The Thirty Seconds To Mars Australian Tour has added White Lies as the support act.
The Jared Leto-fronted three-piece were originally set to tour Australia earlier this year in August, following the release of their new album Love Lust Faith + Dreams, but were forced to postpone back in July, citing medical reasons.
Frontier Touring then rescheduled the Thirty Seconds To Mars Australian Tour for March 2014, and can now confirm that the British princes of post-punk, White Lies, will open for the band on their arena tour next year.
White Lies exploded into the musical stratosphere with their debut album To Lose My Life in 2009, which climbed to #1 on the UK Albums Chart, selling nearly a million copies worldwide and saw the trio win ‘New Band of the Year’ at both the Mojo & Q Awards. They quickly became a festival favourite, appearing alongside the likes of Coldplay, Muse and Kings Of Leon at Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and South By Southwest to name but a few.
Following the release of their equally acclaimed second album Ritual in 2011, the band’s most recent record, BIG TV, retains the dark romantic rock of previous outings but is more melodic and contemplative in nature, making them the perfect fit as support for the epic headliners.
Thirty Seconds To Mars’ March headline tour will be the band’s first Australian shows since appearing at Soundwave 2011, a tour the band look upon fondly as frontman Jared Leto recalled in a video interview with Tone Deaf this past May. “Soundwave was great, we still talk about that tour to this day,” Leto enthused. ”We had a blast. I feel like we connected, and something incredible happened.”
“Festivals are fun, but there’s nothing like playing your own show. The intimacy, the connection, is unparalleled,” Leto continued. ”The most special thing that can happen isn’t about lasers, or fireworks, it’s really the connection that you make with the audience, night after night. That’s the thing that’s the most important.”
Leto also discussed the feeling of launching their single ‘Up In The Air’, quite literally, by sending the song into space via a rocket. The NASA-backed tune was lifted (no pun intended) from the band’s new album Love Lust Faith + Dreams. Produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Rolling Stones, The Smiths), the band’s fourth studio album was their first since 2009′s This Is War.
The band continue their chart-scorching trend with hit new single ‘City Of Angels’, an epic, rousing and personal track that explores the places we call home and how they bring us to life, as Leto himself said “A place where you go to realize yourself and your dreams”.
The accompanying video (watch below) is as grand as the song itself; a short film directed by Jared Leto himself that combines breathtaking Los Angeles cityscapes with celebrity confessionals from Kanye West, Juliette Lewis, Lindsay Lohan, Olivia Wilde, Ashley Olsen, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Alan Cumming, and Corey Feldman on their relationship with the city and with fame itself.
Thirty Seconds To Mars Australian Tour 2014
with special guests White Lies
Tue 25 Mar – Perth | Challenge Stadium (All Ages)
www.ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Fri 28 Mar – Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena (All Ages)
www.ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Sat 29 Mar – Sydney | Entertainment Centre (All Ages)
www.ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Sun 30 Mar – Brisbane | Riverstage (All Ages)
www.ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
