NCAA March Madness Festival To Feature Performances From Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons

According to Billboard, bands Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons are set to perform at the NCAA March Madness Festival. The festival takes place at San Antonio's Hemisfair from March 30 to April 1. More performers are set to be announced at a later date. you can live stream the festival on NCAA.com. Read more about it from Billboard here!

Maroon 5 stand out as not only one of pop music's most enduring artists, but also one of the 21st century's biggest acts. To date, the universally renowned Los Angeles band have achieved three GRAMMY® Awards and become "the most successful group in the history of the Billboard Hot 100" with 12 Top 10 entries, sold over 20 million albums and 48 million singles worldwide. The band has additionally earned gold and platinum certifications in more than 35 countries. Maroon 5 won over fans and critics alike with the hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album, Songs About Jane and their double platinum album, It Won't be Soon Before Long. In 2010, the band released their third studio album, Hands All Over, which featured the hit singles "Misery" and the anthemic "Moves Like Jagger," which has become one of the best-selling singles of all time. In 2012, Maroon 5 released Overexposed, which quickly reinforced the group's status as a powerhouse in popular music with all of the collection's singles rising to the top of the charts. The band quickly also set a record for the most #1's (six in total) by a group in the Top 40 chart's 20-year history. Maroon 5's most recent studio album, V, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and featured the hit singles "Maps," "Animals" and "Sugar," all of which went #1 on the Top 40 chart. The music video for the album's GRAMMY- nominated single "Sugar" has notably logged a record setting 2+ billion views to date. 2017 saw the musicians release two additional chart-topping singles, "Don't Wanna Know" and "Cold," as well as close out a massive world tour that touched down in 30-plus countries for 120 concerts in front of more than 2.5 million fans. On this tour, Maroon 5 also became the first American artist to headline two nights at "Rock In Rio" in September 2017.

Formed in 2009, Imagine Dragons - frontman Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman - have had a massive past 12 months thanks to their third album, Evolve. Released in June 2017, Evolve produced Billboard's second longest #1 single run in the US chart's history with 'Believer', also providing the band's fourth Top 10 hit in the majestic, beat-heavy 'Thunder'. What's more, in 2017 Imagine Dragons were ranked the sixth most streamed band on Spotify worldwide!

In Australia, Evolve debuted at #4 on the ARIA Album Charts, coming in at #3 in New Zealand. The band collaborated closely with Swedish producers Mattman & Robin (Pink, Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo) and Joel Little (best known for Lorde's Pure Heroine) on their latest listen; driving the songwriting process was a desire to strip their sound back, culminating into a collection of songs featuring killer guitars, sensitive vocals and above all, unparalleled honesty.

Just recently Imagine Dragons conquered the American Music Awards, performing on stage with Khalid for 'Young, Dumb and Broke' and 'Thunder' (watch here) and taking out the trophy for 'Favourite Pop/Rock Group'. Frontman Reynolds even used the event to show his support for LGBTQ youth.

Currently on the Evolve World Tour, the quartet initially built their grassroots following via an independently released string of EPs, before breaking out globally with multi-platinum debut album Night Visions back in 2012. It would see them embark on their first world tour, which turned into an extensive five-year run. Night Visions marked the first of several career highlights for Imagine Dragons, the album reaching #4 on the ARIA Album Chart and becoming Spotify's most-streamed album, thanks to smash hits including the diamond-selling 'Radioactive' - which took out 'Best Rock Performance' at the 2014 Grammys.

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