30 Seconds To Mars to take a break after Reading & Leeds

Thirty Seconds To Mars' frontman Jared Leto confirmed last night that the band will be taking time out after this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals.

The American rockers from Los Angeles, formed in 1998 by frontman Jared Leto and his older brother, the band found success in the 2000s with a mix of post-grunge, screamo, and hard rock and have released three studio albums '30 Seconds to Mars' (2002), 'A Beautiful Lie' (2005), and 'This Is War' (2009).

MTV News in Canada broke the news last night in an interview with the band where they discussed the band's plans to take a break, saying "We'll just take a break for around 10 years." The band have been on tour for two years solid, and are keen to take some time out. Despite the band appearing to be answering the interviewer ironically, MTC Canada are reporting that 30 Seconds To Mars will be breaking up indefinitely.

Fans of the band can see the interview clip, (here), and decide for themselves how honest the band are being.

Whether it's just a break or a permanent split it looks as though their gigs at Reading and Leeds will be the last time to see the band perform live for sometime.

They join a line-up that includes headliners My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, and Pulp. Also confirmed are Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Deftones, Rise Against, Bring Me The Horizon, New Found Glory, The National, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Two Door Cinema Club, Seasick Steve, The Pigeon Detectives, The Joy Formidable, Elbow, Interpol, Friendly Fires, Enter Shikari, The View, Frank Turner, Taking Back Sunday, Beady Eye, White Lies, Noah and the Whale, The Vaccines, Metronomy, Patrick Wolf, The Naked & Famous, Jane's Addiction, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, The Kills, 2manydjs, The Streets, Death From Above 1979, Panic At The Disco, Warpaint, Chapel Club, The Horrors, The Midnight Beast, and Peter Doherty, Mark Thomas, Tim Minchin, Henry Rollins, Lee Nelson, and more.

The festivals will feature a full line-up of over 150 acts over the weekend on six stages. For the line-up details, stage splits, and rumours where available, please click here for Reading and here for Leeds.

Many more names are still to be announced as well as the full line-up for the Festival Republic Stage, BBC Introducing Stage and The Alternative Stage.

The twin festivals take place on the bank holiday weekend, from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August. Reading Festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds Festival takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

General sale tickets are now on sale. A weekend ticket is priced at £192.50, day tickets are priced at £82.50. An early entry (Thursday) ticket is priced at £15, lockers are priced at £15, and a campervan pass is priced at £40. Over 18's wristband will be optional, but allow those that look young to not have to carry ID around all the time.

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Coach travel with combined festival tickets can also be purchased. To buy coach tickets for Reading, or Leeds, click here.

Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note there is no separate children's area at this event, and eFestivals considers this an event not really suitable for small children.

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