{"id":20848,"date":"2014-03-28T09:19:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20848"},"modified":"2014-03-30T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T22:43:40","slug":"watch-the-national-on-fallons-tonight-show-and-at-bbc-music-festival-on-snl-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-03\/watch-the-national-on-fallons-tonight-show-and-at-bbc-music-festival-on-snl-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The National on Fallon&#8217;s Tonight Show and at BBC Music Festival&#8211;On SNL This Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20851\" alt=\"Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5.jpg\" width=\"591\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjyd6tXIAAAoPo5-397x400.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has been and will continue to be a fully <a href=\"http:\/\/americanmary.com\/\"><strong>Nationalized<\/strong><\/a> week.\u00a0 The boys have been getting around, still in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/the-top-15-albums-of-2013\/\"><strong>2013&#8217;s Album of the Year,<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>Trouble Will Find Me, <\/strong><\/em>on<strong> 4AD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After they headlined last weekend in Manchester, England at the inaugural <strong>BBC 6Music Festival<\/strong>, on Tuesday we caught the band&#8217;s concert and showing of <strong>Tom Berninger&#8217;s<\/strong> engaging\/entertaining documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/mistakenforstrangersmovie.com\/\"><em><strong>Mistaken For Strangers<\/strong><\/em><\/a> at the <strong>Shrine Auditorium<\/strong> in LA, last night they appeared on <strong>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>, and this Saturday will be the musical guest on <strong>Saturday Night Live <\/strong>(a repeat of their great showing earlier this month).\u00a0 Whew.\u00a0 Jet.\u00a0 Setting.\u00a0 We assume all is merely preparation for their most important concert date, their first headlining of the <a href=\"http:\/\/sbbowl.com\/home\"><strong>Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong><\/a> on April 24th (get tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/sbbowl.com\/concerts\/detail\/the_national\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the sound, size and squalor of the otherwise beautiful <strong>Shrine<\/strong>, the band put on a fantastic show in LA on Tuesday.\u00a0 We trust that after this week, they will rest up and come to the <strong>Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong> invigorated and throwing hard like the hallowed that have come before them (<strong>Bob Marley, The Band, Joni Mitchell<\/strong>, etc.).\u00a0 To get a feel for <strong>The National<\/strong>, check out below their superb performance of <em><strong>This Is the Last Time<\/strong><\/em> on <strong>The Tonight Show<\/strong> last night.\u00a0 The supplemental string quartet added vigor and spectrum to their already full sound.\u00a0 Afterwards, you can watch their whole performance at the <strong>BBC 6Music Festival<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.in\/NYermj\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>, and check out their vilifying version of <strong>Graceless<\/strong> below.\u00a0 We can&#8217;t wait for <strong>April 24th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/NnzsPC\/widget\/select\/aALZuP5hRCyB?form=html\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CG44_OrK6L8\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been and will continue to be a fully Nationalized week.\u00a0 The boys have been getting around, still in support of 2013&#8217;s Album of the Year, Trouble Will Find Me, on 4AD. 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