrams\u2019 song \u2018Death Wish\u2019 is about\u00a0Taylor Swift, who he has also previously worked with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related 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class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Graham_Coxon_James_Kelly-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Graham_Coxon_James_Kelly-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Graham Coxon announces second batch of vinyl reissues for complete solo catalogue<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The National have announced plans for their first live show since 2024 \u2013 check out the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Matt Berninger interviewed: All that\u2019s left when you\u2019re gone are your ideas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The band will be performing a special one-off show as part of AB100 festival in Sans Sebastian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cThe National And Friends\u201d, the event will be staged\u00a0at the Kursaal Donostia on October 18 and will include performances from the band alongside the likes Kevin Morby, Ben Howard, Jon Hopkins, Mina Tindle, Ragnar Kjartansson, Arcade Fire\u2018s Richard Reed Perry, Ana\u00efs Mitchell and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale on August 3 at 11.30am Central European Time (10.30 BST) and can be purchased here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbX2esfjB7i\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The band last dropped two albums in 2023 \u2013 \u2018The First Two Pages Of Frankenstein\u2018 and \u2018Laugh Track\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2024, they told <em>NME <\/em>that they were in a \u201cvery creative space\u201d and in the \u201cgardening phase\u201d of writing new material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since then, frontman Matt Berninger has released a new solo album \u2018Get Sunk\u2018. He revealed at the time that a lot of the lyrics for his second solo album were written on baseballs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, writing on the baseballs is making me a better writer just by physically slowing the writing process down,\u201d he told <em>NME<\/em> in 2025. \u201cMy brain sits on a word just a hair longer when I have to write it on a baseball. My brain considers the word and goes, \u2018No, this is a better word. Don\u2019t go left, go backwards\u2019. When you\u2019re writing on a baseball, you have a minute to avoid the clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like writing a novel with one finger. Maybe that\u2019s the way Hemingway wrote and why his sentences are so good? Because he just fucking thought about every word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Dessner has also worked on a number of albums including Mumford &amp; Sons\u2018 \u2018Prizefighter\u2018, and Gracie Abrams\u2018 \u2018The Secret Of Us\u2019 and \u2018Daughter From Hell\u2018, Florence + The Machine\u2018s \u2018Everybody Scream\u2018 and Brandi Carlile\u2018s \u2018Returning To Myself\u2019 in recent years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He recently denied claims that Abrams\u2019 song \u2018Death Wish\u2019 is about\u00a0Taylor Swift, who he has also previously worked with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-national-return-to-announce-first-live-show-since-2024-3959653&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2024-THE-NATIONAL-LIVE-15-CREDIT-ANDY-FORD@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News The National return to announce first live show since 2024 Tickets go on sale next week By Damian Jones 29th July 2026 Matt Berninger of The National live at Glastonbury 2024. Credit: Andy Ford for NME The National have announced plans for their first live show since 2024 \u2013 check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2068439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2068439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2068439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}