The National Live at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

25 October 2017 · Amsterdam

Stage and ceiling fill the frame almost equally here — the LED rig descends in vertical strips above The National's set, every tube burning red against the dark. The performers are silhouettes at the bottom edge, small against the installation overhead. This is Sleep Well Beast-era production design doing its heaviest work: the light is the architecture, and the band plays inside it rather than in front of it.