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Standing on-stage Thursday night at the Hollywood Palladium, Dan Reynolds of Imagine 龙 looked out at a capacity crowd and 说 with astonishment, “I don’t even know how this many people know about us.”

His bandmates had a hunch, however. That was the moment they powered up “Radioactive,” the moody electro-grunge single that tops three of Billboard’s rock charts and sits at No. 9 on the Hot 100, nestled comfortably between tunes 由 蕾哈娜 and Bruno Mars. It’s this Las Vegas group’s 秒 big radio smash following “It’s Time,” which set a record last 年 as the longest-running...

由 Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa


I saw Imagine 龙 over three years 以前 at the Velour, a dimly lit and intimate 音乐 hovel in downtown Provo. That stage was small, the building had a 250 person capacity and the band was one that seemed to still be finding its direction. That was not the same band I saw tonight playing for a crowd of over 8,000 in a full-blown rock 显示 at the UCCU Events Center.

I’m not talking about the changes they’ve made to their lineup. The Imagine 龙 of today are a fully realized indie rock ensemble whose 粉丝 base has grown exponentially since...