Final December, footage of MGMT performing an early model of “Children” at Wesleyan College in 2003 resurfaced on-line and went viral. This previous weekend, lead vocalist Andrew VanWyngarden returned to his alma mater for his twentieth reunion and sang the observe once more at a small campus celebration. It seems fellow MGMT member Ben Goldwasser was not there.
As confirmed by CT Insider, VanWyngarden carried out at “an off-the-cuff gathering organized by his classmates and present college students” at West Faculty on campus final Friday, Could twenty third whereas he was on the town for the Class of 2005’s twentieth reunion. Watch footage posted to TikTok beneath.
“The place’s the Class of ’05?” VanWyngarden may be heard yelping mid-song whereas pointing to the gang. “That’s what I’m speaking about!” Briefly acknowledging that different lessons “are cool, too,” he continued, “However that is the Class of ’05!”
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Within the viral footage that resurfaced late final yr, VanWyngarden and Goldwasser carried out on campus for Wesleyan’s Zonker Harris Day — an occasion that celebrates psychedelic music and tradition, utilizing the Doonesbury comedian character as its mascot. Apart from “Children,” their set included an early model of “Cash to Burn” and a canopy of Speaking Heads’ “This Should Be the Place.”
MGMT’s most up-to-date album, Lack of Life, was launched in February 2024.
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