MGMT return to the UK in May for their biggest UK headline tour so far. They’ll be building on the critical acclaim that has met their brilliant debut single ‘Time To Pretend’ and the staggering album ‘Oracular Spectacular’.
So far 2008 has been a whirlwind. MGMT have appeared on David Letterman in America, dressed in their custom made wizard’s outfits, as well as Later with Jools Holland here in the UK. They’ve just completed a sell-out tour of Europe and are set to take SXSW by storm.
The album ‘Oracular Spectacular’, out now, is set to be one of the albums of the year. Ambitious and epic, it’s a sonic adventure. MGMT are a band not afraid to take chances and as a result have made something that sounds like little else. Its colourful, alive and forward thinking – everything an album in 2008 should be.
The tour includes the band’s biggest UK headline show by far, playing the Astoria in London. MGMT can also be seen on the MTV Spanking New Music Tour, doing three dates with CSS and The Futureheads.
Dates are as follows:
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.
