The National Live — Sleep Well Beast Tour, Netherlands

25 October 2017 · Amsterdam

The National mid-set on the Sleep Well Beast tour, somewhere in the Netherlands. Purple and blue stage beams cut across the room; the LED wall behind the band cycles through abstract shapes in pink and white. The crowd in the foreground stands close enough to feel the full mix. Stage production at this scale is designed to overwhelm — and here it does exactly that, pulling the band into the light while the room around them disappears into dark.