

Lead singer Dan Reynolds was also notably suffering from a broken hand during the performance, having broken it after punching a drum during a May 2013 performance, making it, coincidentally, the second live recording during which Reynolds was suffering from a medical condition Live at Independent Records was recorded when Reynolds was recovering from throat surgery. The recorded performance became the second live album by the band after Live at Independent Records, which was also recorded in Denver, Colorado. Goldstein of Denver-based alternative weekly newspaper Westword as "a well-honed, big-budget stageshow that would have fit neatly into any stadium or any glitzy room in its native Las Vegas". The performance itself lasted under two hours, and had been described by A.H. The video, however, followed the setlist in chronological order, but omitting the performances of "Hear me", "Radioactive", "30 lives", "Bleeding Out", "Stand By Me", "On Top of the World" and the encore with "Nothing Left to Say". King's " Stand by Me", then "Underdog" and " On Top of the World" before ending the show with " It's Time", and staging an encore with "Nothing Left to Say", the usual set list closer for the tour. The show progressed with " Amsterdam", " Tiptoe", " Hear Me", "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)", "Rocks", " Radioactive", "30 Lives", " Bleeding Out", " Demons", then a cover of Ben E. The show's setlist, for example, opened with " Round and Round", the usual opening song during a set list on the Night Visions Tour. The show's setlist, however, did not reflect the track listing of Night Visions Live. The venue, which holds just under 9,500 people, had sold out for the performance, which was held for one night only. Night Visions Live was recorded during the band's performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado on the date of their year-long Night Visions Tour. Recording The Red Rocks Amphitheatre, where the album was recorded on May 16, 2013. The tour spanned for over 170 dates, and visited North America, South America, Europe and Oceania. To promote the album, the band set out on a year-long concert tour beginning in early 2013 and ending in mid-2014, dubbed the " Night Visions Tour". In 2012, Imagine Dragons released Night Visions to critical and commercial success. Physical copies of the album and video include the 2012 documentary The Making of Night Visions, and the band's music videos produced during the Night Visions album cycle.

Recorded during a live performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 16, 2013, during the Night Visions Tour, the album was released by KIDinaKORNER and Interscope Records on February 25, 2014.

Night Visions Live is the second live album by American rock band Imagine Dragons.
