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LiVe (2013)

Where the lyrics of LiVe take you, and where it was really made.

This live album was released in place of a cancelled fifth studio album, and it became the band's last release before its break-up.

Key places

Recorded at Mohegan Sun Arena (2013)

Recording site Mohegan Sun Arena — Part of the album was recorded at Mohegan Sun Arena between July 23 and August 16, 2013, during the band's final tour before the breakup. Track 7 is subtitled as live in Uncasville, 2013. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Gibson Amphitheatre (2013)

Recording site Universal Amphitheatre — Gibson Amphitheatre is the second recording venue named for the album, used during the same 2013 tour period. Most live tracks are subtitled as live in Los Angeles, 2013. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• LiVe: second live album by American pop rock band Jonas Brothers
• Released 26 November 2013, US only, exclusively through the band's website
• Last release as a band before their 2013 break-up
• Uppercase V in the title stands for the Roman numeral five
• The V refers to the cancelled fifth studio album due for release in late 2013
• Recorded 23 July to 16 August 2013 at Mohegan Sun Arena and Gibson Amphitheatre
• Recorded during the band's final tour before the breakup

Background

• Reunion announced in August 2012 to release a fifth album
• Lead single "Pom Poms" released 2 April 2013
• Second single "First Time" released 25 June 2013
• Fifth album titled V announced 10 July 2013
• Comeback tour cancelled 9 October 2013, days before it was to start
• Split officially confirmed 29 October 2013, and V was cancelled
• Nick Jonas said the album would not be released and that 16 recordings would go to Team Jonas fan club members instead

Recording

• Tracks 1–6 and 8–10 are subtitled as live in Los Angeles, 2013
• Track 7 is subtitled as live in Uncasville, 2013
• Tracks 11–14 are studio recordings
• "Thinking Bout You" is a cover of Frank Ocean's song of the same name
• Nick Jonas produced all tracks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in 2005 as an American pop rock band of brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas.
• Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey; moved to Little Falls, New Jersey in 2005, where they wrote their first record.
• Signed to Columbia Records after Steve Greenberg heard their first song "Please Be Mine"; the name Jonas Brothers was chosen over "Sons of Jonas".

Members

• Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas.

Career

• Gained popularity through Disney Channel, starring in Camp Rock (2008) and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), and the series Jonas.
• Released seven studio albums from It's About Time (2006) to Greetings from Your Hometown (2025).
• Nominated for Best New Artist at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2008; won Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards.
• Split in 2011 for solo projects, reunited in 2019 with "Sucker", their first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Happiness Begins (2019) topped the Billboard 200; The Album (2023) and Greetings from Your Hometown (2025) followed.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released 26 November 2013 in the US, exclusively on the band's website
• The record marked the band's last release before the 2013 break-up
• It came after the October 2013 cancellation of the comeback tour
• Nick Jonas said the planned V album would not be released
• Fans were offered 10 live tracks from the summer tour plus four songs meant for V
• Counting "Pom Poms" and "First Time", six songs from the cancelled V were included
• The title is spelled LiVe with a capital V as a reference to the cancelled project
• No critic reviews, chart positions, sales figures, certifications or awards are recorded in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Track subtitles mark the live sources: Los Angeles 2013 for most tracks and Uncasville 2013 for track 7
• "Thinking Bout You" on the album is a cover of Frank Ocean's song of the same name
• After the band returned in 2019, the original V project was released in full as an LP through their merchandise website, with ten tracks, four of which were previously unreleased
• Nick Jonas described the release as something special for fans who had supported the band for many years

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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