Bruno Mars
Jul 18, 2011
Bruno Mars is a multitalented singer, songwriter, producer and musician who feels most at home when he's performing. Mars was born to a musical family in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was practically raised on the stage. His father, a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, organized a Vegas-style revue that featured the entire family, including his mother, a talented vocalist. When a four-year-old Mars observed his family performing Motown hits, doo-wop medleys and impersonations for enthusiastic crowds all over his native Waikiki Beach, he knew he had to get on that stage.
As soon as he graduated high school, he left Hawaii for Los Angeles with dreams of launching his career as a performer. Those dreams got put on hold, however, when The Smeezingtons, the songwriting/production team he founded with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, suddenly took off. The pair has crafted major hits for a diverse roster of talent, including Flo Rida's "Right Round", Travie McCoy's "Billionaire", Brandy's "Long Distance" and K'Naan's "Waving Flags", which was the theme song for 2010 World Cup.
Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the debut studio album by Bruno Mars which was released on October 4, 2010. The lead single "Just the Way You Are" was released July 19, 2010 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four consecutive weeks, going on to become an international top ten hit. "Grenade" was later announced as the second single, and has charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, as well as becoming his second consecutive number one in the US and UK. "The Lazy Song" was released as the third official single from the album in Spring 2011, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 and becoming his third consecutive number one single in the UK as a solo artist. The new single has sold over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States, becoming Mars' fifth consecutive million-selling single as a solo and featured artist combined.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
- 8/16 Hammersmith Apollo London, UK
- 8/17 Hammersmith Apollo London, UK
- 8/18 O2 Academy Birmingham, UK
- 8/20 V Festival Chelmsford & Staffordshire, UK
- 8/21 8/20 V Festival Chelmsford & Staffordshire, UK
- 8/30 The Great Allentown Fair Grandstand Allentown, PA
- 8/31 New York State Fair Syracuse, NY
- 9/1 Champlain Valley Exposition VT, Essex Junction
- 9/3 Atlantis Paradise @ Grand Ballroom Nassau, Paradise Island Bahamas
