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A Skin, A Night is a new feature film from French director Vincent Moon-- the man behind La Blogotheque's consistently amazing Take Away Shows-- documenting the creative process behind the National's 2007 LP Boxer. The movie, exploring the making of Pitchfork's #17 album of last year, will be released on DVD May 20 from Beggar's Banquet, with an accompanying 12-track bonus CD titled The Virginia EP. The CD, a bit longer than most EPs, contains a number of demos of National favorites, a track from last year's Daytrotter session, a few live cuts-- including their cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Mansion on the Hill"-- and assorted B-sides.

The National have touring plans well into the summer, which kick off with an appearance at Coachella later in the month. They'll join R.E.M. and Modest Mouse in May and June for a North American tour before hitting the European festival circuit as the season rolls on.

The Virginia EP:

01 You've Done It Again Virginia
02 Santa Clara
03 Blank Slate
04 Tall Saint (demo)
05 Without Permission
06 Forever After Days
07 Rest of Years (demo)
08 Slow Show (demo)
09 Lucky You (Daytrotter session)
10 Mansion on the Hill (live)
11 Fake Empire (live)
12 About Today (live)

Inter-National:

04-25 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-03 Grantham, PA - Messiah College
05-11 Lisbon, Portugal - Aula Magna
05-13 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-14 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-15 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-16-18 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park *
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *
05-31 Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre *
06-03 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
06-06 Chicago, IL - United Center *
06-07 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre *
06-10 Raleigh, North Carolina - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre *
06-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *
06-13 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts *
06-14 Long Island, NY - Jones Beach Theater *
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
06-19 New York, NY - TBA *
06-21 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre *
07-03 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-04 London, England - O2 Wireless Festival
07-06 Turku, Finland - Ruisrock 2008
07-10 Lisbon, Porugal - Optimus Alive! Festival
07-13 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-15 Athens, Greece - Fly Beyond Festival
07-20 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-09 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival
08-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
08-15 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-17 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival

! with My Brightest Diamond
* with R.E.M., Modest Mouse