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May9th,2017—(SantaMonica,CA)—Multi-platinum,GrammyAward-winningband ImagineDragonswill bring its electrifying live show to arenas across North America this fall with theEvolveTour,producedbyLiveNation.Watchthevideofor“Believer”HEREand“Thunder”HERE.“Believer” spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 at Alternative Radio and broke a 13+ yearrecord for number of spins at the format, besting the record previously held by Linkin Park’s“Faint” in 2003. TIME called “Believer” “another showstopper of an anthem,” whileEntertainmentWeekly noted its “thudding tribal drums, amassive shout along chorus, and awickedbasslinethat’s thesonicequivalentofaslugtothegut.”Billboard called“Believer” “awhimsical-yet-authoritative anthem sure to turn even the most hesitant of optimists into abeliever.”ImagineDragonswillkickofftheEvolveTouronSeptember26thinPhoenix,AZ,withGrouploveandK.Flayprovidingsupport. Formedin2009andfeaturingleadvocalistDanReynolds,guitaristWayneSermon,bassistBenMcKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman, Imagine Dragons earned a grassroots following byindependently releasing a series of EPs. After Alex Da Kid signed them to hisKIDinaKORNER/Interscope label, the band made its major-label debut with the release of

ContinuedSilence,a2012EPfeaturingthe2xplatinumbreakthroughsingle“It’sTime.”NightVisionsarrived laterthatyearand ImagineDragonsfoundthemselvesonaskywardtrajectorythatsawthealbumdebutatNo.2ontheBillboardTop200AlbumschartandbecametheNo.1albumonSpotifyWorldwidefor2013.NightVisionshassoldover5millioncopiesworldwide.Thealbum’ssecondsingle,the9x-platinum“Radioactive,”hitNo.1ontheBillboardRockchartandearnedthebanda2014Grammyfor“BestRockPerformance.”Thethirdsingle,“Demons,”hitNo. 1 atAlternative and Top40 radio, andhas sold 3.9million copies in theU.S. ImagineDragons’platinum-sellingsecondalbum,Smoke+Mirrors,debutedat#1ontheBillboardTop200albumchartandhassold1.1millioncopiesworldwide.Thetrack-listforEvolveisasfollows:IDon’tKnowWhyWhateverItTakesBelieverWalkingTheWireRiseUpMakeItUpToYouYesterdayMouthoftheRiverThunderStartOverDancingInTheDarkEvolveTourDates:09/26 Phoenix,AZ TalkingStickResortArena09/27 SanDiego,CA MattressFirmAmphitheatre09/29 LasVegas,NV T-MobileArena10/01 LosAngeles,CA HollywoodBowl10/03 MountainView,CA ShorelineAmphitheatre10/04 Sacramento,CA Golden1Center10/06 Seattle,WA KeyArena10/08 Vancouver,BC RogersArena10/10 Edmonton,AB RogersPlace10/11 Calgary,AB ScotiabankSaddledome10/13 SaltLakeCity,UT USANAAmphitheater10/14 Denver,CO PepsiCenter10/16 SaintPaul,MN XcelEnergyCenter10/18 Chicago,IL UnitedCenter10/19 Detroit,MI LittleCaesarsArena10/21 Cincinnati,OH U.S.BankArena10/23 Brooklyn,NY BarclaysCenter10/24 Newark,NJ PrudentialCenter10/26 Quebec,QC LeCentreVideotron10/27 Montreal,QC BellCentre10/29 Boston,MA TDGarden

11/01 Buffalo,NY KeyBankPavilion11/02 Philadelphia,PA WellsFargoCenter11/04 Uncasville,CT MoheganSunArena11/05 Washington,DC VerizonCenter11/07 Atlanta,GA PhilipsArena11/08 Charlotte,NC SpectrumCenter11/10 Orlando,FL AmwayArena11/12 Houston,TX ToyotaCenter11/13 Dallas,TX AmericanAirlinesArena11/16 Anaheim,CA HondaCenter

www.imaginedragonsmusic.com ABOUTINTERSCOPEGEFFENA&M:Combining the legaciesof threeof themost influential record labels inmodernmusichistory, InterscopeGeffenA&Membarkedonanewtraditionofmusicalachievementwith its unification on January 1, 1999. Headed by Chairman and CEO John Janick,InterscopeGeffenA&Misamajorforceinglobalmusic,developingchart-toppingartistsacross a wide range of musical genres including rock, rap, pop and alternative.Interscope Geffen A&M is part of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest musiccompany.www.interscope.comABOUTLIVENATIONENTERTAINMENT:Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainmentcompanycomprisedofglobalmarket leaders:Ticketmaster,LiveNationConcerts,LiveNation Advertising & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For additionalinformation,visitwww.livenationentertainment.com

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