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Imagine Dragons Announces 13 Summer Tour Dates Due To Overwhelming Demand For Sold Out Spring Tour
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Imagine Dragons, one of the biggest break-out rock bands of 2012, has announced 13 additional summer tour dates due to overwhelming demand. The summer tour announcement comes on the heels of the band’s first ever headlining club & theater tour, which sold out quickly with many dates selling out the same day tickets went on sale beginning Friday, March 1st in a well known entertainment company.
Imagine Dragons are touring in support of their full-length debut gold album Night Visions (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records) which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Album chart selling more than 83,000 copies — the best first-week sales for a full-length album by a new rock band since May 2006. Night Visions also climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock and Alternative Albums chart. The first single “It’s Time” (which spent 41 weeks on the Alternative chart, 44 weeks on the triple A chart ) continues to grow at Top 40 and Hot AC charts, selling more than 1.8 million copies. Their other single “Radioactive” is also nearing platinum and currently No. 1 on the Alternative chart.
IMAGINE DRAGONS are: Dan Reynolds (vocals), Wayne Sermon (guitar), Ben McKee (bass), Daniel Platzman (drums).
IMAGINE DRAGON NEWLY ANNOUNCED TOUR DATES:
05/07
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena
05/08
Raleigh, NC
Red Hat Amphitheater
05/10
Boca Raton, FL
Sunset Cove Amphitheater
05/11
St. Augustine, FL
St. Augustine Amphitheater
05/16
Denver, CO
Red Rocks Amphitheater
05/20
Orem, UT
UCCU (Utah Community Credit Union) Events Center
05/21
Boise, ID
Idaho Botanical Garden
05/23
Edmonton, AB
Shaw Conference Centre
05/24
Calgary, AB
BMO Centre
05/29
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Palladium
05/31
San Francisco, CA
America’s Cup Amphitheater
06/01
San Diego, CA
Open Air Theatre – San Diego State University
06/03
Phoenix, AZ
Comerica Theatre
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATES:
02/22
Silver Spring, MD
The Fillmore
02/23
New York, NY
Roseland Ballroom
02/25
Boston, MA
House of Blues
02/27
Toronto, ON
Sound Academy
02/28
Indianapolis, IN
Egyptian Room
03/01
Detroit, MI
The Fillmore Detroit
03/02
Milwaukee, WI
The Rave
03/04
Chicago, IL
House of Blues
03/06
St. Louis, MO
The Pageant
03/08
Minneapolis, MN
Varsity Theater
03/09
Winnipeg, MB
Garrick Centre
03/11
Edmonton, AB
The Starlite Room
03/12
Calgary, AB
MacEwan Ballroom
03/14
Vancouver, BC
Commodore Ballroom*
03/15
Portland, OR
Roseland
03/16
San Francisco, CA
Warfield Theatre
03/18
San Diego, CA
House of Blues
03/19
Anaheim, CA
House of Blues
03/20
Los Angeles, CA
The Wiltern
03/22
Salt Lake City, UT
The Complex
03/23
Denver, CO
The Fillmore Auditorium
*w/o Atlas Genius
More tragedies in the music world, Diane Lampert died
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Diane Lampert Dies at Age 88 of heart failure Friday at a Manhattan hospital. She was 88. Lampert helped provide music for movies starring Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Buster Keaton and others.
Jay Z And Justin Timberlake Announce Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour
Jay Z And Justin Timberlake Announce Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour
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Historic Tour Will Visit 12 Cities in North America Including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto
With more than 23 Grammy Awards, 67 million albums sold and two Emmys combined, music icons JAY Z and Justin Timberlake announce 12 once-in-a-lifetime stadium performances. The Legends of the Summer tour will begin on July 17th in Toronto, Ontario at the Roger’s Centre and continue through August 16th in Miami, Florida at Sun Life Stadium. Tickets for all dates except New York go on sale to the public on Thursday, February 28th at LiveNation.com.
LEGENDS OF THE SUMMER tour dates:
July 17
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
July 19
New York, NY
Yankee Stadium**
July 22
Chicago, IL
Soldier Field
July 26
San Francisco, CA
Candlestick Park
July 28
Los Angeles, CA
Rose Bowl
July 31
Vancouver, BC
BC Place Stadium
August 4
Hershey, PA
Hershey Stadium
August 6
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
August 8
Baltimore, MD
M&T Bank Stadium
August 10
Boston, MA
Fenway Park
August 13
Philadelphia, PA
Citizens Bank Park
August 16
Miami, FL
Pregnant Duchess of Cambridge looks fashionable
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Kate Middleton kept her baby bump covered when she arrived for her formal appearance at Hope House treatment centre where she looked beautiful with her pregnancy.
Lady Gaga postponed four concerts
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Lady Gaga has canceled the rest of her tour dates due to a hip injury. A Wednesday news release from Live Nation Global Touring says Lady Gaga has a tear in her right hip that will require surgery to repair, followed by a recovery period.
Celine Dion sang in Chinese
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Celine Dion put her language skills to the test by singing in Mandarin, she singer duetted with Chinese performer Song Zuying at the annual New Year’s Eve Concert in Beijing and won rave reviews for singing classic folk song “Jasmine Flower” in the notoriously difficult to learn language.
Paul McCartney made happy to some New Orleans residents
Paul McCartney reportedly entertained public transport passengers in New Orleans by singing Beatles songs. McCartney hopped on a streetcar during his trip with his wife. Many locals said “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
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Stevie Wonder had a great performance in a pre-Super Bowl Concert
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The 62-year-old Rock and Roll Stevie Wonder was excited for his pre-Super Bowl concert that also featured guitarist Gary Clark Jr. Stevie set aside a few moments like this event enjoying awesome moments on stage late Saturday by his daughter and backup singer Aisha Morris.
Love is real for Rhianna and Chris Brown
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Rhianna and Chris Brown is this generation’s Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown due she is getting back together with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown and she defends him even She feels a sick connection to him…soul mates as she puts it as she said: “He made a mistake, and he’s paid his dues. He’s paid so much. And I know that’s not a place he would ever want to go back to. And sometimes people need support and encouragement, instead of ridicule and criticism and bashing.”
Sir. Elton John is happy for his newborn
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Elton John and David Furnish posed with new baby Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John — who was born on January 11. This couple has another son and son Zachary Jackson Levon, 2.
