The National Live — Sleep Well Beast Tour, Amsterdam

25 October 2017 · Amsterdam

The National mid-set on the Sleep Well Beast tour, somewhere in the Netherlands. Blue stage light cuts through the dark in tight beams while large LED panels push abstract colour behind the band — the scale of the production is the second subject in the frame. Five musicians spread across a wide stage, the guitarist stage left holding his position, the vocalist centre-right leaning into the mic. The light does the heavy lifting: it turns a concert hall into something else entirely.