Originally written by Luke Slater · 11 May 2010
Not content with selling out the Royal Albert Hall in not-very-much-time-at-all, Brooklyn-based The National have announced another tour of this island, this time taking place in November. They still have a few other pressing live engagements around this part of the world first, which are listed directly below. Pretty much all sold out, though.
June: 26 - Glastonbury Festival, Other Stage July: 9 - Brighton, Corn Exchange 16 - Suffolk, Latitude Festival
And now the European dates for November:
November: 21 - Brussels, Ancienne Belgique 23 - Paris, Olympia 24 - Bristol, O2 Academy | Tickets 25 - Warwick, Arts Centre | Tickets 26 - Glasgow, O2 Academy | Tickets 27 - Manchester, Academy | Tickets
December: 1 - London, Brixton Academy | Tickets
As well as announcing this tour, the band will release a new single. 'Anyone's Ghost', taken from the critically lauded High Violet, will be released as a download on June 28. Read our review of High Violet here and our interview with the band here.