TODAY IMAGINE DRAGONS RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE “NEXT TO ME” ALONG WITH EVOLVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Singer/Songwriter Grace VanderWaal to Perform as Special Guest
Tickets Available to General Public Starting March 3rd at LiveNation.com
Santa Monica, CA (February 21, 2018) Today multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning band IMAGINE DRAGONS release a brand new single entitled “Next To Me” via KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records, and also reveal summer dates for their Evolve Tour. “Next To Me” is available via all participating digital retailers HERE. Listen to “Next To Me” HERE. The Evolve Tour returns June 5 in Hartford, CT and will hit major cities including Boston, Toronto, New York and more (see full listing below).
“Next To Me,” produced by Alex Da Kid, was today’s World Record with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. “Next To Me” is the first new music released from Imagine Dragons since Evolve, the band’s 2017 platinum- selling third album. Evolve, the biggest rock album of 2017, has sold over 1.3 million albums in the US and over 4 billion streams globally.
Produced by Live Nation, Imagine Dragons’ Evolve Tour will feature special guest Grace VanderWaal throughout the North American leg. The 14-year-old singer/songwriter rose to fame on “America’s Got Talent” with her signature ukulele sound and released her first full length album Just the Beginning in late 2017. Imagine Dragons sold out their initial run of the Evolve Tour in 2017, with support from Grouplove and K.Flay.
Tickets are on sale to the general public starting Saturday, March 3rd at 10am local time at LiveNation.com and via the Live Nation app. Fans can register starting now, Wednesday, February 21st at 12pm ET through Sunday, February 25th at 3pm ET for free access to the Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale HERE, which will allow vetted fans to purchase tickets before the general public starting Tuesday, February 27th at 10am local time through Friday, March 2nd at 10pm local time.
Imagine Dragons has once again partnered with CID Entertainment to offer VIP Packages on tour. All 3 VIP Packages include the option of a premium reserved or General Admission pit ticket with early venue entry for prime concert viewing. ‘Whatever It Takes’ and ‘Believer’ VIP Packages include access to the ‘Evolve’ Pre-Party where fans can interact with Imagine Dragons show sets and memorabilia, including the band’s taiko drum used during their live performances of Radioactive. To view Imagine Dragons VIP Package details, visit CID Entertainment.
Also this summer, HBO Documentary Films will release the Live Nation Productions documentary Believer, which follows Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds as he takes on a new mission to explore how the Mormon church treats its LGBTQ members.
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IMAGINE DRAGONS EVOLVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 Hartford, CT XFINITY Theatre Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Boston, MA Xfinity Center Friday, June 8, 2018 Bangor, ME Darling's Waterfront Pavilion Saturday, June 9, 2018 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center Monday, June 11, 2018 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheater Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage Saturday, June 16, 2018 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium Sunday, June 17, 2018 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center Tuesday, June 19, 2018 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Thursday, June 21, 2018 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre Friday, June 22, 2018 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Sunday, June 24, 2018 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Wed, June 27, 2018 Milwaukee, WI* Summerfest Friday, June 29, 2018 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saturday, June 30, 2018 Camden, NJ* BB&T Pavilion (already announced) Monday, July 2, 2018 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live Veterans United Home Loans Tuesday, July 3, 2018 Virginia Beach, VA Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Thursday, July 5, 2018 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Saturday, July 7, 2018 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena Sunday, July 8, 2018 Brandon, MS Brandon Amphitheater Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, July 11, 2018 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Friday, July 13, 2018 Tinley Park, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Saturday, July 14, 2018 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center Monday, July 16, 2018 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater Saturday, July 21, 2018 Los Angeles, CA The Forum Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion Thursday, July 26, 2018 Bozeman, MT Bobcat Stadium Monday, July 30, 2018 Wichita, KS^ Intrust Bank Arena Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Tulsa, OK^ BOK Center Thursday, August 2, 2018 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater Saturday, August 4, 2018 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sunday, August 5, 2018 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center Tuesday, August 7, 2018 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater Thursday, August 9, 2018 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre Friday, August 10, 2018 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Sat, October 20, 2018 Dallas, TX*+ Toyota Stadium *Additional date not part of the Evolve Tour +Grace VanderWaal not supporting ^on sale beginning Friday, March 9
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