THE NATIONAL
Saturday 24 February 2024
THE NATIONAL return to Aotearoa in February 2024 for their first shows in NZ in six years supporting their album "First Two Pages of Frankenstein" and a surprise new album "Laugh Track"!
Already established in the elite class amongst the very best bands in the world The National are operating at the peak of their powers, and the band continue to astonish. The National’s ninth studio album First Two Pages of Frankenstein was released in April this year with a stacked line-up of guest musicians including Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. It has been received as a career highlight with NME’s five-star review proclaiming “This is The National at their absolute best.”
The 12 song Laugh Track is a companion record to First Two Pages of Frankenstein featuring material originally started in the same sessions, and honed in live performances this year. It features guest appearances by Phoebe Bridgers and Rosanne Cash. The band consider it their most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years.
By turns beautiful, painful, introspective and transcendent, The National have a songbook to rival any. Live highlights like Bloodbuzz Ohio, I Need My Girl, Mr November, Fake Empire, and The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness are now joined by new instant classics like Tropic Morning News and Eucalyptus. THE NATIONAL are quite simply a magnificent band, and these upcoming shows will live long in the memory.
Don't miss out! Tickets go on sale on Monday 2 October at 9am from Ticktmaster.
