New York, August 30 – Does back-to-school shopping get any better? Tuesday afternoon browsers at Virgin Megastore on Union Square snapped to attention when they realized that the band in the store promoting their new CD was 30 Seconds to Mars, whose lead singer is Jared Leto. Reviews for the band’s second album, called A Beautiful Life, have been mixed, but with Leto singing, who cares? The band did a rocking set at the store, and…..wow, he has really dreamy blue eyes. We tried, but couldn’t stuff Leto into our iPod.

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