December 17, 2009 - 'Tis the season to rock-out! Just ask Seattle music fans. At about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday (12/15), the sell-out crowd began streaming into the WAMU theater for 107.7 The End's "Deck the Hall Ball."
December 17, 2009 - 30 Seconds to Mars drummer Shannon Leto is matter of fact about EMI Virgin's former multi-million-dollar lawsuit against his band for failing to deliver the third of five albums. The suit was eventually settled and 30 Seconds to Mars re-signed to Virgin Records. But without that tumultuous time, Leto said the band's new record, "This is War," wouldn't have come out as well as it did.
December 14, 2009 - Judging by the buzz on Twitter, Facebook and the like, fan feedback is clear: Friday's 2009 installment of Live 105's "Night So Silent Night" may have been the San Francisco bay area radio station's best ever.
October 29, 2009 - Alt-rockers 30 Seconds to Mars have unveiled a slate of late-fall dates that coincide with the forthcoming release of their long-awaited new album, "This Is War."
August 20, 2008 - 30 Seconds to Mars frontman, Jared Leto, said the $30 million his record company is seeking in a lawsuit is "ridiculously oversized, totally unrealistic and pretty silly (but slightly clever)," according to a post on the band's MySpace page.
August 18, 2008 - 30 Seconds to Mars has been hit by a lawsuit that claims the band owes its record label, Virgin Records America, three albums. The $30 million suit, filed Aug. 15 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges the band "repudiated" its 1999 contract in July by refusing to deliver the albums, according to an Associated Press report.
March 5, 2007 - Jared Leto, frontman for 30 Seconds to Mars, suffered a broken nose and other injuries when he ran into the audience during a concert in Texas last Thursday (3/1).
February 2, 2007 - Not satisfied with its mere two months of upcoming, nearly non-stop gigging as part of the Taste of Chaos tour, alternative popsters 30 Seconds to Mars have filled in a few gaps with their own headlining dates.
January 3, 2007 - Utah-based alt-rockers The Used will jumpstart a busy year with the upcoming release of two new CDs, plus a lengthy gig headlining the third annual Taste of Chaos Tour.
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