Bruno Mars announced a new album that will be released on Feb. 27, and his first tour in over a decade, the “Romantic Tour”. Mars selected the dates Jan. 12 through the 14 available dates to order presale tickets. Fans all over the world have rushed to sites such as SeatGeek, Ticketmaster, and StubHub to fight the ticket battle with thousands of other fans.
Since Mars released both the presale and the general sale dates it has become a frequently discussed topic on social media platforms. Creators on social media such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat rave about the upcoming “Romantic Tour” beginning in 2026 and what it has been like to have to fight for a ticket during presale.
This tour will contain 40 different concerts and take place in both the United States, Europe, and the UK, resulting in a world wide tour. Mars has set up a 7 month tour around the world for the chance for his fans to enjoy his music and well rounded performance. To kick off the tour, the first concert will be held in what we call “Sin City”,Las Vegas at the Allegiant Stadium on April 10 and the tour will come to and end on October 10, at the BC stadium in Vancouver, Canada.
Mars has gathered many opening acts for some of the concerts within the tour. For example, those who will join him in some concerts in North America include Victorious star, Leon Thomas, and DJ Pee Wee who will be at every show. Additionally, Mars has announced that Victoria Monet will be present at some of the European shows. Lastly, as Mars comes back to North America for some of his later shows in the tour artist RAYE will be joining him and DJ Pee Wee. The guest artists making appearances within the tour have been selected by Mars to ensure the satisfaction of his fans.
Each venue will contain Mars merch promoting his new album and tour. Apparel that will be sold for the ‘Romantic’ album includes, tee-shirts, hoodies, hats, and long sleeves. Merch can be pre-ordered on the Mars official store online.
One of the featured shirts contains a picture of Mars face on the front and another has a photo of Mars squatting down holding a rose.
All t-shirts can be purchased on the website for $50 dollars while CD’s available range from $15 dollars to $30 dollars on the Mars website.
Mars released one song called, “I Just Might” on Jan. 9 from his new “Romantic” album soon to come on Feb. 27 to give fans a preview of what is to come.
So far the song is trending on platforms like TikTok. Looking at Spotify, the song ‘I Just Might’ has 61,652,437 streams. Additionally, the music video following this song contains 57 million views and 1.1 million likes. Thus, Mars starts off the ‘Romantic’ album with a bang.
Overall, the wait until the first show of the ‘Romantic’ tour continues. The wait for April 10 will go by rapidly as the release of the ‘Romantic’ album approaches. As fans continue to rave about tickets, the song ‘I Just Might’ hits charts all over the world and brings forth the excitement for both the tour and the upcoming album.
