MGMT is an American indie rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut.
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19 Facts About MGMT
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Originally signed to Cantora Records by the nascent label's co-founder, NYU undergrad Will Griggs, MGMT later signed with Columbia and RED Ink in 2006 and released their debut album Oracular Spectacular the next year.
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MGMT opened for Of Montreal on tour in autumn 2007 as a five-piece touring band including Matthew Asti, James Richardson, and Hank Sullivant .
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MGMT opened for M I A on the Vassar College date of her 2008 tour, and played several shows with Beck during his 2008 tour.
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On February 27,2009, MGMT performed alongside Spectrum at The Dome in Finsbury Park.
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MGMT played another show in Australia at the 2009 Splendour in the Grass Festival.
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MGMT opened for Paul McCartney, an admitted fan, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 5 and 6,2009.
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MGMT was one of the headlining bands for the Treasure Island Music Festival on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, on October 17,2009.
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MGMT originally suggested that they might not release any singles from the album.
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On March 9,2010, MGMT released the song "Flash Delirium" for free download on their official website.
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MGMT started their Congratulations Tour on April 12,2010, in San Francisco, California, at The Fillmore.
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MGMT was one of the third tier bands for the 2010 Coachella Festival in Indio, California.
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On September 22,2011 MGMT performed the Pink Floyd song "Lucifer Sam" during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's "Pink Floyd Week".
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In January 2012, MGMT confirmed in an interview with Intercourse Magazine that they had started work on their third album, with VanWyngarden stating that he had written five songs.
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On February 27,2012, MGMT began recording the album with Dave Fridmann at his Tarbox Road Studios.
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In March 2012, VanWyngarden said that MGMT will perform new songs on their upcoming shows in Latin America.
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MGMT admitted that their two previous albums were so poorly received that they thought they could never have reached peak popularity as they had with the release of their first album.
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In January 2009, MGMT demanded compensation from the French Union for a Popular Movement Party.
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MGMT contributed, alongside Devendra Banhart, Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother and Binki Shapiro of Little Joy.
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