Photo by Deirdre O'Callaghan

The National have announced that their next record will be out in May via 4AD. This is the followup to 2010's excellent High Violet. Their summer tour in support the album will include dates with Dirty Projectors and a homecoming gig at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, plus dates in North America and Europe. They're also playing a venue called the National in Richmond, Virginia, which is pretty funny.

After the dates, watch the National play "Terrible Love" for Pitchfork.tv.

The National:

05-16 Ithaca, NY - State Theater

06-05 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center *

06-06 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion ^

06-07 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^

06-08 Richmond, VA - The National

06-10 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheatre ^

06-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE ^

06-13 Montreal, Quebec - Lachine Canal

06-14 Toronto, Ontario - Yonge Dundas Square

06-15 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion

06-13-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo

06-21 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival

06-22 Neuhausen Ob Eck - Southside Festival

06-25 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal

06-28 Cork, Ireland - Live at the Marquee

06-30 Rome, Italy - Parco Della Musica

07-01 Milan, Italy - City Sound Festival

07-02 Zagreb, Croatia - Salata

07-14 Cincinnati, OH - Bunbury Festival