The National talk returning to Glastonbury – and a dream supergroup with IDLES, Fontaines D.C. and Ed Sheeran

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The National spoke with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2024, where they talked to us about what the festival means to them, the impact of their Taylor Swift collab, plans for new material – a supergroup dream born of recently touring with IDLES, Fontaines D.C.

and Ed Sheeran. Watch the video clip above and check out the full interview below.The US indie pioneers played the weekend’s closing headline set on the Sunday of the festival.

In a five-star review of the show, NME wrote: “It’s one thing to have artfully crafted the perfect setlist for such an occasion, but it’s another to have the ability to play each and every song like it could be the last one.

When the finale does come with Matt Berninger and the crowd all choked up for the devastating ‘About Today’, we leave knowing that they couldn’t have done more.”Before they got warmed up and ready to perform, we caught up with frontman Matt Berninger and bassist Scott Devendorf backstage to talk what they put into their live shows, getting teased by Dave Grohl, the love of Swifties, and plans for the future.NME: Hello, The National.