| Show 30 Seconds To Mars finish their first headline tour in Salt Lake City Stacie Peart Movie Staff Writer After rescheduling rock band astounds fans with exhilarating performance After selling out their long awaited concert in Salt Lake City 30 Seconds to Mars took to the stage for a unforgettable show Fans of the band stood in chilly temperatures on State Street waiting for the doors of The Avalon to open on The Salt Lake fans are just amazing I 1 guess they just really like live music because its it's definitely one of the top five crowds in the country without question said Tomo Torno guitarist for He added that the local fans fan's excitement gets excited because then they know its it's going to be a great show was originally iv fi NI y A j. j The fhe f mUSIc ideo lat latest st si single l TJ Kill c lies lie's seen e on JV 72 r d s 's scheduled to perform with Utah being their first stop on their first national headlining tour entitled Forever Night Never Day Unfortunately for fans the band ran into a little delay Matt sliced his finger open said He cut his finger to the bone with scissors two days before we were supposed to leave bassist recovered and the band began their tour in Tulsa They rescheduled the cancelled dates making Salt Lake City the last stop on the tour We made up Denver last r Photo by Olaf Heine night said sold out so its it's going to be great Beginning in early March I continued on page 2 rocks j from front page I 3 is now just finishing up their tour The band played I over 40 concerts in venues all allover x over the continental US and c Canada Cleveland was great Dallas was great Florida was great I t think tonight eat The last time we played was amazing said j Were happy to be back Better late than never In 2005 ventured to the Beehive state twice The band opened for at the in December and they j also visited Utah in September 1 for local radio station X festival concert The Big Ass j Show We only played 5 songs but it was insane The crowd was wasso wasso so out of control said There had to be at the j bare minimum 6 people watching us I might be undershooting undershooting undershooting under- under shooting it It was insane It was just out of control 3 tapes all of their performances performances performances per per- and after they watched the Big Ass Show 1 footage They were astounded at the number of fans they hadin had hadin hadin in Utah While the band has numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous local fans many people still dont don't know how to classify their sound I think that we definitely stand on our own said We have a little bit of everything I 1 think All four ofus of ofus ofus us have pretty diverse musical l backgrounds added I I think j when you put us together in a room you get I 1 dont don't know why it works it just does 3 has an assortment of musical interests in the bands that each member listens to They have also toured with a diverse group of bands including including including ing and even local local- ly-grown ly band The Used r This musical diversity has come across cross in the style of music writes and records The bands band's sophomore album features a group of songs that are deeper and more personal All of us wanted to write a record of songs that are less heady and more personal I think Jared really started writing writing writing writ writ- ing some lyrics that were very different for him more trans trans- parent Its It's just more obvious what he was trying to say said We just more or less set outto out outto to fo do something different than what happened on the first record said I think as any artist or musician you never want to repeat yourself f j I I x c t j j 1 j j 1 you want to do something different different different dif dif- ferent and challenge yourself But whether they are actually actual actual- ly performing on stage to a packed crowd of fans the band works hard on creating their own artwork merchandise and We all do a lot of work that's not directly related to the music Theres There's a lot of business busi- busi ness riess just pr fust-pr h ot ing the band as much as possible possible possible ble said All their hard work has paid off because they have crossed into the top 20 which said is a first for They also have caught the eye of and MTV due to their video for their latest single single single sin sin- gle The Kill This video got us into MTV which is huge That's one of the most difficult things to get as a band is getting the attention of MTV said Obviously something has clicked with this song and this video Its It's just opening a whole new path for us While is still rolling with the success of The Kill they arent aren't considering another single quite yet Theres no point in stopping with The Kill because its it's just continuously going up It hasn't gone down yet added But that wont won't happen until it gets to number one With the band constantly touring fan support is essential to 3 and their survival in inthe inthe inthe the music business We have very unique passionate passionate passionate pas pas- fans who change with us which I think it pretty rare especially in this day in age with disposable information said Theres a new hot band of the month I think its it's a testament of our fans that they've stuck by us for so long Salt Lake fans certainly stood by as they swarmed the venue several hours before the show to gain a premium spot for the bands band's performance Broke a local band along with Keating and Men Women and Children opened for They intrigued the audience with their differing music styles and varied stage personalities The crowd chanted and grew restless as they waited for 3 to take the stage Once the band immerged Salt Lake fans cheered because they were in for a great show as began with A Beautiful Lie During the concert diehard fans screamed the lyrics as the band performed each song catered to their old fans when they moved into songs like Buddha for Mary and Capricorn A Brand New Name from in Altum As the evening progressed progressed progressed pro pro- gressed the energy of the crowd rose instigated by Jared Leto who asked fans to create a circle circle circle cir cir- cle for the song The Battle Fans stood back and watched those braving the pit as aswell aswell aswell well as the wild stage on-stage performance performance performance per per- 1 by and nd Gg drummer iShA S o b 9 r c I t ji t i I Normally slower songs song co cool cool l down the audience but t brought out their latest single The Kill Bury Me The audience waved lighters and cell phones as they sung out the lyrics so loud they almost drowned out Jared Letos Leto's own performance of the song As the concert came to an end fans chanted for an encore Jared Leto came back on stage and performed with guitar in hand some of the requests from the audience like Oblivion and After his solo performance the rest of came back on onstage onstage onstage stage to perform From Yesterday The audience requested Attack the bands first single from A Beautiful Lie ii I. I j. ll t 1 i t It it I 1 i. i t j A As S t the e bL band ana finally 11 y left Jel ef th stage fans exited the venue or lined I up to meet the band headlining tour finale in Salt Lake City contained an exhilarating performance in front of an energetic crowd but the band shows no signs of stopping We are pretty much booked until November said He also added fans can check out the band on the Fusion tour with Hawthorn Heights will also be on the Lollapalooza tour from June 18 4 The tours tour's been amazing I mean we keep going keep selling tons of tickets said I figure were we're not going to stop touring until people stop coming hI a f. 1 J. J C U. U Ii r p IT Check out the full fulli i uncensored interview W with guita guitarist Tomo Torno and bassist Matt at i 1 |
