5 SECONDS OF SUMMER’S LIVESOS SET FOR RELEASE
ON DECEMBER 15 ON CAPITOL RECORDS
Album Is Available For Pre-Order Now
5 Seconds Of Summer Named New Artist Of The Year At American Music Awards
Band Premieres Lyric Video For New Single, “What I Like About You”
Self-Titled Debut Album, Which Entered Billboard 200 At No. 1, Has Sold More Than 500,000 Units In U.S. While Single Track Sales Exceed 2 Million
5 Seconds of Summer – whotook home the New Artist of the Year award at last night’s American Music Awards – will release LIVESOS on December 15 on Capitol Records. The pre-order is underway now for the 15-track collection, which is a memento of the band’s year on the road. Recorded live at numerous shows the Australian quartet has played in the States during 2014, LIVESOS features the band performing all their fans’ favorite songs, including the hits “She Looks So Perfect,” “Amnesia” and “Good Girls” plus a cover of Green Day’s “American Idiot.” Fans will also find both a live version and a studio mix of 5 Seconds of Summer’s brand new single, “What I Like About You.” The band performed the song, which was originally recorded in 1979 by Detroit power pop band The Romantics,at the American Music Awards last night. The lyric video for “What I Like About You” premiered yesterday and can be seen on VEVO and YouTube. The single impacts Top 40 radio on December 1.
Fans who purchase LIVESOS on iTunes will also receive an exclusive bonus track, “Kiss Me Kiss Me.” The deluxe edition, which will be available only at Target, will include the bonus track “Don’t Stop.” See below for track listings.
“Playing is the thing we have been most passionate about from the beginning. All we want is for our fans to come to the shows, rock out and have one of the best times they’ve ever experienced,” says vocalist/drummer Ash. “Also, when a room is full of you guys from all different walks of life, you can let it go when you come to the shows and be free to be yourself. Anyways we love you, this is us live…You rule.”
The band will kick off its first-ever North American headline run – the “Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour” – on July 17, 2015 at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, NV. See below for itinerary.
5 Seconds of Summer played to 25,000 fans during its recent sold-out, two-night stand at the Forum in Los Angeles. The weekend performances dovetailed with Derp Con, a 5 Seconds of Summer fan convention attended by 300 contest winners who were flown in from a total of 35 countries. The festivities were held at Derp Rock City – an epic virtual world created on the Paramount Studios New York backlot. In addition to the many attractions designed especially for the event, attendees were treated to individual meet-and-greets with the band members, an intimate acoustic set and VIP access to one of The Forum shows.
The band has impressed critics across the country with its live shows. The Los Angeles Times found their fusion of “earnest, upbeat pop-rock” and “mall-punk ‘tude” unique while the Los Angeles Daily News, also reviewing one of The Forum shows, noted, “[5 Seconds of Summer] kept up the excitement throughout the set.” The New York Times praised the group’s “gleaming pop-punk” while The Detroit News observed, “5 Seconds of Summer opened the show with an energetic blast of pop-rock, punctuated by big sing-along choruses…with no shortage of big hooks to pull from, the band is on the right track.”
5 Seconds of Summer released their self-titled debut album in July 2014. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and logged the biggest first-week U.S. sales of any new artist debut of 2014. It has topped the iTunes charts in 76 countries and, in five short months, has sold more than two million units worldwide. In the U.S. alone, the band has sold more than 500,000 albums and over two million single tracks. 5 Seconds of Summer received five awards at the 2014 MTV European Music Awards, including Best New Artist, and took home the MTV Video Music Award for Best Lyric Video for “Don’t Stop.”
LIVESOS – TRACK LISTINGS
Standard Edition
1. 18
2. Out Of My Limit
3. Disconnected
4. Amnesia
5. Beside You
6. Everything I Didn’t Say
7. Long Way Home
8. Heartache On The Big Screen
9. American Idiot
10. Teenage Dream
11. Good Girls
12. What I Like About You
13. End Up Here
14. She Looks So Perfect
15. What I Like About You (Studio Mix)
iTunes Exclusive
1. 18
2. Out Of My Limit
3. Disconnected
4. Amnesia
5. Beside You
6. Everything I Didn’t Say
7. Long Way Home
8. Heartache On The Big Screen
9. American Idiot
10. Kiss Me Kiss Me (Bonus Track)
11. Teenage Dream
12. Good Girls
13. What I Like About You
14. End Up Here
15. She Looks So Perfect
16. What I Like About You (Studio Mix)
Target Deluxe Edition
1. 18
2. Out Of My Limit
3. Disconnected
4. Amnesia
5. Beside You
6. Everything I Didn’t Say
7. Long Way Home
8. Heartache On The Big Screen
9. American Idiot
10. Don’t Stop (Bonus Track)
11. Teenage Dream
12. Good Girls
13. What I Like About You
14. End Up Here
15. She Looks So Perfect
16. What I Like About You (Studio Mix)
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 2015 “ROCK OUT WITH YOUR SOCKS OUT” TOUR
July 17 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Event Center
July 18 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 20 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 24 Seattle, WA Key Arena
July 25 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live At Rogers Arena
July 27 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
July 29 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
July 31 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
August 1 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 4 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
August 5 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 7 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 8 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 19 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 21 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
August 22 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Pavilion
August 23 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
August 25 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 28 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
August 29 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Pavilion Stadium
August 30 Holmdel, N.J PNC Bank Arts Center
September 1 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
September 4 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
September 5 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
September 6 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
September 7 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
September 9 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
September 12 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 13 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre