The National announce new album, reveal European tour dates

The National have revealed they’ll release the follow-up to 2011′s High Violet this Spring.

While little about the LP is so far known, it has been confirmed that the yet-unnamed album will surface during May on 4AD.

It follows news that the band will tour with Dirty Projectors later this year.

Sadly, those dates are only in the U.S, but new European shows have also been announced.

Those are listed below:

June
25 Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal
06-28 Cork, Ireland – Live at the Marquee
06-30 Rome, Italy – Parco Della Musica

July
1 Milan, Italy – City Sound Festival
2 Zagreb, Croatia – Salata