Arena rock favorites Imagine Dragons, who honed their act in Las Vegas, turned the Tacoma Dome into a sea of pumping fists Friday, July 31.
Concert review
On tour in support of its second album, Las Vegas rock band Imagine Dragons headlined a hard-rocking triple header Friday (July 31) at the Tacoma Dome, with Metric and Halsey.
The album’s title is “Smoke + Mirrors,” which appropriately described the band’s special-effects laden show, packed with lasers, LED lighting, live videos, artificial smoke and a big ramp extending into the crowd.
Despite the band’s penchant for arena-rock clichés — guitar and drum solos, overwrought ballads and pedal-to-the-metal anthems — lead singer Dan Reynolds is an earnest, engaging performer who easily connected with the band’s hyper-enthusiastic fans.