Grammy laureates Next year, The National will perform in Cardiff alongside Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift, Smashing Pumpkins, and Weezer.
US indie rockers The National are the latest big band announced to perform at Cardiff Castle next summer. The American quintet, who have enjoyed more than 20 years’ success both sides of the Atlantic, will head to the iconic venue on Wednesday, July 3 and follow in the footsteps of Crowded House, Tom Grennan and Manic Street Preachers and Suede.
The National will be joined by special guests New Zealand psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Tickets will go on sale next week with presale accessed from 10am Thursday, November 16, by signing up here and general sale tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, November 17 from depotlive.co.uk and Ticketmaster.
Formed in New York in 1999, The National is made up of Matt Berninger (vocals), twin brothers Aaron Dessner (guitar, piano, keyboards) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano, keyboards), as well as brothers Scott Devendorf (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Their last five albums have all been in the Top 5 in the UK charts, with 2017’s GRAMMY Award-winning (for Best Alternative Album) Sleep Well Beast hitting Number one.
Recent collaborations have seen the band reach new audiences with Aaron Dessner’s major contributions to Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore albums as well as Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract).
Most recently The National released a surprise second album of 2023, Laugh Track, which features guest appearances by Phoebe Bridgers and Rosanne Cash, as well as the Bon Iver collaboration Weird Goodbyes, which was released as a standalone track in August 2022.