Late Friday, EMI announced that it was suing the Jared Leto-led outfit 30 Seconds To Mars, whose last album for the label’s Virgin subsidiary came out in 2005, for $30 million dollars because of breach of contract issues. While the exact amount of damages sought was probably the result of “cuteness” more than anything, EMI’s grievance seemed somewhat solid–after all, the band “repudiated” its contract, on which it had one album left, last month. In response to the suit, the former Jordan Catalano penned an open letter to his fans, his band’s former label, and any other parties who might be interested.
EMI has issued a statement on its $30 million lawsuit against the Jared Leto-fronted outfit 30 Seconds To Mars that says in part: “The hard work of EMI’s global team and of the band has resulted in sales of 3 million albums and singles, multiple awards and a growing, global fan base. More »
The one about the Hold Steady playing a couple of shows in Europe as a support act for Counting Crows, or the one about the new Cure single featuring remixes by 30 Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto, My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, AFI’s Jade E. Puget, and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump? More »
When heartbroken friends sigh about the transformation of Jared Leto from TV dreamboat to emo assclown, my natural reaction is to laugh long and hard, for reasons jealous and Brian Krakow-like in nature. But when I read that Leto tried to yank some posters off the walls at CBGB during its demolition, I smiled a little.
Page Six has been pretty skimpy with music-related nonsense this week, but how often do you get an item that ties together a Black Crow, a Jewish rapper, and a 30 Seconds To Mars Bar member? More »
Jared Leto may not know how to act, but he certainly knows how to act up: The 30 Seconds To Mars Bar singer (and blog hater) reportedly attacked Stereogum.com founder Scott Stereogum at last night’s mtvU Woodies awards (we can’t believe we just wrote that). More »
