InFebruary 2015, Imagine Dragons’ second studio album, Smoke + Mirrors debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. By that October, its new single “I Bet My Life” heralded even greater successes in the coming year. Over the course of 2014, Imagine Dragons honed these songs as it worked on other projects like the song “Battle Cry” for Transformers: Age of Extinction and “Warriors” for the esports event League of Legends Championships. While touring, the band worked on dozens of demos which would lead to the band’s second studio release. Imagine Dragons launched its Night Visions Tour, and the resulting series of sold-out shows across the US and Europe earned it recognition as “The Best Breakout Band of 2013” from Billboard. It topped charts worldwide, reaching the #1 spot in the UK, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada, and produced chart-topping singles “Radioactive” and “Demons”. The highest-charting rock album since 2006, it sold over 83,000 copies and reached the number one spot on Billboard’s Alternative and Rock Album chart. Night Visions was a smash hit across the board. Now ready for the big leagues, Imagine Dragons released its debut album Night Visions in the summer of 2012. The band moved to California and worked with producer Alex da Kid on two more EPs: Continued Silence and Hear Me. It broke out in 2011 with the single “It’s Time”, which led them to sign with Interscope Records. Over the next two years, Imagine Dragons followed up with two EPs, Imagine Dragons and Hell and Silence.
As a last-minute replacement, Imagine Dragons’ first major gig before an audience of 26,000.
The band’s first big break came in 2009 at the Bite of Las Vegas Festival when Train frontman Pat Monahan fell ill.
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