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It's time to celebrate for alt-rockers Imagine Dragons, as their debut album has just gone platinum (1 million copies sold) in the U.S.

Night Visions was released in September 2012 and has since spent 40 weeks on the Billboard album chart, with a current hold on the No. 7 spot.

The album has blown up the singles charts as well, with It's Time and Radioactive both carving out el espacio in the parte superior, arriba 40. The popular tunes gained recognition in spots for teen flick The Perks of Being a Wallflower last fall and the new ad campaign for Beats por Dre Powerbeats headphones starring LeBron James, respectively....

Imagine dragones has received attention across the U.S. from industry professionals and fans alike, continuously growing their loyal fan base. Their most reciente West Coast tour with The Parlotones was highly successful, with sold-out shows along the West Coast ending with a final packed performance at L.A.'s The víbora, viper Room.

This past spring, the band was invited to perform at Bergenfest in Norway, expanding their fan base outside of the U.S. fans can catch Imagine dragones on August 20 at The Roxy in Los Angeles as they perform as part of the Sunset Strip música Festival. Imagine dragones are currently...

hola Mr. cage man let me get a fresh breath
Cherry bomb head strong I could fake my own death
Hey Mr. fate man shuffle me a ninth life
I’ve been wrong, go long
throwing me a sharp right
It’s not a picture perfect life
Not what I had in mind
Let me write my own line

I’ve got this place
That I’ve filled with empty space
Oh I’m trying not to face what I’ve done
My hopeless opus
I’m in this race and I’m hoping just to place
Oh I’m trying not to face what’s become of me
My hopeless opus

Hey Mr. seguro man hustle me an okay
I could slide take a dive take it for the inicial team
Hey Mr. postman slip...

Standing on-stage Thursday night at the Hollywood Palladium, Dan Reynolds of Imagine dragones looked out at a capacity crowd and dicho with astonishment, “I don’t even know how this many people know about us.”

His bandmates had a hunch, however. That was the moment they powered up “Radioactive,” the moody electro-grunge single that tops three of Billboard’s rock charts and sits at No. 9 on the Hot 100, nestled comfortably between tunes por rihanna and Bruno Mars. It’s this Las Vegas group’s segundo big radio smash following “It’s Time,” which set a record last año as the longest-running...

por Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa


I saw Imagine dragones over three years hace at the Velour, a dimly lit and intimate música hovel in downtown Provo. That stage was small, the building had a 250 person capacity and the band was one that seemed to still be finding its direction. That was not the same band I saw tonight playing for a crowd of over 8,000 in a full-blown rock mostrar at the UCCU Events Center.

I’m not talking about the changes they’ve made to their lineup. The Imagine dragones of today are a fully realized indie rock ensemble whose fan base has grown exponentially since...