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The National - Terrible Love

The National - Terrible Love

The Awards 2010 Best Album was a hotly contested category at this year's ceremony with strong competition in all areas. The winning record, The National's High Violet, was one of the most anticipated albums of the year, and certainly lived up to the high expectations with which it was met after predecessor Boxer piled on the pressure by proving to be a huge breakthrough.

Now the amazingly successful fifth release is to be expanded with a bonus disc including two new tracks, alternative versions of their previous work, B-sides, and live performances. The new package is to be made available from 22 November with the second version of Terrible Love coming out as a single on the same day.

The accompanying video-diary charts the journey of a Brooklyn based band who are touring the world and finding friends in all four corners while also coming to terms with the absurdity of an achievement which has made middle-aged men into newly found 'stars'. Watch as modest frontman Matt Berninger gets used to playing huge venues and hugging young, attractive female fans who approach him in the streets.

The behind-the-scenes footage reminiscent of Vincent Moon's previous documentary, shows life on the road and the build up to their performance of Fake Empire in support of Barack Obama in his campign for the presidency. Also there's a glimpse of Berninger's kung fu warm up before shows and then his erratic onstage antics, not to mention his increasing reputation for delving into the crowd.

Words: Simon Butcher

Tour Dates

Nov 11 KB Hallen SOLD OUT Copenhagen, -, DENMARK

•Nov 12 Rolling Stone Weekender Festival Ferienpark Weissenhäuser Strand Ostsee, Schleswig- GERMANY

•Nov 13
Rozrywki Theater SOLD OUT Katowice, Poland, POLAND

•Nov 14
Bocarski DomZagreb, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska)

•Nov 16
Alcatraz Milan, Italy, ITALY

•Nov 17
E-Werk Cologne, GERMANY

•Nov 18
Hugenottenhalle Neu-Isenburg, GERMANY

•Nov 19
Den Atelier SOLD OUT Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG

•Nov 20
Crossing Border SOLD OUT The Hague, NL, NETHERLANDS

•Nov 21
Ancienne Belgique (AB) SOLD OUT Brussels, Brussels, BELGIUM

•Nov 23
Olympia SOLD OUT Paris, France, FRANCE

•Nov 24
Academy SOLD OUT Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM

•Nov 25
Warwick Arts Centre SOLD OUT Coventry, Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM

•Nov 26
Academy SOLD OUT Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM

•Nov 27
Academy SOLD OUT Manchester, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM

•Nov 29
Brixton Academy London, ENG, UNITED KINGDOM

•Nov 30
Brixton Academy SOLD OUT South London, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

•Dec 1
Brixton Academy SOLD OUT London, ENG, UNITED KINGDOM

•Dec 2
Olympia Theatre SOLD OUT Dublin, IRELAND

•Dec 3
Olympia Theatre SOLD OUTDublin, IRELAND

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