Celebrity Justice
Jared Leto Sued for Not Making Music

If you've been dying for the next 30 Seconds to Mars album, get in line, so is their record label.

In the breach of contract lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Virgin Records alleges Shannon and Jared Leto violated their recording contract by not putting out the agreed number of albums. The suit says the Leto Bros. agreed in 1999 to cut five records for the label, but on July 4 of this year, they say the Leto boys quit -- three albums short. Virgin is suing for "in excess" of $30 million.

A rep for the band cries foul, telling us that even though the band has been signed for nine years and have sold more than two million records -- and lived through five regime changes at the label -- they still haven't been paid. Paging TLC!

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16. 30 seconds from mars is an awesome! love them! Hope that they are still together. Jared could sing the alphabet and I would buy it.

Posted at 10:25PM on Aug 15th 2008 by Suzie

17. Jared is a NO TALENT ego maniac! He and his band suck more than a ten dollar whore!!!

Posted at 11:22PM on Aug 15th 2008 by Kelly

18. Hey people don't badmouth Jared Leto & 30 Seconds To Mars THEY ROCK! I've seen those guys at least twice. I'm sure 30 STM will record some new tunes.

Posted at 12:54AM on Aug 16th 2008 by Paul

19. his band sucks. he's hot...

Posted at 12:06AM on Aug 16th 2008 by Ledbetter1212

20. Actually, the band is genuinely good - innovative sound, good lyrics. The "echelon" stuff is immature posturing, however, and Leto was way too old to be wearing the make-up.

Posted at 12:05AM on Aug 16th 2008 by antrim

21. 30 Seconds to Mars is one of the best live rock bands out there and Shannon Leto is one of the best drummers I've ever heard. They were talking about putting another album out while they were touring in Europe so I don't really know what's going on but this is crazy. Screw Virgin!

Posted at 10:14PM on Aug 17th 2008 by JHAWK1

22. Didn't this article originally contain the word "crappy" in its title?

Posted at 12:25AM on Aug 16th 2008 by Fred

23. Whoa some of the comments are RUDE! lol
I actually think Leto's band is pretty good.
But Jared doesn't need to be wearing eyeliner. He's sexy without it!
:)

Posted at 11:19PM on Aug 17th 2008 by LadyBee09

24. 30 Seconds To Mars = the best band ever.

Posted at 1:24PM on Aug 19th 2008 by Kremi

25. That's bulls**t! Jared and the band make great music and only ppl who like f**kin commercial music like TH will write all that sh*t that's been left here! If the guys from the band are not making more music it's because they have a good reason to do so. I, as an Echelon member, am not happy that there won't be a new album soon, but still support their decision and will wait as long as it takes!
Provehito In Altum!

Posted at 4:26AM on Aug 16th 2008 by Echelon4Life

26. I'm using a stolen laptop to communicate to you americans. Ha Ha Ha !!!

Posted at 5:07AM on Aug 16th 2008 by the illegal alien who commits crimes, then runs to Mexico for fun...

27. Jared will forever be cursed now for trying to exploit John Lennon and playing his killer Mark David Chapman in that movie that totally failed because people were appalled by a movie studio trying to glorify a killer that murdered one of the greatest Musicians in the 20th Century. Even the movie studios and movie theaters wouldn't even touch that movie and it was pretty much black listed. Notice ever since that movie bombed so has Jared Leto's career???

Posted at 6:45AM on Aug 16th 2008 by jack snyder

28. the record company needs to stop, the band has two albums out, make another of acustics, the best of ,and then release an album of videos, the band 30stm is a bad ass band,

Posted at 11:57PM on Aug 18th 2008 by james mills

29. There is no new music because they have not been paid. They have been touring FOREVER because touring is where the actual money is. They label has been sticking it to them and they have been giving the finger back to the label. The label is pissed because they know a new CD would sell well and make them more money.

Pay 30STM and we will get a new CD.

Can anyone out there think of a CD that has had a longer commercial life than this one? It was released in 2005 and they very well may be up for a video award THIS YEAR for "Beautiful Lie."

Posted at 8:08AM on Aug 16th 2008 by Shoehanger

30. SUED FOR NOT MAKING MUSIC????

THIS ASSCLOWN SHOULD BE SUED FOR MAKING 'MUSIC'!!!!!

Posted at 10:48AM on Aug 16th 2008 by HUGH R AMORON

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