Into the Wild Tour
The Into the Wild Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars in support of the band's third studio album, This Is War. The tour reached the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia over a two-year period and it marks the first major concert tour the band has performed in North America and Australia. Along with playing arenas and amphitheatres, the tour headlined at several festivals in Europe and Australia. The tour's namesake derives from a song entitled, "The Mission", that appears on the band's eponymous debut album.
Background
The tour was announced in November 2009 chronicling tour dates in England and Scotland. Within the following months, the tour was expanded to include additional dates in Europe, as well as, North America and Australia. In an interview with MTV News, frontman Jared Leto described the tour as an emotional celebration stating,Leto updated fans on the tour via Twitter, where we would post status updates and pictures of rehearsals. On MARS' official website provide printable flyers for each gigs so fans and spectators can help promote the concert for their area. Additionally, the band created a weekly blog for MTV Transmission to chronicle behind the scenes adventures.
Guinness World Record
On October 16, 2011, 30 Seconds to Mars announced that they planned to break the world record for most live shows during a single album cycle, with 300 shows. The 300th show took place on December 7, 2011 and the date marked the two-year anniversary of the album's release in the UK and other parts of Europe and ended a special week-long series of shows in New York and mark the end of the Into the Wild Tour.VyRT
On the 24th November 2011, Jared posted on his Twitter page "The second secret is coming soon! #VyRT". This caused strong speculation within the echelon about various possible meanings; the most discussed that the Mars300 show would be streamed live for fans around the world. This turned out to be correct. 30 Seconds to Mars joined with uStream so that the Mars300 show would be streamed in HD around the world, including backstage footage and q + a sessions. This is the first time this has taken place.Opening act
- Lostalone
- Street Drum Corps
- Fox Avenue
- Carpark North
- Neon Trees
- Mutemath
- Shiny Toy Guns
- New Politics
- Violent Soho
- BLK JKS
- Enter Shikari
- Funeral Party
Setlist
Tour dates
;Music festivals and other miscellaneous performances;Cancellations and rescheduled shows
| April 25, 2010 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Uptown Amphitheatre | This performance was rescheduled to October 13, 2010. The venue has changed to the Fillmore Charlotte |
| July 7, 2010 | Hultsfred, Sweden | Lake Hulingen | This concert was a part of the Hultsfred Festival. The event was cancelled due to poor ticket sales, resulting in the promoter filing for bankruptcy |
| September 10, 2010 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Worcester Palladium | This concert has been postponed to 2011 due to scheduling conflict |
| September 11, 2010 | Clifton Park, New York | Northern Lights | This concert has been moved to November 1, 2010 |
| September 13, 2010 | Niagara Falls, New York | Rapids Theatre | This concert was originally moved to November 3, 2010, but has now been postponed to 2011 |
| September 14, 2010 | Pittsburgh | Club Zoo | This concert has been moved to October 24, 2010 |
| September 16, 2010 | Minneapolis | First Avenue | This concert was moved to October 26, 2010 |
| September 17, 2010 | Fargo, North Dakota | The Hub Venue | This concert has been cancelled. |
| September 18, 2010 | Winnipeg | Burton Cummings Theatre | This concert was postponed to 2011 due to scheduling conflict |
| September 25, 2010 | Orem, Utah | Brent Brown Ballpark | This performance was moved to the UCCU Center. |
| September 29, 2010 | Austin, Texas | La Zona Rosa | This performance was cancelled due to MARS involvement in the MTV Campus Invasion Tour. |
| September 29, 2010 | Kingsville, Texas | Mesquite Grove | This performance was moved to a parking lot located on University Boulevard to suit a larger audience |
| October 2, 2010 | Clive, Iowa | Seven Flags Event Center | This concert has been cancelled. |
| October 3, 2010 | Indianapolis | Egyptian Room | This concert was moved to October 27, 2010 |
| October 4, 2010 | Murray, Kentucky | Racers Intramural Field | This concert has been cancelled. It was a part of the MTV Campus Invasion Tour. |
| October 6, 2010 | Cleveland, Ohio | House of Blues | This concert has been moved to October 22, 2010 |
| October 7, 2010 | Columbus, Ohio | Lifestyle Communities Pavilion | This concert has been moved to November 2, 2010 |
| October 9, 2010 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Bogart's | This concert has been moved to October 23, 2010 |
| October 9, 2010 | Plymouth, Michigan | Compuware Arena | This performance was cancelled as a part of the 89X Radio Fall Festival |
| October 11, 2010 | Louisville, Kentucky | Expo Five Expo Dome | This concert was moved to October 28, 2010, then later rescheduled to January 30, 2011. |
| October 12, 2010 | Nashville, Tennessee | Rocketown | This concert has been moved to October 31, 2010 |
| October 13, 2010 | Charlotte, North Carolina | The Fillmore Charlotte | This concert has been moved to November 1, 2010 |
| October 15, 2010 | Tampa, Florida | Ritz Ybor | This performance was initially cancelled, however, since MARS is participating in the MTV Campus Invasion Tour 2010, the date was essentially replaced and moved to the USF Sun Dome |
| October 29, 2010 | Champaign, Illinois | Star Theatre | This concert has been postponed and rescheduled to April 17, 2011. |
| November 3, 2010 | Niagara Falls, New York | Rapids Theatre | This concert has been moved to February 2, 2011 |
| November 5, 2010 | Clifton Park, New York | Northern Lights | This concert has been moved to February 24, 2011 |
| December 8, 2010 | Bologna, Italy | Land Rover Arena | This concert has been moved to Futurshow Station |
| February 4, 2011 | Cape Town, South Africa | Grand Arena at Grand West Casino | Cancelled. This performance was a part of the Coke Zero Festival |
| February 5, 2011 | Midrand, South Africa | GCC Auditorium | Cancelled. This performance was a part of the Coke Zero Festival |
| August 18, 2011 | Hasselt, Belgium | Kempische Steenweg | Cancelled. The concert was a part of Pukkelpop. |
| September 3, 2011 | Las Vegas | Chateau Nightclub and Gardens | Cancelled |
Broadcasts and recordings
Taken from their third album, the single Closer to the Edge was released with a video that consisted of footage recorded at various concerts, appearances and festivals from the Into the Wild tour. The footage ranged from the 1st of the 300 live shows in Nottingham, England and until the shows of June 2010. The video contains interviews of fans conducted by Jared Leto backstage at various concerts.Critical reception
- Scott Kara criticized the show stating Leto was the main focus of the night however, he did enjoy the band's performance. He said, "The thing is, with that mohawk and his constant 'New Zealand we love you' plaudits, 30 Seconds To Mars are more about style, showmanship, and crowd participation over substance."
- Fiona McKinlay praised MARS' performance in Scotland stating,"From the opening run of Escape and Night Of The Hunter to the gentle comedown that 100 Suns provided, the newer songs aspire to the same monstrous, theatrical brilliance, but quite simply do it better. They’ve grown into a more intense, more poignant, and more unpredictable force."
- Sandra Bahbah wrote the performance was long-awaited but felt the show wasn't what many expected. She states, "Vocally, Leto was strong throughout the show, hitting all the high notes. The one gripe was how he kept getting the crowd to sing and sometimes they just didn't know the words. It would have been better if he had just sang a song all the way through. While his voice was loud, at times it was drowned out by the instruments, but there was no denying the stage presence of the trio and how good they were at entertaining the masses."
- Tanya Vega was blown away by MARS' performance at the Aragon Ballroom stating, "Un-expect the unexpected from Jared and the guys...meaning, it'll be hard to predict what will happen next at the Mars concert you attend compared to what happened tonight in Chicago."