Imagine Dragons will headline the sixth annual Concert in the Coliseum at TPC Scottsdale's 16th hole, kicking off WM Phoenix Open tournament week on Saturday, February 6, 2027. The Grammy-winning rock band will be joined by opening act Counting Crows for the 21-and-over show, with tickets going on sale August 27 at 10 a.m.
The Thunderbirds, the civic group that has organized the tournament since reviving it in 1939, announced that Imagine Dragons will headline the 2027 show, according to 12News. Tournament chairman Chris Camacho said the Concert in the Coliseum “has become the signature event to kick off the week,” and added that Imagine Dragons are “one of the biggest rock bands in the world,” per the same report. The venue gates open at 3:30 p.m. on the day of the show, with a stage set up in the middle of TPC Scottsdale's 16th hole, located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A Diamond-Certified Headliner and a Veteran Opener
Imagine Dragons, which formed in Las Vegas in 2009, became the first band in RIAA history to earn four Diamond-certified singles — “Radioactive,” “Believer,” “Thunder,” and “Demons” — and has surpassed 55 million global album sales and 80 billion streams, according to WM Phoenix Open. The band performed at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro on September 15, 2024, part of a touring resume that has made it a global arena draw.
Opening the 2027 show will be Counting Crows, the band that broke out in 1993 with its multi-platinum debut album August and Everything After and has sold more than 20 million records globally across a career spanning more than three decades, per WM Phoenix Open. The pairing continues a run of high-wattage bookings for the Coliseum stage, which has hosted Thomas Rhett and Old Dominion in 2022, Maroon 5 in 2023, Post Malone in 2024, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani in 2025, and, in a show Hoodline previously reported, The Killers in 2026.
Building a 20,000-Seat Stadium Around a Golf Hole
The Coliseum grandstand that will host the concert is no small feat of engineering. Building the three-story structure around the 16th hole takes roughly four months and about 1,600 tons of structural steel each year, ultimately seating up to 20,000 spectators between general admission areas and 278 corporate skyboxes, according to Experience Scottsdale. The hole has been fully enclosed by grandstands since 2011.
That scale comes at a price for those seeking the best seats. Premium corporate suites for the Concert in the Coliseum range from 20- to 40-person private boxes priced between $12,550 and $25,050, including dedicated parking, food, and open bar service, per Arizona Foothills Magazine. Individual reserved seating for previous shows has ranged from $365 to $568.
A Fundraising and Economic Engine for Arizona
The concert's spectacle helps drive a tournament that has become one of the country's biggest charitable sporting events. The Thunderbirds reported that the 2026 WM Phoenix Open raised a record $20.1 million for local charities, the first time single-year donations topped $20 million, surpassing the previous record of $18.1 million set in 2025, according to WM Phoenix Open. Over its 91-year history through 2026, the tournament has generated more than $246.4 million for Arizona non-profits, with over $180 million of that raised since Waste Management became title sponsor in 2010.
The tournament's footprint extends well beyond charity checks. An Arizona State University study commissioned by The Thunderbirds found that the 2022 WM Phoenix Open generated $453.7 million for the Arizona economy, contributed $276.8 million to state GDP, and supported 4,290 jobs. The event also operates as the largest certified zero-waste sporting event in the world, diverting nearly all tournament materials from landfills under a Waste Management title sponsorship that now runs through 2030.
Last year's edition of the concert offered a preview of the production values fans can expect. The fifth annual Concert in the Coliseum on January 31, 2026, featured headliner The Killers alongside country singer Tyler Hubbard, backed by DJ sets and synchronized drone light displays over the stadium, according to a post from the tournament's Birds Nest Facebook page. Tickets for the 2027 show, which will help kick off the WM Phoenix Open, go on sale August 27 at 10 a.m.
