vendredi 11 septembre 2009

The War is Coming

New Studio Album ‘THIS IS WAR' set to hit November 24 on EMI’s Virgin Records

The Face of Mars Cover Campaign Starts September 11th

First Single “Kings and Queens” at Modern Rock Radio Early Oct

Los Angeles, CA – September 11, 2009 – Following up on their incredibly successful sophomore release, A Beautiful Lie, multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars are hard at work on their highly anticipated upcoming record, “THIS IS WAR” (EMI’s Virgin Records) set to hit on November 24th. The album was produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, U2) and Thirty Seconds To Mars. First single Kings and Queens at modern rock radio early next month. Fall tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

In an innovative and exciting move, Thirty Seconds to Mars’ upcoming release, This Is War, will have 2000 different album covers featuring individual photos of fans from around the world. Starting Friday, September 11th at 12pm PDT fans will be able to submit photos to be used for the covers by pointing their browser to http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com. The first 2000 photos to be uploaded that follow the proper specifications will become album covers. The campaign will run until 2000 usable covers have been uploaded to thefaceofmars@gmail.com.

Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Shannon Leto (drums) and Tomo Miličević (guitar) teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the upcoming 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 since then Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada) in order to give their biggest supporters an opportunity to be a part of their new album.

With over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook, Thirty Seconds To Mars have always been quick to embrace digital culture and with the immense success they had with The Summit, decided to use that same digital technology to offer their fans a chance to get involved in the record making process through Twitter as well. The Digital Summit kicked off on Monday, August 10th and through the twitvid.com technology allowed fans to record sounds and vocals from their personal computers and mobile devices for inclusion on the album. The Digital Summit was a top 10 trending topic on Twitter during the two week promotion, garnering sixty thousand page views and 3000 unique sound recordings submitted from fans across the world.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars 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 platinum status after almost two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one by one. The media caught on too, Alternative Press raved that the band "...just might be rock's best-kept secret. He [Jared Leto] sings with a range and ease that makes cathedrals jealous" while the Washington Post exclaimed, "hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals carry this head banging outfit all the way to the rock-race finish line." The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, From Yesterday 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. From Yesterday was the band’s first <>A Beautiful Lie, including major festival shows like Lollapalooza in the United States, Holland’s Pinkpop Festival and Japan’s Summer Sonic, which has earned them a growing, loyal, global fan base.

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

Source: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/main.asp






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Nouvel album “This Is War”
Sortie le 23 novembre 2009


Sur le point de réitérer l’incroyable succès de “A Beautiful Lie”, son deuxième album certifié multi-platine, le groupe Thirty Seconds To Mars est en train de mettre la touche finale à son prochain, “This Is War”, disponible le 24 novembre 2009. Le disque a été produit par Flood (U2, Depeche Mode Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (les Rolling Stones, U2) et Thirty Seconds To Mars. “Kings And Queens”, premier single extrait de l’album, sera envoyé en radio au début du mois prochain, et des dates de tournée seront annoncées dans la foulée.

Toujours prompt à innover, Thirty Seconds To Mars publiera “This Is War” sous 2000 pochettes différentes ! On y verra des photos de fans à travers le monde. A partir du 11 septembre 2009, les amateurs du groupe auront la possibilité d’envoyer des photos d’eux pour les pochettes en se connectant sur le site du groupe (www.thirtysecondstomars.com). Les 2000 premières photos envoyées (selon les spécifications techniques indiquées) deviendront ainsi des pochettes de disque. La campagne durera jusqu’à ce que 2000 photos utilisables aient été envoyées à l’adresse : thefaceofmars@gmail.com.

Les musiciens du groupe, Jared Leto (chant, guitare, songwriting), Shannon Leto (batterie) et Tomo Miličević (guitare) ont sollicité The Echelon, leur communauté de fans, pour qu’ils enregistrent des sons pour le nouvel album dans le cadre d’un événement intitulé The Summit. Le groupe a invité des membres de The Echelon à Los Angeles afin qu’ils participent à une séance d’enregistrement au Avalon Club de Hollywood. L’événement a remporté un tel succès que le groupe l’a répété dans plusieurs pays dont la France, permettant ainsi aux fans du monde entier de participer au nouvel album.

Totalisant plus de 100 millions de visionnages sur YouTube, 40 millions d’écoutes sur MySpace et un million de fans sur ILike/Facebook, Thirty Seconds To Mars a fait la preuve qu’il avait su prendre le virage digital avec succès, et le groupe a également décidé d’utiliser Twitter pour offrir aux fans la possibilité de collaborer au disque. Le Digital Summit a démarré le 10 août 2009 et, via le lien http://twitvid.com/mars, la technologie leur a permis d’envoyer des sons provenant de leurs ordinateurs ou téléphones portables. Le Digital Summit a remporté un franc succès sur Twitter depuis son lancement.

Formé par les frères Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars croule sous les récompenses. “A Beautiful Lie”, son deuxième album, a été certifié platine au bout de deux années de tournée au cours desquelles le groupe est allé chercher les fans un par un. La presse musicale du monde entier est unanime lorsqu’il s’agit d’encenser Thirty Seconds To Mars, et “From Yesterday” et “The Kill”, les deux singles extraits de “A Beautiful Lie”, ont cartonné sur toutes les radios rock. Thirty Seconds To Mars a déjà donné plus de 500 concerts depuis la parution de “A Beautiful Lie” (et s’est notamment produit dans les plus grands festivals, parmi lesquels Lollapalooza aux USA).

Et pour le plus grand bonheur de ses fans, le groupe ne compte pas s’arrêter en si bon chemin.

Source: communiqué de presse d'EMI

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