As the two bands kicked off their co-headlining tour of North America, The National performed a cover of Echo & The Bunnymen‘s ‘Bring On The Dancing Horses’ with The War On Drugs‘ Adam Granduciel during a performance in Toronto this weekend, As both band kicked off their co-headlining ‘Zen Diagram’ tour this month, which has so far seen them perform in cities across North America including New York, Columbia and Philadelphia. The National also performed favourites like ‘I Need My Girl’, ‘About Today’ and ‘Fake Empire’ throughout their set.
“There’s a lot of music, so that means a lot of new music for us to play,” bassist Scott Devendorf shared. “We’ve really tried to mix up the setlist a lot and try to be more dynamic in that way just because it’s interesting for everyone.” Asked if there was more to come, Matt Berninger replied: “No, we kind of purged ourselves. Once we started writing again, I wrote almost everything that was in the folders and made a song out of everything. Now the folders are filling up. The National’s last album, 2023’s ‘Laugh Track’, describing it as a “heavier companion record” to April’s ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’
The National & The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel perform a cover of Echo & the Bunnymen’s “Bring On The Dancing Horses” live in concert at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Canada on September 20th, 2024.
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