MUMBAI: Grammy Award-winning band IMAGINE DRAGONS will perform live in Hong Kong as part of the world premiere of the highly anticipated film, “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION,” the fourth film in Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise. Tickets for the live performance will be free-of-charge and available beginning Friday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. (HKST).
IMAGINE DRAGONS will perform from Harbour City, Ocean Terminal Roof-Top Car Park at 9:00 p.m. (HKST) on Thursday, June 19, following the film’s premiere at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The band will perform its song written for the film, “BATTLE CRY,” live for the first time, along with other hits from its smash album “Night Visions”. For more information and for tickets, please visit
http://www.transformersmovie.com/imaginedragons/
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Bay, film composer Steve Jablonsky and Paramount Pictures collaborated with IMAGINE DRAGONS to feature the band’s original music in “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.” Following an early footage screening of the film, IMAGINE DRAGONS wrote the original song “BATTLE CRY,” which Bay used in critical points in the film. Additionally, the band contributed original music during the scoring process by recording cues with Jablonsky, the film’s composer, and Hans Zimmer, who assisted in the process. The collaboration resulted in added depth to the sound of the film.
Grammy Award-winning rock band IMAGINE DRAGONS is one of 2013’s breakout artists, having played to sold-out audiences in North America, South America, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Their debut full length album, “Night Visions”, (KIDinaKORNER/ Interscope Records) arrived on the Billboard Top 200 at #2 with the best first-week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years.?ertified multi-platinum selling over 4 million copies worldwide, the album was propelled by the success of the multi-platinum single, “It’s Time,” with follow-up singles “Radioactive” selling over 10 million globally and “Demons,” which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone proclaimed IMAGINE DRAGONS “the biggest breakout of the year” and Entertainment Weekly called 2013 the “Year of the Dragons.”
IMAGINE DRAGONS are Dan Reynolds (vocals), Wayne Sermon (guitar), Ben McKee (bass), and Daniel Platzman (drums).
“TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION” stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, Titus Welliver and T. J. Miller. The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
Produced By Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, and Ian Bryce. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers TM Action Figures. Written By Ehren Kruger. Directed By Michael Bay.
“TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION” opens in theaters on June 27, 2014.
