Thirty Seconds To Mars Play One Off UK Show

Following the announcement of their eagerly awaited return, Thirty Seconds To Mars have confirmed they will play an exclusive one-off show at London's prestigious Koko on November 16th 2009.

Tickets, priced at £17.50, will go on sale October 2nd 2009 and will be available from:

London Koko - 0870 0600 100
24hr cc hotline: 0871 2200 260 / www.gigsandtours.com

http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=thirty+seconds+to+mars&site=thirtysecondstomars

This date will give fans the opportunity to hear the first cuts from the highly-anticipated new album This Is War. Following up from the multi-Platinum album A Beautiful Lie, This Is War will be available in the UK on November 23rd 2009. The album was produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, U2) and Thirty Seconds To Mars.

In a unique move 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 eight 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. Featuring on many of the album tracks, the results of these recording sessions can be heard on the first single to be taken from the new album, Kings and Queens (release date November 15th 2009).

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.