Bruno Mars, perhaps the most revered native son icon on the planet now, will go global with his mammoth tour beginning April 10 at the Allegient Stadium in Las Vegas. Tickets went on sale Jan. 14 at GoTickets.com but are also available at other ticketing agencies.
The tour supports Mars’ new “The Romantic” album, due to be released by Atlantic on Feb. 27. The first single, “I Just Might,” dropped a few days ago, and already is charted as a bona fide hit.
For Hawaii fans, catching Mars means fetching tickets for one of his playdates, which run from spring to fall, elsewhere. FYI, several cities already have added new playdates because of brisk, healthy sales.
Some data worth sharing:
* The Romantic Tour broke records for the largest single-day ticket sales in Live Nation history throughout North America, Europe and the UK.
* Ticketmaster logged 2.1 million tickets in a single sales day.
* Mars’ first-ever stadium sked now spans more than 70 shows, a decade after his record-breaking 24K Magic World Tour nearly a decade ago.
In plain talk, Mars is a hottie, with shows scheduled between June 2026 and July 2027. But obviously, Mars can’t concertize in the Islands since the Aloha Stadium is closed for renovations, and there’s no viable venue unless you consider outside-of-the-box locations like Diamond Head Crater, Kualoa Ranch, or the plains at Schofield Barracks, which would mean impossible challenges like a lack of infrastructure or parking or security measures. But wouldn’t this make for an indisputably spectacular TV special after the fact? Just daydreaming.
His tours will be on hiatus during the holiday season, since he has a Christmas-New Year’s residency to fill at Dolby Live at Park MGM, Las Vegas.
“The Romantic” is the Hawaii-born superstar’s fourth album and the first in nearly a decade.
Mars is a familiar figure in Billboard Charts and the Grammy Awards since he became a household name. His trademark retro-inspired rhythm ‘n’ blues sound, elevated with a pop punch thanks to the versatility of his group, the Hooligans, includes the likes of “Just the Way You Are,” “Uptown Funk, “When I Was Your Man,” “Locked Out of Heaven,” “24K Magic,” “Treasure,” and “Marry You.” He just might slip in “I Just Might,” natch.
In the 2018 Grammy Awards, Mars won 16 trophies, in a major sweep of seven awards, and additional wins with Silk Sonic, and his 2024 collaboration with Lady Gaga on “Die With a Smile,” was reflective of his versatility and fluidity in partnering with landmark peers. In the 2026 Grammy Awards this Sunday, he is nominated for for his collaboration with Rosé on the song “APT.,” for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. And betcha he wins big time, too,..
And that’s Show Biz…