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Press release from EMI Ireland
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30 SECONDS TO MARS SELL-OUT THEIR LARGEST UK TOUR, ANNOUNCE SECOND LONDON SHOW AND THEIR ALBUM OFFICIALLY SILVER IN THE UK
Following the recent announcement of their largest & most extensive UK tour to date, 30 Seconds To Mars are pleased to announce that the tour has sold out; 24,000 tickets in two weeks. Due to this overwhelming demand, an additional Hammersmith Apollo show has been added for 7th February.
Having scooped the prestigious Best Single Award at the Kerrang Awards for ‘The Kill’, the band recently cemented their status here as one of the most exciting rock acts to break through this year when they appeared on the cover of Kerrang!
The band were also recently nominated twice in the MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held in Munich on November 1st. One nomination is for the ‘Rock Out Award’ and the other for the ‘Inter Act Award’.
On the band’s most recent UK visit they treated Radio One listeners to an outstanding cover of the Kanye West hit ‘Stronger’ on Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge. Their performance received one of the best responses to the session all year. ‘The Kill’ is still on Radio 1’s A-list, four weeks after its release.
In addition to all this, the band’s album A Beautiful Lie has been declared Silver status (sales of 60,000 or over) by the BPI.
The tour dates in January are:
Thur 24th Newcastle Academy SOLD OUT
Fri 25th Dublin Ambassador SOLD OUT
Sat 26th Glasgow Barrowlands SOLD OUT
Sun 27th Manchester Academy SOLD OUT
Tues 29th Liverpool University SOLD OUT
Wed 30th Leeds University SOLD OUT
Thur 31st Bristol Academy SOLD OUT
Feb:
Sat 2nd Birmingham Academy SOLD OUT
Sun 3rd Norwich UEA SOLD OUT
Mon 4th Southampton Guildhall SOLD OUT
Wed 6th Hammersmith Apollo SOLD OUT
Extra date:
Thu 7th Hammersmith Apollo
Thanks to Westenra's Ghost and the Official 30STM BBoard |
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From Munich to Mars in 30 Seconds!
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Source: Boardforce.net
Jared Leto and his band 30 SECONDS TO MARS will play at the Nokia Air & Style 07 in the Olympic Stadium Munich aside from THE HIVES and SEAN PAUL.
Munich, October 22nd 2007 – 30 SECONDS TO MARS is the name of the last of three top music acts that will perform on December 1st at the Nokia Air & Style 07 in the Olympic Stadium Munich. The four musicians of the successful alternative rock band from the US are going to give an incredibly electrifying live performance. Jared Leto, head und lead singer of 30 SECONDS TO MARS, does not impress only with his musical skills – he also is a wanted man in Hollywood.
One month before the Nokia Air & Style 07 on November 1st 30 SECONDS TO MARS already visit Munich – but only as spectators. At the MTV European Music Awards (EMA) 07 at the Olympiahalle the band of front man Jared Leto and his brother Shannon is nominated for two awards: best rock act and best international act. Only one month later on December 1st the US boys are going to perform their very successful second album ”A Beautiful Lie” at the Nokia Air & Style 07 in the Olympic Stadium Munich. With over one million sold records and the no.1 hit „From Yesterday“ 30 SECONDS TO MARS have already grown out of the newcomer status.
But Jared Leto is not only doing a good job on stage, he also is a great actor. Jared Leto took the step from a renowned teeny star into the first row of Hollywoods’ actors and played in blockbusters like ”Alexander“, ”American Psycho“, ”Requiem For A Dream“, ”Panic Room“ and ”Fight Club“. His talent as actor is reflected on stage: Attended by energetic keyboards and aggressive guitars, the emotional singing of the face of 30 SECONDS TO MARS successfully captures the audience.
During the EMA 07 30 SECONDS TO MARS competes with music heroes such as Depeche Mode and Linkin Park for one of the wanted awards. Only four weeks later the band will perform at the Nokia Air & Style 07 with other prestigious artists at their side, to fire up the Munich audience. This years’ line-up with 30 SECONDS TO MARS, the Swedish rock combo THE HIVES and dancehall-superstar SEAN PAUL from Jamaica is probably the best in Nokia Air & Style history.
Thanks to Marushka and the 30STM Official BBoard |
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Jared Leto in Iceland and Greenland
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US actor and musician Jared Leto paid Iceland a short visit on Tuesday before flying off to Greenland to record a video with his band 30 Seconds to Mars with the Icelandic film production company Arctic First.
“We will mostly shoot on icebergs and glaciers so it should be a very cool video,” Sigurbjörn Búi Baldursson, who belongs to a 16-strong Arctic First production team, told Fréttabladid.
The video will be shot in the town Illulisat, famous for its icebergs, and Baldursson serves as assistant director to Leto, who is directing the video himself.
Jared Leto first became famous for playing Jordan Catalano in the TV series My So Called Life starring Claire Danes. Leto also played in the movies Requiem for a Dream and Fight Club.
Thanks to Icelandreview.com |
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JARED LETO: "I'M A CLOSET HIPPIE"
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Source: itv.com: Actor and singer Jared Leto has revealed that he is a closet hippy and is deeply concerned about the environment.
Speaking at a music festival in Germany, Leto said he hoped that people would take more interest in saving the planet.
"You can get somebody to turn off the light or to unplug an appliance or to plant a tree," he said.
"I think it's a wonderful thing, we've moved beyond the days of tree-hugging hippies being the example of environmentalism around the world."
He added: "It's the responsibility of not only hippies, but all of us. I'm a closet hippy anyway - hence my long hair."
Leto went on to say that he hoped that being concerned with the environment would become an obvious choice.
Following his performance at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany, the star said he and his band 30 Seconds to Mars have enjoyed an incredible couple of years together.
Their latest album, A Beautiful Lie, has shifted a million copies in America and their growing status on this side of the Atlantic was underlined when they completed a sell-out UK tour. |
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