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in support of their second studio album '' Smoke + Mirrors'' (2015). The tour had a preview show in

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, 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.

Background and development

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'', 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 4, was recorded and released as a concert DVD, ''Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors Live''.

Critical reception

North America

The concert at the Nationwide Arena in

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received a positive review from Curtis Schieber from '' The Columbus Dispatch'', 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." 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', '

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' and the drum-laden '

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' 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,

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and Halsey, calling them a "bonus".

Oceania

George Palathingal of ''

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'' gave the show at the

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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". Rachel Bache of ''

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'' gave the concert at the

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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".

Opening acts

*The Mills (April 21, 2015) *Vivanativa (April 23, 2015) *Odiesso (April 27, 2015) *

(June 3 – August 1, 2015) * Halsey (June 3 – August 1, 2015) *

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(September 2 – 5, 2015) *The Rubens (September 8 & 10, 2015) *

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(October 11, 2015 – January 30, 2016 & February 5, 2016) *Pravada (January 24 & 26, 2016) *The Biebers (January 20, 2016) *

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(January 31, 2016) *Lemon (February 2, 2016)

Set list

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"The Fall"

Tour dates

Boxscores

Notes

References

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