Matt Berninger of The National shares new single ‘Breaking Into Acting’ featuring Hand Habits 

Matt Berninger, frontman of The National, has released a brand new single featuring Hand Habits. ‘Breaking Into Acting’ is the second single to be shared since he announced his forthcoming second album ‘Get Sunk’, due to arrive on 30th May. 

‘Breaking Into Acting’ features vocals from Meg Duffy of LA band Hand Habits and touches on the malleability of performance. “Sometimes you have to fake forgiveness before you can actually forgive,” explains Berninger on the song. The new track follows the first single off the album, ‘Bonnet of Pins, in which Berninger confronts grief and the unexpected humour it can bring. 

‘Get Sunk’ arrives next month alongside a huge tour which will stop in North America, Europe and the UK. Dates include shows in the likes of Dublin, Manchester and London. Check out the tour dates, and listen to ‘Breaking Into Acting’, below.

MAY 2025 
19 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox
20 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s 365 Club *SOLD OUT
21 - Los Angeles, CA - Palace Theatre
23 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
24 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *SOLD OUT
26 - Toronto, ON - Concert Hall
28 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
29 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre
30 - New York, NY - Webster Hall *SOLD OUT

JUNE 2025
01 - Norwalk, CT - District Music Hall

AUGUST 2025
22 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street 
23 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street *SOLD OUT
25 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 Galvanizers
26 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
27 - London, UK - Troxy
28-31 - Nr Tolland Royal, Wiltshire, UK - End Of The Road Festival
31 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg *SOLD OUT

SEPTEMBER 2025
01 - Antwerp, Belgium - OLT Rivierenhof *SOLD OUT
02 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
04 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys
05 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
06 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall
08 - Hamburg, Germany - Große Freiheit 36
09 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg
10 - Antwerp, Belgium - OLT Rivierenhof *SOLD OUT
12 - Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal