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Thirty Seconds To Mars New Single, "This Is War" Claims The #1 Spot At Alternative Radio

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW SINGLE, "THIS IS WAR" CLAIMS THE NUMBER 1 SPOT AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO

“This Is War” Becomes Band’s Third #1 Single Following “Kings & Queens” Earlier This Year And “From Yesterday” from the previous album

New Single ”Closer To The Edge” Impacts Radio In August

“Into The Wild” World Tour Returns Stateside On August 30th

Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars single “This Is War” reaches #1 on the alternative radio airplay charts this week, after an 8-week run at #2. This is the band’s second consecutive #1 single from their 3rd studio album This Is War (EMI’s Virgin Records) which was released in December, 2009. The album’s first single “Kings & Queens” spent three weeks at #1 in January. Thirty Seconds To Mars now has three #1 songs and four top 5 hits at the format. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. “The Kill” was named the #1 Alternative song of the last decade by AOL Radio listeners. Their new single “Closer To The Edge” is already climbing the airplay charts across Europe and will impact U.S. radio in August.

Last week Thirty Seconds To Mars announced new dates for the stateside return of their “Into The Wild” world tour which kicks off on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair and runs through Oct. 16th at the Deluna Festival in Pensacola, FL (full schedule below). Neon Trees, Violent Soho and New Politics will support Thirty Seconds To Mars on select dates.

Earlier this month, it was announced that Thirty Seconds To Mars leads the nominations for the 2010 Kerrang Awards with 4 nominations, including best album (This Is War), best video (Kings & Queens), best live band and best international band. Fans have until Wednesday, July 21st to vote for the winner and can register to vote at http://awards.kerrang.com. The band is winner of 3 previous Kerrang awards, 1 in 2007 and 2 in 2008.

Thirty Seconds to Mars began the “Into the Wild” tour in early 2010 in support This Is War. The first leg of the tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans. The European leg of the tour was the band’s first arena headline tour and they sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris’ Bercy Arena. The band will play festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and throughout Eastern Europe before returning home for the new U.S. dates. Thirty Seconds To Mars will return to Europe in November to play gigs through December and will play at London’s O2 arena for the first time on November 30th.

Alternative Press praised This Is War with 4/5 stars and The Los Angeles Times declared that the album is “the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” This Is War debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 50 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds To Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds To Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

Register to vote for the Kerrang Awards at http://awards.kerrang.com

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“Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates

Aug 30             Syracuse, NY             New York State Fair
Sep 1               Baltimore, MD             Sonar                          w/Violent Soho
Sep 2               Myrtle Beach, SC       House of Blues           w/Violent Soho
Sep 3               Norfolk, VA                 The Norva                   w/Violent Soho
Sep 4               Atlantic City, NJ          House of Blues           w/Violent Soho
Sep 5               Hampton, NH              HB Casino                   w/Violent Soho
Sep 8               Providence, RI            Lupo’s                          w/Violent Soho
Sep 9               Hartford, CT                The Webster               w/Violent Soho
Sep 10             Worcester, MA            Palladium                    w/Violent Soho
Sep 11             Clifton Park, NY          Northern Lights           w/Violent Soho
Sep 13             Niagara, NY                Rapids Theater           w/Violent Soho
Sep 14             Pittsburgh, PA             Club Zoo                     w/Violent Soho
Sep 16             Minneapolis, MN         First Avenue                w/Violent Soho
Sep 17             Fargo, ND                   The Venue                  w/Violent Soho
Sep 18             Winnipeg, MT              Burton Cummings       w/Violent Soho
Sep 20             Edmonton, AB                        Edmonton Events Ctr w/Violent Soho
Sep 21             Calgary, AB                MacEwan Hall                        w/Violent Soho
Sep 22             Vancouver, BC           Queen Elizabeth Theater w/Violent Soho
Sep 23             Medford, OR               Medford Academy      w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 26             Los Angeles, CA         Epicenter                     Festival
Sep 29             Austin, TX                   La Zona Rosa             w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 30             Oklahoma City, OK    Diamond Ballroom      w/Anberlin,Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 2               Clive, IA                      7 Flags Event Center w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 3               Indianapolis, IN           Egyptian                      w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 4               Cincinnati, OH                        Bogart’s                       w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 6               Cleveland, OH                        House of Blues           w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 7               Columbus, OH            LC Pavilion                  w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 9               Plymouth, MI              Compuware Arena     89X Radio Fall Festival
Oct 11             Louisville, KY              Expo Five                    w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 12             Nashville, TN              Rocketown                  w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 13             Charlotte, NC              Fillmore                       w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 15             Tampa, FL                  Ritz Ybor                     w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 16             Pensacola, FL             DeLuna Festival          Festival

Thirty Seconds To Mars Leads 2010 Kerrang Awards With Four Nominations

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS LEADS 2010 KERRANG AWARDS WITH FOUR NOMINATIONS

“INTO THE WILD” WORLD TOUR RETURNING STATESIDE WITH
NEW DATES THIS FALL

2nd Single “This Is War” Is Currently #2 At Alternative Radio
For 6-Consecutive Weeks

“Closer To The Edge” Selected As 3rd Single - Already Heating Up UK Charts

(New York, NY)- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars leads the 2010 Kerrang Awards with 4 nominations, including best album, best video, best live band and best international band. Fans can register to vote for the winners at http://awards.kerrang.com. Thirty Seconds To Mars have won 3 previous Kerrang Awards, 1 in 2007 and 2 in 2008. On the heels of the Kerrang Award nominations, the band has announced plans to return stateside with their massively popular “Into The Wild” tour this fall. Dates for the first leg of the tour kick off on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair through Oct. 16th in Pensacola, Fl at the DeLuna Festival. More dates are expected to be announced soon (full schedule below).

Since the release of This Is War last December, Thirty Seconds To Mars have been on the road touring the world in support of the release. Their hugely successful “Into The Wild” world tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans. “Into The Wild” was the band’s first arena headline tour and sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s 02 and Paris’ Bercy arenas. The band is currently back in Europe playing the summer festival circuit with upcoming shows at Germany’s Rock-Am-King festival, the UK’s Download Festival, Scotland’s T In The Park fest and Ireland’s Oxygen Festival amongst others. They will also play festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and throughout Eastern Europe before heading home for the fall tour. A complete list of international dates can be found at www.thirtysecondstomars.com.

This Is War has dominated the airwaves around the world since late 2009 when the first single “Kings & Queens” was released. “Kings & Queens” shot to #1 at alternative radio in the U.S. where it remained for 3-consecutive weeks. The follow-up “This Is War” has spent the last 6 weeks at #2 and has it’s eye on the top spot. “Closer To The Edge” has been selected as the album’s third single and will impact radio later this summer in the U.S. It is already heating up the charts overseas.

Alternative Press praised This Is War with 4/5 stars and The Los Angeles Times declared that the album is “the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” This Is War debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 50 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds To Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds To Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

Register to vote for the Kerrang Awards at http://awards.kerrang.com

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“Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates
Aug 30           Syracuse, NY                       New York State Fair
Sep 1              Baltimore, MD                       Sonar
Sep 2              Myrtle Beach, SC                 House of Blues
Sep 3              Norfolk, VA                            The Norva
Sep 4              Atlantic City, NJ                    House of Blues
Sep 5              Hampton, NH                       HB Casino
Sep 8              Providence, RI                      Lupo’s
Sep 9              Hartford, CT                          The Webster
Sep 10           Worcester, MA                      Palladium
Sep 11           Clifton Park, NY                   Northern Lights
Sep 13           Niagara, NY                          Rapids Theater
Sep 14           Pittsburgh, PA                      Club Zoo
Sep 16           Minneapolis, MN                  First Avenue
Sep 17           Fargo, ND                              The Venue
Sep 26           Los Angeles, CA                  Epicenter
Oct 16             Pensacola, FL                      DeLuna Festival

Thirty Seconds To Mars Return To U.S. For Their 'Into The Wild' World Tour Kicking Off 4/9

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS RETURN STATESIDE FOR THE U.S. LEG OF THEIR INTO THE WILD WORLD TOUR KICKING OFF APRIL 9TH IN LAS VEGAS

MTV Will Help Fans Keep Up With The Band On The Road Through Multi-Platform Promotion To Run On MTV, MTV2, MTVU, MTV Hits And MTV.com And Sirius-XM Alternative Station Alt Nation Will Give Away Pair Of Tickets To Each Tour Date and 1 Grand Prize Winner Will Be Flown To Los Angeles For Show At The Greek Theater To Meet The Band

New Single “This Is War” Climbing The Charts At Alternative Radio

(New York, NY, March 31, 2010)- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars just finished the European leg of their Into The Wild tour where they headlined arenas including sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris’ Bercy stadium will return stateside to kick off the U.S. leg of the tour beginning April 9th at the Pearl in Las Vegas (full schedule below). Into The Wild is the band’s first tour in 3 years and is in support of their new album This Is War (Virgin Records), which was released in December, 2009. The album has already spawned a #1 single with “Kings & Queens” which spent 3 weeks at the top of the alternative radio airplay chart and the second single “This Is War” which Entertainment Weekly called “unashamedly epic” is following right behind. In just a few weeks of airplay, it is currently at #25 on the chart and climbing steadily.   Mute Math and Neon Trees will open the U.S. leg of Into The Wild. Thirty Seconds To Mars will return to Europe in June to play the summer festival circuit.

Thirty Seconds To Mars has partnered with MTV for a special exclusive multi-platform promotion that will bring fans close to the band throughout the tour. Exclusive behind the scenes and performance footage will air on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, MTV Hits and through out the tour. The band will also host an episode of MTV2’s “Rock N Jock” at one of their stops, airdate will be announced soon. In addition to airing behind the scenes footage, MTV.com will host “30 Seconds With 30 Seconds To Mars,” allowing fans to submit questions for the band that will be answered at each tour date. Sirius-XM Satellite Radio is also running an exclusive promotion. The alternative channel Alt Nation will give away a pair of tickets to each date of the tour and 1 grand prize winner will receive a trip to Thirty Seconds To Mars’ show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on May 15 to meet the band.

MTV praised This is War, declaring “If only all big rock albums had this much nerve” when it debuted in December at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 48 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds to Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

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Into The Wild U.S. Tour Dates
* Indicates Radio Show

4/9                   Las Vegas, NV                     The Pearl Theatre
4/11                Tucson, AZ                           Pima County Fair
4/13                Tulsa, OK                              Brady Theatre
4/15                Milwaukee, WI                      Eagles Ballroom
4/16                Chicago, IL                            Aragon Ballroom
4/17                Detroit, MI                              The Fillmore
4/18                Toronto, ON                          The Sound Academy
4/20                Boston, MA                           House of Blues
4/21                NYC, NY                                Roseland
4/23                Washington DC                   Bender Arena
4/24                Philadelphia, PA                  Electric Factory
4/25                Charlotte, NC                        Uptown Amphitheatre
4/27                Miami, FL                              The Fillmore
4/28                Orlando, FL                           House of Blues
4/29                Atlanta, GA                            Tabernacle
*5/1                 Frisco, TX                              Pizza Hut Park
5/4                   St. Louis, MO                        The Pageant
5/6                   Omaha, NE                           Sokol Auditorium
5/7                   Denver, CO                           Fillmore Auditorium
5/8                   Salt Lake City, UT                The Rail Event Center
5/10                Seattle, WA                           Showbox SODO
5/11                Portland, OR                         Roseland Theatre
5/13                Oakland, CA                         Fox Theater
5/14                Santa Barbara, CA              Santa Barbara Bowl
5/15                Los Angeles, CA                  Greek Theater
5/16                Mesa, AZ                               Mesa Amphitheatre

Thirty Seconds To Mars Announce U.S. Dates Of 'Into The Wild' Tour

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS ANNOUNCE U.S. DATES OF
INTO THE WILD TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
NEW ALBUM ‘THIS IS WAR’

Mute Math and Neon Trees Will Open On U.S. Leg Which Kicks Off April 9th At The Pearl Theater In Las Vegas And Ends May 15th
At The Greek Theater In Los Angeles

American Express, I Love All Access And Musictoday Pre-sale
Packages Begin Feb. 24th With General On Sale Starting Feb. 26th

New Single “This Is War” Impacts Alternative Radio March 1st

(New York, NY, February 23rd, 2010)- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars has announced U.S. dates of their Into The Wild world tour starting April 9th at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas, NV through May 13th at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA (full schedule below). The Into The Wild tour is the band’s first tour in 3 years and is in support of their new album ‘This Is War.’ The tour kicked off last week in Nottingham, England where they played to sold out crowd of 10,000 screaming fans.   Thirty Seconds to Mars will continue to play arenas throughout Europe including stops at London’s Wembley Arena and the Paris’ Bercy stadium. Mute Math and Neon Trees will open the U.S. leg of Into The Wild. Pre-sale ticket and special fan packages through American Express, I Love All Access and musictoday begin 10am February 24th through 10pm February 26th in most markets, New York and Chicago pre-sale starts Saturday February 27th. Traditional on sale through Ticketmaster begin February 26th in select markets (complete on sale schedule below).

“This Is War,” the albums’ title track and second single will impact alternative radio on March 1st. It is the follow up to the hugely successful “Kings & Queens” which recently spent 3 weeks at #1 and is currently in the top 5 on the alternative playlist charts. “Kings & Queens” is the band’s second #1 single and third top 5 hit. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” which was voted the #1 song of the decade by AOL Radio listeners peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. The video for “Kings & Queens, a short film entitled The Ride was one of the most downloaded iTunes video of the weeks ever to be featured and received airplay on Fuse, MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1 and Music Choice. “Kings & Queens” will be featured in the trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. animated film “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” and album opener “Escape” is currently featured in promos for the A&E Network show Fugitive Chronicles.

‘This is War’ which was declared an “artistic triumph” by Alternative Press and as “epic rock at its most affecting” by Billboard debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week. The album 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

Video for “Kings & Queens”
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds to Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

Into The Wild U.S. Tour Dates
* Indicates Radio Show

Date                City                                         Venue                                     On Sale
4/9                   Las Vegas, NV                      The Pearl Theatre                 2/27
4/10                Mesa, AZ                               Mesa Amphitheatre              2/27
4/11                Tucson, AZ                             Pima County Fair                  2/27
4/13                Tulsa, OK                               Brady Theatre                        2/27
4/15                Milwaukee, WI                       Eagles Ballroom                   2/27
4/16                Chicago, IL                            Aragon Ballroom                   3/6
4/17                Detroit, MI                              The Fillmore                           2/27
4/18                Toronto, ON                           The Sound Academy            2/26
4/20                Boston, MA                            House of Blues                      2/27
4/21                NYC, NY                                 Roseland                                3/6
4/23                Washington DC                     TBA                                        2/27
4/24                Philadelphia, PA                   Electric Factory                     2/27
4/25                Charlotte, NC                         Uptown Amphitheatre           3/12
4/27                Miami, FL                               The Fillmore                           2/27
4/28                Orlando, FL                            House of Blues                      2/27
4/29                Atlanta, GA                            Tabernacle                             2/27
*5/1                 Frisco, TX                              Pizza Hut Park                       3/12
5/4                   St. Louis, MO                         The Pageant                          2/26
5/6                   Omaha, NE                            Sokol Auditorium                  3/6
5/7                   Denver, CO                            Fillmore Auditorium              2/27
5/8                   Salt Lake City, UT                 The Rail Event Center          3/6
5/10                Seattle, WA                           Showbox SODO                   3/6
5/11                Portland, OR                          Roseland Theatre                 3/5
5/13                Oakland, CA                          Fox Theater                           2/28
5/14                Santa Barbara, CA               Santa Barbara Bowl             TBD
5/15                Los Angeles, CA                   Greek Theater                       TBD

Thirty Seconds To Mars Return To Top Of Charts As "Kings & Queens" Reaches #1 At Alternative Radio

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AS “KINGS & QUEENS” REACHES
# 1 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO

“Kings & Queens” Is The First Single From The Multi-Platinum Band’s
Acclaimed Third Album This Is War

Thirty Seconds To Mars Encourages Their Fans To Donate Money To Emergency Relief Efforts For Haiti

Headline European Arena Tour Begins Feb. 19th, Spring U.S.
Tour To Be Announced Soon

“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars
– Alternative Press

(Los Angeles, CA, January 20th, 2010)- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars’ first single “Kings & Queens” from their new album This is War (EMI/Virgin) takes the #1 spot as the most played song on the alternative radio airplay chart this week after 15 weeks of airplay. This marks the band’s second #1 single at the format and third top 5 hit. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. “The Kill” was recently named the #1 Alternative song of the last decade by AOL Radio listeners. The “Kings & Queens” video was featured as iTunes video of the week last month and was one of the most downloaded videos ever to be featured. The video is currently on Fuse’s #1 Alternative Countdown and is also receiving airplay at MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1 and Music Choice. “Kings & Queens” will be featured in the trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. animated film ”Guardians Of Ga’Hoole.”

Thirty Seconds to Mars has been actively encouraging their fans to donate money to emergency relief efforts in Haiti. The band has compiled and posted a list of relief organizations including UNICEF, The Red Cross, OXFAM and others on their website and social networking sites. They are also auctioning off tickets, backstage passes and dinner with the band at a concert of choice through ebay at http://ow.ly/Y3JP, all proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross. Leto participated in the “Haiti: How You Can Help" live telethon on Larry King Live on Jan. 18th which raised $5 million dollars for UNICEF and the American Red Cross, including the $1,000 winning-bid by Jared for the a suspenders that Larry was wearing.

This is War, which received 4 out of 5 stars by Alternative Press who declared the album an “artistic triumph,” was released on Dec. 8th, 2009 with thousands of different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. The album debuted at #2 on the alternative album chart and the digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 copies in the first week. Both Thirty Seconds To Mars and This Is War have been top ten trending topics on Twitter for weeks and two of the album’s songs “Kings & Queens” and “This is War” are constantly at the top of the Twitter Music Monday chart #MusicMonday at twit40.com, a weekly Twitter trend that gives Tweeters a chance to find and share music. Thirty Seconds to Mars was also named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Reader’s Poll.

Throughout the band’s decade-long career, Thirty Seconds to Mars have been known for having and energizing live show and have played over 500 shows around the globe. They just wrapped a U.S. tour playing radio holiday shows which prompted the Denver Post to declare that Thirty Seconds to Mars “treated fans to an energetic performance” and that “Leto’s vocals were clean and strong, reaching impressive ranges effortlessly” and the Tampa Bay Times to say,” Of all the bands at Next Big Thing last weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars knew best how to get the crowd going and how to make the most interactive show I’ve ever seen.” Thirty Seconds to Mars head to Europe in February to headline their first ever arena tour where they will play to sold-out rooms, including a stop at London's 13,000 capacity Wembley Arena. The band will return stateside in the Spring for a headline tour across the U.S. Dates and venues will be announced soon.

Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

Video for “Kings & Queens”:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596

Performing “Kings & Queens” on The Tonight Show:
http://virg001.edgeboss.net/wmedia/virg001/30_seconds_to_mars/video/appearances/tonight_show_december_10.wvx

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds to Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

Thirty Seconds To Mars New Album 'This Is War' Debuts At No. 2 On The Alternative Album Chart

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW ALBUM ‘THIS IS WAR’ DEBUTS AT NO. 2 ON THE ALTERNATIVE ALBUM CHART
AND NO. 2 ON THE DIGITAL ALBUM CHART

Thirty Seconds To Mars Scores The Top 2 Songs On Twitter’s Music Monday Chart With “Kings & Queens” and “This Is War”

“Kings & Queens” Holds Strong At No. 3 & On Alternative Radio Airplay Chart While “The Kill” Named No. 1 Alternative Song Of The Decade By AOL Radio

Thirty Seconds To Mars Named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Readers Poll

“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars
– Alternative Press

“Epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard

“It’s a huge-sounding record, epic and expansive… an important moment for the band” – Nylon

“Combative…sinister…the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” – Los Angeles Times

"On the unashamedly epic, ‘This Is War’, Leto doesn’t just shoot for the moon, he practically colonizes it" - Entertainment Weekly

"This is War" is a big enterprise, layered with stadium-sized sheets of sound and film-score pageantry” - Detroit Free Press

(Los Angeles, CA, December 16th, 2009)- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars returns to the album charts this week with the debut of their highly anticipated third album This Is War (EMI/Virgin), landing in the no. 2 spot on both the Alternative Album Chart and Digital Album chart, selling nearly 71,000 copies in the first week. Alternative Press Magazine praised the album with 4 out 5 stars and calls This Is War “an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds To Mars.” This Is War features thousands of different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on album covers, the Thirty Seconds To Mars faithful can be heard yelling, clapping, stomping and singing choruses throughout the album. Fans participated in these “Summits” earlier this year in any of 9 countries around the world before the band extended the event digitally through TwitVid, allowing any fan with a wireless signal the ability to contribute.

“The Summit started as an interactive recording experiment and quickly became a defining element to this album,” said frontman Jared Leto. “An extension to this interactive idea is The Faces of Mars campaign. Basically an art project that celebrates the physical release of the cd and gave us a chance to put a face to the thousands and thousands of voices from around the world.”

Thirty Seconds To Mars and This Is War have been top ten trending topics on Twitter for weeks leading up to the release and two of the album’s songs top the Twitter Music Monday chart this week. The first single “Kinds & Queens” and title track “This is War” are no. 1 and no. 2 on #MusicMonday at twit40.com, a weekly Twitter trend that gives Tweeters a chance to find and share music. Both singles were released yesterday as bonus downloadable content through the Rock Band online store. “Kings & Queens” raced into the top 5 at Alternative radio where it has spent the last 4 consecutive weeks at no. 3. The video for “Kings & Queens” is being played on MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1, Fuse and Music Choice. Additionally, “The Kill” from 2005’s A Beautiful Lie was recently voted the < Alternative Song of the Decade by AOL Radio listeners (http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/12/11/top-alternative-songs-of-the-decade-2000s/). Thirty Seconds to Mars was also named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Reader’s Poll.

Beyond gracing the covers of this month’s Nylon Guys, Kerrang! and Rock Sound magazines, Thirty Seconds to Mars has spent the last month playing holiday radio shows nationwide in support of This Is War, their first U.S. shows in more than two years. Fans and critics alike have welcomed the band back with open arms.   According to the Tampa Bay Times,” Of all the bands at Next Big Thing last weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars knew best how to get the crowd going and how to make the most interactive show I’ve ever seen.”   The Mercury News agreed, “In Oakland, there was no denying that this band knows how to put on an entertaining, engaging set.” The Denver Post said that Thirty Seconds to Mars “treated fans to an energetic performance” and that “Leto’s vocals were clean and strong, reaching impressive ranges effortlessly.” On Dec. 10th, the band performed “Kings & Queens” for the first time on television on The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien, a memorable performance that featured the Street Drum Corps, a string quartet and ten-person choir. Jared has been documenting many of the band’s activities with his exclusive Buzznet blog:

http://30secondstomars.buzznet.com/user/journal/5577081/.

Thirty Seconds to Mars will continue to play radio shows throughout December (full schedule below) before headlining their first ever arena tour in Europe in the New Year. A U.S. tour is expected to be announced in early 2010.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit < and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.

Watch the Video for “Kings & Queens”:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596

Thirty Seconds to Mars on Tour
Dec 16                       Chicago, IL                House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101

Dec 17                       Milwaukee, WI           The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM

Dec 18                       Detroit, MI                  The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X

Dec 19                       Cleveland, OH           House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK

Thirty Seconds To Mars, Livestream Q&A, Dec. 9th 5pm PST/8pm EST

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Thirty Seconds To Mars
Livestream Q&A
Tonight 12.9.09 - 5pm PST / 8pm EST

Tune into the chat on
Livestream, Facebook, or ThirtySecondsToMars.com
Find out how to access the chat on your iPhone here.

Thirty Seconds To Mars Reveal The Faces Of Mars When New Album 'THIS IS WAR' Hits Stores Worldwide

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS REVEAL THE FACES OF MARS WHEN NEW ALBUM
‘THIS IS WAR’ HITS STORES WORLDWIDE THIS TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH WITH INDIVIDUAL FAN PHOTOS ON THOUSANDS OF ALBUM COVERS

Fans Can Find Out If Their Faces Were Selected From Thousands Of Submitted Photos
For Innovative “Faces of Mars” Campaign

Thirty Seconds To Mars Set To Kick Off Album Release Playing Holiday Radio Shows, Online Chat, In-store Appearance in LA And A Special Performance On The “Tonight Show”

“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars – Alternative Press

“If only all big rock albums had this much nerve” – MTV.com

“Combative…sinister…the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” – Los Angeles Times

“Epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard

Los Angeles, CA, December 7th, 2009- Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars are ready to reveal the Faces of Mars when their highly anticipated upcoming album, THIS IS WAR (EMI/Virgin) hits stores this Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Fans of Thirty Seconds to Mars, including additional musicians, artists and other notable participants leant their “Faces” to individual album covers.   Leto blogs about the different Faces of Mars covers on his exclusive daily Buzznet blog at http://30secondstomars.buzznet.com/user/journal/5577081/. Thousands of Faces of Mars album covers will be in stores worldwide along with the original THIS IS WAR album cover. In addition, the band will make the television debut for first single “Kings & Queens”, already in the top 3 on Alternative Radio, with a performance on the Tonight Show on Thursday, December 10th.   THIS IS WAR is available for pre order on iTunes and currently THIS IS WAR is streaming exclusively at iheartradio.com. The band is set to tour stateside throughout December, hitting holiday radio concerts across the country.

Beyond gracing the covers of this month’s issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound to celebrate the release of THIS IS WAR, Thirty Seconds to Mars will also be touching base with their supportive and loyal fan community through a Livestream chat on December 9th where they will answer questions from a host as well as listeners who have submitted questions to their local radio stations. Fans will be able to watch the live broadcast on the band’s Facebook page, Web site, and at Livestream.com as well as download the footage to their iPhones. The band will also make two special appearances at their Hive headquarters in Los Angeles on the 8th and 9th where they’ll sell and sign copies of THIS IS WAR.

Not only did the band’s supporters have the opportunity to be on the cover of THIS IS WAR through the Faces of Mars campaign, they also had the opportunity to be a part of the album’s recording when the band teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the record in a groundbreaking event they dubbed, “The Summit”. The band invited The Echelon members to travel to Los Angeles to take part in an impromptu recording session at Hollywood’s Avalon Club. It was so successful that Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada).

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit < and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.

Check out the video for “Kings & Queens” here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596

Pre order THIS IS WAR through iTunes and receive two bonus tracks. “Kings And Queens” - LA Riots remix and “Night Of The Hunter” - Flood Remix (track only available through release).

Catch Thirty Seconds to Mars on tour this winter:

Dec 8               Baton Rouge, LA         Varsity Theatre ** Radio Show KNXX
Dec 11             Oakland, CA               Alameda County Coliseum ** Radio Show kits
Dec 13             San Diego, CA             Viejas Arena ** Radio Show 91X
Dec 15             Seattle, WA                  WAMU Theatre ** Radio Show KNDD
Dec 16             Chicago, IL                  House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101
Dec 17             Milwaukee, WI             The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM
Dec 18             Detroit, MI                    The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X
Dec 19             Cleveland, OH             House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK

For more information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: www.thirtysecondstomars.com

New European tour dates announced for 2010!

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Thirty Seconds To Mars have confirmed a major European tour for Feb/March 2010.

See Tour section for further details.

Thirty Seconds to Mars New Single "Kings & Queens" Soars Into Alternative Radio's Top 5

30 SECONDS TO MARS — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW SINGLE “KINGS & QUEENS”

SOARS INTO ALTERNATIVE RADIO’S TOP 5

“Kings & Queens” Short Film The Ride Set To Premiere on MySpace Today

“‘Kings and Queens’ is epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard

“If only all big rock albums had this much nerve.” – MTV.com

(New York, NY – Nov. 12th, 2009) – Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars have been climbing radio charts with the first single “Kings & Queens” off of their highly anticipated upcoming album THIS IS WAR available for pre-order at ITunes. Soaring into Alternative Radio’s top 5 only four weeks after impact, the track is also working its way up through the Active Rock format landing in the top 25 this week. Thirty Seconds to Mars will be debuting the single live on the Tonight Show, December 10th. Set for release on December 8th, THIS IS WAR (EMI/Virgin Records), the follow up to their incredibly successful sophomore release A Beautiful Lie, has already been deemed notable as Billboard Magazine proclaimed “’Kings & Queens is epic rock at its most affecting”. The video, a short film entitled “The Ride” shot this past month in Los Angeles is inspired by the critical mass and crank mob movement, founded with forward thinking and eco-conscious intentions, and celebrates this amazing community of riders on a night time journey downtown LA to Santa Monica. For this epic short film the band shut down Hollywood blvd, Santa Monica pier and sections of downtown Los Angeles, making this their love letter to the city of angels. “The Ride” makes its global premiere today on MySpace and “Kings & Queens” is currently available on ITunes.

Thirty Seconds to Mars recently teamed up to headline the in-game soundtrack for Electronic Arts Inc. epic new game; Dragon Age: Origins with the title track off of THIS IS WAR. Fans and press can get a first-listen of “This Is War” in an exclusive game trailer co-produced by front-man, Jared Leto. The trailer received over 350,000 YouTube views in only a few days. The band will be spending November overseas playing a set of European dates and will return stateside at the end of the month to kick off a nationwide radio show tour through December.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit #1 and "The Kill". The latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.

Check out the video for “Kings & Queens” here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596

Pre order THIS IS WAR through iTunes and receive two bonus tracks. “Kings And Queens” - LA Riots remix and “Night Of The Hunter” - Flood Remix (track only available through release).

Catch Thirty Seconds to Mars on tour this winter:

Nov 30                         Salt Lake City, UT       The Rail Event Center ** Radio Show X96

Dec 1                          Denver, CO                 Ogden Theatre ** Radio Show KTCL

Dec 3                          Houston, TX                Verizon Wireless Theatre ** Radio Show KTBZ

Dec 4                          Grand Prairie, TX        Nokia Theatre ** Radio Show KDGE

Dec 5                          West Palm Beach, FL            Cruzan Amphitheater ** Radio Show WPBZ

Dec 6                          Tampa, FL                  Ford Amphitheatre ** Radio Show WSUN

Dec 8                           Baton Rouge, LA         Varsity Theatre ** Radio Show KNXX

Dec 11                        Oakland, CA                Alameda County Coliseum ** Radio Show kits

Dec 13                        San Diego, CA            Viejas Arena ** Radio Show 91X

Dec 15                        Seattle, WA                 WAMU Theatre ** Radio Show KNDD

Dec 16                        Chicago, IL                  House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101

Dec 17                        Milwaukee, WI             The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM

Dec 18                        Detroit, MI                    The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X

Dec 19                        Cleveland, OH             House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/