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MTV P.U.S.H. (Play Until Someone Hears) Artist of the Week Neon Trees have been busy out on the road with 30 Seconds To Mars. We've been bringing you 30STM frontman Jared Leto's tour diaries, but we thought we'd give you another perspective of the Into The Wild Tour from the Neon Trees gang. Check out their dispatch from the road, below.

By Tyler Glenn

Yesterday we were all talking about how it's felt like we have been gone from home for two months, but really it’s been a little more than a week. This wasn’t out of complaining, but more out of awe and excitement from what we’ve seen and what we have yet to see.

Las Vegas was crazy. It was such chaos and anticipation. Meeting 30 Seconds To Mars was nice, and Jared Leto was very cool and nice. We both arrived with the same haircut, bleached blond and everything. He was gracious and dyed his pink. Luckily it's the Into The Wild Tour, so anything goes!

Tucson, Arizona, was such a good time, and It was our first experience playing a radio festival! So many people were out early for our set. I have to mention that Muse played and was a total sensory treat!

I feel like we were getting into the groove of playing. I felt back in my stride and all of a sudden supercomfortable in front of these big crowds.

The thing is, when you are in a band, you wait and wait to be able to play giant stages in front of thousands of screaming people. Then it happens, and you’re doing it and you have no time to think. I feel like we are all becoming an even better band than I thought we were, with every night.

Let’s talk about the highlight cities for me: Tulsa, Oklahoma, the first show I felt was like a Neon Trees show. Thank you, Tulsa!

Milwaukee was a total punk-rock show, we played spazzy, and the crowd was super radical. We even covered a quick version of The Violent Femmes' "Blister In The Sun" as a tip of the hat to the city.

Detroit was a stunner as well. We were able to play the entire record "Habits" live! Every song! And it was so fun and cathartic. The crowd was so radical and ate up our quick nod to Motown with Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"!

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We've been keeping a close eye on 30 Seconds To Mars' Into The Wild Tour (with Neon Trees) via singer/guitarist Jared Leto's incredibly detailed tour diary. Now we have an amazing selection of videos to amplify his tales of rocking and rolling.

This series of short 30 Seconds To Mars promo videos gives you an insider's look at 30STM's epic live shows -- the circle pits, the light shows, the music, everything.

Check out the videos below and be sure to read Jared's great diaries. Part I is here and Part II is here.

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This week's P.U.S.H. (Play Until Someone Hears) featured artist is Neon Trees. After catching the ear of The Killers' Brandon Flowers, the Utah band joined Mr. Brightside's band on the road, making a name for themselves as formidable live performers.

Since then they've caught a lot more ears with their smart, surging single "Animal." It's a new-wave love song with a chorus meant to be sung out of your car window all summer long.

What else should you know about Neon Trees? Well, they're fans of Lady Gaga, they're influenced by The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs and other classic '80s bands, and if they're not already on your radar, then they should be.

Let Neon Trees into your world in the videos below. Watch the band introduce themselves and take you on a behind-the-scenes look at their "Animal" video shoot. And see how Tim Burton's "Batman" influenced the band.

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Most bands start in the middle of nowhere, and if they're lucky they move to the big city. If they're even luckier, they get a major label contract. Neon Trees did things their way. The core of the band, singer Tyler Glen and guitarist Chris Allen, first met in Southern California. When Chris decided to move to Provost, Utah, for school, Tyler followed. So why would anyone want to live in Provost or Utah? Neon Trees share seven things you need to know about Utah.

7. The best new band in the world lives there: us!
6. Utah is home of the original KFC.
5. "Troll 2" was filmed in Utah.
4. There are actually Democrats in Utah. You just have to seek them out.
3. A ton of Winter Olympians relocate to Utah to train and live -- Apolo Ohno being one of them.
2. Gary Coleman is currently residing there.
1. "Footloose" was filmed there.

And if that's not enough of a good reason, Utah is apparently a good source of musical inspiration. Check out Neon Trees' video for their single "Animal," which was actually shot in Arizona. (Maybe the next one will be in Utah.)

+ Plus: Watch Neon Trees reveal their band romance in this MTV Buzzworthy Blog interview.

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Neon Trees' "Animal" is one of the most incessantly catchy singles of the year. With its lush synths and insistent drumming it evokes an unforgettable night out in, say, London, running for cabs, partying with friends, hoping to stop time.

Which is kind of funny, since Neon Trees are based in Provo, Utah. Such is the charm of their updated New Wave sound, which can recall the great works of Duran Duran and The Psychedelic Furs as well as more modern purveyors of dance-friendly rock like The Killers.

We had to get to know the band behind this incredible song. The foursome, whose debut album, Habits, is in stores now, are an insanely personable bunch.

In this episode of "The 5," the members of Neon Trees — Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Branden Campbell and Elaine Bradley — talk about the origin of their band name and how that name unintentionally led to Branden joining the band. Neon Trees also does a quick bit of Lady Gaga-karaoke to explain how Elaine and Chris were once an item (a "Bad Romance" that actually ended OK). They also go into detail about their various hometowns and the roads that led them to Utah.

Check out the interview below as well as their video for "Animal," which is the jam.

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We were wondering what that haircut was all about. Now we know! Jared Leto was getting his tour look together. Obvs.

With their last album, This Is War, still relatively hot off the CD presses, 30 Seconds To Mars are ready to head out to battle on their Into The Wild tour.

Coming along for the ride will be openers Neon Trees and Mute Math, who you can read more about here. The tour starts in Las Vegas on April 9th, but lucky for members of The Echelon (the band's loyal fan club), what happens in Vegas will be happening pretty much all over the country.

Check out all Into The Wild tour dates after the jump.

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Neon Trees are a new-new-wave band from the down-and-dirty rock town of Provo, Utah. While the quartet, whose debut album, Habits, will be released later this year, hails from the rather pious "Industry" state, they actually share quite a bit in common with their friends from Sin City, The Killers. After all, it was Brandon Flowers & co. who plucked Neon Trees from Utah-ish obscurity and brought them out on the road with them, exposing them to thousands of excitable music fans (including Nick Jonas.)

The Killers seem to have made quite an impression on Neon Trees who chose the desert as the setting for their debut video, "Animal," much like The Killers did for their virgin video, "Somebody Told Me."

Of course, none of this should detract from the obvious charms of "Animal." The song is a racing, drum-machine-aided sing-a-long that combines the twee move of hand-claps with arena-ready "oh-oh's," suitable for a U2 song.

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