THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS: 12 facts

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On the occasion of Thirty Seconds to Mars ‘ latest album with the promising title “It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day”, we have put together 12 facts:

Facts:
– With “It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day”, Thirty Seconds to Mars release their sixth album.
– Brothers Jared and Shannon Leto worked on around two hundred song ideas, as Jared told NME back in November 2021, ten of which they chose for the new album.
– Lyrically, the two process their emotions and experiences of the past five years since the release of “America” (2018): “Shannon and I wanted to make an album that, above all, shows who we are today,” explains Jared.
– The development process proved to be quite difficult, says Jared Leto: “I’m definitely not the type of person who just turns up and makes sure everything is easy and uncomplicated.”
– The focus of his work has always been “to create something really valuable, creative and special”.
– Jared cites “such a feeling of confidence, something solemn, a vulnerability and yet also such a new simplicity” as a common thread.
– Brevity is the spice of life: While Thirty Seconds to Mars used to have no problem creating 12-minute songs, for “It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day” it was important to them to compress the length to less than three and a half minutes. “A completely new experience for us, and it also requires a good deal of restraint.”
– Shannon, who is responsible for the drums on the album and also worked as a producer, played an important role.
– “Life Is Beautiful” was originally supposed to be called “Misery”. But then Jared realized that “there is already enough misery in the world. And actually, there are more days in my life when I look up to the sky and see the beauty in everything – and that’s why I’m glad that the song now goes in that direction.”
– Shannon could already be heard as the lead singer in “Remedy” (from “America”). He continues this in his new work: in “Midnight Prayer”. Jared smiles when he thinks of “Remedy”: “It just took me 20 years for my songs to be sung along to by an entire stadium, and with him it was the very first performance – and everyone sang along, like a real anthem.”
– Shannon’s vocals have also taught Jared something, as in the past it was not so easy for him to give his voice a certain vulnerability. Now he discovered “a more intimate, more vulnerable side that somehow reveals more and seems more truthful.”
– If Jared has his way, it won’t be another five years before the next album: “We have a lot more song ideas that are already pretty far advanced. So I’m very confident that this chapter will produce even more new music very soon.”

Heinrich Zeschner

Line-up:
Jared Leto – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
Shannon Leto – drums, percussion

Experience Thirty Seconds to Mars live:
April 16, 2024 UK-Glasgow, Ovo Hydro
April 17, 2024 UK-Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
April 19, 2024 UK-Manchester, Ao Arena
April 20, 2024 UK-Birmingham, Utilita Arena
April 22, 2024 UK-Cardiff, Utilita Arena
April 23, 2024 UK-London, The O2
April 25, 2024 NL-Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
April 25, 2024 BE-Brussels, Forest National
April 27, 2024 DE-Hannover, Zag Arena
April 29, 2024 DE-Cologne, Lanxess Arena
May 01, 2024 SW-Stockholm, Hovet
May 02, 2024 NO-Oslo, Spectrum
May 04, 2024 DK-Copenhagen, Forum Black Box
May 09, 2024 PL-Krakow, Tauron Arena
May 10, 2024 SK-Bratislava, O’Nepela Arena
May 12, 2024 DE-Hamburg, Barclays Arena
May 13, 2024 DE-Berlin, Mercedes Benz Arena
May 15, 2024 CZ-Prague, Sportovni Hala Fortuna
May 16, 2024 HU-Budapest, MVM Dome
May 18, 2024 AT-Vienna, Stadthalle
May 19, 2024 DE-Munich, Olympiahalle
May 21, 2024 FR-Paris, Accor Arena
May 22, 2024 CH-Zurich, Hallenstadion
May 24, 2024 IT-Bologna, Unipol Arena
May 25, 2024 IT-Turin, Pala Alpitour Arena
May 27, 2024 SP-Madrid, Wizink Center
May 29, 2024 PT-Lisbon, Altice Arena
June 01, 2024 SP-Galicia, O Son Do Camino