The National “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” / “I Need My Girl” Live in Newport 7/22/22

The National “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” and “I Need My Girl” with Cassandra Jenkins.
Live at Newport Folk Festival, July 22, 2022

[@maureenochse8036]

Thank you for posting this! Love them, a new fan.

[@justanotherfrog]

thanks for posting! Great set!

[@Where_Is_Luna]

Is there any video of Mr November from Newport?

[@Where_Is_Luna]

@@AmyKaribian Huh! I was looking at the setlist to see what closed it out and someone said Matt went down into the crowd during the last song before encore and was hoping to see that!

[@AmyKaribian]

@@Where_Is_Luna You’re correct! I heard he did go into the audience that evening! I think I left early before the set was over, so I missed it, unfortunately. So he very well may have performed Mr. November after I left. So sorry about that😕

[@jimwilliams3816]

@@AmyKaribian Looks like they did the classic Mr. November-Terrible Love-Vanderlyle wrapup. (They post setlists on their Facebook page.) Matt almost always does the audience tour on Mr. November, though I think he has sometimes on Terrible Love too. It was Mr. November in Cooperstown. If you didn't get it, someone did post the Brewery Ommegang performance. It was pitch black tho! You won't see much. :)

[@AmyKaribian]

Thank you for letting me know this, Jim. I really appreciate it. So sorry I did not film it - I left before the set finished in order to avoid long ferry lines that night😒

[@jimwilliams3816]

@@AmyKaribian I totally get that! Last time we were at Newport -- probably '92? -- we left early to avoid the backups on the bridges. It's no biggie from my POV...there are tons of videos of Mr. November, because they've been doing that closing set for a long time and Matt always does the audience thing. The Sidney Opera House show in 2014, still available on KZbin, is worth a listen for that and other things -- show starts about 9 minutes in. Thanks for the stuff you have posted, most of which is much rarer.