Imagine Dragons are on their second UK tour and anyone who knows me or my twitter knows I'm a long standing fan. I saw them in Oxford last November along a crowd of the brightest students in the country and yesterday (on the 2nd of April) I saw them at Bristol. They will play the festival circuit this summer but I hold a warning for all going.
I know every lyric. Of every song. Even the song played before Bleeding Out that isn't recorded and I swear I was the only person that knew it. But you will never be able to listen to their album after seeing them live.
Dan carries himself off with such energy the whole set, interacts with the crowd and THAT VOICE. He hits every note perfectly and he also stares at individual people when he sings and that really helps you connect with the band.
Ben is great, he does a lot of singing and it really adds to the music. He also plays the big drum on stage and pulls that off really well and I think he deserves more credit.
Wayne, oh Wayne. You always get second most attention because of your long flowing locks and your bromance with Dan is amazing but maybe more interaction with the crowd (I'm sorry, I love you really!)
And finally Daniel. I think you are the most underrated of the band because you put so much energy into your drumming and you keeo coming out from behind the kit and you interact with the audience. I will always love you because you once told me my cover of radioactive was good via twitter. I think Daniel deserves more credit. He gave his sticks to this 10 year old at the end. DANIEL!
My favourite song live is probably anything with the large drum so Radioactive is pretty awesome as all four of them play drums and I'm pretty sure Ryan, their touring member who's a bit distant, plays drums as well. Thirty Lives/Lay me down though is my favourite song of all time but Cha-ching (til we grow older) was also amazing. All of their songs were incredible and Dan, the main spokesperson is a sweetie.
This energy they pull off in concert can not be heard in a recording so their album sounds very mundane after seeing them live. The CD just sounds... dull. The crowd was a bit violent, which wasn't as nice as Oxford but Imagine Dragons are going up. Their performances are getting better. There, you have my warning. Best people you will ever see live. Just you will never unsee them.
