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Stay up kinda late tomorrow night-- 10 PM EST or thereabouts, to be somewhat precise. That's when our own National Public Radio will broadcast Porkopolis ex-pats the National's set at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club via their online concert series. One might say, for a time, it's going to be the National's Public Radio! Actually, one probably shouldn't say that.

Those of you with big plans on the morrow can save your live online National fun for any time in the future, as the show will be archived on NPR's website. And those of you who want nothing to do with all that Capitol City bureaucracy and red tape can check out the National sans the impersonal sheen of streaming technology at any one (or several!) of their upcoming tour dates, listed for your convenience below.

NPR will also broadcast Richard Thompson's show at the 9:30 Club on June 22.

National, then international:

06-19 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater !^
06-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club !^
06-21 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs !^
06-25 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
06-26 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater *
06-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *
06-28 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
06-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
06-30 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
07-07 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen Festival)
07-10 Stoke-on-Trent, England - Sugarmill
07-11 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
07-13 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-14 Herk, Belgium - Rock Herk Festival
07-15 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
08-05 Zambujeira do Mar, Portgal - Sudoeste Festival
08-15 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock
08-17 New York, NY - South Street Seaport +
11-01 Dublin, Ireland - Village
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
11-09 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
11-10 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids
11-14 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre

! with Shapes and Sizes
^ with Talkdemonic
* with the Broken West
+ with Takka Takka, the Forms