MGMT wrapped up four sold-out shows in New York this past week, including a two-night run at Brooklyn Steel and an inaugural concert at Manhattan’s newest venue Sony Hall. On the heels of their latest album Little Dark Age, the band will briefly tour North America before embarking on a summer-long circuit of European festivals.
“She Works Out Too Much,” “Me and Michael,” “When You’re Small,” and “TSLAMP” were visual and performative standouts. The Sunday night setlist drew heavily from the duo’s fourth release Little Dark Age – an album that successfully encapsulates modern life in 2018. It was refreshing and exciting to see the band perform new material, especially after a five-year gap since their last release.
No doubt, “Time to Pretend,” “Kids,” and “Electric Feel” sparked the most love from the crowd. Few songs are able to universally transport an audience back ten years quite like this triad from Oracular Spectacular. Overall, MGMT delivered a solid performance, interweaving fan favorites from all albums throughout the night.
Written and all photos by Alexandra Howard. Check out more photos from the show below:
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Upcoming MGMT Tour Dates:
May 07, 2018 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
May 09, 2018 Calgary, Canada Big Four Building
May 11, 2018 Vancouver, Canada Orpheum Theatre
May 12, 2018 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
May 13, 2018 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
May 15, 2018 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
May 16, 2018 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
May 18, 2018 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
May 19, 2018 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre
May 20, 2018 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
May 22, 2018 Salt Lake City, UT The Union
June 14, 2018 Dover, DE Firefly Music Festival
June 29, 2018 Ewijk Netherlands Down The Rabbit Hole
June 30, 2018 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Sirens Call 2018
July 04, 2018 Paris, France Days Off Festival
July 05, 2018 Brussels, Belgium Rock Werchter 2018
July 06, 2018 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France Festival Beauregard
July 07, 2018 Werchter, Belgium Festivalpark Werchter
July 08, 2018 Werchter, Belgium Festivalpark Werchter
July 09, 2018 London, Somerset House
July 12, 2018 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool Festival
July 14, 2018 Algés, Portuga lNOS Alive
July 17, 2018 Milano, Italy Milano Summer Festival
July 18, 2018 Nyon, Switzerland Paleo Festival Nyon
November 13, 2018 Porto Alegre, Brazil Auditório Araújo Vianna (Queremos!)
November 14, 2018 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Circo Voader (Queremos!)
November 15, 2018 Sao Paulo, Brazil Popload Festival