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This Is War, New Thirty Seconds To Mars Single

• 25th Mar 2010

One of the world’s biggest cult bands, Thirty Seconds To Mars follow their imminent UK arena tour with the March 29th release of the single ‘This Is War’ on Virgin Records. The single is the title track from their recently issued album of the same name.

Produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel) and Thirty Seconds To Mars, ‘This Is War’ combines the band’s fiery sense of dynamics, anthemic hooks and passionate intensity into a scintillating package that combines the trio’s finest attributes.

The single also features atmospheric backing vocals courtesy of the band’s fan community The Echelon, who contributed to the album’s recording during sessions in nine different countries stretching from America to Australia.

The follow-up to their incredibly successful multi-Platinum album release ‘A Beautiful Lie’, the first single to be taken from ‘This Is War’ was the Radio One and XFM playlisted ‘Kings and Queens.’

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’ second album, ‘A Beautiful Lie’ hit platinum status after almost two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one by one.

Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 500 live performances under their belts since the release of ‘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.