Music News - Imagine Dragons 'Evolve' World Tour - New Zealand May 2018 With The Temper Trap
23 January 2018 - 0 Comments
They last stormed Australia and New Zealand two years ago in
support of their chart-topping second album, Smoke
+ Mirrors. In 2017 they smashed radio worldwide with huge singles Thunder, Believer and Whatever It Takes. Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons will
bring their Evolve World
Tour to Australia and New Zealand for Frontier Touring in May 2018 for a
blazing six-date run, including their first ever show in Wellington!
Formed in 2009, Imagine Dragons – frontman Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne
Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman – have had a massive past
12 months thanks to their third album, Evolve.
Released in June 2017, Evolve produced
Billboard’s second longest #1 single run in the US chart’s history with Believer, also providing the band’s fourth
Top 10 hit in the majestic, beat-heavy Thunder. What’s more, in 2017 Imagine
Dragons were ranked the sixth most streamed band on Spotify worldwide!
In New Zealand, Evolve debuted
at #3 on the NZ Top 40 Charts, and in Australia, came in at #4 on the ARIA
Charts. The band collaborated closely with Swedish producers Mattman &
Robin (Pink, Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo) and Joel Little (best known for Lorde’s Pure Heroine) on their latest listen; driving the songwriting process
was a desire to strip their sound back, culminating into a collection of songs
featuring killer guitars, sensitive vocals and above all, unparalleled honesty.
‘Evolve is an ‘80s flecked,
power-rock pumping station.’ – NME
‘Their kinetic energy is intoxicating, and frontman Dan Reynolds has an incredible
presence as he hops up and down…’ – The
Music
‘There’s a propulsive percussive element to their set that
gets the blood pumping.’
– The Sydney Morning Herald
Just recently Imagine Dragons conquered the American Music Awards, performing
on stage with Khalid for Young, Dumb and Broke and Thunder (watch here) and taking out the trophy for
‘Favourite Pop/Rock Group’. Frontman Reynolds even used the event to show his support for LGBTQ youth.
Currently on the Evolve World
Tour, the quartet initially built their grassroots following via an
independently released string of EPs, before breaking out globally with
multi-platinum debut album Night
Visions back in 2012. It would see them embark on their first world
tour, which turned into an extensive five-year run. Night Visions marked the first of several
career highlights for Imagine Dragons, the album reaching #4 on the ARIA Album
Chart and becoming Spotify’s most-streamed album, thanks to smash hits
including the diamond-selling Radioactive – which took out ‘Best Rock
Performance’ at the 2014 Grammys.
Imagine Dragons continued their milestone-laden run with 2015’s largely
self-produced sophomore record, Smoke
+ Mirrors. Filled with engaging hooks, dark lyricism and industrial
undertones – see third single Shots – Smoke
+ Mirrors became their first #1 on the US Billboard 200. This led
to a mammoth run of sold-out shows on their second world tour, including
Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Joining the band on their arena tour is special guests The Temper Trap, who
return after the success of their latest album Thick As Thieves, which debuted at #1 on the
ARIA Album Chart and became their second album to take out the top spot. With
chart-topping hits such as Thick As Thieves, Lost, Fall Together, Sweet Disposition and Need Your Love, the band return to New
Zealand, with singer Dougy Mandagi sounding better than ever. Rumours of new
music are circulating – don’t miss The Temper Trap at these epic shows!
'The strength of Mandagi's voice did not cease to amaze, with his hair-raising falsetto cutting through…' – The Sydney Morning Herald
Backed with a collection of fresh songs, and a set sharpened from rigorous touring on this current world run, don’t miss the chance to see Imagine Dragons breathe fire into every venue they hit on their upcoming Evolve World Tour in May 2018!
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