12/8/2009

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New album "This is War" by 30 Seconds To Mars hits stores as bands prepares for mini tour and webcast.

Robyn Chelsea-Seifert

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Sound like 30 Seconds to Mars are coming up with the goods on their third album, "This is War" hitting stores today (December 8). Singer/actor Jared Leto pours the eye liner on thick confessing to MTV how failure was not their best friend, but great teacher while recording the ambitious tracks to follow up "A Beautiful Lie."  
  
"It's an album that invited the world to sing and to record and to experiment. To confess. And it is a spiritual record in a way. It is of the spirit world rather than cerebral or just purely guttural. It talks about faith and fighting for what you believe in and the idea of community. ... It was an opportunity for us to embrace the community around 30 Seconds to Mars and really to create the record that we've always dreamed of."  
  
Pulling out all the publicity stops including having thousands of fans, artists and musicians send photos to be selected for individual album covers as the many "faces of mars," the covers will be revealed tomorrow.  
  
The band will also broadcast an exclusive Q&A in support of their new album on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST.  
  
Answering questions from a host as well as questions submitted previously to local radio stations fans will be able to watch the live broadcast on the band's [Facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/thirtysecondstomars), their [website](http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com), or [livestream.com](http://www.livestream.com/thirtysecondstomars)  
  
The album's first single "Kings & Queens" soared to the top of the alternative radio charts where it currently sits at #3.  
  
The following are confirmed dates for 30S2M with a scheduled tour planned for February.  
  
Dec 8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre \*\* Radio Show KNXX  
Dec 11 Oakland, CA Alameda County Coliseum \*\* Radio Show kits  
Dec 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena \*\* Radio Show 91X  
Dec 15 Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre \*\* Radio Show KNDD  
Dec 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues \*\* Radio Show Q101  
Dec 17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom \*\* Radio Show WLUM  
Dec 18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore \*\* Radio Show 89X  
Dec 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues \*\* Radio Show WKRK