Thirty Seconds to Mars Dates for North American Spring Tour

BAND WILL PERFORM “CLOSER TO THE EDGE” ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO ON FEB. 18TH AND ON LOPEZ TONIGHT ON FEB. 22ND
Jared Leto To Host “Hurricane” Video/Short Film Screening And Q&A At The Montalban Theater In Los Angeles On Feb. 21^st
(New York, NY – February 11, 2011) - Thirty Seconds To Mars today announced dates for a new North American spring tour starting April 8^th in San Jose, CA running through May 6^th in Toronto, ON.  The new dates include a very special hometown show on April 9^th at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and a headlining appearance at The Bamboozle festival on April 29^th in East Rutherford, NJ  (full schedule below).  Since the Dec. 8^th, 2009 release of the band’s critically acclaimed third album This Is War (Virgin Records), Thirty Seconds To Mars have played to over 2 million people in 100 cities in 30 different countries, selling out arenas around the world.  Tickets for the new dates go on sale beginning Feb. 18^th and more dates are expected to be announced next week.   The band will play new single “Closer to the Edge” for the first time live on U.S. television on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Feb. 18^th followed by a performance on Lopez Tonight on Feb. 22^nd.  They will then tour Australia, the Middle East and South America including a stop at Lollapalooza Chile before returning home to begin the U.S. spring shows.
The band will also make an appearance at the Montalban Theater in Los Angeles on February 21^st as lead singer Jared Leto hosts a screening and Q&A for the director’s cut of his controversial video/short film for the band’s song “Hurricane.”   The Bartholomew Cubbin’s directed film was banned or restricted to nighttime broadcast on many networks around the globe when it originally premiered in November and sparked discussions about censorship throughout the internet.  The Montalban screening will be the first time that fans and media will have an open forum to discuss the video directly with Leto.
Thirty Seconds To Mars’ current single “Closer to The Edge” is the third consecutive Top 10 alternative single from This Is War and is the first single to cross to Top 40 radio where it is expected to chart in the next week.  “Closer to the Edge” follows “Kings & Queens” and “This Is War,” both singles hit #1 on the alterative radio airplay charts.  “Kings & Queens” spent 3-consecutive weeks at the top slot and has sold over 630,000 digital downloads.
Thirty Seconds To Mars have continued to reach new heights since releasing This Is War. The band won their second MTV VMA award in November when they picked up the 2010 VMA for Best Rock Video for “Kings & Queens.”  They also won their fourth MTV EMA award in 2010 for Best Rock Band and their fourth Kerrang! Award as winner of the 2010 Best International Band.  This Is War has sold over 1 million albums world-wide and has been certified gold in six different countries including Germany, South Africa, Austria, Belgium, Australia and double gold in the UK.  A deluxe edition of the album with four different album covers was released in November, 2010, which includes “Hurricane 2.0” featuring Kanye West, live versions of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and Kanye West’s “Stronger” which the band recorded for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, and the “Kings & Queens” and “Closer To The Edge” videos along with bonus DVD content.
Thirty Seconds To Mars Spring Dates:
April 8            San Jose, CA                       Event Center at San Jose
April 9            Los Angeles, CA                  Gibson Amphitheatre
April 14          Chicago, IL                           Aragon Ballroom
April 16          Detroit, MI                            The Fillmore
April 23          Orlando, FL                          Universal Studios Florida
April 27          Washington DC                   Patriot Center
April 29          E. Rutherford, NJ               Bamboozle – New Meadowlands Stadium
April 30          Camden, NJ                         Susquehanna Bank Center
May 1             Boston, MA                           Agganis
May 3             Montreal, QC                       Metropolis
May 5             Toronto, ON                         Kool Haus

I 30 Seconds to Mars hanno annunciato oggi le nuove date per il Tour primaverile della Band che avrà inizio l'8 Aprile a San Jose e terminerà il 6 Maggio a Toronto. Durante il tour ci sarà una speciale data a casa della banda, Los Angeles, presso l'Anfiteatro Gibson. Apriranno anche il Festival Bamboozle il 29 Aprile a Rutherford. Dall'8 Dicembre 2009, data dell'uscita del discutissimo ed acclamatissimo terzo album "This is War" (Virgin Records), i 30 Seconds to Mars hanno suonato peroltre 2 milioni di persone in 100 città e 30 paesi differenti. I biglietti saranno in vendita dal 18 Febbraio 2011 e altre date saranno annunciate nei prossimi giorni.. Il 18 Febbraio la band sarà ospite al programma Tonight Show With Jay Leno dove suoneranno per la prima volta live in una TV americana, il singolo "Closer To The Edge". Suoneranno in Australia, America del Sud e del Centro-Est prima di ritornare di nuovo a suonare negli Stati Uniti in primavera.
Il live previsto a Los Angeles sarà molto particolare in quanto Jared Leto ha deciso di proiettare il tanto discusso /short film della canzone "Hurricane" e le domande e risposte riguardanti la censura a cui è stato soggetto tanto da essere visibile in TV solo durante palinsesti notturni.
Il singolo "Closer to the Edge" è al terzo posto nella classifica dei singoli alternativi di This is War ed è il primo singolo in 40 differenti radio, seguendo "Kings and Queens" e "This is War". "Kings and Queens" è al top della classifica per la terza settimana consecutiva ed è stato scaricato in digitale per 630.000 volte.
La Band ha ottenuto grandi soddisfazioni da questo album ottenendo il loro terzo MTV VMA a Novembre 2010 premiati come miglior Video Rock per il video/short film "Kings and Queens". Hanno anche vinto il 4° MTV EMA nel 2010 come Best Rock Band e il 4° Kerrang! come miglior gruppo internazionale del 2010. L'album "This is War" ha venduto più di 1 milione di copie e ha ottenuto il disco d'oro in diversi paesi (Germania, Sud Africa, Austria, Belgio, Australia e doppio oro in UK). A Novembre 2010 è uscita la versione deluxe dell'album con 4 cover diverse che include "Hurricane 2.0" featuring Kanye West, la versione live della cover di "Bad Romance" di Lady Gaga e la cover di "Stronger" di Kanye West che la band ha registrato durante la diretta Live alla BBC radio1, e infine un DVD con i video di "Kings and Queens" e "Closer to the Edge".
Thirty Seconds To Mars Date Tour Primaverile:
April 8            San Jose, CA                       Event Center at San Jose
April 9            Los Angeles, CA                  Gibson Amphitheatre
April 14          Chicago, IL                           Aragon Ballroom
April 16          Detroit, MI                            The Fillmore
April 23          Orlando, FL                          Universal Studios Florida
April 27          Washington DC                   Patriot Center
April 29          E. Rutherford, NJ               Bamboozle – New Meadowlands Stadium
April 30          Camden, NJ                         Susquehanna Bank Center
May 1             Boston, MA                           Agganis
May 3             Montreal, QC                       Metropolis
May 5             Toronto, ON                         Kool Haus