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The National - On Tour - Presale NOW

jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
edited February 2010 in Other Music
** The US pre-sales begin at 10am local time on Tuesday, 26 Jan and run through 10pm Thursday, 28 Jan. The password for all of the pre-sales is BloodBuzz.

The London & Berlin pre-sales start on Wednesday at 10am local time on 27 Jan and run through 10pm Thursday, 28 Jan

MARCH
26-28 MARCH: KNOXVILLE, TN - BIG EARS FESTIVAL 2010 / TENNESSEE THEATRE // Tickets


APRIL
22 APRIL: RICHMOND, VA - THE NATIONAL // Pre-Sale Tickets**
23 APRIL: RICHMOND, VA - THE NATIONAL // Pre-Sale Tickets**


MAY
06 MAY: LONDON, UK - ROYAL ALBERT HALL // Pre-Sale Tickets**
07 MAY: PARIS, FRANCE - LE ZENITH w/ PAVEMENT // FNAC / Digitick
09 MAY: BERLIN, GERMANY - ASTRA // Pre-Sale Tickets**
22 MAY: LOS ANGELES, CA - THE WILTERN // Pre-Sale Tickets**
23 MAY: SAN DIEGO, CA - SPRECKELS THEATRE // Pre-Sale Tickets**
27 MAY: OAKLAND, CA - FOX THEATRE // Pre-Sale Tickets**


JUNE
02 JUNE: BOSTON, MA - HOUSE OF BLUES // Pre-Sale Tickets**
05 JUNE: PHILADELPHIA, PA - ELECTRIC FACTORY // Pre-Sale Tickets**
06 JUNE: WASHINGTON, DC - DAR CONSTITUTION HALL // Pre-Sale Tickets**
08 JUNE: TORONTO, CANADA - MASSEY HALL // Pre-Sale Tickets**
16 JUNE: NEW YORK, NY - RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL // Pre-Sale Tickets**
"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I'll be there in Boston. They tore down the HOB last year. This will be National show #4 for me. So excited.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Finally, someone responded. :D

    I may be back home (Boston) for that show ... if so, I too will be at the HOB.

    Posted a couple pictures in this thread from when I saw them last year atthe Outside Lands Festival ...
    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=108687&start=15&hilit=outside+lands
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I would love to see them, but they never come close to me.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    So Boxer or Alligator, guys? That's the eternal debate...
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    So Boxer or Alligator, guys? That's the eternal debate...

    If a gun was put to my head, I'd probably go with Boxer ... but honestly, I would never, ever argue anyone that chose Alligator. They are equally fantastic.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Hopefully the new one is as good as those two. I'd take Alligator over Boxer. Both are amazing.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,699
    Got me a pair for The Wiltern show.....I love the singer's subtle onstage mannerisms.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    I'll be seeing them at sasquatch
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  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    Alligator.

    Can't wait to see them!
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I like the Alligator songs more live. Secret Meeting, Baby We'll be Fine, Daughters of the SoHo Riots all awesome live. And they finish with Mr. November a lot. That being said, Slow Show is my favorite National song hands down.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    So Boxer or Alligator, guys? That's the eternal debate...
    what about 'The National' and 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers'?
    350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    mookeywrench wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    So Boxer or Alligator, guys? That's the eternal debate...
    what about 'The National' and 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers'?
    Those are both solid records mookeywrench, Im with ya on that. But refined their sound considerably to produce the last two. 80-90% of their live shows now are Boxer and Alligator. The Virginia EP is really cool too.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    The Cherry Tree EP is as good as Alligator and Boxer.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    So Boxer or Alligator, guys? That's the eternal debate...
    what about 'The National' and 'Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers'?
    Those are both solid records mookeywrench, Im with ya on that. But refined their sound considerably to produce the last two. 80-90% of their live shows now are Boxer and Alligator. The Virginia EP is really cool too.

    I love the live versions of About Today and Fake Empire on the Virginia EP. Agree that the first two aren't on par with Alligator and Boxer.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • PJRock75PJRock75 Posts: 869
    Boxer is the best and I'm not sure I'm going to see them this tour.....I remember paying $20 to see these guys a few years ago, not $40. Sorry, but we needed someone to complain in this thread 8-)
    "If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
    "Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    I saw these guys at NYU for about $15 and they're playing Radio City for $40. I'm not here to bitch and complain about prices, but I can't pay that much to see The National.

    I love 'em though.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • PJRock75PJRock75 Posts: 869
    smithnic wrote:
    I saw these guys at NYU for about $15 and they're playing Radio City for $40. I'm not here to bitch and complain about prices, but I can't pay that much to see The National.

    I love 'em though.

    My thoughts exactly...and I saw them at the Brookyln Academy Of Music (BAM) for the same price
    "If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
    "Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I will say this...the first time I saw them was in 2008, supporting R.E.M. and Modest Mouse at the Tweeter Center (aka Great Woods) and they opened up at 6:30 with the sun still out. They sounded horrible. They aren't a band that fits with arena or amphitheater-sized venues. But smaller venues, a room with solid acoustics like the House of Blues Boston, they sound like the best new band of the past 10-15 years.

    By the way, R.E.M. killed it that night. Such consummate professionals. Might have been the tightest hour and forty-five minute set I've ever seen.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,953
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I will say this...the first time I saw them was in 2008, supporting R.E.M. and Modest Mouse at the Tweeter Center (aka Great Woods) and they opened up at 6:30 with the sun still out. They sounded horrible. They aren't a band that fits with arena or amphitheater-sized venues. But smaller venues, a room with solid acoustics like the House of Blues Boston, they sound like the best new band of the past 10-15 years.

    By the way, R.E.M. killed it that night. Such consummate professionals. Might have been the tightest hour and forty-five minute set I've ever seen.

    unless they're co-headliners, support bands don't get an individual sound set up unique to their wants and needs. All of the acoustics and live sound set-up is catered to Modest Mouse's or REM's board setup and The National just plugs in their gear and has to go with it. So if a band sounds horrible and they're a support band, you can't really be overly critical about it.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    mookeywrench wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I will say this...the first time I saw them was in 2008, supporting R.E.M. and Modest Mouse at the Tweeter Center (aka Great Woods) and they opened up at 6:30 with the sun still out. They sounded horrible. They aren't a band that fits with arena or amphitheater-sized venues. But smaller venues, a room with solid acoustics like the House of Blues Boston, they sound like the best new band of the past 10-15 years.

    By the way, R.E.M. killed it that night. Such consummate professionals. Might have been the tightest hour and forty-five minute set I've ever seen.

    unless they're co-headliners, support bands don't get an individual sound set up unique to their wants and needs. All of the acoustics and live sound set-up is catered to Modest Mouse's or REM's board setup and The National just plugs in their gear and has to go with it. So if a band sounds horrible and they're a support band, you can't really be overly critical about it.
    Understood. Good point actually.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • cl_kelleycl_kelley Posts: 16
    Boxer but barely.

    These guys are great live.

    They got big while in NYC but these guys are all Cincy.
  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    no Chicago yet...dammit...i hope it won't be Lolla...they are an indoor band.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    They sounded fantastic at Outside Lands last year, which is outdoors.

    It was a smaller stage than Great Woods (outdoor ampetheatre), but, it was outdoors.

    Link to a few pics on page 1.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Seeing them at Radio City in June....actually pulled decent seats during the general sale, but stupidly threw them back as I thought row zz was shitty...oh well....pumped about the new record too..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Second date added in Oakland for May 26 ...

    Presale begins 2/11 @ 10am

    (password= fantastic)
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
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