MGMT will be back in the UK to continue to build momentum around their debut album with a major headline tour.
THe Brooklyn party-rockers will play 10 shows from Monday, 5th May, starting in Cardiff as support to CSS and The Futureheads before the tour proper kicks off in Edinburgh on May 9th. Shows in Newcastle, Brighton, Manchester and London, amongst others, will follow.
Led by the single ‘Time To Pretend’, the duo's debut album ‘Oracular Spectacular’ has seen them perform on David Letterman dressed as wizards, play a sold-out European tour and do a smash-and-grab series of live shows at this year's SXSW festival.
The band's live schedule looks like this:
Mon 5th – Cardiff Great Hall – MTV Spanking New Music
Tue 6th – Glasgow ABC – MTV Spanking New Music
Wed 7th – Dublin Academy – MTV Spanking New Music
Fri 9th – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Sat 10th – Newcastle Academy 2
Mon 12th - Birmingham Academy 2
Mon 19th - Brighton Digital
Tue 20th – Manchester Academy 2
Wed 21st – London Astoria
Thu 22nd - Leeds Cockpit
Tickets are on sale from 14th March from all the usual outlets. Tickets are £10, except London where they are £12.50.
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