Imagine Dragons book another Twin Cities summer gig

The Las Vegas rockers return to play Xcel Energy Center on June 9 after headlined the All-Star Game concert last year.

February 5, 2015 at 11:34PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds piled on the drama at Xcel Energy Center in March 2014. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds piled on the drama at Xcel Energy Center in March 2014. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune (DML - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Twin Cities fans shut out of last summer's All-Star Game concert with Imagine Dragons will have a chance to see the drum-banging big-anthem rockers this summer, but of course it's not free or outdoors this time. The Las Vegas rockers of "Radioactive" fame will perform June 9 at Xcel Energy Center (a Tuesday night). Tickets go on sale Feb. 17 for $29.50-$69.50 via Ticketmaster and the arena's box office.

St. Paul is getting the fifth stop on ID's summer tour behind "Smoke + Mirrors," only the group's second album, which lands Feb. 17. The band toured behind its 2012 debut "Night Visions" for two-plus years, going from the 900-capacity Varsity Theater in early 2013 to last summer's high-dazzle show in front of 27,000 fans at TCF Bank Stadium, which served as MLB's official All-Star Game concert.

Hometown heroes Atmosphere opened the All-Star concert, and another band with longstanding indie cred, Metric, was tapped to warm up the show at the X.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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