The National Covers Talking Heads’ ‘Heaven’ In London
By Andy Kahn Sep 27, 2017 • 7:43 am PDT
The National performed last night at London’s Eventim Apollo in support of their recently issued studio album Sleep Well Beast. Tuesday’s encore began with the band covering a classic Talking Heads song.
The National’s main set last night opened with the Sleep Well Beast opening track “Nobody Else Will Be There” and featured all but one of the songs on the 12-track LP. The show saw the tour debuts of “Graceless” off 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me and “About Today” off 2004’s Cherry Tree.
Frontman Matt Berninger fronted the band on a cover of “Heaven” by Talking Heads to kick off Tuesday’s encore. Guests This Is The Kit and Lisa Hannigan joined a subsequent take on “Born To Beg,” while “Terrible Love” closed out the concert.
Watch audience-shot footage captured by casamammolo of Berninger channeling David Byrne last night in London here:
Setlist
- Nobody Else Will Be There
- The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
- Walk It Back
- Guilty Party
- Sea of Love
- Bloodbuzz Ohio
- Empire Line
- Turtleneck
- I Need My Girl
- This Is the Last Time
- Dark Side of the Gym
- Mistaken for Strangers
- Graceless
- Carin at the Liquor Store
- Sleep Well Beast
- England
- Day I Die
- Fake Empire
- About Today
- Heaven
- Born to Beg
- Terrible Love
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