Battleground

Battleground is the second studio album released by British-Irish boyband The Wanted on 4 November 2011 through Island Records. In January 2011, the group began work on their second studio album with previous songwriter and producer Steve Mac. In February 2011, it was revealed the group would be releasing the official Comic Relief single for 2011. In April 2011, the group embarked on their first headline tour, playing 16 dates in 12 different UK cities. The tour was in support of their debut album The Wanted but whilst on tour, the group previewed the song, "Lightning" from their new album. The track was co-written by the band and Ed Drewett. Max George confirmed on 28 September that the album was complete and the following day, Nathan Sykes confirmed the album would be released with the title Battleground. In March 2012, Billboard confirmed that Battleground is "slated to arrive stateside this fall" as the band's second US release, after their debut EP