Summer dates include stops at Bonnaroo and Brooklyn's Barclays Center
The National, one of indie rock's most critically acclaimed bands, will release their sixth studio album this May.
Oh and also, thought you might like to know that we'll be putting out a new album in May
— The National (@The_National) February 25, 2013
The band made the announcement today via Twitter, following up news that they'd be hitting the road this summer for a string of tour dates, some of them with Brooklyn's Dirty Projectors.
The tour begins with one of the National's biggest gigs ever-- a June 5 headlining gig at the Barclays Center, the same Brooklyn venue where artists like Jay-Z and Coldplay have recently shared the stage. Brooklyn avant-rockers Dirty Projectors will open the National's next four shows, in addition to the four more concerts, before both acts play Bonnaroo, June 13-16.
The National's last LP, 2010's "High Violet," peaked at No. 1 on Alternative Albums and No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The album was released via 4AD, an imprint within the London-based indie Beggar's Banquet, whom the National have recorded their folk-inflected indie rock for since 2005.
See the National's upcoming tour dates below:
June 5: Brooklyn, NY (Barclays Center)
June 6: Columbia, MD (Merriweather Post Pavilion) *
June 7: Philadelphia, PA (Mann Center for the Performing Arts) *
June 10: Raleigh, NC (Red Hat Amphitheatre) *
June 11: Pittsburgh, PA (Stage AE) *
June 13-16: Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo)
June 21-23: Scheessel, Germany (Hurricane Festival)
June 21-23: Neuhausen Ob Eck (Southside Festival)
June 25: Brussels, Belgium (Cirque Royal)
June 28: Cork, Ireland (Live at the Marquee)
June 30: Rome, Italy (Parco Della Musica)
July 1: Milan, Italy (City Sound Festival)
July 2: Zagreb, Croatia (Salata)
July 14: Cincinnati, OH (Bunbury Festival)
* with Dirty Projectors