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The National performed three new songs at their gig in Paris on Monday (May 30) – scroll down the page to watch fan-shot footage now.The tracks were previously given their live debuts at the tour-opening show in Pamplona, Spain on Saturday (May 28).During the first of two dates at Paris’ Salle Pleyel venue, The National once again aired ‘Tropic Morning News (Haversham)’, ‘Grease In Your Hair (Birdie)’, and ‘Bathwater (Mount Auburn)’. The first song elements of The Cure in its vocal melodies, with frontman Matt Berninger’s voice accompanied by a propulsive beat and bright guitar lines.“I was suffering more than I let on,” Berninger sings in the chorus.

The National have performed three new songs last night (May 28) as the band returned to live touring for the first time since 2019.Performing at Baluarte in Pamplona, Spain, Matt Berninger and co performed three new songs called ‘Grease In Your Hair (Birdie)’, ‘Tropic Morning News (Havisham)’ and ‘Bathwater (Mount Auburn)’ in the middle of a career-spanning set.You can see the full set-list and some footage and fan reaction from the gig below:The National en Pamplona pic.twitter.com/1wpWe6Rq7x— Iñigo Díaz de Cerio (@inigodcv) May 29, 2022El final del concierto de @thenational en ⁦#Pamplona no ha podido ser más bonito. pic.twitter.com/HPDPDYcdoX— Juan Ortiz Irache (@juanortizirache) May 28, 2022A post shared by Olatz Garmendia (@olatzgar)The National – Baluarte in Pamplona, Spain, Set List ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’‘Mistaken for Strangers’‘I Should Live in Salt’‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’‘I Need My Girl’‘This Is the Last Time’‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’‘Grease in Your Hair (Birdie)’ – new song‘Light Years’‘Slow Show’‘Guilty Party’‘Day I Die’‘Tropic Morning News (Haversham)’ – new song ‘Pink Rabbits’‘Rylan’‘England’‘Graceless’‘Fake Empire’‘About Today’Encore:‘Bathwater (Mount Auburn)’ – new song ‘Mr. November’‘Terrible Love’‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’Recently, The National revealed that they’d been working on new music during rehearsals for their summer tour.In a new social media post, The National shared a photo from tour rehearsals while teasing the arrival of some new music.“Rehearsals are underway,” the band wrote yesterday (May 26).

The National have announced a special show in Manchester for this summer – tickets will be available from here.The band last performed in the UK as part of their ‘I Am Easy To Find’ tour in December 2019, and are set to return with appearances at All Points East in London and Connect Festival in Edinburgh this August.Last week, they confirmed a run of 2022 North American headline dates. “The last couple years have given us ample time for reflection and rejuvenation,” they wrote to announce the concerts.

The National‘s Bryce Dessner has said that the band’s upcoming new album harks back to their “classic” sound, as well as having a “lot of energy in it”.The guitarist and composer was speaking to The Up Coming about his and the band’s work on the music for the new Peter Dinklage-starring movie adaptation of Cyrano when he was asked when new material would arrive from The National.Admitting that he “wasn’t sure when new music will come”, Dessner did insist that they were “working on it” and it should be “imminent at some point” ahead of the band’s packed summer of festivals and live dates – as well as revealing that it would take a much more stripped-back approach than the lush predecessor of 2019’s ‘I Am Easy To Find‘.“It’s all very exciting: it kind of feels back to the classic National sound in a way, which was really just the five of us, and it has a lot of energy in it,” said Dessner. “Maybe it’s like bursting out of the closed doors of COVID or something? I don’t know.

here.The song was written by members of the Brooklyn-based rock group The National (music by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Matt Berninger and Carin Carin Besser), originally for Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of “Cyrano.” In an interview with TheWrap in December, the band said that they consider “Wherever I Fall,” to be one of “the strongest songs we’ve written in our career” and a “timeless” song that they would’ve never written if not for ‘Cyrano.'”The open-hearted, plaintive ballad is sung by three soldiers to a messenger boy who is collecting letters from the battlefront. Each man dedicates his portion of the song to a beloved person: one his wife, one his unrequited love, one his estranged father.

Joe Wright’s Cyrano twirls onto 797 screens, the highest-profile specialty release in weeks (as the market awaits Focus Features The Outfit with Mark Rylance and Sony Pictures Classics Mothering Sunday). But the well reviewed period musical romance from UAR starring Peter Dinklage is landing in a tough place. Industry estimates anticipate a low single digit opening given the inconsistent reception for movie musicals and the fact that its key older demos, especially women, have been the slowest to return to theaters.

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offered its return to the original movie musical with “Cyrano,” director Joe Wright’s musical adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” starring Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett.At the New York City premiere, held at the SVA Theater, cast and studio executives reflected on the film’s unusual journey from an off-Broadway musical to a $30 million MGM feature film.“The whole reason I set out to do this project was because I really, really wanted to be on Broadway,” Bennett, who plays the leading role of Roxanne, told Variety at the premiere. “We started out in this tiny room six or seven years ago, and in my imagination, we might have ended up on a Broadway stage together.

A version of this story about The National, Bryce and Aaron Dessner, and their original songs for “Cyrano,” appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap magazine.

Haim is bringing Adam Sandler's beloved "Hanukkah" song into this century! On Friday, the fifth day of the Jewish holiday, the sisters, Este, Danielle and Alana, released an updated version of Sandler's tune, which he first performed on in 1994.In the 55-year-old comedian's original song, he lists the famous people who are Jewish for «when you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree.» In Haim's version, they do the same but with a new list of Jewish stars «just like you and me.»«Doja Cat’s half Jewish, [Timothée] Chalamet’s half, too.

The National have shared brand new song ‘Somebody Desperate’, which features in the end credits of the new film adaptation of Cyrano – check it out below, along with NME’s exclusive interview with frontman Matt Berninger.Based on the classic play Cyrano de Bergerac – a fictionalised account of the self-conscious, swashbucking, lovelorn poet of the same name – the new adaptation of Cyrano stars Game Of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage in the titular role, and will come to UK cinemas in January.

Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage joined The National‘s Bryce and Aaron Dessner for a performance on Colbert this week – check it out below.The trio performed the song ‘Your Name’, which appears on the Dessner twins’ new soundtrack for the Dinklage-starring film adaptation of Cyrano, due out in UK cinemas in January.It was announced last year that MGM had acquired the rights to the film, which will be directed by Joe Wright and see Peter Dinklage reprising his role as Cyrano De Bergerac from the 2018 musical that played at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre.The Cyrano OST will be released via Decca Records in vinyl and CD formats on December 10, with the film coming to UK cinemas in January.

Clifton Collins Jr. has been delivering affecting supporting work in major films like “Traffic” and “Capote” for over 20 years, but the actor is hardly what you would call a household name.

Aaron and Bryce Dessner – best known for their roles in The National– have shared ‘I Won’t Remember?’. It’s the first preview of their soundtrack to the forthcoming Joaquin Phoenix drama C’mon C’mon –  check it out below.The new track is hauntingly beautiful, minimalistic slice of instrumental ambience, with gentle synths and warm organs simmering and swelling with an emotive spark.C’mon C’mon is set to hit cinemas on November 19 as the latest in the ever-burgeoning echelon of A24 films.

The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner were working on a musical version of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, with lyrics from the band’s frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser.Later that year, the play – titled Cyrano and starring Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage in the title role – enjoyed a short run at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre in Connecticut, before heading off-Broadway in New York City the following year.Studio MGM then acquired the rights to the film, which is directed by Joe Wright from a script written by Dinklage’s wife Erica Schmidt, and stars Haley Bennett opposite Dinklage as Roxanne.

The National‘s Aaron and Bryce Dessner have announced details of their soundtrack for the upcoming film adaptation of musical Cyrano.It was announced last year that MGM had acquired the rights to the film, which will be directed by Joe Wright and see Peter Dinklage reprising his role as Cyrano De Bergerac from the 2018 musical that played at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre.The Cyrano OST will be released via Decca Records in vinyl and CD formats on December 10, with the film coming to UK cinemas in January.The music has been written and composed by the Dessner twins, while National frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser have written lyrics for the score, which will be performed by Dinklage and more.A new song

Clayton Davis Peter Dinklage’s musical interpretation of the “friend zone” took center stage at the Telluride Film Festival for the world premiere of “Cyrano,” and a leading Oscar contender for best actor appeared to emerge.The premiere started with an actor’s tribute to Dinklage, which highlighted notable performances such as his Emmy-winning role in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”Once the film began, the crowd was elated with the music, orchestrated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner, who also compose on another Telluride feature this year, “C’mon C’mon.” The anticipation for Joe Wright’s vision of the off-Broadway musical was felt throughout the day by attendees.

Having already excavated his personal experiences to tell intimate, insightful, and emotionally translucent stories about fathers and sons (“Beginners”), matriarchs raising boys (“20th Century Women”), and the way we’re all amateurs fumbling through life, sensitively attuned writer/director Mike Mills turns his tender filmmaking gaze towards children and the adult/child relationship in his latest film, the sublime “Cmon Cmon.” It’s yet another perceptive, impeccably crafted winner in an informal trilogy about family, what makes us human, and how people struggle every day to do their best amidst the many challenges and pains of life.

ANOHNI and The National’s Bryce Dessner have collaborated on a new string arrangement of the former’s song ‘Another World’.The original version of the track featured on the 2008 EP of the same name, released by ANOHNI’s previous band Antony And The Johnsons.‘Another World (String Arrangement)’ appears on Dessner’s new album ‘Impermanence/Disintegration’, which was created with the Australian String Quartet.The album was written to accompany a dance piece by the Sydney Dance Company that was inspired by the 2019 Australian wildfires. The new, string-laden version of the Antony And The Johnsons song ends both the record and the stage show.

The National’s Bryce Dessner has announced plans to release a new classical album – ‘Impermanence/Disintegration’ and shared two tracks.The record, sees Dessner teaming up with the Australian String Quartet, and is due to be released on April 2.He has shared the tracks ‘Emergency’ and the title track, which you can listen to below. The LP is also set to feature a string arrangement of ANOHNI‘s ‘Another World’.The National man composed the record for the Sydney Dance Company, which the company is performing this month at Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre Walsh Bay before taking the piece to the Adelaide Festival in March.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Sundance Film Festival’s 2021 virtual Main Street will play host to a series of conversations about music and the movies, hosted by first-time festival partner Film Music House, with Mary J. Blige, Rufus Wainwright and Colin Stetson (pictured above) among those taking part in the streamed chats Jan.

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner, have shared a cover of Aimee Mann’s ‘Wise Up’.The accompanying music video incorporates shots of Wisconsin, and features Bryce Dessner, Bryan and Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Jon Lowe, and Mina Tindle.Watch the video for ‘Wise Up’ below:“We recorded this cover of ‘Wise Up’, one of my very favorite Aimee Mann songs, for beautiful Wisconsin.

Cyrano, a musical adaption of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac that will see Peter Dinklage reprise the role he played onstage in 2019.Joe Wright is set to direct a cast that also includes Haley Bennett, Brian Tyree Henry and Ben Mendelsohn. Erica Schmidt wrote the screenplay.

MGM has landed another star-studded package. The studio has picked up Cyrano, a musical adaption of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac that will see Peter Dinklage reprise the role he played onstage in 2019.

Cyrano, a musical film soundtracked by The National‘s Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger.Directed by Joe Wright, the musical will see Peter Dinklage back in the title role with Haley Bennett reprising as Roxanne after both performed together in a stage version that played at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre in 2018.The film, which is an adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac written by writer/director/actor Erica Schmidt (Dinklage’s wife), will also star Brian Tyree Henry and Ben Mendelsohn.Cyrano‘s music was put together by The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, with lyrics by Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser, who has contributed to many of the band’s songs.Speaking to NME

Also Read: 'Cyrano' Theater Review: Peter Dinklage Drops the Big Schnoz to SingTim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing “Cyrano” for their Working Title banner, as is Guy Heeley.Schmidt wrote the libretto for “Cyrnao,” and The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner wrote the music, with The National frontman Matt Berninger and Carin Besser, a contributor with the band, writing the lyrics. Aaron Dessner recently produced and collaborated on songwriting for Taylor Swift’s new album “folklore.”Dinklage played “Cyrano” in 2019 at the Daryl Roth Theater Off-Broadway.

You never know what to expect from Will Oldham, but a new bounce remix of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s I Made a Place song “New Memory Box” definitely comes as a surprise. The new remix comes courtesy of Jay Dawg, and it arrives with a new Ben Berman-directed music video that features some greyhounds (courtesy of Greyhound Pets of America). Watch it below.

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and The National‘s Aaron Dessner have shared the studio version of their collaborative single ‘No Time For Love Like Now’. Check out the video below.Having originally shared a demo of the song with Stipe performing it from his home in lockdown back in March before performing the track on a number of talk shows, the duo have now shared the studio version and the video under Dessner’s Big Red Machine monicker.“I’m super excited to work with Aaron Dessner,” Stipe said of the collaboration.