Smoke + Mirrors Tour

Smoke + Mirrors Tour
Tour by Imagine Dragons

Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Smoke + Mirrors
Start date April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)
End date February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
Number of shows
  • 43 in Europe
  • 43 in North America
  • 6 in Oceania
  • 8 in Latin America
  • 8 in Asia
  • 108 total
Box office $25.2 million
Imagine Dragons concert chronology

The Smoke + Mirrors Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American alternative rock band Imagine Dragons in support of their second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015). The tour had a preview show in Sydney, Australia, on March 17, 2015, before the tour officially began in Santiago, Chile, on April 12, 2015. It continued through the Americas, Asia, Oceania and Europe until February 5, 2016, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The band played 108 shows. For Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, it was ranked forty-first, and grossed $25.2 million.[1]

Background and development

In 2012, Imagine Dragons released their debut studio album Night Visions, which launched the band into international mainstream commercial success. To promote the record, the band embarked on a world tour, named Night Visions Tour, consisting of over 170 shows all over the world. During this tour, the band had been working for their second album.

On December 16, 2014, Imagine Dragons announced that their second album Smoke + Mirrors would be released on February 17, 2015[2] and the tour was announced shortly later.

The arena tour in United Kingdom was announced on January 30, 2015.[3] On the same day, the rest of the European leg was revealed through the band official Facebook[4] with "more dates to come on". The North American leg was announced a week later,[5] meanwhile the shows in Australia and New Zealand were confirmed in middle February.[6]

Dan Reynolds has stated that the show that took place in Toronto, Ontario on July 4th, will be recorded and released as a concert DVD.

Critical reception

North America

The concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus received a positive review from Curtis Schieber from The Columbus Disaptch, saying that whilst "no wheels were reinvented during the Imagine Dragons concert" he acknowledged that it "delivered all its considerable drama with bull's-eye accuracy in a very appealing package that featured a charismatic lead singer, an expert four-piece band [...] and a relatively restrained set that looked like a million bucks and skilfully built momentum."[7] Gene Stout of The Seattle Times have a generally positive review of the concert at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, stating that "high-powered songs as "On Top of the World", "Radioactive" and the drum-laden "I Bet My Life" were a bit overdone. But fans loved them." Stout noted that the "concertgoers spanned generations, from kids attending their first concert to middle-aged rockers who discovered the band in Vegas" as well as complimenting the opening acts, Metric and Halsey, calling them a "bonus".[8]

Oceania

George Palathingal of The Sydney Morning Herald gave the show at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney four stars, summing up that "these Dragons do indeed breathe some fire". He also commented "I'm So Sorry" and "Friction" as highlights, with the latter dispelling "fears that Imagine Dragons might be a bit too "pop" and not nearly "rock" enough".[9] Rachel Bache of The New Zealand Herald gave the concert at the Vector Arena in Auckland a positive review said from the opening of "Shots" the band "oozed energy", whilst also saying that the "bright white strobes did get a bit much".[10]

Opening acts

Set list

Note: On July 16, Halsey did not perform her set in Houston, Texas, due to a surgery earlier that day. Reynolds apologized to the fans and said that he allowed her to rest her voice that night.

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue.
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance[11] Gross revenue[11]
Australia (Preview)
March 17, 2015 Sydney Australia The Star Event Centre N/A N/A N/A
South America
April 12, 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena N/A N/A N/A
April 14, 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Tecnópolis N/A N/A
April 16, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Citibank Hall 9,000 / 9,000 N/A
April 18, 2015 São Paulo Anhembi Convention Center 21,000 /24,000 N/A
April 21, 2015 Bogotá Colombia Parque Simón Bolívar 9,589 / 10,000 $478,515
North America - Leg 1
April 23, 2015 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum Vivanativa 7,174 / 7,174 $579,860
April 25, 2015[lower-alpha 1] Monterrey Mexico Fundidora Park Odiesso N/A N/A
April 27, 2015 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 15,416 / 15,416 $749,314
Europe - Leg 1
May 24, 2015[lower-alpha 2] Norwich England Earlham Park N/A N/A N/A
North America - Leg 2
May 29, 2015[lower-alpha 3] Napa United States 575 3rd Street[15] N/A N/A N/A
June 3, 2015 Portland Moda Center Metric
Halsey		 N/A N/A
June 5, 2015 Calgary Canada Scotiabank Saddledome 12,500[16] N/A
June 6, 2015 Edmonton Rexall Place N/A N/A
June 8, 2015 Winnipeg MTS Centre 8,500[17] N/A
June 9, 2015 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center 17,500[18] N/A
June 10, 2015 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha N/A N/A
June 12, 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center 10,000[19] N/A
June 13, 2015 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center N/A N/A
June 15, 2015 Rosemont Allstate Arena N/A N/A
June 16, 2015 Louisville KFC Yum! Center N/A N/A
June 18, 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena N/A N/A
June 19, 2015 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 9,500[20] N/A
June 22, 2015 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 9,000[21] N/A
June 23, 2015 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,650 / 10,650 $608,130
June 24, 2015 Buffalo First Niagara Center N/A N/A
June 27, 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 13,637 /13,637 $804,257
June 29, 2015 Newark Prudential Center 11,464 / 11,683 $581,428
June 30, 2015 Brooklyn Barclays Center 12,598 / 12,598 $743,850
July 1, 2015 Boston TD Garden N/A N/A
July 3, 2015 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 15,601 / 15,601 $718,606
July 4, 2015 Toronto Air Canada Centre 14,899 / 14,899 $692,691
July 6, 2015 Washington, D.C. United States Verizon Center 11,179 / 14,205 $661,696
July 7, 2015 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena N/A N/A
July 8, 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 11,959 / 12,784 $501,155
July 10, 2015 Tampa Amalie Arena 10,545[22] N/A
July 11, 2015 Sunrise BB&T Center N/A N/A
July 13, 2015 Memphis FedExForum N/A N/A
July 14, 2015 Atlanta Philips Arena 9,230 / 10,373 $486,157
July 16, 2015 Houston Toyota Center 11,064 / 11,165 $617,771
July 17, 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center 11,142 / 12,906 $596,471
July 18, 2015 Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Arena 6,125 / 6,125 $512,448
July 20, 2015 Anaheim Honda Center N/A N/A
July 21, 2015 San Diego Viejas Arena N/A N/A
July 24, 2015 Inglewood The Forum 13,487 / 13,487 $694,493
July 25, 2015 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena N/A N/A
July 27, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center N/A N/A
July 28, 2015 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena N/A N/A
July 30, 2015 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena N/A N/A
July 31, 2015 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome N/A N/A
August 1, 2015 Boise Taco Bell Arena N/A N/A
Asia
August 13, 2015 Seoul South Korea Olympic Hall N/A N/A N/A
August 15, 2015[lower-alpha 4] Osaka Japan Maishima Sports Island N/A N/A
August 16, 2015[lower-alpha 5] Chiba Chiba Marine Stadium N/A N/A
August 19, 2015 Shanghai China Shanghai Indoor Stadium N/A N/A
August 21, 2015 Taipei Taiwan TWTC Nangang N/A N/A
August 23, 2015 Hong Kong Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena N/A N/A
August 25, 2015 Singapore Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A N/A
August 27, 2015 Manila Philippines Mall of Asia Arena N/A N/A
August 29, 2015 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena N/A N/A
Oceania
September 2, 2015 Melbourne Australia Margaret Court Arena British India 5,728 / 6,202 $334,624
September 4, 2015 Sydney Qantas Union Credit Arena 7,001 / 7,602 $405,486
September 5, 2015 Brisbane Riverstage 5,385 / 8,000 $281,347
September 8, 2015 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena The Rubens N/A N/A
September 10, 2015 Christchurch Horncastle Arena N/A N/A
North America - Leg 2
September 19, 2015[lower-alpha 6] Chicago United States FirstMerit Bank Pavilion N/A — —
September 26, 2015[lower-alpha 7] Las Vegas Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street — —
Europe - Leg 2
October 11, 2015 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena Sunset Sons — —
October 12, 2015 Mannheim SAP Arena — —
October 13, 2015 Munich Olympiahalle — —
October 15, 2015 Hamburg Barclaycard Arena 7,426 / 9,797 $321,110
October 16, 2015 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle — —
October 17, 2015 Stuttgart Porsche-Arena — —
October 19, 2015 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen — —
October 20, 2015 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
October 21, 2015 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe — —
October 24, 2015 Brussels Belgium Forest National — —
October 26, 2015 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier 6,000 / 12,000 —
October 27, 2015 Lille Zénith de Lille — —
October 28, 2015 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg 12,000 / 12,000 —
October 30, 2015 Madrid Spain Barclaycard Center — —
October 31, 2015 Bilbao Bizkaia Arena — —
November 2, 2015 Paris France Zénith de Paris — —
November 4, 2015 London England The O2 Arena 29,151 / 35,596 $1,468,620
November 5, 2015
November 6, 2015 Nottingham Capital FM Arena Nottingham — —
November 10, 2015 Leeds First Direct Arena — —
November 11, 2015 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff — —
November 13, 2015 Manchester England Manchester Arena — —
November 14, 2015 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
November 15, 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro 12,542 / 12,712 $572,950
November 17, 2015 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena — —
November 18, 2015 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
November 20, 2015 Birmingham England Barclaycard Arena — —
November 23, 2015 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum — —
November 24, 2015 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion — —
January 14, 2016 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal N/A — —
January 16, 2016 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 15,000 —
January 18, 2016[lower-alpha 8] Vienna Austria Gasometer, Vienna — —
January 19, 2016 Bratislava Slovakia NTC Arena — —
January 20, 2016 Budapest Hungary Sportarena — —
January 22, 2016 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena — —
January 24, 2016 Moscow Russia Olympic Stadium — —
January 26, 2016 Saint Petersburg Ice Palace — —
January 27, 2016 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena — —
January 29, 2016 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall Arena — —
January 30, 2016 Riga Latvia Arena Riga — —
January 31, 2016 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena GJan — —
February 2, 2016 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena Lemon —
February 5, 2016 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Sunset Sons —
Total 291,447 / 320,612 (91%) $13,419,980

Notes

  1. ↑ The April 25, 2015 concert in Monterrey at Fundidora Park is part of the Pa'l Norte Festival 2015.[12]
  2. ↑ The May 24, 2015 concert in Norwich at Earlham Park is part of Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015.[13]
  3. ↑ The May 29, 2015 concert in Napa, California at 575 3rd Street is part of BottleRock Napa Valley Festival 2015.[14]
  4. ↑ The August 15, 2015 concert in Osaka at Maishima Sports Island is part of the Summer Sonic Festival 2015.
  5. ↑ The August 16, 2015 concert in Chiba at the Chiba Marine Stadium is part of the Summer Sonic Festival 2015.
  6. ↑ The September 19, 2015 concert in Chicago at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion is part of Farm Aid 2015.[23]
  7. ↑ The September 26, 2015 concert in Las Vegas at Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street is part of the 2015 Life is Beautiful Music Festival.[24]
  8. ↑ The January 18, 2016 concert in Vienna was moved from Linz.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Carolyn Menyes (December 16, 2014). "Imagine Dragons Announce New Album 'Smoke + Mirrors' Release Date, Release New Single "Gold"". Music Times.
  3. ↑ Amy Davidson (January 30, 2015). "Imagine Dragons announce Smoke + Mirrors UK arena tour". Digital Spy.
  4. ↑ "+ to our dear friends across EUROPE.. we are coming your way with the Smoke + Mirrors Tour very soon. ticket pre-sales start THIS WEDNESDAY, with general sales on Feb 6. DATES BELOW +". Facebook. January 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ Christina Lee (February 7, 2015). "Imagine Dragons Announce North America Tour: See The Dates". Idolator.
  6. ↑ Sam Murphy (February 16, 2015). "Imagine Dragons 2015 Australian Tour Announced". Music Feeds.
  7. ↑ "Concert review: Imagine Dragons: Band offers drama, variety of styles". The Columbus Dispatch.
  8. ↑ "Imagine Dragons - under the dome, over the top". The Settle Times.
  9. ↑ "Imagine Dragons review: live show delivers some fire". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ↑ "Dragons get fiery at NZ show". The New Zealand Herald.
  11. 1 2 "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard Biz. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Pa'l Norte 2016".
  13. ↑ "BBC - Radio 1's Big Weekend - Big Weekend 2015 - Acts - Imagine Dragons". BBC Music Events.
  14. ↑ "BottleRock Napa Valley". BottleRock Napa Valley.
  15. ↑ "BottleRock Napa Valley - Info". BottleRock Napa Valley.
  16. ↑ Mike Bell, Calgary Herald More Mike Bell, Calgary Herald. "Review: Imagine Dragons dazzle the Saddledome crowd". Calgary Herald.
  17. ↑ "Endearing Imagine Dragons win over Winnipeg".
  18. ↑ "Imagine Dragons have fresh sound, look at Xcel show". Star Tribune.
  19. ↑ Lee Enterprises. "Imagine Dragons bring pulsating, percussive show to Scottrade Center". stltoday.com.
  20. ↑ "Imagine Dragons is more than smoke and mirrors at Consol". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  21. ↑ "Imagine Dragons turn Quicken Loans Arena into a mythical place (photos, concert review)". cleveland.com.
  22. ↑ "Review: Imagine Dragons bring huge, uplifting spectacle to Tampa's Amalie Arena". Tampa Bay Times.
  23. ↑ "Farm Aid: Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young & Dave Matthews « FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island".
  24. ↑ "Life Is Beautiful Festival - 3DAY Pass - Music Starts at 3:00 PM - Tickets - Life Is Beautiful - Las Vegas, NV, September 25, 2015 - Ticketfly".
  25. ↑ "Imagine Dragons". Imagine Dragons - Tickets.
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