Thirty Seconds to Mars Presents « A Beautiful Lie vs This Is War »

Thirty Seconds to Mars brings A Beautiful Lie vs This Is War to Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on 14 April 2027. Formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, the band cut its teeth in small rooms before breaking through with A Beautiful Lie, a record that pushed their sound toward big, melodic rock built for the stage. In 2009 came This Is War, more expansive and percussive, mixing intimate confession with rallying refrains and a sharper electronic and rhythmic edge.

This set places those two eras face to face. The show moves from the urgency and tight hooks of A Beautiful Lie to the militant pulse and open, cinematic textures of This Is War, tracing how the group forged its identity from post-grunge grit to anthemic, rhythmic rock. Jared’s voice shifts from hushed lines to bold chants, while Shannon anchors the dynamics with precise, driving drums. Across the night, the band revisits the tracks that carried them across continents, reworked with a present-day energy and a focus on the shared rush that made these albums endure.