Smoke + Mirrors Tour

Smoke + Mirrors Tour

Tour by Imagine Dragons
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Smoke + Mirrors
Start date	April 12, 2015
End date	February 5, 2016
Number of shows	43 in Europe 43 in North America 6 in Oceania 8 in Latin America 8 in Asia 108 total
Box office	$25.2 million
Imagine Dragons concert chronology

The Smoke + Mirrors Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American alternative rock band Imagine Dragons in support of their second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015). The tour had a preview show in Sydney, Australia, on March 17, 2015, before the tour officially began in Santiago, Chile, on April 12, 2015. It continued through the Americas, Asia, Oceania and Europe until February 5, 2016, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The band played 108 shows. For Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, it was ranked forty-first, and grossed $25.2 million.^[1]

Background and development

In 2012, Imagine Dragons released their debut studio album Night Visions, which launched the band into international mainstream commercial success. To promote the record, the band embarked on a world tour, named Night Visions Tour, consisting of over 170 shows all over the world. During this tour, the band had been working for their second album.

On December 16, 2014, Imagine Dragons announced that their second album Smoke + Mirrors would be released on February 17, 2015^[2] and the tour was announced shortly later.

The arena tour in United Kingdom was announced on January 30, 2015.^[3] On the same day, the rest of the European leg was revealed through the band official Facebook^[4] with "more dates to come on". The North American leg was announced a week later,^[5] meanwhile the shows in Australia and New Zealand were confirmed in middle February.^[6]

Dan Reynolds has stated that the show that took place in Toronto, Ontario on July 4th, will be recorded and released as a concert DVD.

Critical reception

North America

The concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus received a positive review from Curtis Schieber from The Columbus Disaptch, 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."^[7] 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. 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".^[8]

Oceania

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". 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".^[9] 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".^[10]

Opening acts

• Vivanativa (in Puerto Rico)
• Metric (in North America)
• Halsey (in North America)
• British India (in Australia)
• The Rubens (in New Zealand)
• Sunset Sons (in Europe)
• Pravada (in Russia)
• The Biebers (in Budapest)

Set list

Note: On July 16, Halsey did not perform her set in Houston, Texas, due to a surgery earlier that day. Reynolds apologized to the fans and said that he allowed her to rest her voice that night.

Halsey 

1. "Castle"
2. "Empty Gold"
3. "Roman Holiday"
4. "Hold Me Down"
5. "Ghost"
6. "New Americana or Colors"
7. "Hurricane"

British India 

1. "Black and White Radio"
2. "Wrong Direction"
3. "Suddenly"
4. "Plastic Souvenirs"
5. "I Can Make You Love Me"

Imagine Dragons - Sydney (Preview) 

1. "Shots"
2. "It's Time"
3. "Gold"
4. "Smoke and Mirrors"
5. "Summer"
6. "Demons"
7. "I'm So Sorry"
8. "It Comes Back to You"
9. "On Top of the World"
10. "Rocks"
11. "I Bet My Life"
12. "Radioactive"

Imagine Dragons - Latin America 

1. "Shots"
2. "Trouble"
3. "It's Time"
4. "It Comes Back to You"
5. "Forever Young" (Alphaville cover)
6. "Smoke and Mirrors"
7. "Polaroid"
8. "I'm So Sorry"
9. "Summer"
10. "Gold"
11. "Demons"
12. "Dream"
13. "Hopeless Opus"
14. "Release"
15. "On Top of the World"
16. "Friction"
17. "I Bet My Life"
18. "Amsterdam"¹
19. "Radioactive"

Encore:

20. "The Fall"

¹ Performed at select dates

Imagine Dragons - North America 

1. "Shots"
2. "It's Time"
3. "Trouble"
4. "Smoke and Mirrors"
5. "It Comes Back to You"
6. "Forever Young" (Alphaville cover)
7. "I'm So Sorry"
8. "Summer"
9. "Gold"
10. "Demons"
11. "Dream"
12. "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King cover)
13. "The World's Greatest" (R. Kelly cover)
14. "The Fall"
15. "On Top of the World"
16. "Polaroid"
17. "Friction"
18. "I Bet My Life"
19. "Radioactive"

Imagine Dragons - Asia 

1. "Shots"
2. "Trouble"
3. "It's Time"
4. "Forever Young" (Alphaville cover
5. "Smoke and Mirrors
6. "Polaroid"
7. "I'm So Sorry"
8. "Gold"
9. Medley: "Amsterdam and Tiptoe"
10. "Demons"
11. "Hopeless Opus
12. "On Top of the World"
13. "Friction"
14. "I Bet My Life"
15. "Radioactive"

Encore:

16. "The Fall"

Imagine Dragons - Australia 

1. "Shots"
2. "Trouble"
3. "It's Time"
4. "Forever Young" (Alphaville cover)
5. "Smoke and Mirrors"
6. "Roots"
7. "Polaroid"
8. "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil cover)
9. "I'm So Sorry"
10. "Gold"
11. "Bleeding Out"
12. "Demons"
13. "On Top of the World"
14. "Friction"
15. "I Bet My Life"
16. "Radioactive"

Encore:

17. "The Fall"

NOTES 

• ONLY on April 16, 2015, during the band's concert in Rio de Janeiro, they performed "Hear Me" and "The River" on a snippets of choruses Medley, and instead performing a full version of "Amsterdam" before "Radioactive".
• On April 18, 2015, during the band's concert in São Paulo, the snippets of choruses Medley was before "Demons". And "Amsterdam" was before "Radioactive".
• On June 15, 2015, during the band's concert in Rosemont, the performance of "Forever Young" was interrupted following the Chicago Blackhawks' win of the Stanley Cup. The band then proceeded to congratulate Chicago fans and played the song "On Top Of The World."
• On July 4, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, they performed "Thief" for the first time ever, live.
• On May 24, 2015, during the band's concert in Norwich, the setlist was altered drastically to the following:

1. "It's Time"
2. "Shots"
3. "I'm So Sorry"
4. "Demons"
5. "Gold"
6. "On Top of the World"
7. "Radioactive"

• On August 13, 2015, in Seoul, Korea a medley of "Hear Me" and "Bleeding Out" was also performed and the "Amsterdam and Tiptoe" medley also included "Warriors" in it.
• On August 21, 2015, in Taipei, Taiwan "Release" was also performed and the "Amsterdam and Tiptoe" medley also included "Warriors" in it.
• On August 23, 2015, in Hong Kong, Warriors was also performed.
• On August 25, 2015, in Singapore, a medley of "Warriors" and "Bleeding Out" was also performed.
• On August 29, 2015, in Bangkok, Thailand, "Demons" was performed as a medley along with "Warriors" rather than as an individual song.
• On September 2, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, they performed "Roots" for the first time ever, live.
• On September 4, 2015, in Sydney, Australia, both "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Bleeding Out" were not performed, however the "Amsterdam and Tiptoe" medley was.
• On September 5, 2015, in Brisbane, Australia, "Polaroid", "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Bleeding Out" were not performed, however the "Amsterdam and Tiptoe" medley was.
• The set list for the Life is Beautiful music festival was as follows: 1 - Shots; 2 - Trouble; 3 - It's Time; 4 - Roots; 5 - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (cover); 6 - Polaroid; 7 - I'm So Sorry; 8 - Gold; 9 - Bleeding Out/Warriors; 10 - Demons; 11 - Hopeless Opus; 12 - On Top of The World; 13 - Friction; 14 - I Bet My Life; 15 - Radioactive
• On October 12, 2015, in Mannheim, Germany, they performed "I Was Me" (which was released earlier that day) and "Second Chances" for the first time live.
• On January 14, 2016, in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, a cover of "Song 2" was performed.
• On January 24, 2016, in Moscow, Russia, a medley of "Hopeless Opus", "Rocks", "Amsterdam", "Tiptoe", "Fallen" and "Nothing Left to Say" was performed. "Dream" was performed after "The Fall".
• On January 27, 2016, in Helsinki, Finland, the band performed "The River", as well as a medley of "Bleeding Out", "Warriors", Amsterdam", "Tiptoe", "It Comes Back To You" and "Smoke and Mirrors". The chorus for "Friction" was performed as a lead-in to "Radioactive".

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance[11]	Gross revenue[11]
Australia (Preview)
March 17, 2015	Sydney	Australia	The Star Event Centre	N/A	N/A	N/A
South America
April 12, 2015	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A
April 14, 2015	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Tecnópolis		N/A	N/A
April 16, 2015	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Citibank Hall		9,000 / 9,000	N/A
April 18, 2015	São Paulo		Anhembi Convention Center		21,000 /24,000	N/A
April 21, 2015	Bogotá	Colombia	Parque Simón Bolívar		9,589 / 10,000	$478,515
North America - Leg 1
April 23, 2015	San Juan	Puerto Rico	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum	Vivanativa	7,174 / 7,174	$579,860
April 25, 2015[lower-alpha 1]	Monterrey	Mexico	Fundidora Park	Odiesso	N/A	N/A
April 27, 2015	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes		15,416 / 15,416	$749,314
Europe - Leg 1
May 24, 2015[lower-alpha 2]	Norwich	England	Earlham Park	N/A	N/A	N/A
North America - Leg 2
May 29, 2015[lower-alpha 3]	Napa	United States	575 3rd Street[15]	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 3, 2015	Portland		Moda Center	Metric Halsey	N/A	N/A
June 5, 2015	Calgary	Canada	Scotiabank Saddledome		12,500[16]	N/A
June 6, 2015	Edmonton		Rexall Place		N/A	N/A
June 8, 2015	Winnipeg		MTS Centre		8,500[17]	N/A
June 9, 2015	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center		17,500[18]	N/A
June 10, 2015	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha		N/A	N/A
June 12, 2015	St. Louis		Scottrade Center		10,000[19]	N/A
June 13, 2015	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center		N/A	N/A
June 15, 2015	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		N/A	N/A
June 16, 2015	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		N/A	N/A
June 18, 2015	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		N/A	N/A
June 19, 2015	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center		9,500[20]	N/A
June 22, 2015	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		9,000[21]	N/A
June 23, 2015	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		10,650 / 10,650	$608,130
June 24, 2015	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		N/A	N/A
June 27, 2015	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		13,637 /13,637	$804,257
June 29, 2015	Newark		Prudential Center		11,464 / 11,683	$581,428
June 30, 2015	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		12,598 / 12,598	$743,850
July 1, 2015	Boston		TD Garden		N/A	N/A
July 3, 2015	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre		15,601 / 15,601	$718,606
July 4, 2015	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		14,899 / 14,899	$692,691
July 6, 2015	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center		11,179 / 14,205	$661,696
July 7, 2015	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		N/A	N/A
July 8, 2015	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		11,959 / 12,784	$501,155
July 10, 2015	Tampa		Amalie Arena		10,545[22]	N/A
July 11, 2015	Sunrise		BB&T Center		N/A	N/A
July 13, 2015	Memphis		FedExForum		N/A	N/A
July 14, 2015	Atlanta		Philips Arena		9,230 / 10,373	$486,157
July 16, 2015	Houston		Toyota Center		11,064 / 11,165	$617,771
July 17, 2015	Dallas		American Airlines Center		11,142 / 12,906	$596,471
July 18, 2015	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Outdoor Arena		6,125 / 6,125	$512,448
July 20, 2015	Anaheim		Honda Center		N/A	N/A
July 21, 2015	San Diego		Viejas Arena		N/A	N/A
July 24, 2015	Inglewood		The Forum		13,487 / 13,487	$694,493
July 25, 2015	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		N/A	N/A
July 27, 2015	Denver		Pepsi Center		N/A	N/A
July 28, 2015	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena		N/A	N/A
July 30, 2015	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		N/A	N/A
July 31, 2015	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome		N/A	N/A
August 1, 2015	Boise		Taco Bell Arena		N/A	N/A
Asia
August 13, 2015	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Hall	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 15, 2015[lower-alpha 4]	Osaka	Japan	Maishima Sports Island		N/A	N/A
August 16, 2015[lower-alpha 5]	Chiba		Chiba Marine Stadium		N/A	N/A
August 19, 2015	Shanghai	China	Shanghai Indoor Stadium		N/A	N/A
August 21, 2015	Taipei	Taiwan	TWTC Nangang		N/A	N/A
August 23, 2015	Hong Kong	China	AsiaWorld–Arena		N/A	N/A
August 25, 2015	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium		N/A	N/A
August 27, 2015	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena		N/A	N/A
August 29, 2015	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena		N/A	N/A
Oceania
September 2, 2015	Melbourne	Australia	Margaret Court Arena	British India	5,728 / 6,202	$334,624
September 4, 2015	Sydney		Qantas Union Credit Arena		7,001 / 7,602	$405,486
September 5, 2015	Brisbane		Riverstage		5,385 / 8,000	$281,347
September 8, 2015	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	The Rubens	N/A	N/A
September 10, 2015	Christchurch		Horncastle Arena		N/A	N/A
North America - Leg 2
September 19, 2015[lower-alpha 6]	Chicago	United States	FirstMerit Bank Pavilion	N/A	—	—
September 26, 2015[lower-alpha 7]	Las Vegas		Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street		—	—
Europe - Leg 2
October 11, 2015	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena	Sunset Sons	—	—
October 12, 2015	Mannheim		SAP Arena		—	—
October 13, 2015	Munich		Olympiahalle		—	—
October 15, 2015	Hamburg		Barclaycard Arena		7,426 / 9,797	$321,110
October 16, 2015	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle		—	—
October 17, 2015	Stuttgart		Porsche-Arena		—	—
October 19, 2015	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen		—	—
October 20, 2015	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum		—	—
October 21, 2015	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe		—	—
October 24, 2015	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National		—	—
October 26, 2015	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier		6,000 / 12,000	—
October 27, 2015	Lille		Zénith de Lille		—	—
October 28, 2015	Strasbourg		Zénith de Strasbourg		12,000 / 12,000	—
October 30, 2015	Madrid	Spain	Barclaycard Center		—	—
October 31, 2015	Bilbao		Bizkaia Arena		—	—
November 2, 2015	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris		—	—
November 4, 2015	London	England	The O2 Arena		29,151 / 35,596	$1,468,620
November 5, 2015
November 6, 2015	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham		—	—
November 10, 2015	Leeds		First Direct Arena		—	—
November 11, 2015	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff		—	—
November 13, 2015	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena		—	—
November 14, 2015	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena		—	—
November 15, 2015	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro		12,542 / 12,712	$572,950
November 17, 2015	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena		—	—
November 18, 2015	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		—	—
November 20, 2015	Birmingham	England	Barclaycard Arena		—	—
November 23, 2015	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum		—	—
November 24, 2015	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		13,000 / 13,000	$877,482
January 14, 2016	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal	rowspan="11" Template:Sunset Sons	—	—
January 16, 2016	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	15,000	—
January 18, 2016[lower-alpha 8]	Vienna	Austria	Gasometer, Vienna	—	—
January 19, 2016	Bratislava	Slovakia	NTC Arena	—	—
January 20, 2016	Budapest	Hungary	Sportarena	—	—
January 22, 2016	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	—	—
January 24, 2016	Moscow	Russia	Olympic Stadium	—	—
January 26, 2016	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace	—	—
January 27, 2016	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	Sunset Sons	—
January 29, 2016	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall Arena		—
January 30, 2016	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga		—
January 31, 2016	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena	GJan	—	—
February 2, 2016	Łódź	Poland	Atlas Arena	Lemon	—
February 5, 2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	Sunset Sons	—
Total					304,447 / 333,612 (91%)	$14,297,462

Notes

1. The April 25, 2015 concert in Monterrey at Fundidora Park is part of the Pa'l Norte Festival 2015.^[12]
2. The May 24, 2015 concert in Norwich at Earlham Park is part of Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015.^[13]
3. The May 29, 2015 concert in Napa, California at 575 3rd Street is part of BottleRock Napa Valley Festival 2015.^[14]
4. The August 15, 2015 concert in Osaka at Maishima Sports Island is part of the Summer Sonic Festival 2015.
5. The August 16, 2015 concert in Chiba at the Chiba Marine Stadium is part of the Summer Sonic Festival 2015.
6. The September 19, 2015 concert in Chicago at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion is part of Farm Aid 2015.^[23]
7. The September 26, 2015 concert in Las Vegas at Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street is part of the 2015 Life is Beautiful Music Festival.^[24]
8. The January 18, 2016 concert in Vienna was moved from Linz.^[25]

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