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The National played "Sorrow" for six hours at PS1 (video) ++ updated tour dates

The National @ PS1, 5/5/2013 (via @brooklynvegan Instagram)
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How much sorrow can a person take? Well if it’s The National‘s song, “Sorrow,” there was probably at least one person who was at PS1 yesterday, not counting the band, museum staff, etc, who stayed for the entirety of their six-hour performance where they played that one song over and over. One hundred five times, to be specific. It was part of an installation by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson titled “A Lot of Sorrow.” Did you go? How much “Sorrow” could you take? Anyone make it for the whole thing?

The National’s presumably less sorrow-ful concert at Barclays Center with Youth Lagoon is coming up on June 5 and tickets are still available. Their new album, Trouble Will Find Me, is out in two weeks (5/21). The band also just added some new tour dates and those are listed, along with a few videos from the PS1 performance, below.

The National – 2013 Tour Dates
5/16 – Ithaca, NY @ State Theater
05/26 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Festival
06/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center *
06/06 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
06/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
06/08 – Richmond, VA @ The National
06/10 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheatre ^
06/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE ^
06/13 – Montreal, QC @ Lachine Canal
06/14 – Toronto, ON @ North by Northeast
06/15 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
06/16 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
06/21-22 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/21-22 – Neuhausen Ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/23 – Istanbul, TR @ Vodafone Istanbul Calling
06/25 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
06/28 – Cork, IE @ Live at the Marquee
06/30 – Rome, IT @ Parco Della Musica
07/01 – Milan, IT @ City Sound Festival
07/02 – Zagreb, HR @ Salata
07/04 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/05-07 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Festival
07/27 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass
08/03 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Muray Theater #
08/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater #
08/06 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium #
08/09-11 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival
08/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre #
08/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery #
09/07 – St. Louis, MO @ LouFest
09/08 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium %
09/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Center %
09/11 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore %
09/12 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium %
09/13 – Lousivlle, KY @ Iriquois Ampitheater %
09/15 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater %
09/17 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Ampiteather $
09/20 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater %
09/21 – Portland, OR @ Edgefield Winery %
09/22 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE Ampitheatre %
10/31 – Helsinki, FL @ Ice Hall
11/02 – Copenhagen, DK @ Forum
11/04 – Berlin, DE @ Max Schmelling Halle
11/05 – Düsseldorf, DE @ Mitsubishi Electric Hall
11/06 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rockhal
11/07 – Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall
11/09 – Belfast, IE @ Odyssey Arena
11/10 – Dublin, IE @ O2 Arena
11/11 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester
11/13 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace
11/18 – Paris, FR @ Le Zenith
11/20 – Madrid, ES @ Palacio Vistalegre
11/21 – Lisbon, PT @ Pavilhao Atlantico

* = w/ Youth Lagoon
^ = w/ Dirty Projectors
# = w/ Daughter
% = w/ Frightened Rabbit
$ = w/ Local Natives

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