30 Seconds to Mars rocks Manila in one-night-only concert

For the first time ever, 30 Seconds to Mars brings its brand of arena rock to the Filipino audience with their one-night-only concert invasion on July 29, 2011. The Mars Army is called on to troop to the Trinoma Mindanao Open Parking on that day to witness the band perform hits from their albums “30 Seconds to Mars” (2002), “A Beautiful Lie” (2005) and “This is War” (2009) and rock the world to the edge of evolution, in a manner of speaking.

30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles with its current lineup of Jared Leto (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), his older brother Shannon Leto (drums, percussion) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar, keyboards). In its band profile, Jared notes, “The name 30 Seconds To Mars has little to do with space, the universe or anything like that.”

The band name had apparently come from the title of a sub-section of an online thesis by a former Harvard professor that they had found. Shannon elaborates, “It was talking about where technology was going; the evolution of man and how that plays a role… It was like the exponential growth of humans. We are literally 30 seconds away from Mars. Everything is right here and right now…”

“Most importantly, it is a good representation of our sound. It's a phrase that is lyrical, suggestive, cinematic, and filled with immediacy,” Jared adds.

For tickets to “30 Seconds to Mars: Live in Manila,” call TicketWorld or Futuretainment at 577-3265 and 586-7275. Fans may also follow @futureupdate on Twitter for updates.

By the way, they got me searching for that Harvard Professor online thesis re 30 seconds to Mars indeed...