MTV2 Proudly Announces 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS'

MTV2 Proudly Announces 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS'

Fresh Off Winning the Fan-Driven MTV2 Award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, 30 Seconds to Mars to Give Back to Their Family of Friends and Fans and Invite Them to Experience One of the Hottest Tours of the Year for $2

Green Tour With All Touring Vehicles Using Bio-Diesel Fuel Dubbed by Mars 'ENVIRONMENTOUR'

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV2 announced today 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS.' The biggest MTV2 $2Bill tour ever hits 30 cities beginning October 17th and ends on November 25th with dates in major markets across the country including Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston and New York, among others. Head Automatica and Cobra Starship will serve as the opening acts for 30 Seconds To Mars during the tour. In addition, Pink Spiders, Rock Kills Kid, The Receiving End Of Sirens, Envy on the Coast and Men, Women and Children will be joining the tour for select tour dates. This is an all-ages tour and a limited amount of tickets per city will be made available for $2 each while they last in a special internet pre-sale sponsored by MTV2 and 30STM beginning at noon ET/PT on Sept 16th at Ticketmaster.com. There will be a 4 ticket limit per order for the pre-sale. Sales for General Tickets will begin the following week on September 23rd. Fans should be sure to check 30Secondstomars.com and tours.mtv2.com for complete tour and ticket information and access to tons of unique content for 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS'.

Said singer Jared Leto, "This is an amazing time of celebration for us all and we are very excited to join forces with the unique and creative individuals at MTV2 to present what we hope will be one of the most exciting tours of the fall... 'WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE.' With a powerful line up of phenomenally talented opening bands and having an environmentally acceptable 'green' tour, we are looking forward to yet another chance for us to share something unique with our family of fans that have supported us so passionately and also invite and introduce many others to the world of 30 SECONDS TO MARS. Taking this approach gives us the opportunity to set an example and share with others the possibilities of real alternatives for a safer, cleaner world. We will see you all very soon for what will be an exciting, chaotic circus of insanity, and an unforgettable tour!!!"

30 Seconds To Mars released the certified gold record A Beautiful Lie on August 30, 2005 to critical acclaim. Alternative Press said, "... they just might be rock's best-kept secret." "The Kill," which is the second single from their album, has become a top three hit at Modern Rock Radio while the video has just won the MTV2 Award at the 2006 VMAs after being nominated for two - "Best Rock Video" and the MTV2 Award. Continuing to tour through the end of 2006, they recently completed their first ever headlining tour which sold out across the country; they also played Bamboozle, Lollapalooza, and this summer's Warped Tour. In addition to 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS' the band will play Bamboozle West as well as the KROQ Inland Invasion show.

In support of the 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS', 30 Seconds To Mars will be hosting a week of MTV2's T-MINUS ROCK, MTV2 will air an UNLEASHED video premiere and a Makes a Video on Monday October 16th for their new single "Attack," air a 1/2 hour original video based special featuring the bands touring alongside 30 Seconds to Mars, MTV Overdrive will feature a 30 Seconds to Mars tour diary featuring 2 -3 minute video clips of band's experiences and much more.

Dates for 'MTV2 $2BILL PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE FEATURING 30 SECONDS TO MARS' as follows:

Show Date Venue

Tuesday, October 17th The Myth
Minneapolis, MN

Wednesday, October 18th Eagles Ballroom
Milwaukee, WI

Friday, October 20th Congress
Chicago, IL

Saturday, October 21st Egyptian
Indianapolis, IN

Sunday, October 22nd State Theater
Detroit, MI

Tuesday, October 24th Promo West Pavilion
Columbus, OH

Friday, October 27th Roseland
New York, NY

Saturday, October 28th Avalon
Boston, MA

Sunday, October 29th Lupo's
Providence, RI

Monday, October 30th Ritacco Center
Toms River, NJ

Tuesday, October 31st Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, November 2nd Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA

Friday, November 3rd House of Blues
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Saturday, November 4th Hard Rock
Orlando, FL

Monday, November 6th Revolution
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Tuesday, November 7th Jannus Landing
St. Petersburg, FL

Thursday, November 9th Verizon
Houston, TX

Friday, November 10th Sunset Station
San Antonio, TX

Saturday, November 11th Ridlea Theater
Fort Worth, TX

Monday, November 13th Pageant
St. Louis, MO

Wednesday, November 15th Fillmore Theater
Denver, CO

Thursday, November 16th Salt Air
Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, November 18th Roseland Theater
Portland, OR

Sunday, November 19th The Premier
Seattle, WA

Wednesday, November 22nd Warfield
San Francisco, CA

Friday, November 24th SOMA
San Diego, CA

Saturday, November 25th Wiltern
Los Angeles, CA

Presenting a series of inexpensive concerts for music fans around the country, MTV2's $2Bill has attracted a diverse mix of music acts and artists including Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, the Beastie Boys, Radiohead, DMX, Linkin Park, Coldplay, Fat Joe, The Foo Fighters, The Roots, Musiq, Nas, The Vines, The Strokes, Secret Machines, Kanye West, System of a Down, Daddy Yankee and most recently, My Chemical Romance.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 130 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 150 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

Source: MTV

CONTACT: Jeff Castaneda, MTV2, +1-212-846-6774,
jeff.castaneda@mtvstaff.com; Melissa Barreto, MTV, +1-212-846-7226,
melissa.barreto@mtvstaff.com; 30 SECONDS TO MARS CONTACT - Julie Lichtenstein,
+1-212-786-8375, Julie.Lichtenstein@Virgin-Records.com, or Amani Duncan, +1-
212-786-8275, amani.duncan@virgin-records.com, both of Virgin Records; Peter
Katsis, The Firm, +1-310-860-8000, Pkatsis@firmentertainment.net

Web site: http://www.mtv.com/
http://30secondstomars.com/
http://tours.mtv2.com/

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