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fun. has announced details of their very busy summer schedule, including sold out headline shows, high profile TV appearances, and the arrival of a new single/video from their breakthrough album, Some Nights.

The jam-packed itinerary gets underway this weekend when fun. teams with Janelle Monáe for a much-anticipated live performance of their record-breaking #1 hit, “We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe),” at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, slated for Sunday, June 3rd at 9 pm ET/PT (check local listings).

Monday, June 4th will see fun. visiting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! for an eagerly awaited performance on the show’s famed Outdoor Stage. That same day will also see the band partnering with AOL for a free concert at Los Angeles’ House of Blues Sunset celebrating “Signature Sounds,” an original video series and traveling music program hosted on AOL Music and AOL On. Tickets to the show will be available via an exclusive RSVP page, located at http://music.aol.com/signature-sounds/.

Monday will also see the long-awaited debut of the epic companion video to fun’s new single, “Some Nights.” The clip – directed by Anthony Mandler (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Drake, The Killers) – will have its world premiere exclusively on MTV and on www.mtv.com at 3:55 pm ET. In the meantime, fun. fans can get an early taste of the “Some Nights” video via a special teaser, streaming now.  To watch the video, see above.

Norwegian all-female alt-folk band Katzenjammer have just released their first single, "A Bar In Amsterdam," from their forthcoming album on iTunes (download here).  The band, who have become known for their raucous live shows, grabbed the attention of festival goers at this year's SXSW and have since been added to some of the summer's biggest festivals, including Bonnaroo. 

David Byrne has assembed a number of performers, like Santigold and the Dirty Projectors, for the first artist-curated stage at Bonnaroo, and invited Katzenjammer to be part of the line-up -- which also includes Byrne performing the "Songs of David Byrn and Brian Eno" -- on Friday, June 12.