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MGMT win Best Track at Shockwaves NME Awards 2009
'Time To Pretend' sees duo claim second honour at London ceremony

MGMT have won their second award at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 25).Having picked up Best New Band earlier in the evening, the Brooklyn duo have now won Best Track at the ceremony in the O2 Academy Brixton for the single 'Time To Pretend'.The pair were given their second honour by guest presenters Dizzee Rascal and Little Boots.Frontman Andrew VanWyngarden said: "Wow, thanks very much. Didn't we win this last year? This set looks familiar, it has a strange feeling, an electric feeling... We love England."

Best New Band goes to MGMT at Shockwaves NME Awards
Brooklyn duo take one of this year's most hotly-contested categories

MGMT have won Best New Band at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 25).The Brooklyn duo were presented with their prize at the O2 Brixton Academy by members of the cast of Channel 4 series 'Skins'."Here's my speech, its a gummy spider," the band's Andrew VanWyngarden declared as he took the stage, referencing the free sweets given out to guests, before adding: "Fuck yeah!"