Les Votives from X Factor at the Thirty Seconds To Mars concert: “Soon an album in English. Are we a TV product? No, three musicians who have always played”

Milan, 2 July 2025 – Seven years after their performance at Milano Rocks , Thirty Seconds To Mars are back in town. After the sold-out indoor dates in Bologna and Turin of the Seasons World Tour 2024, the band led by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto will be landing at the Ippodromo Snai San Siro tonight to continue their tour around the world prompted by the release of their latest album, “It's the end of the world but it's a beautiful day,” released in September 2023. As had already happened two weeks ago on the occasion of Duran Duran 's Milanese comeback , the show will be opened by Les Votives ( pictured ), guests at all four of the Californian band's dates in our country. Finalists at X-Factor 2024, Riccardo Lardinelli, vocals and guitar, Angelo Randazzo , drums, and Tommaso Venturi , bass, play the card of the young and determined rock band ready to learn from the greats.

Riccardo, another great opportunity for you.

“To be on the same stage as a Hollywood icon like Jared Leto is something extraordinary.”

But do you prefer Leto as a frontman or as an actor?

“Both. In addition to admiring him as a singer, I’ve seen several of his films, starting with “American Psycho.”

What will you propose in the set?

“Obviously the songs from our EP “Window“ and, having only half an hour of show, little else. Maybe “Blister“, released before the X-Factor adventure”.

If you had to choose a cover, where would you have looked?

“Given the times we are living in, probably in the repertoire of Dylan’s “Masters of War”, for the anti-militarist force of the piece. A sharp blade”.

The common belief that your generation is indifferent to the world's anxieties is false.

“False. There is a strong interest among our peers. Squares, positions, concerts, social complaints say that we are not an immobile generation”.

Sooner or later we'll do it...

“An album in English with which to enter a new dimension, hoping to be able to take our music beyond the borders. Even abroad people would discover that we are not a television product, but three musicians who have always played and because it is what they want to do in life”.

An artist to write a song with or have a coffee with?

“Nick Cave, a very strong artistic personality.”

A song of yours to share today with Jared Leto?

“My classmates really suggest “Blister.”