30 Seconds To Mars Selling Tickets For Streaming Concert

30 Seconds To Mars, in partnership with VyRT and Ustream, announced today a groundbreaking system that brings fans around the world to the first ever, Virtual Social Concert Experience.

On Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 6:00pm PT / 9:00pm ET, individual ticket buyers will experience 30 Seconds To Mars' LIVE, interactive and 300th performance, setting a new Guinness World Records title.

This is not your grandmother's live stream. By purchasing a 'VyRT' - digital 'Golden Ticket' through the VyRT platform, fans from all over the world will be able to experience the live and interactive broadcast on 30 Seconds To Mars' Ustream channel. Here, ticket buyers can watch live and connect socially with friends and other globally located fans, simultaneously. These fans will be part of a high quality and one of a kind digital community experience.

Known for their new and inventive ideas in the digital world, 30 Seconds to Mars is excited to be the first band ever, to offer digital tickets to a show.

Singer, songwriter, and driving force for the band Jared Leto says, "Creative freedom is a necessity, especially when it comes to innovation. Pushing forward into that space where art and technology collide and experimenting with new platforms like VyRT is exciting and inspiring. VyRT may indeed be a very important step in a much needed direction."

30 Seconds to Mars is hosting a weeklong celebration which has been dubbed MARS300 and promises to be a very memorable occasion for both 30 Seconds To Mars and their loyal family of fans, The Echelon.

Since the release of "This Is War" two years ago, 30 Seconds To Mars have circled the globe multiple times, playing over 300 shows in almost 60 countries in 6 continents, to over 3 million people.

Digital tickets to the MARS300 concert can be bought exclusively at www.vyrt.net for $14.99 and redeemed on Ustream with a purchaser's unique code. Tickets are available until December 6, 2011 at 3:00pm PT/ 6:00pm ET.

Thanks for the report to AlternativeAddiction.com.

Comments

[rafey]

$14.99?? for a UStream? i MIGHT have considered it if it was $5. And i'm not sure why it's so exciting to be the first band to offer digital tickets to a show when the norm is to broadcast free shows. Best one recently was the Foo's playing their new album in it's entirety, shortly before they released it.

[spitbubble]

this is stupid...it would be just like watching some live video on youtube of a concert that took place 5 years ago... it should be free on streaming, and make a few people pay to actually see them where they are... if they want to make money the the streaming they could put some kind of publicity.

[spitbubble]

from the streaming*

[goldenManticore]

#forpeoplewithmoremoneythanbrains

[slaveskinJACKET]

Not gonna do it; wouldn't be prudent.

[travislausch]

Just wait until it ends up that people are going to engage in concert piracy. That'll be the day that kills underground music once and for all! :P

[lpwjbklyn]

How lame man--the Foo Fighters streamed an entire show where the setlist was comprised of fan suggestions in real time for FREE! Other bands like Daughtry, Maroon 5, and Bon Jovi all did the same thing (through Facebook or Youtube)...for free.

Funny how people can't stand Jared Leto because he's a douchebag. I'm sure this'll help him to shake that image.

[Kueller917]

I remember a discussion about how live concerts are one of the remaining parts of music that isn't overdone in a studio and hurt by pirating effects.
I really hope concert streaming doesn't become a regular thing. Something like this should be free as others have said.

[mattman25]

Whats the point in this. You can get the dvd for like $10. And like what if your internet has a hissy fit, do you get a refund? I mean the internets great and all but

Music > Women/Men ( if your into that stuff ) > Internet