Guilty Party at Basilica Hudson
photo by P Squared

The National performing new LP in full in Philadelphia for NPR's "First Listen Live"

The National will be releasing their highly anticipated seventh studio album Sleep Well Beast onSeptember 8, and you’ll be able to hear it in full when they play it live at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer on September 5, as part of NPR Music’s First Listen Live series. The band will be performing it front to back, and it will be live-streamed at 8 PM Eastern via NPR Music and on various affiliate NPR stations across the country. If you’re in the Philly area, tickets are on sale now.

This won’t be the first time The National played Sleep Well Beast in its entirety, as they performed it twice in full at two performances at Basilica Hudson last month (pics in the gallery above). The National, as part of their previously-announced world tour, will return to New York later this year to play Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium with Daughter on October 6. Tickets are still available  and we’re also giving away a pair.

Updated tour dates for The National are listed below.

The National – 2017 Tour Dates
9/05/17 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
9/16/17 – Cork Opera House / Sounds From a Safe Harbour – Cork, IRELAND (SOLD OUT)
9/17/17 – Vicar Street – Dublin, IRELAND (SOLD OUT)
9/18/17 – Vicar Street – Dublin, IRELAND (SOLD OUT)
9/20/17 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh, UK (SOLD OUT)
9/21/17 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh, UK (SOLD OUT)
9/22/17 – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
9/23/17 – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
9/25/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
9/26/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
9/27/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
9/28/17 – Eventim Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
10/05/17 – Wang Theatre – Boston, MA * (SOLD OUT)
10/06/17 – Forest Hills Stadium – New York, NY #
10/7/17 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA #
10/8/17 – Masonic Hall – Detroit, MI #
10/11/17 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA % #
10/12/17 – CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA #
10/14/17 – Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA #
10/21/17 – Elbphilharmonie – Hamburg, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
10/23/17 – Tempodrom – Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
10/24/17 – Tempodrom – Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
10/25/17 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS (SOLD OUT)
10/26/17 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
10/28/17 – Coliseum – Lisbon, PORTUGAL (SOLD OUT)
10/30/17 – Bozar – Brussels, BELGIUM (SOLD OUT)
10/31/17 – Bozar – Brussels, BELGIUM (SOLD OUT)
11/02/17 – Pitchfork Paris, Paris FRANCE
11/04/17 – Annexet – Stockholm, SWEDEN (SOLD OUT)
11/05/17 – Annexet – Stockholm, SWEDEN
11/06/17 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo, NORWAY (SOLD OUT)
11/07/17 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo, NORWAY
11/27/17 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Portland, OR ^ (SOLD OUT)
11/28/17 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA ^ (SOLD OUT)
11/29/17 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/01/17 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver BC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/02/17 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver BC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/04/17 – Verizon Hall – Philadelphia, PA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/05/17 – The Anthem – Washington,DC ^
12/07/17 – Metropolis – Montreal QC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/08/17 – Metropolis – Montreal QC, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/09/17 – Sony Centre – Toronto ON, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/10/17 – Hamilton Place Theatre – Hamilton ON, CANADA ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/12/17 – Civic Opera House – Chicago, IL ^ (SOLD OUT)
12/13/17 – Civic Opera House – Chicago, IL ^ (SOLD OUT)

# w/ Daughter
% w/ Local Natives
^ w/ This Is The Kit
* w/ Adia Victoria

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