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For Immediate Release IMAGINE DRAGONS RELEASE NEW ALBUM — EVOLVE — VIA KIDINAKORNER / INTERSCOPE RECORDS BAND BRINGS DYNAMIC LIVE SHOW TO ARENAS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH THE EVOLVE TOUR THIS FALL May 9 th , 2017 — (Santa Monica, CA) — Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons will bring its electrifying live show to arenas across North America this fall with the Evolve Tour, produced by Live Nation. Watch the video for “Believer” HERE and “Thunder” HERE. “Believer” spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 at Alternative Radio and broke a 13+ year record for number of spins at the format, besting the record previously held by Linkin Park’s “Faint” in 2003. TIME called “Believer” “another showstopper of an anthem,” while Entertainment Weekly noted its “thudding tribal drums, a massive shout along chorus, and a wicked bassline that’s the sonic equivalent of a slug to the gut.” Billboard called “Believer” “a whimsical-yet-authoritative anthem sure to turn even the most hesitant of optimists into a believer.” Imagine Dragons will kick off the Evolve Tour on September 26 th in Phoenix, AZ, with Grouplove and K.Flay providing support. Formed in 2009 and featuring lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman, Imagine Dragons earned a grassroots following by independently releasing a series of EPs. After Alex Da Kid signed them to his KIDinaKORNER/Interscope label, the band made its major-label debut with the release of
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May9th,2017—(SantaMonica,CA)—Multi-platinum,GrammyAward-winningband ImagineDragonswill bring its electrifying live show to arenas across North America this fall with theEvolveTour,producedbyLiveNation.Watchthevideofor“Believer”HEREand“Thunder”HERE.“Believer” spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 at Alternative Radio and broke a 13+ yearrecord for number of spins at the format, besting the record previously held by Linkin Park’s“Faint” in 2003. TIME called “Believer” “another showstopper of an anthem,” whileEntertainmentWeekly noted its “thudding tribal drums, amassive shout along chorus, and awickedbasslinethat’s thesonicequivalentofaslugtothegut.”Billboard called“Believer” “awhimsical-yet-authoritative anthem sure to turn even the most hesitant of optimists into abeliever.”ImagineDragonswillkickofftheEvolveTouronSeptember26thinPhoenix,AZ,withGrouploveandK.Flayprovidingsupport. Formedin2009andfeaturingleadvocalistDanReynolds,guitaristWayneSermon,bassistBenMcKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman, Imagine Dragons earned a grassroots following byindependently releasing a series of EPs. After Alex Da Kid signed them to hisKIDinaKORNER/Interscope label, the band made its major-label debut with the release of
ContinuedSilence,a2012EPfeaturingthe2xplatinumbreakthroughsingle“It’sTime.”NightVisionsarrived laterthatyearand ImagineDragonsfoundthemselvesonaskywardtrajectorythatsawthealbumdebutatNo.2ontheBillboardTop200AlbumschartandbecametheNo.1albumonSpotifyWorldwidefor2013.NightVisionshassoldover5millioncopiesworldwide.Thealbum’ssecondsingle,the9x-platinum“Radioactive,”hitNo.1ontheBillboardRockchartandearnedthebanda2014Grammyfor“BestRockPerformance.”Thethirdsingle,“Demons,”hitNo. 1 atAlternative and Top40 radio, andhas sold 3.9million copies in theU.S. ImagineDragons’platinum-sellingsecondalbum,Smoke+Mirrors,debutedat#1ontheBillboardTop200albumchartandhassold1.1millioncopiesworldwide.Thetrack-listforEvolveisasfollows:IDon’tKnowWhyWhateverItTakesBelieverWalkingTheWireRiseUpMakeItUpToYouYesterdayMouthoftheRiverThunderStartOverDancingInTheDarkEvolveTourDates:09/26 Phoenix,AZ TalkingStickResortArena09/27 SanDiego,CA MattressFirmAmphitheatre09/29 LasVegas,NV T-MobileArena10/01 LosAngeles,CA HollywoodBowl10/03 MountainView,CA ShorelineAmphitheatre10/04 Sacramento,CA Golden1Center10/06 Seattle,WA KeyArena10/08 Vancouver,BC RogersArena10/10 Edmonton,AB RogersPlace10/11 Calgary,AB ScotiabankSaddledome10/13 SaltLakeCity,UT USANAAmphitheater10/14 Denver,CO PepsiCenter10/16 SaintPaul,MN XcelEnergyCenter10/18 Chicago,IL UnitedCenter10/19 Detroit,MI LittleCaesarsArena10/21 Cincinnati,OH U.S.BankArena10/23 Brooklyn,NY BarclaysCenter10/24 Newark,NJ PrudentialCenter10/26 Quebec,QC LeCentreVideotron10/27 Montreal,QC BellCentre10/29 Boston,MA TDGarden
11/01 Buffalo,NY KeyBankPavilion11/02 Philadelphia,PA WellsFargoCenter11/04 Uncasville,CT MoheganSunArena11/05 Washington,DC VerizonCenter11/07 Atlanta,GA PhilipsArena11/08 Charlotte,NC SpectrumCenter11/10 Orlando,FL AmwayArena11/12 Houston,TX ToyotaCenter11/13 Dallas,TX AmericanAirlinesArena11/16 Anaheim,CA HondaCenter
www.imaginedragonsmusic.com ABOUTINTERSCOPEGEFFENA&M:Combining the legaciesof threeof themost influential record labels inmodernmusichistory, InterscopeGeffenA&Membarkedonanewtraditionofmusicalachievementwith its unification on January 1, 1999. Headed by Chairman and CEO John Janick,InterscopeGeffenA&Misamajorforceinglobalmusic,developingchart-toppingartistsacross a wide range of musical genres including rock, rap, pop and alternative.Interscope Geffen A&M is part of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest musiccompany.www.interscope.comABOUTLIVENATIONENTERTAINMENT:Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainmentcompanycomprisedofglobalmarket leaders:Ticketmaster,LiveNationConcerts,LiveNation Advertising & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For additionalinformation,visitwww.livenationentertainment.com
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