The Chainsmokers @ NBA Kickoff

This year’s NBA season kicked off in Denver, CO with performances by The Chainsmokers and Dermot Kennedy. The “NBA on TNT American Express Road Show” set up on Tivoli Quad at The Auraria Campus, right next to the arena where the teams battled it out.

Dermot Kennedy

Dermot Joseph Kennedy (born 13 December 1991) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 2019 singles “Outnumbered” and “Power Over Me”, his 2020 single “Giants”, and his feature on the 2020 Meduza single “Paradise”. Currently, he is signed to Interscope Records (US), and Island Records in the rest of the world. His debut major-label studio album, Without Fear, released on 4 October 2019. His second album, Sonder, came out in 2022.

Dermot Kennedy officially began his career busking at 17 years old; however, his career did not become viable until his mid-twenties, having spent over a decade in the industry. Through busking, he was able to develop his sound, travelling to multiple major cities such as Dublin, Ireland and Boston, US to perform. In 2015, Kennedy uploaded the song “An Evening I Will Not Forget” to the streaming platform Spotify, with which he believed he was “really reaching people”.

Outside of his solo career, Kennedy began a band named Shadows and Dust with three other members during his studies, which included Micheál Quinn, who is Kennedy’s tour drummer. Although he enjoyed the experience, the band split up in 2015.

In 2018 and 2019, he toured the US, Australia and Europe to sold-out audiences. His first festivals were Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2017; Lollapalooza, South by Southwest Festival and Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2018. He played Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival both weekends in 2019.

pulled from Wikipedia

The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander “Alex” Pall and Andrew “Drew” Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with their 2014 song “#Selfie”, which became a top-twenty single in several countries. They have won a Grammy award, two American Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards and nine iHeartRadio Music Awards. According to Forbes 2019 list of highest-paid celebrities, the Chainsmokers were the highest-paid DJs, dethroning Calvin Harris after six years.

Their debut EP, Bouquet, released in October 2015. This EP featured the single “Roses”, which reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. “Don’t Let Me Down”, featuring American singer Daya, became their first top-five single on the Billboard chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th awards ceremony. Their single “Closer”, featuring American singer-songwriter Halsey, became their first number-one single on the Billboard chart. The duo released a second EP, Collage, in November 2016. In April 2017 they released their debut studio album, Memories…Do Not Open, which topped the US Billboard 200 chart. Their second album, Sick Boy, released in December 2018. Their third studio album, World War Joy, released in December 2019 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart. So Far So Good, their fourth studio album, released on May 13, 2022.

Pulled from Wikipedia