30 Seconds To Mars Answer Your Questions In Exclusive MTV Live Stream

'30 Seconds to Mars: State of the Union' will stream live on MTV.com Thursday at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT.
By James Montgomery


30 Seconds to Mars
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They went to the brink and back to make This Is War, but now, more than a year after the album hit stores, 30 Seconds to Mars are stronger than ever, with a globe-spanning, arena-filling tour, a string of thoroughly epic music videos, and a die-hard fanbase that most bands would kill for.

So now, everyone is beginning to wonder: What's next?

On Thursday, we'll find out, when Jared, Shannon and Tomo stop by the MTV Newsroom for a live chat we're calling "30 Seconds to Mars: State of the Union," an in-depth discussion about the band's past, present and, of course, future. Streaming live on MTV.com at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT, the show will be an hour-long open-ended conversation, with the band's Echelon asking the questions.

Fans can submit their queries via Twitter, using the hashtag #ASK30STM, and we'll pick the best of the bunch to be answered during our live stream. The MTV Newsroom will also be packed with Echelon members, turning the entire show into one gigantic 30STM lovefest (or a close approximation of their "Closer to the Edge" video, at least).

So, if you love 30 Seconds to Mars, you've gotta watch the "State of the Union" ... and lend your voice to the conversation too. And if you know 30 Seconds to Mars — or their boundary-pushing videos for "Hurricane" and "This Is War," — you know there's no topic that's off-limits. It all goes down Thursday at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT on MTV.com!

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Beyonce's New Single, 'Girls (Who Run The World),' Leaks Online

A demo version of the girl-power track hit the Net late Monday.
By Jocelyn Vena


Beyoncé
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A version of Beyoncé's forthcoming single "Girls (Who Run the World)" has hit the Internet, and as you might guess from the title, it's a thumping girl-power anthem. It samples Major Lazer's "Pon de Floor" and serves as B's lead single off her forthcoming new album, set for release later this year.

A rep for the singer had not returned MTV News' request for comment regarding the leaked track or the final version's release date as of press time.

The song opens with a keyboard and a heavy club beat as Beyoncé chants, "Girls!/ We run this mutha/ Girls!/ Who run the world." The club banger delivers on what Beyoncé has teased about the album: "I'm mixing every type of genre that I love and I'm inspired by every type of genre. ... I'm not in a box. It's not R&B. It's not typically pop. It's not rock. It's just everything I love all mixed together in my own little gumbo of music."

Beyoncé sings in her signature staccato style on the track. "It's hot up in here/ DJ don't be scared to run this, run this back/ I'm repping for the girls who taking over the world/ Have me raise a glass for the college grads," she sings.

"Boy you know you love it/ How we're smart enough to make these millions/ Strong enough to bear the children/ Then get back to business/ See, you better not play me/ Don't come here, baby/ Hope you still like me/ If you hate me," she goes on to declare. "My persuasion can build a nation/ In this hour/ Our love we can devour/ You'll do anything for me." Her vocals fade out as the song closes. But the song's message is clear.

"It'll be big. It'll probably be one of the bigger Beyoncé music videos ever done," director Francis Lawrence said of the video for the song. "And I can say that I think the song is unbelievable." He added, "It is a fantastic song, so I really hope that song catches for her, and I think the video's gonna be really fun and cool and different for her."

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Justin Bieber Calls Israel Concert 'Amazing Night'

'Never going to forget this one,' singer tweets after Tel Aviv show.
By Jocelyn Vena


Justin Bieber performs in Tel Aviv on Thursday
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It's been a trying week for Justin Bieber. After criticizing the paparazzi in Israel on his Twitter account, he then vowed to take a break from tweeting so that he could vacation with his family before his performance there on Thursday. Let's not forget he had to cancel his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well.

But on Thursday Bieber finally hit the stage without a hitch. "Well hello there," he tweeted before he took the stage at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park. "Time to do what i love best ... perform for the fans. Israel ... its almost time. #myworldtour."

According to a concert review in The Hollywood Reporter, Bieber took the stage at 8:00 p.m. to play to an estimated 35,000 fans. While most of the show sounded like standard Bieber fare, at one point Bieber's music director, Dan Kanter, played the country's national anthem, "Hatikva." Bieber then played his inspirational track "Pray," and even paid homage to manager Scooter Braun's grandmother, a Holocaust survivor who was in the audience.

"It was perhaps the one awkward moment in the show, if only because the next line he uttered enthusiastically was, 'Who wants to be my 'Baby?!' " the writer noted in her review.

After his show, he seemed as happy about the performance as his fans. "AMAZING NIGHT ... AMAZING PLACE ... AMAZING SHOW!!" he tweeted. "NEVER GOING TO FORGET THIS ONE. #BLESSED"

Next up Bieber takes his act to the Singapore Indoor Stadium. He has shows booked abroad through May.

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Ja Rule Will Visit 'RapFix Live' On Wednesday

Pain Is Love 2 rapper will take questions from fans during interview.
By Rob Markman


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It's Murder! Ja Rule is mounting a comeback in the form of his new album, Pain Is Love 2, and will be joining MTV News' Sway Calloway for an in-depth interview on "RapFix Live" Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET.

In the early aughts, Queens rapper Ja Rule was a hip-hop juggernaut. As the face of Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, Ja combined melody with hard rap bars to create fan favorites such as "Put It On Me," "Always On Time" and "Holla, Holla," selling millions of records along the way. His beef with rapper 50 Cent, as well as the federal money-laundering case against Murder Inc. proved to be too much for the multi-platinum rap star to overcome, and eventually Rule faded away from the spotlight.

In 2007, things went from bad to worse when Ja was hit with charges stemming from a gun bust outside New York's Beacon Theater after a show he co-billed with Lil Wayne. In December, he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon; he was sentenced to 16 months in February and will begin his prison bid in June.

Before he turns himself in, Ja will release Pain Is Love 2. Last week, he debuted its first single, "Real Life Fantasy," which he performed in New York as a surprise guest on Diddy-Dirty Money's Coming Home Tour.

Tune in Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET to watch Ja Rule on "RapFix Live."

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