On Thursday (February 4), Jared Leto decided to hold an impromptu gathering of 30 Seconds to Mars fans at the Hive, the gallery/communal space he and his bandmates run on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The plan was to treat them to a glimpse of "Artifact," the 30STM documentary he's been working on for more than a year now.
The fans turned up in droves - so many gathered outside the Hive that the guys made the call to hold two or three screenings — and everything was proceeding as planned. Leto was standing on a small stage at the back of the space, thanking the first crowd for the generosity they showed in a recent auction the band held to benefit Haiti, when all of a sudden there was a loud banging on the door of the Hive. A man entered, wearing a hoodie and smoking a cigarette, holding a large package in his arms. He called out to Leto, then jumped on the stage, tossed the package to the floor and began ranting.
Source: MTV.com
According to internet reports, 30 Seconds To Mars frotnman Jared Leto saved fans from an alleged suicide bomber last night in Los Angeles.
Fans were gathered at The Hive in West Hollywood for a special screening of a new 30 Seconds To Mars documentary when, at approximately 8:30PM, a young man in a black hooded top stormed into the venue. He pushed his way to the front of the room and dropped a large box covered in gold wrapping paper at Leto's feet.
When the singer asked him to leave the stage, the unidentified male said "It's time for a little self-help" and is then said to have allegedly muttered something about having explosives. Upon hearing this, Leto wrestled with the man and dragged him out of the room.
"[It was] weird," said one eyewitness. "Everyone in the room watched him walk toward Jared. Jared said "Someone stop him" three or four times, but no one did. The guy got to Jared, dropped the box on the floor and started to give a speech. Jared grabbed him by the shoulders and basically [dragged] him out the back door."
The alleged bomber was restrained by the band's security guards until the police and bomb disposal experts arrived.
"I just finished with the police," Leto wrote on his Twitter at 11PM last night. "They cleared five blocks and brought in the bomb squad and [sniffer] dogs."
You can watch fan filmed footage of the incident on kerrang.com
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But not everyone in the music industry has that mindset. "I've heard some other artists talk about how ridiculous the notion is that [their] songs would be heard in a video game," he said before reminding us that is not his view. "I think for people to assume it's just this wasteland of commerciality or something is ridiculous.
Source: IGN Music
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