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THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS TRANSMISSION: MTV EXCLUSIVE

This Week
After one stop in the Netherlands and a day off in France, Thirty Seconds To Mars headed to beautiful Switzerland to play at Caribana Festival. This weekend, the Band will be playing Download Festival in the United Kingdom, rocking the Ronnie James Dio Stage in Donington Park. Click here for the complete festival line-up, or visit the Band's info page here.
Heading to a show? Be sure to "RSVP" for each event you plan on attending on the official Thirty Seconds To Mars Facebook Events Page by clicking here. See below for the forthcoming week of shows, possibly near you!

Weds Jun 16 - Leipzig, Germany (Haus Auensee)
Fri Jun 18 - Finland (Provinssirock Festival)
Sun Jun 20 - Sweden (Gothenburg Pier Festival)
Tues Jun 22 - Bielefeld, Germany (Ringlokschuppen)
 

JARED

After an EPIC weekend at Rock Im Park and then Rock Am Ring we headed away from Germany to the city of bikes and canals... Amsterdam.


The city is so beautiful - delicate buildings leaning on one another, impossibly crooked, cobblestone streets and winding waterways.
Spent most of the time editing the new video but snuck out and went on a late night walk. Wandered through the red light district, met up with my friends including Remco from G Star. Was great to see familiar faces. Made friends with some fish and saw the worlds smallest starfish. The weirdest part was when the rats stormed the restaurant we were eating at. Not exactly dessert but... ugh.
Had a show in Tilburg the next day. First time we've played on that side of the country and the show was incredible. Thanks so much to everyone who organized and participated in "light night". It was a beautiful sight to look out onto from stage and be floating in that sea of neon.

After Tilburg, we headed to Paris and were locked down in a studio just outside the city all day. I left at 530am, had a quick bite to eat at a place called 'aux pied de cochon' or 'I peed on your croutons'. Wandered through the streets. Paris is an incredible city at any hour but in the early morning light it's eerily quiet and empty and a great time to discover things about it that you've never noticed before.

After 2 hours sleep, I'm now on a train to Geneva to headline the Caribana Festival. Looking forward to seeing all our Swiss friends again. The train ride is beautiful and I love Europe.

We've only been here for a week but I feel right at home again.
See you soon.
-Jared

SHANNON


Just got off the stage at the Caribanna Festival in Switzerland and it was epic! Energy was sick!
Day started off with me waking up on the bus and walking out of it to find a huge lake with mountains in the distance covered with snow. Nice vision first thing in the morning. I ended up getting on a speed boat and taking a ride around this pond with France on my right and Switzerland on my left, pretty relaxing being out there.
Here's a pic, till next time!

TOMO

Here we are in Switzerland! What an amazingly beautiful place! Sometimes while touring around the world, you forget to stop and just enjoy the scenery. This photo is of the marina at the Caribana Festival here in Switzerland and I was just sitting here forever just enjoying the view. Feels good to take a minute to yourself and just enjoy the surroundings. Looking forward to Download Festival!!!

Alannah of Australia sent us a great profile shot of her brightly-tipped MarsHawk. Sporting a MarsHawk? Send your photo, name, and location to themarshawk@gmail.com for a chance to be featured in the next installment of Transmission!

Echelon of Peru sent in this great group shot with their very own crafted Mars Banner, complete and fully equipped with Triad Flags. Learn more about the Mission by clicking here.

Belgium Echelon submitted this picture of their self-created promo for not only This Is War, but also the recent show in Tilburg, Netherlands at the 013. Thanks for helping spread the word!

Weekly Picks from the Band

Book of the Week
God Explained In A Taxi Ride by advertising and design legend Paul Arden takes an exciting, visually creative, and thoroughly digestible approach to a subject of enormous proven interest and relevance. Using a series of poignant, contemporary vignettes, God Explained in a Taxi Ride analyzes and explores the questions that have persisted since mankind’s earliest days. This brilliant little gem of a book compels readers to scratch their heads as it examines man’s relationship to the divine—all within the length of a taxi ride.
Movie of the Week
Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. A period drama set specifically in the late Muromachi period of Japan but with numerous fantastic elements, the film concentrates on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources as seen by the outsider Ashitaka. "Mononoke" is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster.

Album of the Week
Deftones - Diamond Eyes is the sixth studio album by American rock band, featuring singles "Rocket Skates" as well as title track, "Diamond Eyes", landing at #6 on the Billboard 200 in it's first week.
 
Website of the Week

Save Tigers Now is a global campaign by WWF that runs during the Chinese Year of the Tiger, 2010. Their goal is to build political and public support to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.

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