MGMT Tour Australia This December!

Sydney, AU. (SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment)--Hang on to your moon-bound motorbikes people, because the news has just broken that MGMT - aka the trailblazing woodnymphs Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden - are touring Australia for the first time ever this December! The band who've created a storm here around the world over the last few months will perform headline shows in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Whilst MGMT might seem like an overnight success, they're not. Goldwasser and VanWyngarden have been performing together since their freshman days at uni back in 2001. After their graduation in 2005, the band took their hyped live show on the road and following a brief hiatus, secured their record deal internationally with SonyBMG.

From there things snowballed, with the band exploding onto the international music scene earlier this year. The trippy duo's hit song 'Time To Pretend' was added to radio the world over, used on the hit UK TV show 'Skins' and the USA's 'Gossip Girl' and earned the pair appearances on Letterman and Conan O'Brien.

THE buzz band at this year's SXSW, MGMT's psychedelic debut 'Oracular Spectacular' caused a wave of excitement amongst critics and fans alike upon its release in May.

Now with another hit song 'Electric Feel' flooding the airwaves and a wealth of live experience (including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Lollapalooza of late), MGMT will be the concert of the Summer.

Enigmatic Sleepy Jackson frontman Luke Steele will be the special guest support on all shows.

Tickets on sale August 19 via Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au and through Frontier Touring pre-sale from noon AEST on August 14.

MGMT - AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
December 6 - Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth
December 9 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
December 10 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
December 11 - The Palace, Melbourne