Pitchfork

The scruffy, Cincinnati-bred chroniclers of twenty-something life known as the National will take on that scruffy, Jersey-bred chronicler of blue collar life known as the Boss aka BRUUUUUUCE aka plain old Bruce Springsteen on the B-side of their new single.

The band's cover of Bruce's Nebraska gem "Mansion on the Hill", recorded live at the opening night of last year's New York Guitar Festival, will back the"Apartment Story" single. Beggars Banquet will release "Apartment Story" in the UK on November 5 and November 6 in the U.S.

The National also have tour dates stretching into December in support of this year's quietly good Boxer.

Dates:

09-14 Dallas, TX - Grenada Theater @
09-15 Austin, TX - Emo's ^
09-16 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-18 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater @
09-19 Omaha, NE - Slowdown @
09-20 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line @
09-21 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater @
09-22 Chicago, IL - The Vic @
09-23 Cincinnati, OH - Madison Theater @
09-26 Los Angeles, CA - "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" (TV appearance)
09-27 San Diego, CA - Casbah @
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern @
09-29 San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom @
10-01 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom @
10-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox @
10-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom @
10-06 Boston, MA - Roxy
10-07 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
10-08 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Hall
10-09 Buffalo, NY - The Tralf Music Hall
10-10 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
10-11 New York, NY - Terminal 5 @
10-30 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre @
10-31 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring + Airbrake @
11-01 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre @
11-02 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC @
11-03 Sheffield, England - Leadmill @
11-04 Manchester, England - Academy 2 @
11-06 Birmingham, England - Irish Centre @
11-07 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire @
11-08 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
11-09 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms @
11-10 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids @
11-12 Brussels, Belgium - AB !
11-13 Reims, France - La Cartonnerie !
11-14 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre !
11-15 Rennes, France - Ubu Club !
11-16 Toulouse, France - La Nef !
11-17 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo !
11-19 Clermont-Ferrand, France - The Cooperative de Mai !
11-20 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie !
11-21 Milan, Italy - Transilvania !
11-22 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart !
11-23 Zagreb, Croatia - KSET !
11-24 Vienna, Austria - Szene Wien !
11-26 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken 12 !
11-27 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club !
11-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg !
11-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio !
12-01 Stockholm, Sweden - Berns !
12-02 Oslo, Norway - John Dee !
12-03 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega !
12-05 Hamburg, Germany - Knust !
12-06 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof !
12-09 Moscow, Russia - Apelsin Club

@ with St. Vincent
^ with Blonde Redhead
! with Hayden