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The National Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Boston, MA	Boston City Hall Plaza	Sat	May 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Boston, MA	Boston City Hall Plaza	Sun	May 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Providence, RI	Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel	Tue	Jun 04 / 13	Find Tickets
Brooklyn, NY	Barclays Center	Wed	Jun 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Columbia, MD	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Thu	Jun 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Philadelphia, PA	Mann Center for the Performing…	Fri	Jun 07 / 13	Find Tickets
Richmond, VA	The National	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Raleigh, NC	Red Hat Amphitheater	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Pittsburgh, PA	Stage AE	Tue	Jun 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Manchester, TN	Manchester Farm	Thu	Jun 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Montreal	Lachine Canal	Thu	Jun 13 / 13	Find Tickets
Toronto	Yonge & Dundas Square	Fri	Jun 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Columbus, OH	Lifestyle Communities Pavilion	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Brussels	Cirque Royal	Tue	Jun 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Cork	Live At The Marquee	Fri	Jun 28 / 13	Find Tickets
Cincinnati, OH	Sawyer Point	Fri	Jul 12 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Grant Park	Fri	Aug 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Grant Park	Sat	Aug 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Grant Park	Sun	Aug 04 / 13	Find Tickets
Indianapolis, IN	Murat Theatre	Sun	Aug 04 / 13	Find Tickets

The National Biography

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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. The band's lyrics, which have been described as "dark, melancholy and difficult to interpret", are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: twins Aaron (guitar and keyboard) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). The National has been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The name of the band was chosen because it "didn't mean anything" and was "benign and meaningless".

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