Tour by Imagine Dragons | |
Promotional poster for the tour
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Associated album | Smoke + Mirrors |
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Start date | April 12, 2015 |
End date | February 5, 2016 |
No. of shows | 5 in South America 46 in North America 44 in Europe 9 in Asia 5 in Oceania 109 in Total |
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.
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 and the tour was announced shortly later.
The arena tour in United Kingdom was announced on January 30, 2015. On the same day, the rest of the European leg was revealed through the band official Facebook with "more dates to come on". The North American leg was announced a week later, meanwhile the shows in Australia and New Zealand were confirmed in middle February.
The show that took place in Toronto, Ontario on July 4th, was recorded and released as a concert DVD, Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors Live.