Thirty 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 Thirty 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 Thirty 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, Thirty 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.” Thirty Seconds to Mars is hosting a weeklong celebration which has been dubbed MARS300 and promises to be a very memorable occasion for both Thirty Seconds To Mars and their loyal family of fans, The Echelon. Since the release of ‘This Is War’ two years ago, Thirty 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 (http://www.ustream.tv/30secondstomars) with a purchaser’s unique code. Tickets are available until December 6, 2011 at 3:00pm PT/ 6:00pm ET.