The National

[septemberwillow]

They were one of my must-sees of the weekend - only out of curiosity, as I'd liked anything I'd heard by them but not really knowing their stuff at all. They absolutely blew me away. Probably my set of the weekend.

[GordonMcG]

Just echoing some of the praise here but the emotion from Matt Berninger was fantastic and elevated the whole performance for me. I'd seen them once before back at Primavera a few years ago and thought they were pretty good, but the set on Sunday felt really special.

[milly16]

Watching the set again….bloody beautiful 

[The Other Steve]

Watched them again in Manchester last night.  They were once again amazing!!!

[st dan]

30 minutes ago, The Other Steve said:

Watched them again in Manchester last night.  They were once again amazing!!!

Yep - superb. When the heavens opened for Mr November and Terrible Love .. it was a special moment. 

[The Other Steve]

21 minutes ago, st dan said:

Yep - superb. When the heavens opened for Mr November and Terrible Love .. it was a special moment. 

Yeah it was amazing - we were loving our life in the rain.

[Chip Batch]

On 7/3/2024 at 8:23 AM, Meerkat said:

Have to admit I didn’t know who Kate Stables was but I enjoyed the guest appearance.

 

Will have to check her stuff out

This is the Kit are great. Quite folky compared to The National.

 

That was somehow my third time seeing her on stage this year as had just been up to their Crow's Nest performance which finished an hour before The National.

 

I hadn't seen The National since twice in about 2010 and wasn't expecting too much as after 2014 everything has left me pretty cold, but they were brilliant. Glad I went. 

 

 

Edited July 5 by Chip Batch

[internetjef]

Just watched this back on iplayer. Looked tremendous. Really glad they smashed it after the iffy pyramid showing a few years back 

[tomlc]

My review and photos of the Manchester gig here. 
 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/24/sounds-city-2024-review.shtml