здесь можно прослушать другие отрывки из нового альбома.....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002XIPEI0/ref

i-ha СПАСИБО!!! :shine:

ага)))) Мы хотим много)))

а что смущает то?)

Так, девчоки, тут новые песни Марсов не обсуждаем!
Есть специальная тема для этого
http://30stmukraine.2bb.ru/viewtopic.ph … p=2#p39150

перевела вчерашнее письмо марсов)

TRANSMISSION сотреть письмо он-лайн

марсы вернулись в Лондон

На этой неделе ребята отыграли шоу в Милане, Лондоне, Париже и Амстердаме. Перед тем как вернуться в США, группа сделает еще остановку в Берлине.

сегодня группа в Амстердаме

В начале следующего года Thirty Seconds to Mars вернуться в Европу с большим туром, который будет включать шоу на английском стадионе Вембли. Следите за датами тура и за ссылками на предзаказ билетов.

На прошлой неделе мы представили на MySpace 'The Ride', короткий фильм, на который нас вдохновила песня "Kings and Queens". Просмотреть его можно здесь.

Мы надеемся, что вы будете распространять видео среди тех, кто никогда не слышал о Thirty Seconds to Mars или тех, кто слышал новый сингл Kings and Queens. Можете свободно использовать видео повсюду.

Сделав предзаказ на альбом This Is War, у вас есть шанс пообщаться с группой онлайн в чате или выиграть подписанный альбом.

Также, не пропустите возможность заказать ограниченный выпуск книги, включающей фото, сделанные во время создания 'This Is War'. Эта книга доступна лишь по предзаказу, так что не пропустите свой шанс.

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Книга недели -  Малкольм Гладуэлл  "Гении и аутсайдеры. Почему одним все, а другим ничего?"
Фильм недели - Бремя Мечты / Burden of Dreams (Лес Бланк / Les Blank) 1982г.
Альбом недели - Damien Rice - O
Вэб-сайт недели - http://www.wwf.org/
Ресторан недели - San Loco - Бруклин, Нью-Йорк

TRANSMISSION online

Thirty Seconds to Mars закончили первый этап европейского тура и со следующей недели начнут тур по Америке. В течении тура Джаред, Шеннон и Томо оставляли сообщения на твиттере. Убедитесь, что вы следите за ними, чтобы оставаться в курсе последних новостей.

сдедить за Джаредом

следить за Шенноном

следить за Томо

В этом месяце вы можете прочитать статью о Thirty Seconds to Mars в Kerrang!

Перейдите сюда, чтобы обсудить статью на форуме Эшелона.

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Книга недели - Дж.Сэлинджер "Девять рассказов"
Фильм недели - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Альбом недели - The Cure - Disintegration
Вэб-сайт недели - wwwbanksy.co.uk
Ресторан недели - Pret a Manger , Лондон, Великобритания

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23 Upcoming Albums That Matter Most

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
This Is War (Virgin)

Release Date: Dec. 8
The Skinny: Jared Leto is releasing his band's third album on the 39th anniversary of John Lennon's murder. And Leto, of course, got gout from gaining weight to portray Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in Chapter 27. Coincidence? Maybe. The good news is that after battling every actor-as-rock-star prejudice imaginable, Leto may actually now be better known for his music thanks to the platinum showing of 2005's screamo-pop A Beautiful Lie. Whether you're a fan or not, that's worth a tip of the cap.
Fast Fact: The track "Hurricane" was reported to feature Kanye West, but his verse does not seem to have made the final album.
http://www.spin.com/gallery/23-upcoming … age=2#main

30 Seconds to Mars soars
The band's legal struggles with EMI -- since resolved with an unlikely Old Hollywood assist -- inform its new album, 'This Is War.'

By August Brown

A few weeks ago, Jared Leto got a letter in the mail. It was addressed to the 30 Seconds to Mars singer in formal, feminine script and arrived on thick, azure-colored paper. The return address was the real surprise, however -- the Paris home of Olivia de Havilland, the "Gone With the Wind" actress who in a roundabout way helped save the band's career.

Last year, the group was staring down a $30-million lawsuit from its parent label, EMI, over future albums the label claimed the band owed the company. But a contract case involving De Havilland decades ago seemed to offer legal precedent for a way out.

"The California Appeals Court ruled that no service contract in California is valid after seven years, and it became known as the 'De Havilland law' after she used it to get out of her contract with Warner Bros.," Leto said. "We used the same statute to resolve our lawsuit."

Because of her association with that law, Leto had reached out to De Havilland to interview her for an as yet unreleased documentary he was filming about the making of the album. She declined to participate, but she agreed to meet with him and the two remained in touch -- though Leto says he was taken aback when he received her handwritten missive.

He hadn't expected her to take the time to send a the note, he said. "I'm going to visit her in Paris to thank her," Leto said.

In the back room of the band's new mixed-use promotional space on Melrose Avenue, Leto sounds positively zen, even downright beatific about an Old Hollywood star unwittingly helping to rescue him from within today's flailing major-label system. He greets guests with vigorous hugs, and he sings prospective new verses between conversations the way other people might take smoke breaks.

The band's new album, "This Is War," out Dec. 8, is decidedly more combative. Such songs as "Night of the Hunter" and "Hurricane" brim with sinister electronics and lyrics such as "Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right?" The suggestion is one of malevolent forces both acting on the band and roiling within it.

Leto is reluctant to discuss any particulars of the lawsuit, which ended with 30 Seconds to Mars back under the EMI label umbrella. After the suit's resolution in April, Nick Gatfield, EMI Music's president of A&R labels for North America and the United Kingdom, gave an official statement on the suit.

"We are thrilled to have set aside our differences and signed a new agreement with 30 Seconds to Mars," he said. "Our relationship has been extremely rewarding and successful, and we're eager to move forward and put our global team to work on the brilliant new album they are recording with [producer] Flood."

The experience still left Leto with a disconnect about how otherwise friendly, individual faces can quickly turn ugly when business dealings are involved. "The idea of a corporation is a tricky one. It's a shell for the people within it, and though we've lost a lot of our supporters at EMI from layoffs, there are still mostly good people there," he said.

That sense of confusion and disappointment inform the album's tone. Yet the collection is also the most confident-sounding thing the band has done. It owes a great deal to producer Mark Ellis, who under the name Flood has helmed albums by U2, Depeche Mode and the Killers. He said the stress of the suit made the "This Is War" sessions an often physical trial for the band.

"There were so many dark days," Ellis said. "A bit of hopelessness and depression are useful in galvanizing artists, but I feel like I really had to help lift them out of it. Jared had the worst back problems in the studio from the physical stress of holding up the band under the lawsuit."

Ellis' sure production helped the musicians break out of their wall-of-guitars contemporary rock sound (there's even a vocal cameo from Kanye West on "Hurricane").

They also recalibrated their sense of what -- and who -- was truly important to them. One of the most prominent effects on the album is a catalog of found sounds recorded at various "summits," where fans came to sing hooks en masse at venues including the Avalon in Hollywood.

Leto, whose acting credits include "Panic Room" and "Requiem for a Dream," has long based 30 Seconds to Mars in Los Angeles but set its music videos in such places as Beijing's Forbidden City and at the Arctic Circle.

Recording the album at Leto's home just north of the Hollywood Hills brought the band's psychology closer to L.A. The video for "War's" first single, "Kings and Queens," centers on L.A.'s bicycling community.

It follows Leto, (his brother and) drummer Shannon Leto and guitarist Tomo Milicevic as they lead a gang of bikers across the L.A. River through Hollywood to the Santa Monica Pier. The raging wildfires and white stallion that joins them suggest the band hasn't lost its taste for the epic. But Leto is carving out a niche for the group amid the whirlwind.

"So much of this album was about reclaiming public space for art," Leto said. "We shut down Hollywood Boulevard. We shut down the Santa Monica Pier. It was so wonderful to own both sides of the road. We tried to close down the freeway, but that's a lot harder to do than we thought."

august.brown@latimes.com

Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ne … 7853.story

30 Seconds to Mars turns to fans for album

Plenty of artists pay lip service to loving their fans, but usually limit their interaction to meet-and-greets, replying to tweets and shout-outs from the stage. But 30 Seconds to Mars, which is about to release its third album, "This Is War," Dec. 8 on Virgin, goes far beyond the usual platitudes and gestures. The band involved its fans, known as "the Echelon," on a number of aspects of the new album, including them in choruses and putting their pictures on the album cover.

Lead singer Jared Leto says the group spent two years writing and recording the album, working in the studio with producers Flood and Steve Lillywhite. "The album is a quantum leap forward," Leto says. "I describe it as a metamorphosis, nothing short of a complete rediscovery."

30 Seconds to Mars' previous album, "A Beautiful Lie," which was released in 2005, has sold 1.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. While "This Is War" certainly represents an artistic step forward for the band, it hasn't completely given up its melodic, hard rock leanings. "I don't ever wonder about what people will think when we get in the studio," Leto says. "I have to follow my heart and my gut and not worry about outside influences."

"This Is War" makes excellent use of strings, and varied song arrangements save the album from sounding too much like a didactic lecture. The group includes choirs on almost every track, and Leto explains that members of the choruses are fans from around the world.

"We were intent on turning the mic toward the audience," he says. "We started to hold events we called the Summit'; we did one in L.A. at the Avalon and the place was full. We wound up doing eight of them in different cities, and then we started getting requests from fans that couldn't make it to the summits to participate. We launched a digital version, and we used the material to create the choruses."

Fans also were able to submit photos of themselves online, and Leto says the pictures were used to design several album covers that fans can choose from. "We know that retail is shifting from physical to digital," he says. "We wanted to celebrate the transition and make the physical release really important."

EMI executive vice president of promotion and marketing Greg Thompson says fans will participate in marketing "This Is War" as well. "This is a band that was built by passionate fans," he says. "They have been doing a lot of the viral marketing themselves, preaching the gospel to their friends and families."

Thompson says the campaign to spread the word about the new album will also include many more traditional elements. "We introduced the first single, Kings and Queens,' to radio, and it's exploded at modern rock and active rock," he says. The song is No. 5 on Billboard's Alternative chart and No. 11 on the Rock tally.

The band is planning on playing a number of European shows in November before returning to the United States to play holiday radio shows. A full U.S. tour is planned for 2010.
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/mus … 6mars.html

Gunsberg to host new radio show from LA

AUSTRALIAN Idol host Andrew Gunsberg says he's excited to bring the happening life of Los Angeles to Australians in a new live weekly radio program.
Gunsberg is set to host a new Austereo show live from LA on Saturday nights (Sunday afternoon Australian time) - to air nationally.

Called The Hot Hits Live from LA the four-hour program will kick off from December 6 at 2pm with special guests Snoop Dog and Jared Leto.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26 … 77,00.html

30 Seconds To Mars Answer Your Questions

Imogen Heap, Bill Bailey, Jarvis - the stars have been lining up to take our Tweet Nothings test, where followers of @NMEmagazine on Twitter and users of NME.COM supply the questions, and now 30 Seconds To Mars are the latest to face the test.

When Bill Bailey did the interview recently he told us why Buzzcocks sucks now and what music to choose to impress a first date among other things; watch the interview here:

So what do you want to ask Jared Leto and 30 Seconds To Mars as they take the test? Let rip and let your imagination go wild. We need answers by the end of this afternoon. We have enough questions now thanks. Stay tuned to see the interview...

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog= … 1&pb=1

It’s attempted several times to contact 30 Seconds To Mars guitarist Tomo Milicevic for our interview, while on the other end the epic sound of This Is War being rehearsed for a run of live shows completely drowns the ringing.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting,” he finally apologises. “I left my phone on the top of my amp and with how loud we are, it made it impossible to hear it. I even set an alarm for myself.”

30 Seconds to Mars have a hell of a challenge in front of them. “We don’t make live albums; we make studio albums and then we play them live,” Milicevic laughs. “This record we really went for it. To play it live, it’s going to be a lot of work. But that’s okay, we’re not afraid of that. We haven’t played live in years. So we’re rehearsing like crazy now and getting back into that rhythm.”

With a talent like Jared Leto fronting the band, there really is nothing to fear. Or is there? “I didn’t really want to release this information…but he’s actually an alien,” Milicevic laughs. “That’s why he’s so damn good at everything! He’s not a human being!”

The short-film like clip for lead single From Yesterday saw 30 Seconds to Mars become the first ever American band to make a music video-clip in the People’s Republic of China.

“I don’t want to sound like a cocky prick but our videos really are beautiful,” says Milicevic. “I love watching them. That’s hats off to Jared and his big thinking and ability to pull that stuff off. He’s obviously very talented on the film side of things, does really great work and doesn’t do bullshit movies. I think that’s a testament to his artistic side. He has so many opportunities to make so much money and he passes that up for art.”

But what fans might not know is Jared’s brother and bandmate Shannon, according to Milicevic, is just as gifted in making melody.

“He’s the drummer, so people never think about the drummer being a melodic person. But those two guys have this unbelievable knack for creative melody. When you’re writing a song, everything, everything comes second to the melody.

“There’s a song on the album called L490 that Shannon wrote and played all the instruments on. A lot of people don’t know that he can do that. We don’t really showcase that stuff live. The good think about 30 Seconds to Mars is that nobody will fight for ego. The best piece of music wins.”

And that music has been reaching far and wide. “We’re building this family of friends and weirdos that come to our shows. We have the coolest and equally weirdest audience. So we wanted to capture that spirit and energy that we have at our performances on the album.”

Enter ‘The Summit’ – another idea made possible by Leto. “We booked this venue in LA called the Avalon Club – which is a 12,000-14,000 seat venue – and we decided to turn that place into a giant recording studio. People turned up from all over the world. Jared was basically conducting the crowd like an orchestra. It was a pretty magical experience to be a part of.”

They then went on to conduct global summits around the world, which still wasn’t enough. “People from countries who didn’t get to participate were Twittering. I think Jared got this Twitter from a guy in Iran. He was like, ‘Man, I really wish I could have participated in The Summit but I live in Iran and there wasn’t a way for me to do it.’ That’s when the digital summit came to life.”

“The thing that is really cool is every single piece of audio that was submitted, literally every single piece, is on the album,” he continues. “So to anyone who participated in any form of The Summit, just know that you are on the album.”

Not many artists can boast the voice of the world as their instrument. It sounds well worth the effort. “We work 20 hours a day, seven days a week. I personally believe that’s the only way that you can achieve anything that’s great. Again, I don’t want to sound like I’m tooting my own horn or our own horn, but I know we’ve put a lot of time into this and I hope that it shows in the music.”

This Is War is out 4 December through EMI. Watch the video for lead single Kings & Queens in the FL Videos section.
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features … o-Mars.htm

Отредактировано Fallen Soul (1 Дек 2009 18:25:30)

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Выступление в Денвере

Thirty Seconds to Mars вернулись в США после успешного тура по Европе. Они уже отыграли выступления в Солтлейк Сити и Денвере на этой неделе. Сегодня они в Хьюстоне, также они посетят Grand Prarie, West Palm Beach и Tampa Bay до конца недели.

Осталось меньше недели до выхода альбома и некоторые страны получат его раньше, чем остальные. Ниже показаны страны и даты релиза.

Новый вид мерча был представлен на этой неделе. Вы можете заказать Виниловый Диск альбома 'This Is Wasr' в официальном магазине.

В это воскресенье в 8-9 pm EST (если я не ошиблась, то по нашему это с 3-4 ночи понедельника :tired: ) Джаред появится в эфире радио 101,9 RXP.

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Книга недели - Пол Арден "Чтобы вы не думали - думайте наоборот"
Фильм недели - Корпорация "Еда" (Роберт Кеннер, 2008)
Альбом недели - Portishead - Dummy
Сайт недели - http://www.amnesty.org/
Ресторан недели - Hotel Costes Restaurant, Париж, Франция

Planet Hollywood: Thirty Seconds To Mars

Jared Leto's voice bristles with emotion. "I was born in Louisiana and climbed out of the muddy banks of the Mississippi," says the actor-turned-rockstar, more than a little indignantly. "My brother and I lived on food stamps. We came from a very humble, blue-collar background, with a vagabond hippy mother. It's an experience that informs us to this day. The fact that I made a couple of art movies really has very little to do with anything at all."

You probably know Leto as sometime movie star (Fightclub, Requiem for A Dream, Alexander) and full-time international heartthrob -- he's rumoured to have stepped out with everyone from Lindsay Lohan and Cameron Diaz to Scarlett Johansson and entertainment mogul Ashley Olsen. Frankly, this irritates him no end. He'd rather you were talking about his vaguely emo-esque rock group, Thirty Seconds To Mars, which he formed with brother Shannon (they are about to release their third LP and play The O2 in February). But given the long and inglorious tradition of actors trying to pass themselves off as rockers (Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, we're talking about you), surely he understands why people might be cynical about his foray into angst-slathered screamo-pop?

"Well, at the beginning I was aware of it," says the 37-year-old. "It wasn't going to stop me from moving forward. Someone else's failure is not a reason to stop pursuing my dreams. I think, now, it's really an old story."

Not everyone feels that way. A few months ago, Ben Gibbard, of the indie band Death Cab For Cutie, embarked on a bit of a tirade against Leto, essentially accusing him of being a rich actor play-acting at being a bad-ass rocker (ironically Gibbard's wife, 500 Days of Summer star Zooey Deschanel, is herself an actress-turned-musician).

Speaking to an American magazine, Gibbard wasn't holding back: "He's a professional actor in music. So there's no way to feel any sincerity about his position as a musician," he said. "He makes a living playing characters -- so why wouldn't he be able to take a step forward? Then you're also acting what you think a rock star should act like."

Was Leto stung by the comments? Shrugging, he demurs. "Everyone's got an opinion," he says. "I've been around for long enough to know people are always going to have something to say. I don't spend my time worrying about other people's business. I'm always a believer in the philosophy of, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all... If someone said something horrible about me, I wouldn't retaliate in the press. Or play the tit-for-tat game. I think it's silly.

What about the constant speculation over his personal life? If showbiz reporters aren't linking him to some curvaceous new starlet, they're raking over his who's who list of alleged past conquests. That must prove a distraction when he's trying to pursue a rock career.

"No, not really," he says. "We tend to be really focused on the creative process. That takes up most of our time. Writing, recording, being in the studio. That's where we spend our days, hours and minutes."

Thirty Seconds To Mars' latest album is entitled This Is War and the name couldn't be more appropriate. While they were recording the LP, a dispute with their label, EMI, over the group's contractual obligations saw Leto and his bandmates slapped with a $30m lawsuit (the differences were eventually resolved and the two sides are apparently on friendly terms once more). Did EMI assume that, as a successful actor, he had millions salted away in the bank?

"It had nothing to do with that. They just wanted to completely dominate us. They did what they thought was best to do for their side. And we had to do what we had to do to protect ourselves. Sometimes you have to fight to be free."

Still, it is surely difficult to focus on an album with a $30m legal action hanging over you. "You know, there were days when I didn't even think about it. And then there were days when it just consumed me completely. It was brutal. We've never had a battle with an industry... It was more than background noise."

He's been through gruelling creative journeys before, of course. Leto co-starred alongside Colin Farrell in Oliver Stone's train-wreck Alexander. He played a heroin addict in Darren Aronofsky's feverish drug movie Requiem for a Dream. And he gained a paunch and two double chins to portray John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, in Chapter 27. How would he compare the experience of making a difficult movie and a difficult LP?

"It's as different as being, you know, a chemist or a surgeon, a writer or a painter. Certainly you learn from things in your life. But they are completely different experiences."

I'd been warned Leto was aloof and, frankly, a bit full of himself. In fact, once the ice is broken, he's friendly and quite down to earth -- if at pains not to say anything controversial (asked about the gate-crashing tendencies of Kanye West, who guests on This Is War, he says he didn't see the incidents in question). At the same time, as a musician he seems rather tentative about his status -- despite Thirty Seconds To Mars' multi-platinum fanbase, he assumes I'm unfamiliar with his music and keeps telling me how proud he is of the new album.

One of the influences on the record, he says, is U2, of whom he is a long-time fan. "I think [single] Kings and Queens is like The Joshua Tree on crack. You can definitely hear a bit of U2 influence on that song. We'll be eternally grateful to U2 for the precedent they set. You know, for the fact there could be more to what they do than just a song."

His interest in Ireland doesn't end with craw-beating rock bands. On screen, one of his breakout performances was playing a suburban Dubliner in 1996's Last of the High Kings. When a Hollywood star tries to trap their tonsils around an Irish accent, a car-crash inevitably ensues. Leto, though, made a surprisingly decent stab at the sounding like a kid from leafy D4.

"I appreciate you saying that because I have a very strong love for anything Irish," he says. "I hope this is not offensive, but I do feel some kindred spirit with the Irish. I have a sense of the Irish fight in me. I do take some pleasure and some pride in the fact that you noted my Irish accent in the film. I worked very hard on it. At one point, I got reviewed by the BBC or Channel 4 and they talked about an up-and-coming Irish actor, Jared Leto."

Having experienced success as both actor and musician, which industry does he think more tolerant of bad behaviour? The cliché of the out-of-control rocker is firmly enshrined in the culture. However, you don't have to look far for examples of fast-living matinee idols. Leto, after all, has worked with both Colin Farrell and Lindsey Lohan.

"My perspective is different. I think bad behaviour anywhere is absurd. Everyone knows that the clichéd life is to be avoided at all costs. I have a love for writing songs. I'm not really interested in attitudinal-type things. It's the creative process that I love."

Surely he'd agree Colin Farrell is far more rock and roll than even the most debauched musician? He laughs. "That's funny... I think he's a good man."

This is War is released today. Thirty Seconds To Mars play The O2, Dublin on February 26

- Ed Power

Irish Independent

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment … 64101.html

30 Seconds to Mars on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
30 Seconds to Mars will be performing on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - Thursday December 10th!
Click HERE for more information.
http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.c … 2009-12-11

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Почему-то мне эта идея с обложками... Очень даже нравится  :insane:

Faster Louder Magazine interview with Tomo:

It’s attempted several times to contact 30 Seconds To Mars guitarist Tomo Milicevic for our interview, while on the other end the epic sound of This Is War being rehearsed for a run of live shows completely drowns the ringing.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting,” he finally apologises. “I left my phone on the top of my amp and with how loud we are, it made it impossible to hear it. I even set an alarm for myself.”

30 Seconds to Mars have a hell of a challenge in front of them. “We don’t make live albums; we make studio albums and then we play them live,” Milicevic laughs. “This record we really went for it. To play it live, it’s going to be a lot of work. But that’s okay, we’re not afraid of that. We haven’t played live in years. So we’re rehearsing like crazy now and getting back into that rhythm.”

With a talent like Jared Leto fronting the band, there really is nothing to fear. Or is there? “I didn’t really want to release this information…but he’s actually an alien,” Milicevic laughs. “That’s why he’s so damn good at everything! He’s not a human being!”

The short-film like clip for lead single From Yesterday saw 30 Seconds to Mars become the first ever American band to make a music video-clip in the People’s Republic of China.

“I don’t want to sound like a cocky prick but our videos really are beautiful,” says Milicevic. “I love watching them. That’s hats off to Jared and his big thinking and ability to pull that stuff off. He’s obviously very talented on the film side of things, does really great work and doesn’t do bullshit movies. I think that’s a testament to his artistic side. He has so many opportunities to make so much money and he passes that up for art.”

But what fans might not know is Jared’s brother and bandmate Shannon, according to Milicevic, is just as gifted in making melody.

“He’s the drummer, so people never think about the drummer being a melodic person. But those two guys have this unbelievable knack for creative melody. When you’re writing a song, everything, everything comes second to the melody.

“There’s a song on the album called L490 that Shannon wrote and played all the instruments on. A lot of people don’t know that he can do that. We don’t really showcase that stuff live. The good think about 30 Seconds to Mars is that nobody will fight for ego. The best piece of music wins.”

And that music has been reaching far and wide. “We’re building this family of friends and weirdos that come to our shows. We have the coolest and equally weirdest audience. So we wanted to capture that spirit and energy that we have at our performances on the album.”

Enter ‘The Summit’ – another idea made possible by Leto. “We booked this venue in LA called the Avalon Club – which is a 12,000-14,000 seat venue – and we decided to turn that place into a giant recording studio. People turned up from all over the world. Jared was basically conducting the crowd like an orchestra. It was a pretty magical experience to be a part of.”

They then went on to conduct global summits around the world, which still wasn’t enough. “People from countries who didn’t get to participate were Twittering. I think Jared got this Twitter from a guy in Iran. He was like, ‘Man, I really wish I could have participated in The Summit but I live in Iran and there wasn’t a way for me to do it.’ That’s when the digital summit came to life.”

“The thing that is really cool is every single piece of audio that was submitted, literally every single piece, is on the album,” he continues. “So to anyone who participated in any form of The Summit, just know that you are on the album.”

Not many artists can boast the voice of the world as their instrument. It sounds well worth the effort. “We work 20 hours a day, seven days a week. I personally believe that’s the only way that you can achieve anything that’s great. Again, I don’t want to sound like I’m tooting my own horn or our own horn, but I know we’ve put a lot of time into this and I hope that it shows in the music.”

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features … o-Mars.htm

Tour Diary: West Palm

Well, we barely made the show. Flight was delayed twice, but we finally got off the ground and got to the show with just moments to spare.

Was great to see our old friends in Chevelle, brothers Sam and Pete, and they helped us out with some gear. Very thankful to them.  Such good peeps.  Nice to be around bands that are cool and kind and have great energy.  And if you haven't checked out their cd, you should.  Produced by my old friend and co-conspirator Brian Virtue.

In typical Floridian fashion the show was great. 12,000 people filled the amphitheater. We hadn't headlined a show this big in over a year so it was very exciting to say the least. Best moment was when everyone came down from the lawn to the seats for This Is War. Unforgettable.

Thanks John O'Connell, The Buzz and everyone who came out to West Palm!!!

So crazy our cd THIS IS WAR comes out on Tuesday!!!!!! Been a long time coming. We sold and signed over 1000 cds tonight! Amazing and very grateful to everyone who bought one. So great to meet and see the actual people who will be listening to this new album.

P.S. Here's a pic I took after everyone was gone...in case you ever wondered what it looked liked after the show.

-j

Джаред Лето рассказывает о новом альбоме
30 Seconds To Mars “This Is War”

Джаред Лето очень занят на этой неделе. Актер сериала ”My-So Called Life“ и участник группы 30 Seconds To Mars недавно выпустил третий альбом “This Is War”. Это достижение, которое перенесло представление общества на новый уровень: с двумя тысячами обложек (каждая из которых представляет собой фотографию фана или друга группы) и вокальным сотрудничеством с фанами группы со всего мира - это, без сомнений, альбом, сделанный людьми и для людей. Мы встретились с Джаредом и его товарищами по группе в Лос-Анджелесе, где они задержались на несколько дней для продвижения новой пластинки, включая Tonight Show в четверг, где они исполнят “Kings and Queens”. Кажется, все хотят кусочек Лето, но он относится к этому, как к ”приятным хлопотам“.

EW: Наш первый вопрос немного технический. Смотря на CD, латинская фраза выглядит неправильной. Здесь написано “Prohevito in Altum”, но, как мы помним, в прошлом вы произносили это как  “ProVEHito”.
Джаред: Да. Эту ошибку сделала рекординговая компания. Люди делают ошибки. Не думаю, что мы должны упрекать их за это.

EW: Я бы хотел дать вам возможность объяснить, что новая фраза значит.
Джаред: Мы уже давно ее используем. Она означает – продвигаться внутрь. Это, действительно, как призыв армии, девиз.

EW: Но это значение старой фразы, а что значит новая?
Джаред: Оу, я не знаю. Та, которая неправильно написана?

EW: Да. Давайте дадим и ей определение.
Джаред: Ммм. Я даже не знаю. Из-за перелета весь мой и так маленький творческий потенциал исчез вообще.

EW: Ладно. Когда я впервые взял ваш новый альбом, мне досталась обложка с девушкой, у которой были огромные серьги. Но потом я разобрался, что все-таки тигр живет и внутри альбома.
Джаред: Да. Мы сделали это, попросили две тысячи фанов стать обложками для альбома.

EW: Есть ли у вас любимая обложка, присланная фаном?
Джаред: Они все чудесные. Очень здорово видеть эти обложки в магазинах. На некоторых из них присутствуют мои друзья: фотограф Терри Ричардсон, Бэм Марджера и даже наш менеджер Ирвин Азофф. И конечно же, обыкновенные люди, как с Америки так и со всего мира изображены там. Здорово видеть, как очень разные люди присоединились к нам в этом увлекательном путешествии.

EW: Вы также включили их голоса в альбом. Вы получили тот эффект, ради которого все задумывалось? Повторили бы вы этот процесс снова?
Джаред: Все получилось. Я бы не делал этого снова, но я думаю, это было необходимым для этой пластинки. Это не то, чем я буду заниматься в будущем. Это было весело и очень захватывающе, это вдохновляло, и было здорово сделать что-то очень креативное. Мы думали закончить все здесь, в Лос-Анджелесе, когда около тысячи людей прибыли со всего мира. Но мы  продолжили это в восьми странах мира, не считая США. Это было феноменально. И, действительно, это добавило что-то особенное к песням. И однажды я получил сообщение от иранца, который не смог присоединиться ни к одному из саммитов. И это дало толчок на создание виртуальных саммитов. Мы использовали Twitter и TwitVid для воплощения этой идеи, чтобы каждый мог стать частичкой альбома.

EW: Альбом кажется пессимистичным. Почему?
Джаред: Нет-нет. Я думал, я сделал очень оптимистичный альбом.

EW: Полон света и надежды?
Джаред: Я, действительно, делал его таким! И это забавно, почему люди считают этот альбом очень тяжелым. Я думаю, это было тяжелое время. Я не считаю этот альбом темным, но вы же понимаете, что у нас был иск на 30 миллионов. Мы были в туре, наслаждались успехом “A Beautiful Lie” и мы продали несколько миллионов экземпляров, играли во всех уголках мира, а когда вернулись в Лос-Анджелес – мир рухнул. Не только у нас были  проблемы с лейблом, наши личные битвы, но и остальному миру пришлось пройти через огромные испытания. Так что, это было интересное время для нас, со всем происходящим вокруг нас.
EW: Вы определенно творчески и стилистически рискнули, наименьший риск из которых, это включение в альбом голосов фанов. Несмотря на это, этот альбом воплотил все ваши желания?
Джаред: Я думаю, мы руководствовались творческими инстинктами и придерживались этого как группа. Мы гордимся своей работой. Мы работали с такими замечательными людьми, как Флуд и Стив Лилливайт. Мы вложили свои сердца и души в этот альбом, и я думаю, что это - точное представление этого времени в наших жизнях.

EW: Какие отзывы были у ваших фанов?
Джаред: Так как мы были в туре, мы видели много людей. Уже появились билеты на большой европейский тур, это наш первый официальный тур по большим аренам, и уже проданы все билеты на Вэбли, легендарное место. И вскоре появятся билеты на американский тур. Диалоговое общение, действительно, захватывает, потому что все взаимозависит. Ведь слушатели – это часть выступления. И это здорово, быть частью всего.

EW: Как прошло сотрудничество с Канье Вэстом над песней “Hurricane”? Войдет ли она на пластинку?
Джаред: Мы уже должны были отослать диск изготовителю и поставить его в магазины, но на лейбле еще не все было решено, так часто бывает, когда артисты сотрудничают. Все не так просто.

EW: Но вы говорили, что песня появится несмотря ни на что.
Джаред: Да. Это феноменально. Он проделал отличную работу, мы очень рады этому и думаю, он любит эту песню.

EW: Не боитесь ли вы гнева фанов Тэйлор Свифт, после вашей ассоциации с ” bad bad man“?
Джаред: Я даже не думал о подобных вещах.

EW: Это была шутка.
Джаред: Окей. Я понял. Я даже посмеюсь.

EW: Я предполагаю, что пути ваших фанов ни коем образом не пересекаются с фанами Тэйлор Свифт.
Джаред: Никогда нельзя знать наверняка. Я всегда удивляюсь людям, которые приходят на выступления. Очень часто они носят очень неожиданные футболки. Я не доверяю критикам, которые должны слушать нашу музыку. Это не мое дело. Нашу музыку слушают разные люди. Например, дети лет девяти-десяти, или ребята за сорок-пятдесят. И это здорово.

EW: Канье также разместил фото с вами и Брендоном Флауерсом. Можете рассказать, что получилось из сотрудничества с Брендоном?
Джаред: Я думаю, не могу. Это что-то типа того, как люди встречаются в одном месте, в то же самое время.

EW: Вроде как, человек-загадка?
Джаред: Я так не думаю.

EW: И последнюю вещь, которую я бы хотел узнать, личную – вы все еще подпираете вещи? Вы регулярно это делаете? (прим.перев. имеется ввиду эпизод из сериала “My-So Called Life”, где Джаред подпирал шкафчики, закапывая себе глаза)
Джаред: Оу, да ладно. Прекратите.

EW: Вы изъяли это из своего репертуара?
Джаред: Хватит. А я думал пригласить вас на вечеринку в честь выхода альбома.

EW: Теперь мне не можно прийти?
Джаред: Нет.

EW: Мммм. Но для меня, ”подпирание“ так много означает.
Джаред: Я рад за вас.

EW: Также вы будете в четверг на “ Tonight Show”. Вы будете впервые на обновленном “ Tonight Show”?
Джаред: Да.

EW: Вы сделаете что-то для Конана, чего бы не сделали для Лено?
Джаред: Я вы забавный.

EW: Окей. Я вас поздравляю с амбициозным альбомом, я думаю, это отличная идея…
Джаред: Отличная идея. Я предполагаю, что должен здесь прочесть между строк?

EW: Нет. Примите мой искренний комплимент за сотрудничество с фанами. Я думаю, это очень важно. Вы сказали, что не повторите этого, мне кажется, это очень тяжелая работа…
Джаред: Не в этом суть. Я думаю, мы просто пойдем другим путем в следующий раз. Мы, как бы, исследовали. Да, было нелегко, но все-таки и было здорово.

EW: Может вы хотите что-то посоветовать другим артистам?
Джаред: Я бы им хотел посоветовать следовать за своей творческой музой, вы понимаете меня?

EW: Здорово.
Джаред: И я вас жду на нашей вечеринке.

http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/08/jare … o-mars-qa/