The National joined by Richard Reed Parry and play ’90-Mile Water Wall’ for first time since 2014 at first full gig in two years

The National have played their first full gig in two years, bringing out Richard Reed Parry as a special guest and playing ‘90-Mile Water Wall’ for the first time in over a decade.

Find footage and the setlist below.

READ MORE: Matt Berninger interviewed: All that’s left when you’re gone are your ideas The gig marked their first full-band concert since 2024 , and was held last night (Sunday October 18) at the closing night of AB100 at the Kursaal Auditorium in San Sebastián.

Billed as ‘The National And Friends’, the performance was their only full-band show of this year and featured a variety of special guests as well as some deep cuts.

The 22-song set opened with back-to-back renditions of ‘Humiliation’, ‘This Is the Last Time’ and ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’, and it was during the performance of ‘Lemonworld’ – taken from their fifth studio album ‘ High Violet ’ – that the band introduced multi-instrumentalist, composer and Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry to the stage as a surprise guest.

The collaboration comes as Reed Parry worked with The National on that 2010 album, contributing double bass, guitar and vocal harmonies for songs including ‘Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’, ‘Conversation 16’ and ‘Sorrow’.

He also worked with The National on their 2013 album ‘ Trouble Will Find Me ’.

After The National performed ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’ and ‘Runaway’, Reed Parry returned to help perform ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’, and soon afterwards, Matt Berninger and co. broke out the first live performance of their 2003 track ‘90-Mile Water Wall’ since 2014.

The band also performed ‘Sorrow’ twice on the night, once with the usual band members, and once alongside contemporary performance and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson.

The two have previously worked together in 2013, when they united to launch a performance art piece and video installation in New York called A Lot Of Sorrow .

Songs performed later in the set included ‘Oblivions’, ‘Smoke Detector’, ‘Terrible Love’ and ‘About Today’, and the encore was comprised of ‘Once Upon a Poolside’ and ‘ Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks’.