Brooklyn, NY-based indie rock group MGMT, the duo of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden, have been logging lots of time on the road lately, and will be touring Australia for the first time ever this December. The two will perform headline shows in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, December 6-11.
The two have been playing together since their days at Wesleyan University in Connecticut back in 2001. After graduating in 2005, they toured extensively in support of their “Time to Pretend” EP.
Exploding on the international music scene earlier this year, they have played several festivals, including twice at Glastonbury (UK), Roskilde (Sweden), T in the Park (UK) and Oxegen Festival (Ireland). On our shores, MGMT has also logged some festival time at SXSW, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Osheaga in Montreal, QUE.
More UK festivals are on tap this month with stops at Reading, Leeds and V Fest. A US trek with Beck follows on September 20-October 10, which includes a solo gig at Austin City Limits in Austin, TX, on September 27. After two more festival dates in mid-October, this time in Mexico, the duo head over to Europe for a month of headline shows, November 3-28, before heading Down Under.
MGMT tour dates:
(Dates subject to change.)
| August 22 | Reading, UK | Reading Festival |
| August 23 | Leeds, UK | Leeds Festival |
| September 6 | Toronto, ONT | V Fest |
| September 13 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Southern Comfort Music Experience |
| September 19 | San Diego, CA | Street Scene |
| September 20 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl * |
| September 22 | Phoenix, AZ | Dodge Theatre * |
| September 23 | Albuquerque, NM | Kiva Auditorium * |
| September 25 | El Paso, TX | Abraham Chavez Theater * |
| September 27 | Austin, TX | Austin City Limits |
| September 28 | Tulsa, OK | Cain Ballroom * |
| September 29 | Kansas City, MO | Uptown Theatre * |
| September 30 | Minneapolis, MN | Wilkins Auditorium * |
| October 2-3 | Chicago, IL | Aragon * |
| October 5 | Toronto ONT | Sound Academy * |
| October 6 | Montreal, QUE | St. Denis theatre * |
| October 9-10 | New York, NY | United Palace Theatre * |
| October 18-19 | Mexico City, MEX | Motorkr Festival |
| November 3 | Dublin, IRE | Ambassador |
| November 5 | Leeds, UK | Academy |
| November 6 | Nottingham, UK | Rock City |
| November 7 | Bristol, UK | Academy |
| November 9 | Glasgow, SCO | Barrowlands |
| November 10 | Birmingham, UK | Academy |
| November 11 | Manchester, UK | Academy |
| November 12 | Paris, FRA | Olympia |
| November 16 | Hamburg, GER | U&G |
| November 18 | Cologne, GER | Live Music Hall |
| November 21 | Stockholm, SWE | Debaser Medis |
| November 22 | Berlin, GER | LKesselhaus |
| November 24 | Munich, GER | Backstage |
| November 27 | London, UK | Forum |
| November 28 | London, UK | Shepherds Bush Empire |
| December 6 | Perth, AUS | Belvoir Amph. |
| December 9 | Sydney, AUS | Enmore Theatre |
| December 10 | Brisbane, AUS | The Tivoli |
| December 11 | Melbourne, AUS | The Palace |
* with Beck
