![]() More than once, it upped the ante from there, with songs such as Bleeding Out bringing the crowd to a shout. And when the band needed to get bigger, it tapped U2’s arena-rock sound. I’m So Sorry began with a guitar riff recalling 1970s British blues and ended with a pounding testimonial that sounded something like Nine Inch Nails-light. Imagine Dragons got tough just as easily. Although Polaroid tapped a lazy rap delivery, it never let the crowd’s attention stray. In fact, it ended in a Mumford & Sons-like climax. Trouble might have begun as a ballad, but it never lost the show’s steam. ![]() Much of that success can be chalked up to its dramatic skills across the board. Having begun with no expectations, he said, the band is truly surprised by its recent popularity.) (During a confessional monologue, Reynolds thanked the faithful who had made the band’s Cinderella story happen in a mere seven years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Heck, there was even a pinch of boy-band appeal in its delivery.īut 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, most of them graduates of Boston’s prestigious Berklee School of Music, and a relatively restrained set that looked like a million bucks and skillfully built momentum.įrom the opening Shots, lead singer Dan Reynolds was on the runway out front, testifying to the loyal crowd. The breakout Las Vegas band had little new to contribute to the bulging-to-breaking styles called alternative rock and indie pop, it shied not from classic-rock trappings, and it suggested surfer dude-rap, the power-ballad tradition and even hat-guy country without even blinking. No wheels were reinvented during the Imagine Dragons concert Thursday night in Nationwide Arena. ![]()
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