Fiction Plane is a rock band from England. The band is fronted by Joe Sumner, the son of musician Sting. In 2001, they recorded their first demo called Swings and Roundabouts under the name Santa's Boyfriend. Before signing to a major record deal, they changed their name to Fiction Plane and recorded their first major label release, Everything Will Never Be OK, with MCA Records. The album was released in 2002 in England and March 2003 in the United States with the single "Hate".

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  • Fiction Plane is a rock band from England. The band is fronted by Joe Sumner, the son of musician Sting. In 2001, they recorded their first demo called Swings and Roundabouts under the name Santa's Boyfriend. Before signing to a major record deal, they changed their name to Fiction Plane and recorded their first major label release, Everything Will Never Be OK, with MCA Records. The album was released in 2002 in England and March 2003 in the United States with the single "Hate". Shortly after the release of the album, the band was joined by Bloomington, IN drummer Pete Wilhoit. Though they received positive critical acclaim, they were dropped by MCA in 2005. In 2005 Fiction Plane was the support act for Sting's Broken Music Tour. The tour took the band all over Europe playing 29 shows in 25 countries. During this tour, the band released a 4-song EP on the Geffen imprint label Everybody's Records entitled Bitter Forces and Lame Race Horses. The EP exhibited musical growth for the band and is a collector's item on the secondary market, due to its limited pressing. With a move from Geffen Records to Interscope Records in 2006, this four piece become a trio when bass/keyboard player Dan Brown left the band. Joe Sumner took over on bass and the band started working on a new album. Fiction Plane supported The Police on the North American, European, Australian/New Zealand, and Asian legs of their 2007 Reunion Tour, playing 87 shows. Just prior to that tour, a new Fiction Plane album entitled Left Side of the Brain was released on Bieler Bros. Records on May 22, 2007. The singles "Two Sisters" and "Death Machine" were released to select stations. In support of the album and the singles, Fiction Plane performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live. On January 23, 2008, Left Side of the Brain was released in Japan through Sideout Records with two bonus tracks: "Drink (acoustic)" and "Put On Your Shoes. " In April 2008, Left Side of the Brain was released in France through XIII Bis Records, containing five bonus tracks ("VIP ", "Coolest Kid", "At Ease", "Sleepwalker", "Drink "), a video clip ("Two Sisters"), and a hidden track, "The Circus Trouser Enthusiast". Four of the bonus cuts were demos recorded in 2006 but were never used. "Sleepwalker" is an early version of what would become "Anyone," the first track on Left Side of the Brain. In the Spring of 2008, Fiction Plane toured America with The Bravery and Your Vegas. Fiction Plane also supported 311 and Snoop Dogg on the 2008 Summer Unity Tour in America. In Europe, the band was featured on several high-profile music festivals, including Paaspop and Pinkpop in The Netherlands, Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park in Germany, and AquaViva Canaries in Spain. On November 10, 2008, Fiction Plane launched the video for the single "It's A Lie" at YouTube. The video was directed by Sumner's younger half-brother Jake, and is based on the storyline to the 1983 Tom Cruise film Risky Business. The video can be viewed here: It's A Lie. In December, 2008, Fiction Plane performed a largely sold-out run through Europe, culminating in selling out the 1800-capacity Paradiso in Amsterdam. The show was simultaneously broadcast at Fabchannel and is currently streaming in the site's archive. At the same time, Fiction Plane was also the recipient of a "Fabby Award" for having their previous FabChannel performance at the Melkweg viewed over 250,000 times. On February 27, 2009, Fiction Plane previewed five brand new songs at a concert at Arlene's Grocery in New York City. The song titles were "Telephone Unknown," "Humanoid," "Denied," "Zero," and "Contagious. " It is undetermined as to whether or not the songs will be included on the next studio album. On March 23, 2009, the band released its first-ever live DVD and CD package, simply entitled "Paradiso", through XIII Bis Records. It was recorded on December 7, 2008 at the band’s sold-out performance in Amsterdam. Paradiso is offered in three packages. One set consists of a DTS Sound DVD of the show and two CDs featuring the entire audio performance. Special features on the DVD include the unedited version of the “It’s A Lie” video, and a photo gallery comprised of images taken along the band’s touring journey. The DVD will also be available separately. Paradiso was mixed by Ash Howes and mastered by Andy Walters at Abbey Road. In the July 2009 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, Pete Wilhoit was announced as the #3 Up-And-Coming Drummer in the 2009 Reader's Poll.
  • Fiction Plane est un groupe de rock britannique formé à Londres en 2000 Le groupe est composé du batteur Pete Wilhoit, du guitariste Seton Daunt et de Joe Sumner, chanteur et bassiste Sumner est le fils aîné de Sting du groupe The Police
  • I Fiction Plane sono un gruppo pop rock formatosi nel 1999, nel quale troviamo il cantante e bassista Joe Sumner (che è il figlio di Sting, leader dei Police).
  • Fiction Plane is een driekoppige rockband uit Engeland. Zanger en bassist is Joe Sumner, de zoon van Sting. Seton Daunt is de gitarist en Pete Wilhoit is de drummer. De naam Fiction Plane is een anagram van Infant Police, verwijzend naar de band van Joe's vader, The Police. Het Engelse woord infant betekent echter iets in de trant van 'kind'. Dit zou dus 'kinderen van The Police' kunnen betekenen. De bandleden van Fiction Plane hebben dit feit echter altijd aan toeval toegeschreven. Fiction Plane bestaat sinds 2001 (toen nog onder de naam Santa's Boyfriend), maar sinds 2007 zijn ze in Nederland doorgebroken. De single Two Sisters is 3FM Megahit geweest en heeft op dat station ook veel airplay gekregen. Tevens heeft de single een toptien-notering gehaald in de Mega Top 50. Sinds dit succes heeft Fiction Plane een flink groeiend aantal fans. Ook de optredens in het voorprogramma van The Police hebben hieraan bijgedragen. Ze geven regelmatig optredens in Nederland, waaronder in 2008 als headliner op Paaspop en op het hoofdpodium van Pinkpop. Op 7 december 2008 gaven ze een uitverkocht concert in Paradiso, Amsterdam. Hier werden opnames gemaakt voor het op 23 maart 2009 verschenen live-album Paradiso .
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  • Fiction Plane is a rock band from England. The band is fronted by Joe Sumner, the son of musician Sting. In 2001, they recorded their first demo called Swings and Roundabouts under the name Santa's Boyfriend. Before signing to a major record deal, they changed their name to Fiction Plane and recorded their first major label release, Everything Will Never Be OK, with MCA Records. The album was released in 2002 in England and March 2003 in the United States with the single "Hate".
  • Fiction Plane est un groupe de rock britannique formé à Londres en 2000 Le groupe est composé du batteur Pete Wilhoit, du guitariste Seton Daunt et de Joe Sumner, chanteur et bassiste Sumner est le fils aîné de Sting du groupe The Police
  • I Fiction Plane sono un gruppo pop rock formatosi nel 1999, nel quale troviamo il cantante e bassista Joe Sumner (che è il figlio di Sting, leader dei Police).
  • Fiction Plane is een driekoppige rockband uit Engeland. Zanger en bassist is Joe Sumner, de zoon van Sting. Seton Daunt is de gitarist en Pete Wilhoit is de drummer. De naam Fiction Plane is een anagram van Infant Police, verwijzend naar de band van Joe's vader, The Police. Het Engelse woord infant betekent echter iets in de trant van 'kind'. Dit zou dus 'kinderen van The Police' kunnen betekenen. De bandleden van Fiction Plane hebben dit feit echter altijd aan toeval toegeschreven.
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