batshit crazy things the lead singer of the national has done at various shows i’ve been to (for my own reference, but feel free to add your own experiences) :
dedicated a song to justin timberlake and also nick lachey
rushed out into the audience while it was pouring rain, got soaked in the process, and ended the set by saying “bye guys! i think it’s gonna start raining soon!”
just left??? the venue???? straight up went out all the doors and tried to climb the gate to leave
ended singing vanderlyle crybaby geeks in the audience while pointing to various members in the band and screaming “YOU SUCK!!! YOU GUYS SUCK!!”
tried to climb up to a balcony to sing mr. november with the fans that were sitting in that section
right after aaron mentioned they loved coming to the area because they had a lot of friends there, replied “actually I have a ton of enemies that live here”
handed a member of the audience an entire mic stand sans mic and told her to take it home with her
put a bottle of wine in a bucket with cups and gave it out to people on the audience (various times)
took a phone from the audience and went around the entire stage to video everyone in the band - when he gave it back to the person in the audience it hadn’t been recording at all
walked his way to the bar in a venue in the middle of a set but stopped to take a selfie with someone on the way
and finally, revealed that the original lyrics for this system only dreams in total darkness were supposed to be “aaron’s acid trip through copenhagen” but his wife wouldn’t let him keep it
