MGMT biography

MGMT started their Congratulations Tour on April 12, 2010, in San Francisco, California, at The Fillmore. They performed on April 23 at Brown University's Spring Weekend; on April 27 at Yale University's Spring Fling; on April 30 at the University of New Hampshire's Spring Climax; and on May 1 at Fordham University's Spring Weekend.

They performed on Saturday Night Live on April 24, 2010, and on the Late Show With David Letterman on May 11 to promote their new album, and on June 11, MGMT played their largest headlining show anywhere in the world with a sold-out, 9,500 capacity gig at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. On June 25, MGMT performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and on July 23, they were the musical guests on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

On August 25, MGMT released a music video for "Congratulations", the third video of their second album. MGMT was one of the third tier bands for the 2010 Coachella Festival in Indio, California. The event draws nearly 120,000 attendees annually. On October 31, 2010, the band performed for the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band decided to dress as the main characters from Scooby-Doo for Halloween; Andrew dressed up as Daphne and Ben dressed up as Velma. They headlined at Fun Fun Fun Fest which was held at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas on November 6, 2010. The performance was the last show in the US for MGMT in 2010. Their first 2011 gig was at Mar del Plata, Argentina, in front of a crowd of more than 40,000 on the beach in a free event which they headlined.

MGMT began their first Asian tour on February 22, 2011.

On September 22, 2011 MGMT performed the Pink Floyd song "Lucifer Sam" during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's "Pink Floyd Week".

MGMT (2012-present)

On February 28, 2011, they told Coup de Main magazine that they will be on tour until April, when they will begin work on demos for the third album.

In January 2012 MGMT confirmed in an interview with Intercourse Magazine that they had started work on the album. VanWyngarden stated that he has written five songs, inspired by R.E.M..

Albums

Oracular Spectacular (2007)
Congratulations (2010)
MGMT (2012)

Extended plays

We (Don't) Care (2004) (As The Management)
Time to Pretend (2005)

Demo albums

Climbing to New Lows (2005) (As The Management)

Live albums

Qu'est-ce que c'est la vie, chaton? (2010)
We Hear of Love, of Youth, and of Disillusionment (2011)

Compilation albums

Congratulations Remixes (2011)
Late Night Tales: MGMT (2011)

Singles

"Time to Pretend" (2008)
"Electric Feel" (2008)
"Metanoia" (2008)
"Kids" (2008)
"Flash Delirium" (2010)
"Siberian Breaks" (2010)
"It's Working" (2010)
"Congratulations" (2010)

Appearances

"Pursuit of Happiness" - Kid Cudi (2009)
"Worm Mountain" - Flaming Lips (2009)
"Amazing Baby" - Rewild (2009) (Only Ben Goldwasser)
"Art is Everywhere" - Yo Gabba Gabba! (2010)
"Call From The Bank" - Nipsey Hussle (2010)
"Mona Lisa" - Atlas Sound (2011) (Only Andrew VanWyngarden)

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