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Bruno Mars makes his first appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone in our next issue. The Hawaiian-born star talks to senior writer Brian Hiatt about his 25-year history as an entertainer, which started when he began impersonating Elvis Presley in the family band at age two. Before he was even in kindergarten, Mars was leading the group in their hugely successful show in Hawaii, but when the band broke up Bruno's family struggled to pay the bills, and life as he knew it fell apart. "I wouldn't trade it for anything," he says. "Because I feel like I can enjoy this so much."

Look for the issue on stands and in the iTunes App Store this Friday, April 26th

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.c...z2RRcSmCrP
Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

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Great photograph.

I'm starting to think I should take Bruno more seriously. "Locked Out Of Heaven" is brilliant, and "When I Was Your Man" is quite decent.

Don't like that he's pictured with a cigarette, but otherwise it's a smokin' pic! This guy will be around for a long

while!

^ yeah he's smokin' in that pic

I concede he has an aptness for churning out pop hits, and he's a valid multi-instrumentalist, but there's something inexplicably derivative about the results.

I guess he and Miguel will pay tribute to Prince in BMAs next month...

Oh,,,this pic is giving me serious O'Bryan flashbacks

^ It's also giving me flashbacks to some cool '80s photos of some artists too...

He'll do for 20 minutes.

alphastreet said:

^ yeah he's smokin' in that pic

Gotta love a good pun

VenusBlingBling said:

Don't like that he's pictured with a cigarette, but otherwise it's a smokin' pic! This guy will be around for a long

while!

Agreed. He is a good looking guy but it's 2013! Smoking is no longer sexy, cool or "badass". I wish it would stop being portrayed as such in entertainment media.

VenusBlingBling said:

Don't like that he's pictured with a cigarette.

There's a lyric in the title track of his latest album that refers to his cocaine use, and we all remember he was busted 3 years ago in Vegas for possession. Just be glad he's not doing lines on the cover.

Picked up a copy today at Schulers Bookstore. Very nice interview Really looking forward to watching both him and Prince perform at the Billboard Music Awards next month!

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he is so hot!

Glad his starting to get more recognition. His amazing and his adorable!

Here's the full interview:

Identity said:

VenusBlingBling said:

Don't like that he's pictured with a cigarette.

There's a lyric in the title track of his latest album that refers to his cocaine use, and we all remember he was busted 3 years ago in Vegas for possession. Just be glad he's not doing lines on the cover.

I'm glad he got straight quick. I remember reading about it going "oh no..." but he cleaned up REAL FAST after that. That's what impressed me about Bruno.

Timmy84 said:

Identity said:

There's a lyric in the title track of his latest album that refers to his cocaine use, and we all remember he was busted 3 years ago in Vegas for possession. Just be glad he's not doing lines on the cover.

I'm glad he got straight quick. I remember reading about it going "oh no..." but he cleaned up REAL FAST after that. That's what impressed me about Bruno.

Yep .. like it never happened. So happy that people are into him now.

babybugz said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm glad he got straight quick. I remember reading about it going "oh no..." but he cleaned up REAL FAST after that. That's what impressed me about Bruno.

Yep .. like it never happened. So happy that people are into him now.

Don't like it.

vainandy said:

He'll do for 20 minutes.

indeed!

NaughtyKitty said:

Bruno Mars makes his first appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone in our next issue. The Hawaiian-born star talks to senior writer Brian Hiatt about his 25-year history as an entertainer, which started when he began impersonating Elvis Presley in the family band at age two. Before he was even in kindergarten, Mars was leading the group in their hugely successful show in Hawaii, but when the band broke up Bruno's family struggled to pay the bills, and life as he knew it fell apart. "I wouldn't trade it for anything," he says. "Because I feel like I can enjoy this so much."

Look for the issue on stands and in the iTunes App Store this Friday, April 26th

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.c...z2RRcSmCrP
Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

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talk about a image set up. Bruno is not that badass. Pleezzee a cig and leopard and gold. sorry not buying it. But he does look good.

Is he still a coke addict?

itry so hard 2 get in2 artist like him.miquel,chris brown all this young generation and i feel like im locked out of their perverted sense of what they call heaven b/c it takes me 2 hell.nothing that is played on mainstream gets my attention these days i rather lay back 2 my prince, janet jackson, new edition and the time.

Identity said:

I concede he has an aptness for churning out pop hits, and he's a valid multi-instrumentalist, but there's something inexplicably derivative about the results.

yeah, it's the old cliche about people becoming musicians just to get girls. When I hear his music I think it's just not meant for me to enjoy.

I really liked "Locked Out Of Heaven" the first time I heard it, but there was a long wait for the album, and in the meantime the radio (and cafes, and stores) played it into the ground. Even this magazine cover seems late.

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cbarnes3121 said:

itry so hard 2 get in2 artist like him.miquel,chris brown all this young generation and i feel like im locked out of their perverted sense of what they call heaven b/c it takes me 2 hell.nothing that is played on mainstream gets my attention these days i rather lay back 2 my prince, janet jackson, new edition and the time.

No mentions of New Edition in the article--but everybody else gets discussed a bit. Besides the listening to "Purple Rain" before going on stage (on the page that appeared before), a rehearsal turns into a jam session and Mars plays keyboard and sings "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and then he says he borrowed from it for the hook for "Nothin' on You." His working the band to get all their choreography right while playing sounds a bit like the reports of Prince working the Time (though Mars eventually decides to drop the dance steps--from interviews it just sounds like Prince would have just piled on something extra to play on top of the dancing). And early in the interview, when he and the reporter get in the car, he turns on a "retro-R&B station" and Janet comes on singing "Nasty," leading Bruno to "sing along with the synth riff" and then he says "Jimmy Jam, right?"

So maybe, just maybe, Bruno's listening habits are similar to yours. Not that that means anything about his music. Just thought it was interesting.