BRUNO MARS TO BRING THE 24K MAGIC WORLD TOUR TO NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE IN 2017
LOUISVILLE, KY (November 15, 2016) – Grammy Award winner and world-renowned, multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer/director/musician, Bruno Mars, revealed details behind his massive upcoming global headline tour - The 24K Magic World Tour (pronounced twenty-four karat magic world tour). The magic will begin March 28 at Antwerp, Belgium’s Sportpalais and will travel throughout Europe through June with shows set in London, Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Copenhagen, Berlin and more. The North American leg will follow kicking off July 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and then visit over 45 cities, including a stop in Louisville, KY at KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday, September 19, before culminating with a four-night stand at The Forum in Los Angeles. For complete details, please visit The 24K Magic World Tour official homepage at http://www.brunomars.com.
Tickets go on sale to the public beginning at 10:00am on Monday, November 21 at www.Livenation.com, www.Ticketmaster.com, the venue box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000.
The 24K Magic World Tour celebrates Mars’ eagerly anticipated new album, 24K Magic (http://smarturl.it/24kmagic), set to arrive worldwide on Friday, November 18 on Atlantic Records. Pre-orders are available now via the Bruno Mars Official Store (http://www.brunomars.com), with all pre-orders from the store receiving early access to tickets for The 24K Magic Tour.
The 24K Magic World Tour marks Mars’ first full-length tour since 2013’s hugely successful Moonshine Jungle World Tour, an international blockbuster that sold 2 million tickets worldwide across 155 sold-out dates.
Mars – currently featured on the cover of Rolling Stone – is set for a number of high profile TV appearances, beginning with a show-opening performance at the 2016 American Music Awards, airing live Sunday, November 20. Mars will next perform at the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, airing Monday, December 5. The upcoming appearances follow Mars’ recent set on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, highlighted by performances of “24K Magic” and new album track, “Chunky.”
About Bruno Mars:
A multiple GRAMMY® Award winner and 20 time GRAMMY® nominee, Bruno Mars has sold over 170 million singles worldwide and over 26 million albums worldwide, affirming him one of the best-selling artists of all time. The critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, director, musician recently dominated charts with the worldwide smash single, “Uptown Funk.” The RIAA diamond certified smash made history as the longest-leading Billboard “Hot 100” single of the 2010s, and is only the 10th single in the chart’s 57-year history to spend at least 14 weeks at #1. “Uptown Funk” has received a number of honors, among them three 2016 GRAMMY® Awards, including the coveted “Record of the Year” award. In addition, the “Uptown Funk” companion video received the 2016 MTV Video Music Award for “Best Male Video.”
Mars returned to the Super Bowl Halftime stage this past February to perform alongside Beyoncé and Coldplay. Mars’ historic 2014 performance made NFL history as the second most watched Super Bowl Halftime Show ever, earning a record-breaking total viewership of over 115.3 million, all while being the youngest artist ever to serve as the sole Super Bowl Halftime headliner. According to Billboard, Mars scored his first five “Hot 100” #1 singles faster than any male artist since Elvis Presley. As a singer, songwriter and producer, Bruno Mars has now massed an incredible catalog of 35 “Hot 100” hits to date.