Linkin Park Announces Carnivores Tour with Thirty Seconds To Mars & AFIThe blockbuster tour kicks off August 8 in West Palm Beach, Florida with a Stop at Jones Beach on Tue, August 19
Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars and AFI held a press conference on March 4 at Milk Studios in Hollywood, CA to announce this summer’s Carnivores Tour. The news leaked ahead of time on band fan site, Linkin Park Association.
“We share a lot of fans,” said Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda during the conference. “When I listen to the radio, I don’t hear a lot of that visceral guitar rock right now. I feel like this is a great moment for these bands to come together and hit the road.”
“This is a dream come true,” added Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto. “To stand on a stage in front of the Linkin Park army and the Mars army…it’s going to be an incredible adventure. It’s a meeting of the minds and something people are not going to want to miss. An orgy of art and music.”
On March 3, Linkin Park revealed a 21 second song clip via YouTube, which is likely called “The Hunting Party 6.14,” based off a notepad visible on the recording console under guitarist Brad Delson. Sources close to the band say this harder edged track is not unlike many of the album’s songs. This would signify a departure from the band’s most recent EDM-leaning singles.
In February, Mike Shinoda blew the dust off his blog to bring fans up to speed on the new album saying, “I’ve been spending 10-12 hours a day in the studio–jamming, experimenting, writing, recording, re-writing, re-recording…searching for the sound that truly captures where we’re at as a band right now. Something bold and energetic. Something with a balance between the chaos and order. As ever, we’re digging deep to craft the best songs that will set the tone for the next step, that will draw a line between what we’re doing and everything else. We can’t wait for you to hear it this summer.”
Meanwhile, a special 10th anniversary vinyl edition of Linkin Park and Jay Z‘s Collision Course will hit stores on Record Store Day on April 19. The limited edition album will ship on a transparent blue vinyl and features a bonus DVD of the duo performing their mash-ups together in concert.
Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Shannon Leto (drums, percussion) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar, bass, strings, keyboards, other instruments).
The band’s debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), was produced by Bob Ezrin and released to critical acclaim but only to limited commercial success. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which received multiple certifications all over the world, including platinum in the United States. Their next release, This Is War (2009), reached the top ten of several national album charts and earned numerous music awards. In 2013, Thirty Seconds to Mars moved to Universal Music and released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. As of May 2013, the band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide.
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