For$Immediate$Release$
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IMAGINE$DRAGONS$RELEASE$NEW$ALBUM$—$EV OLV E$—$VIA$$
KIDINAKORNER$/$INTERSCOPE$RECORDS$
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BAND$BRINGS$DYNAMIC$LIVE$SHOW$TO$ARENAS$ACROSS$NORTH$AMERICA$
WITH$THE$EVOLVE$TOUR$THIS$FALL$
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,!2017!—!(Sa nta !M on ica ,!CA )!—!Multi-platinum,!Grammy!Award-winning!band!Imagin e $
Dragons$ will! bring! its! electrifying! live! show! to! arenas! across! North! America! this! fall! with! the!
Evolve$Tour,!produce d!by!Live !Nation .!!
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Watch!the!video!for!“Believe r”!HERE!and!“Th under”!HERE.!!
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“Believer”! spent! six! consecutive! weeks! at! No.! 1! at! A lternative! Radio! and! ! broke! a! 13+! year!
record! for! nu m b er! o f! spin s! at! th e! format,! besting! the! reco rd! p rev iou sly! he ld! b y! Lin kin ! Park ’s!
“Faint”! in! 2003.! TIME! c alled! “Believer”! “an other! showstoppe r! of! an! anthem,”! while!
Entertainment) Weekly! noted! its! “thudding! tribal! drums,! a! massive! shout! alon g! chorus,! and! a!
wicked!bassline!that’s!the!sonic!equivalent!of!a!slug!to!the!gut.”!Billboard!called!“Believe r ” ! “a!
whimsical-yet-authoritative! anthem! sure! to! turn! even! the! most! hesitant! of! optimists! into! a!
believer.”!
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Imagin e!Dragon s !w ill!kick!off!the!Evolve$Tour!on!September!26
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!in!Pho en ix ,!A Z,!with!Grouplove!
and!K.Flay!providing!suppo rt.
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Formed!in!2009!and!featuring! lead!vocalist! Dan$Reynolds,!guita ris t!Wayne$ Sermon,!bas sis t!Ben$
McKee,! and! d rumm e r! Daniel$ Platzman,! Imagine! Dragon s ! earned! a! gra s sr o o ts ! f o llowing ! b y !
indepen d e n tly ! releasing! a! series! of! E Ps.! After! Alex! Da! Kid! sig ne d! them! to! his!
KIDinaKORNER/Interscope! label,! the! b and! made! its! major-label! debut! with! th e ! re le a se ! o f!
Continued-Silence,!a!2012 !EP!featuring!th e !2x!platinu m!bre a k through !single !“It’s$Time .”!Night-
Visions!arrived !later!that!year!and !Imag in e !Drag on s !foun d !themselves!on!a!skywa rd !traject or y!
that! saw !the!album !deb ut!at!No.!2! on !the! Billboard!To p! 200! Albums!chart!and! became!the!No.! 1!
album!on!Spotify!Worldwide!for!2013.!Night-Visions!has!sold!over!5!million!copies!worldwide.!
The!album’s!second !single,!the!9x-platinum!“Radioactive,”!hit! No.!1!on!the!Billboard!Rock!chart!
and! earned!the!band!a!2014!Gramm y!for!“Best! Rock!Performance.”!The!third! single,!“Dem ons,”!
hit!No.! 1! at! Alternative! and! Top! 40! radio,! and! has! sold! 3.9! million! copies! in! the! U .S.! Imagin e!
Dragons’!platinum-selling!second!album,!Sm oke- +-Mirrors,!debuted!at!#1!on!the!Billboard!Top!
200!album!chart!and!has!sold!1.1!million!copies!worldwide.!
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The$track-list$for$Evolve$is$as$f o llo ws:$
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I!Don’t!K n o w!Why!
Whatever!It!Takes!
Believer!
Walking!The!Wire!
Rise!Up!
Make!It!Up!To!You!
Yesterday!
Mouth!of!the!River!
Thunder!
Start!Over!
Dancing!In!The!Dark!
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Evolve$Tour$Dates:$
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09/26! Phoenix,!AZ! ! Talking!Stick!Resort!Arena!
09/27! San!Diego,!CA! ! Mattress!Firm!Amphitheatre!
09/29! Las!Vegas,!NV! ! T-Mobile!Arena!
10/01! Los!Angeles,!CA!! Hollywood!Bowl!
10/03! Mountain!View,!CA! Shoreline!Amphitheatre!
10/04! Sacramento,!CA!! Golden!1!Center!
10/06! Seattle,!WA! ! Key!Arena!
10/08! Vancouver,!BC! ! Rogers!Arena!
10/10! Edmonton,!AB! ! Rogers!Place!
10/11! Calgary,!AB! ! Scotiabank!Saddledome!
10/13! Salt!Lake!City,!UT! USANA!Amphitheater!
10/14! Denver,!CO! ! Pepsi!Center!
10/16! Saint!Paul,!MN! ! Xcel!Energy!Center!
10/18! Chicago,!IL! ! United!Center!
10/19! Detroit,!MI! ! Little!Caesars!Arena!
10/21! Cincinnati,!OH! ! U.S.!Bank!Arena!
10/23! Brooklyn,!NY! ! Barclays!Center!
10/24! Newark,!NJ! ! Prudential!Center!
10/26! Quebec,!QC! ! Le!Centre!Videotron!
10/27! Montreal,!QC! ! Bell!Centre!
10/29! Boston,!MA! ! TD!Garden!
11/01! Buffalo,!NY! ! KeyBank!Pavilion!
11/02! Philadelphia,!PA! Wells!Fargo!Center!
11/04! Uncasville,!CT! ! Mohegan!Sun!Arena!
11/05! Washington,!DC!! Verizon!Center!
11/07! Atlanta,!GA! ! Philips!Arena!
11/08! Charlotte,!NC! ! Spectrum!Center!
11/10! Orlando,!FL! ! Amway!Arena!
11/12! Houston,!TX! ! Toyota!Center!
11/13! Dallas,!TX! ! American!Airlines!Arena!
11/16! Anaheim,!CA! ! Honda!Center!
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Intersco p e!
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