The National Live at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

25 October 2017 · Amsterdam

The National mid-set at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam — the full band spread across a wide stage, horn section raised and playing, the LED backdrop running fractured visual patterns in purple and white behind them. Stage lighting floods forward from a row of floor spots, cutting through the dark of the arena. The band is doing a lot of work at once: the scale of the production and the density of the arrangement push against each other, and both land.