New single We Are The People will be released in the UK on June 1. Stay tuned for tracklisting and formats to be announced soon. In other news, Zane Lowe gave WATP his “Hottest Record In The World” last Wednesday night on Radio 1. This is the second time Zane has given his support to the Empire in this way after naming Walking On A Dream the “Hottest” last year. Go Zane!!

Check out the amazing video for We Are The People, filmed in Mexico:

The album and single Walking On A Dream have been officially recognised as Platinum in Australia. These are the Empire’s first platinum awards anywhere in the world and they would like to thank all of the fans that have purchased a copy thus far.

Why thankyou MTV, we’ve been nominated in the Best Newcomer category for the Vodafone MTV Australia Awards!

Fortunately, you can make the call on this one (and even win a double pass to the show in Sydney), so please help us out…

Register and place your vote via “Vote And Win” to win the tix (voting closes on Wednesday March 25 and the show is March 27).

You can also just “Quick Vote” without having to log in, or sms “Vote” to 191 MTV (688).

If you haven’t yet signed up make sure you clink on the “Join The Empire” link above so you can delve deeper into the world of Empire Of The Sun, chat with likeminded souls or share your own art with other Empire fans.

As a special treat all new members will receive a free mp3 download of the brand new, previously unreleased song Romance To Me which is unavailable anywhere else but right here on walkingonadream.com. You’ll be able to download it from the forum once you’ve logged in.

Click here and join the movement!