The National Announces New Album, Spring Tour

Published at 11:20 AM on January 25, 2010

By Rachel Bailey

The National Announces New Album, Spring Tour

[Photo by Stephen Lindley]

It’s been over two years since The National released our favorite album of 2007, and waiting for their follow-up has been almost as aching an experience as listening to the chorus of Boxer’s penultimate track, “Ada.”

Fortunately, the wait won’t persist much longer. Today, The National announced the May release of the as-yet-untitled Boxer follow-up on 4AD, and some spring tour dates to boot.

U.S. ticket pre-sales begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST and run through 10 p.m. Thursday. London and Berlin pre-sales begin Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. EST and end at 10 p.m. Thursday. The password for all pre-sales is BloodBuzz.

March
26-28 – Knoxville, Tenn @ Big Ears Music Festival

April
22 – Richmond, Va. @ The National
23 – Richmond, Va. @ The National

May
5 – London, England @ Electric Ballroom
6 – London, England @ Royal Albert Hall
7 – Paris, France @ Le Zenith with Pavement
8 – Berlin, Germany @ Huxley’s Neue Welt
9 – Berlin, Germany @ Astra
21 – Los Angeles, Calif @ The Wiltern
22 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Wiltern
23 – San Diego, Calif. @ Spreckles Theatre
26 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theatre
27 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theatre
29 – Quincy, Wash. @ Sasquatch Festival

June
2 – Boston, Mass. @ House of Blues
3 – Boston, Mass. @ House of Blues
4 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ Electric Factory
5 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ Electric Factory
6 – Washington, D.C. @ Dar Constitution Hall
8 – Toronto, Ont. @ Massey Hall
9 – Toronto, Ont. @ Massey Hall
10-13 – Manchester, Tenn. @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
16 – New York, N.Y. @ Radio City Music Hall
18 – Buffalo, N.Y. @ Albright-Knox Gallery
26 – Pilton, England @ Glastonbury Festival

July
1-4 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
6 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
8 – Hamburg, Germany @ Stadtpark
9 – Brighton, England @ Corn Exchange
12 Lyon, France @ Les Nuits de Fourviere
13 – Lyon, France @ Les Nuits de Fourviere
14 – Munich, Germany @ Dachau Musiksommer
16 – Southwold, England @ Latitude Festival
16-18 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Bock Super Rock
27 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Celebrate Brooklyn
31 – Montreal, Canada @ Osheaga Festival

August
2 – Columbus, Ohio @ LC Pavilion
3 – Royal Oak, Mich. @ Royal Oak Theatre
4 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Riverside Theatre
5 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
6 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
6-8 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
11 – Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival
13 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West Festival
14 – Haldern, Germany @ Haldern Pop Festival
15 – St. Malo, France @ Le Route du Rock Festival
18 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena
21 – Hesselt-Kiewit, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
22 – Biddinghuizen, Holland @ Lowlands Festival