In July 2017, American pop-rock band Imagine Dragons—at the peak of the Evolve World Tour supporting the freshly released Evolve (2017), marking their shift to a more electronic and cinematic sound after Smoke + Mirrors—performed at Gurtenfestival, the annual event launched in 1977 on Mount Gurten above Bern, Switzerland, as a platform for alternative music among 20,000 attendees with panoramic Alpine views. Their hour-long Waldbühne set on July 15, captured in high quality, embodied the European tour climax, where Wayne Sermon's guitar riffs merged with Daniel Platzman's drum power and Dan Reynolds' vocal intensity to spark euphoria under Alpine sun. Featuring tracks like "Thunder", "Believer", and "Radioactive", this show highlighted their role as 2010s stadium pop-rock leaders, turning the mountain stage into a realm of collective triumph.