SECONDS TO GO: The U.S. leg of the Thirty Seconds to Mars Into the Wild world tour will get underway April 9 at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas and run through May 13 at Oakland’s Fox Theater, the band’s first in three years. The tour kicked off last week in Nottingham, where the band played to sold out crowd of 10,000 fans, and will continue throughout Europe, with stops at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris, U.K.’ Bercy Stadium. Mute Math and Neon Trees will open the U.S. portion of the jaunt. Pre-sale ticket and special fan packages through American Express, I Love All Access and musictoday begin 10 a.m. tomorrow (2/24) through 10 p.m. Friday (2/26) in most markets, with N.Y. and Chicago pre-sale startiing Saturday (2/27). Traditional on sale through Ticketmaster begins Friday (2/26) in select markets. “This Is War,” the album's title track and second single, impacts Alternative radio March 1, the follow-up to “Kings & Queens,” which recently spent three weeks at #1 and is currently Top 5 at Alternative. (2/23a)
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