Imagine Dragons Playing Free Concert

As part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week event, rock band Imagine Dragons will be playing a free concert at TFC Bank Stadium in the Twin Cities.

According to Star Tribune, the Imagine Dragons concert will take place on July 12 in conjunction with the All-Star Game being played on July 15 at Target Field. The hip-hop band Atmosphere from Minneapolis will open for Imagine Dragons. The concert is completely free and will feature a fireworks show directly after Imagine Dragons performs.

Twins President Dave St. Peter released the following statement about the Imagine Dragons All-Star concert:

“The Twins organization tips our cap to Major League Baseball and long-time partners Target and Budweiser for teaming to make this All-Star Concert possible. We are excited to have this unique opportunity to deliver a world-class show of this nature – for absolutely free – to our great fans across Twins Territory.”

Imagine Dragons is an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The group won a Grammy Award this year for their hit song “Radioactive” off their debut album “Night Visions.” Imagine Dragons’ first album sold over 2 million copies. Since then, Imagine Dragons has been working on a follow-up LP and writing music for the new Transformers film.

The opening act for Imagine Dragons, Atmosphere, released their sixth full-length album “Southsiders” in May. Found out more about them here.

According to CBS Minnesota, you can secure free on-field standing room tickets at AllStarGame.Com/Concert. Tickets will be available starting June 19 at 10am. Gates to the Imagine Dragons performance will open at 5:30pm. Atmosphere will begin playing at 7:30pm and Imagine Dragons will come on shortly after them.

According to Kare11.com, there is a limit of four tickets per individual request. Certain items are not permitted into the stadium, such as alcohol, umbrellas, backpacks and glass or metal containers. A full list of prohibited items can be found at AllStarGame.Com/Concert.

In anticipation of the Imagine Dragons concert, Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President of Major League Baseball Properties, had this to say about the event:

“Major League Baseball is committed to bringing the great fans of Minnesota an unforgettable week of events and activities leading up to the 2014 All-Star Game and we are thrilled to host Grammy Award winning artists Imagine Dragons for what will be an All-Star caliber concert.”

Will you be making the trip to see Imagine Dragons, currently one of the biggest bands in the world, perform for free? Let us know in the comments!

[Image courtesy of CBS Minnesota]