Imagine Dragons should play Super Bowl halftime show

Bassist Ben McKee, singer/drummer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon and drummer Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons perform for Crackle's Original Concert Series "Playing It Forward" at the Bellagio on November 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for Crackle)

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By DOUG ELFMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 13, 2014 - 3:27 pm

Las Vegas band Imagine Dragons should play the Super Bowl halftime show, don’t you think?

Katy Perry has already confirmed her involvement.

And it has been reported that Imagine Dragons will co-headline a DirecTV “Super Fan Festival” Jan. 28-30 in Glendale, Ariz., as an official lead-up to the big game, along with the Zac Brown Band, Calvin Harris and Snoop Dogg.

That fest will take place across from the Super Bowl’s University of Phoenix stadium.

The reason Imagine Dragons (which just rocked the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday night for “Holiday Havoc”) should be Super Bowl bound isn’t just their wild popularity, but because their hit “Radioactive” is the best football anthem in ages.

Come on, NFL, this is a no-brainer.

Contact Doug Elfman at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman

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