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