30 Seconds to Mars - The Story.flv

One of the surprise stories of the last 12 months, many thought that Jared Leto’s music project would be nothing more than an ego trip that followed in the footsteps of Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar. Far from being the case, their second album has been a commercial success and following on from this sold out tour, they were recently announced as headliners of 2008’s Give It A Name event. Hidden behind a white sheet, the band’s silhouettes tease the audience into frenzy before finally revealing the quartet as they begin with ‘Battle Of One’ and ‘Saviour’. Leto’s vocals impress, replicating the studio sound well enough, though at times it seems his microphone volume could do with being a bit higher. Regardless, it doesn’t really matter when the entire audience is belting back every lyric, as they do to single ‘From Yesterday’, which coincides with the first major demonstration of a lighting system more usually found on arena tours. A strong middle section of the set includes ‘The Story’, ‘A B...