"Imagine Dragons Announce New Album 'Smoke + Mirrors' Release Date, Release New Single "Gold "". ^ "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF).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". 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". 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". 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". The concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus received a positive review from Curtis Schieber from The Columbus Dispatch, 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." 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. The show that took place in Toronto, Ontario on July 4, was recorded and released as a concert DVD, Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors Live.Ĭritical reception North America The North American leg was announced a week later, meanwhile the shows in Australia and New Zealand were confirmed in middle February. On the same day, the rest of the European leg was revealed through the band official Facebook with "more dates to come on". The arena tour in United Kingdom was announced on January 30, 2015. On December 16, 2014, Imagine Dragons announced that their second album Smoke + Mirrors would be released on Febru and the tour was announced shortly later.
During this tour, the band had been working for their second album. To promote the record, the band embarked on a world tour, named Night Visions Tour, consisting of over 170 shows all over the world. In 2012, Imagine Dragons released their debut studio album Night Visions, which launched the band into international mainstream commercial success.