The National Release BOXER LIVE IN BRUSSELS + Announce Additional U.S. Tour Dates

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their acclaimed album Boxer, The National performed the record from beginning to end at a very special show in Brussels, Belgium on November 9th, 2017. The vinyl was released exclusively on Record Store Day, which sold out immediately. Today, the live LP has been released digitally and on CD. Listen to "Fake Empire" HERE

The National have also announced 3 additional U.S. tour dates: August 2 at The Metro in Chicago (an Official Lollapalooza Aftershow), Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on October 7, and September 22 in Santa Barbara at Santa Barbara Bowl. These dates are among other shows including The National presents: There's No Leaving New York; a two-day event on 9/29 and 9/30 at Forest Hills Stadium. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Future Islands, Cat Power, Cigarettes After Sex, Phoebe Bridgers, U.S. Girls, Bully, Adia Victoria are also on the bill. Two-day tickets are SOLD OUT. Visit americanmary.com for more information. See below for the daily lineup and a full rundown of all upcoming U.S. dates:

Sept 29 - The National, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cigarettes After Sex, Phoebe Bridgers, Adia Victoria

Sept 30 - The National, Future Islands, Cat Power, U.S. Girls, Bully

The National have established themselves as mainstays of arenas and festivals with sold-out performances and headlining slots around the world. The band won a GRAMMY award for Best Alternative Music Album category for their 2017 release Sleep Well Beast during The Recording Academy® 60th annual GRAMMY® Awards.

Praise for Sleep Well Beast

"On their first album since scoring a Grammy nomination four years ago, The National have mastered their own sound, a brooding tunefulness they've streamlined into their prettiest batch of songs in a career of constantly topping themselves."

- Consequence of Sound (50 Best Albums of 2017)

"It's the rare album that's both of the moment and timeless."

- USA Today (10 Best Albums of 2017)

"It's a rock record that rages against our freakish cultural moment not by sloganeering but by turning inward, circling wagons, taking stock of beauty and love and gathering strength for what lies ahead."

- Rolling Stone (50 Best Albums of 2017)

"Sleep Well Beast highlights the National's penchant for magnifying insular conflicts into something a lot of us can relate to in that moment, a record detailing marital struggles and familial bonds during what feels like the end of the world."

- Stereogum (50 Best Albums of 2017)

"An hour-long odyssey into the darkness of our times, both political and personal, Sleep Well Beast is quietly, gorgeously insinuating, from the Leonard Cohen-esque "Nobody Else Will Be There" to the electronic thrum that drives the incredible title track."

- AV Club (20 Best Albums of 2017)

"This album, so full of anger and fear and cautious hope for the future, is an exquisitely unpredictable animal."

- UPROXX (50 Best Albums of 2017)

"Between the swaggering rock of the first half and the roving electronic ballads of the second, Sleep Well Beast shows The National is a band that only gets bolder with age."

- Digital Trends (50 Best Albums of 2017)

2018 Tour Dates

July 13 - Lisbon, Portugal - Nos Alive

July 14 - Werchter, Belgium - TW Classic

July 29 - Detroit, MI - Mo Pop Festival

July 30 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater

July 31 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater

August 2 - Chicago, IL - Metro (w/ Alex Lahey)

August 3 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza

August 4 - Toronto, ON - Fort York

August 5 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga

Sept 7 - Milan, Italy - Milano Rocks

Sept 8 - Berlin, Germany - Lollapalooza Berlin

Sept 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium (w/ Phoebe Bridgers)

Sept 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium (w/ Phoebe Bridgers) - SOLD OUT

Sept 22 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl (w/ Phoebe Bridgers)

Sept 24 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

Sept 25 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

Sep 27 - Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center (w/ Phoebe Bridgers + Cat Power)

Sept 28 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ Phoebe Bridgers + Cat Power)

Sept 29 - New York, NY - Forest Hills Stadium - The National presents: There's No Leaving New York *

Sept 30 - New York, NY - Forest Hills Stadium - The National presents: There's No Leaving New York #

Oct 5-7 - Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX

Oct 7 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, MO (w/ Alvvays)

Oct 9 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater (w/ Sharon Van Etten)

Oct 12-14 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

* w/ Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cigarettes After Sex, Phoebe Bridgers, Adia Victoria

# w/ Future Islands, Cat Power, U.S. Girls, Bully

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