ARTIST SNAPSHOT: 30 Seconds To Mars

NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — 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. 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

Wembly Arena and the Paris’ Bercy stadium. Mute Math and Neon Trees will open the U.S. leg of Into

The Wild.

“This Is War,” the albums’ title track and second single impacts 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” 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 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 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.
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Agency
CAA / Creative Artists Agency

Agency Relationship: Exclusive
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90212 United States
Phone: 424-288-2000
Fax: 424-288-2900
http://www.caatouring.com

Responsible Agent: Darryl Eaton
Direct Phone: 424-288-2000
Fax: 424-288-2900
E-Mail: deaton@caa.com

Responsible Agent: Brian Manning
Direct Phone: 212-277-9000
Fax: 212-277-9099
E-Mail: bmanning@caa.com

Responsible Agent: Mike Greek
Direct Phone: 44-20-8846-3000
Fax: 44-20-8846-3090
E-Mail: mgreek@caa.com

Management
The MGMT Company

4220 Lankershim Boulevard 3rd Floor
Suite 1207
North Hollywood, CA 91602 United States
Phone: 818-760-7657
Fax: 818-760-8636

Responsible Manager: Jon Kalter
Direct Phone: 818-760-7657
Fax: 818-760-8636
E-Mail: jonathan.kalter@gmail.com

Record Label

Virgin Records

1750 North Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028 United States
Phone: 323-462-6252
Fax: 323-467-5267
http://www.virginrecords.com

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