Fun Fun Fun Fest: MGMT gets crowd dancing

With all-too-popular hits like “Time to Pretend” and “Kids,” MGMT was one of the biggest names to join the Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup this year.

Placed in the 8:45 p.m. time slot Saturday, the Grammy-nominated band competed for audience attendance against punk heavyweights Bad Religion and rising electro/hip-hop star RJD2. But MGMT had no problem drawing an expansive mass of listeners.

As you might predict, the aforementioned singles were definitely the crowd favorites of the night, while there was significantly less singing along to the tracks off of 2010’s “Congratulations.” One of the set’s highlights came when the majority of the band wandered over to the vacant adjoining stage for one song, giving the audience members skewed to the far right a brief front row treat.