The Bruno Mars Thread Part 6!

*BRUNO AND THE HOOLIGANS KICK OFF THE 3rd LEG OF THE MOONSHINE JUNGLE TOUR IN AUSTRALIA! (post 26)*

*BRUNO SMASHES BOX OFFICE RECORDS AT NEW ZEALAND'S VECTOR ARENA! (post 85) Sllllaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!*


*BRUNO IN MANILLA DONATING $100,000 TO VICTIMS OF THE YOLANDA TYPHOON (post 96)


* LISTEN TO BRUNO'S NEW SONG "WELCOME BACK" ON THE RIO 2 SOUNDTRACK!! (post 109)

*ITS OFFICIAL: EVERYBODY AND THEIR GRANDPA LOVES BRUNO MARS! (post 140)


*BRUNO CAUGHT TWD! (TWEETING WHILE DRUNK) AND ITS HILARIOUS! CHECK OUT HIS DELETED DRUNKEN TWEETS (post 142)


*BRUNO IS BACK IN HIS HOME STATE OF HAWAII CHILLING WITH FANS GETTING READY FOR HIS BIG CONCERTS! (post 154)


*BRUNO MARS MANIA TAKING OVER HAWAII AS THOUSANDS FLOCK TO HIS RECORD BREAKING SOLD-OUT CONCERTS! (post 162)

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CHS grad lands dream job working for Bruno Mars

By Mary Ann Price

As tour manager for Bruno Mars, Shaun Hoffman has a job he loves, coordinating travel arrangements and personal appearance details for a talented and popular singer. Hoffman’s success is a combination of strong friendships, being in the right place at the right time, the loyalty and generosity of a talented 19-year-old female keyboard player and singer, but most importantly, hard work....

Hoffman worked as a substitute teacher for two years and then moved to Boston, where he waited tables and eventually managed Whiskey’s Smokehouse on Boylston Street. It was during this time that he started to work with the New York City rock band Semi Precious Weapons, whose drummer is CHS graduate Dan Crean, another friend of Hoffman’s. He became their tour manager and moved to New York City on one day’s notice. He took a job at Planet Hollywood in Times Square to help support himself.

The opening act for Semi Precious Weapons was a 19-year-old singer and keyboard player who sometimes set hairspray on fire while on stage. Hoffman described her as a huge fan of the band who promised that if she ever made it big, she would take them with her. Her name was Lady Gaga....

On Thanksgiving Day 2010, he was enjoying a holiday dinner when Lady Gaga’s tour manager told him that Bruno Mars needed a tour manager. Two phone interviews later, he had the job.

The first two performances that Bruno Mars did with Hoffman as tour manager were on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and the Grammys. Last month Mars headlined the halftime show at the Super Bowl and he will soon take off on a two-month tour of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Asia. Hoffman loves working for him.

“He’s great,” Hoffman said. “He’s super nice, very caring, very professional. A genuinely nice guy. You never see him in the tabloids or on TMZ.”

To read full article: http://www.thecantoncitiz...-hoffman/

Bruno at an afterpary after the Brit Awards

djcharlesy: A moment I’ll never forget.. @.brunomars hosting my set last night in #Chakana! Such a nice guy exactly how all stars should be!! #OneToTellTheKids”

@.Chakanalondon: Big Thanks @.BrunoMars amazing #BRITs2014 afterparty @.Chakanalondon. Congrats on winning best international solo male”

VIDEO CLIP of Bruno DJ'ing at the afterparty

Fan captured footage of Bruno's performance of Treasure at the Brit Awards

'Bruno Mars' getting attacked by a cat!

Chart Moves: Bruno Mars' 'Jukebox' Hits 2 Million Sales

- Bruno Mars, "Unorthodox Jukebox" - No. 5 - In the week ending February 9, the album surpassed 2 million in sales, becoming Mars' second -- of two -- albums to reach that sales threshold. At the present, with 2.10 million, it's only a little over 100,000 copies away from matching the sum of his first album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (2.21 million).

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5915591/chart-moves-bruno-mars-jukebox-hits-2-million-sales-wicked

Lionel Richie showing Bruno some love

http://bmars-news.tumblr....7379429560

Lionel Richie answers fan questions and reveals that Bruno Mars is his “new guy”:

Fan question: “Which artists are you currently listening to now?” #asklionel

Bruno Mars Super Bowl Rehearsal pics!

ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Crowd into Panoramic Concert Screen Featuring Bruno Mars Live

New York, NY – (February 3, 2014) – Last night, ThinkBreatheLive (TBL) helped more than 80,000 spectators at MetLife Stadium play a VIP role in the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show featuring Bruno Mars. Touchdown Entertainment engaged the creative shop to produce digital environments for America's hallmark entertainment event, including a dynamic LED experience that turned the entire stadium into an immersive panoramic concert screen.

The joint effort marked consecutive Super Bowl appearances for TBL after it produced content for last year’s halftime headliner and longtime client Beyoncé. This year introduced a new twist: Super Bowl attendees wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montreal-based company PixMob. The hats were remotely controlled to collectively form a massive LED screen on which TBL’s media was projected.

Creative Director Andy Jennison led TBL’s creative team. A musician himself, Jennison says Bruno Mars’ "music-first" mentality as a pop star inspired the visualization process. For instance, in designing the LED display for Bruno Mars’ big drum solo, he “used MetLife Stadium as a drum kit,” lighting up various sections representing the kick, snare, cymbals, etc.

“We wanted everyone in attendance to have a great time and enjoy this technology, and for all of the people at home to say, ‘Wow, it must be amazing to be there,’” remarks Jennison. “It's an unprecedented way of presenting interactive content in live venues.”

“Bruno wanted the halftime show to be a big party, and last night was exactly that,” adds TBL Executive Producer Kenny Pedini. “Everyone in the sold-out crowd was literally part of the show.”

"Getting to know Bruno as an artist, what has always stood out to me is his old-school personality,” Jennison explains. “He's an old soul who likes being on stage with his band, under the lights and playing the music. I wanted the content to honor that by keeping it musical and reflective of his level of energy and showmanship."

Tasked to visually enhance the live ceremonies and performances, as well as to electrify the fan-experience for millions of TV viewers, TBL worked closely with Ricky Kirshner, executive producer, Touchdown Entertainment, as well as independent creative director/choreographer Jamie King and Bruno Mars’ creative director/lighting designer LeRoy Bennett. TBL was also charged with creating Pepsi branding via the animated halftime show intro.

Pre-visualizing large-scale content for MetLife Stadium presented the TBL team with technical challenges from the outset. They first built a model of the stadium in 3D compositing software. All of the content was then animated in After Effects and plastered on the model for testing.

“We had to start small and everything had to be precisely scaled," elaborates Jennison. "I also wanted to establish the best-case scenario early on if everyone had their LED caps on. We pixelated the seating charts accordingly and fed that data into the 3D model.”

Anticipating intangibles such as audience movement, empty seats or a hatless fan, TBL conducted extensive R&D to fine tune the definition of the content as well as to lay out their margins of error. Pedini and Jennison were also on hand for the live rehearsals and in attendance at the game to sign off on the projections before the lights went down.

“Fortunately, everything went off without a hitch,” concludes Pedini. “The Super Bowl is the biggest stage in the world, and it was our job to make Bruno, Pepsi, the NFL, and everyone involved look good. Is that a lot of pressure? You bet. Is it all worth it? Absolutely! To stand on that field and see our work going on all around us – there’s nothing better.”

Client(s): Touchdown Entertainment / Bruno Mars

ThinkBreatheLive:

Executive Producer: Kenny Pedini

Creative Director: Andy Jennison

VFX Artist: Ian Mayer

VFX Artist: Adam Yost

VFX Artist: Wes Townsend

VFX Artist: Fredrik Sundwall

Compositor: Eric Bigman

Assistant Producer: Sarah Nadeau

Halftime Show Video Montage: http://vimeo.com/85832133

http://www.thinkbreathelive.com/

Bruno Mars' trumpet player tells area students to aim high

• By AMY BANTON
• Posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:01 a.m.

STAFF PHOTO BY AMY BANTON Wagener Salley High School JROTC post the colors during a Black History Program held on Friday, in which Bruno Mars' trumpet player James King, far left, was the guest speaker.

WAGENER — Wagener-Salley High students found themselves a bit star-struck on Friday after Bruno Mars' trumpet player James King made an appearance at their school.

King was the guest speaker for the school's annual Black History program and made a special trip from Atlanta to talk to students about accomplishing their goals. King even did a small performance that students and faculty members alike enjoyed.

Bruno Mars is a Grammy-winning pop musician from Honolulu who performed at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

King has also performed and recorded with Angie Stone, P.J. Morton, Monica, Mary J. Blige, Janelle Monae and more.

King told students that his journey started with the quote, “Doubt has killed more dreams than fear ever will.” King bases most of his success off of the “three C's,” which he said are commitment, consistence and confidence.

He asked students to repeat those words several times and said he believes that civil rights leaders, like Martin Luther King Jr., lived by those same words themselves.

He said that while he was trying to achieve his desired goals, he worked in retail and delivered pizzas. He told students that just because they aren't living their dream at that very moment, that doesn't mean they won't accomplish it.

“You have to stay committed and stay consistent,” King said. “Your purpose will never leave you. Your purpose will always chase you all throughout life.”

At the end of his speech, he reminded students that every decision they make will impact their life in some way. He told students to hold on to their dreams and aim high.

“Once you pursue your passion, there will be a fulfillment in life that won't be obtained through anything else,” he said. “One thing about being confident is to love yourself, to believe in yourself.”

Before he left, he played “When the Saints Go Marching In” on his trumpet and had the audience stomp or clap to set the tempo.

Wagener-Salley High School Principal Ute Aadland said they were very thankful to King for taking the time to speak to students, adding that if he ever decided to “hang up his trumpet,” he should pursue a career as a motivational speaker.

“I think he's just a shining example of having a vision for yourself and having an idea for your future,” Aadland said.

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Bruno out and about with fans in LA over the weekend.

Bruno with a fan in LA (x)(x)

Bruno with a fan in LA

(deleted post) macaroni__massacre: Food with #brunomars

^That was taken by his nephew and posted on his Instagram He later deleted it, but not before other fans saw it and saved it and posted it on their tumblrs lol...

Older pics....

(22 June 2013) happy_tamara: Mesmerized by

(8 October 2013) happy_tamara: "Happy Birthday Unko B! Miss your tendrils!"@brunomars #goldenchild #brunomars#jacobsenfambam

BRUNO MARS AND HIS BAND KICK OFF THE 3RD LEG OF HIS MOONSHINE JUNGLE TOUR THIS FRIDAY IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA!

Bruno Mars nominated for Favorite Male Singer for the 2014 Kids Choice Awards!

http://www.nick.com/kids-...ale-singer

Bruno Mars Partners with the Hawai'i Community Foundation and GRAMMY Foundation® to Establish a GRAMMY Camp® Scholarship Fund

Two-time GRAMMY® Winner To Support Next Generation of Music Makers with Fund to Provide Financial Assistance For Qualified Needs-Based Applicants from Hawai'i -- Deadline To Apply Is March 31, 2014

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The GRAMMY
Foundation^® (www.grammyfoundation.org) announced today that five students will receive financial assistance for GRAMMY Camp^® through the generous support of the Bruno Mars Scholarship Fund. The scholarship fund was established through a grant from the Hawai'i Community Foundation at the recommendation of Bruno Mars. The fund will cover the tuition of one qualified high school student each year for the next five years with preference to students from Hawai'i. GRAMMY Camp, now celebrating its 10th year, is the GRAMMY Foundation's signature music industry camp for U.S. high school students.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire....A23309LOGO)

To be eligible, U.S. high school applicants must complete an online application, video audition and a financial assistance form at www.grammyintheschools.com. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2014. The scholarship recipient will be notified in May 2014. Through the support of several corporate and individual donors, approximately 75 percent of GRAMMY Camp participants who applied for financial aid have received assistance from the GRAMMY Foundation. This program is supported in part byConverse and Journeys.

"Over the past 10 years, GRAMMY Camp has emerged as one of the most interactive and immersive training grounds for young people interested in a range of careers in the music industry," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy^®and the GRAMMY Foundation. "The program's success has inspired us to offer a new residential GRAMMY Camp this summer in St. Paul at McNally Smith College of Music, and a new nonresidential version of GRAMMY Camp in Nashville at Belmont University, in addition to our traditional locations in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and in Brooklyn at Converse Rubber Tracks. Frankly, there are no limits on how far we can take GRAMMY Camp given our goal to foster the next generations of music makers."

GRAMMY Camp offers selected high school students an interactive residential summer music experience. Focusing on all aspects of commercial music, this unique opportunity provides instruction by industry professionals in an immersive creative environment with cutting-edge technology in professional facilities. The program offers seven music career tracks: Audio Engineering; Electronic Music Production; Music Business; Music Journalism; a Performance track for Bass, Drums,Guitar, Keyboard, Vocal, and Winds & Strings; Video Production; and Songwriting. This real-world, hands-on environment will involve an in-depth look at the entire creative process from the first spark of original material through the promotion of a finished product, and will culminate in a launch party.

Billboard's 2013 Artist of the Year Bruno Mars is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and musician. The 18-time GRAMMY nominee and two-time GRAMMY winner has sold more than130 million singles worldwide. His current albumUnorthodox Jukebox and his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans have a combined certification total of 74-times platinum worldwide. According to Billboard, Mars scored his first five Hot 100 No. 1s faster than any male since Elvis Presley. As a singer, songwriter and producer, Mars has an impressive catalog of 22 Hot 100 hits. Mars and his eight-piece band The Hooligans are set to launch the second leg of their sold-out 155-date Moonshine Jungle world tour in the United States this summer.

The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with its founder, The Recording Academy, to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage. In recognition of the significant role of teachers in shaping their students' musical experiences, The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation have partnered to present the Music Educator Award.


Open to current U.S. music teachers in kindergarten through college, the first Music Educator Award was presented at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception during GRAMMY Week 2014. To nominate a teacher for the second annual Music Educator Award, please visitGRAMMYMusicTeacher.com. For more information about the Foundation, please visit www.grammyfoundation.org. For breaking news and exclusive content, please like "GRAMMY in the Schools^®" on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/grammyintheschools, follow the GRAMMY Foundation on Twitter @GRAMMYFdn atwww.twitter.com/GRAMMYFdn and join us on Instagram @GRAMMYFdn at www.instagram.com/GRAMMYfdn.

With 98 years of community service, the Hawai'i Community Foundation (HCF) is the leading philanthropic institution in the state. HCF is a steward of more than 650 funds, including more than 190 scholarship funds, created by donors who desire to transform lives and improve communities. In 2013 $43 million in grants and contracts were distributed statewide, including $4 million in scholarships. HCF also serves as a resource on community issues and trends in the nonprofit sector. For more information, visit www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org.

Converse Inc., based in N. Andover, Mass., is a wholly owned subsidiary of NIKE, Inc. Established in 1908, the Converse brand has built a reputation as "America's Original Sports Company"™ and has been associated with a rich heritage of legendary shoes such as the Chuck Taylor^® All Star^® shoe, the Jack Purcell^® shoe and the One Star^® shoe. Today, Converse offers a diverse portfolio including lifestyle men's, women's and children's footwear, apparel and accessories. Converse product is sold globally by retailers in over 160 countries and through 78 company-owned retail locations in the U.S. For more information, visit media.converse.com.

Journeys is a leader in the teen specialty retail scene, with more than 800 stores in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. Journeys uses fashion savvy and merchandising science to keep in step with the fast-paced footwear and accessories market for 13- to 22-year-old guys and girls. Journeys offers a wide variety of trendy, relevant brands that cater to teens that seek the hottest, new styles. However, the Journeys store is more than a retail environment — it's an extension of the teen lifestyle. From the plasma TVs playing exclusive content and the latest music videos, to the visual merchandising strategy and promotions, to the employees whose image and style reflect the customers' lifestyle and attitude. In addition, Journeys reaches its customers through www.journeys.com, a mobile website, catalog, national advertising, strategic cross-promotions, social media and grass-roots events like the Noise Tour. Journeys — An Attitude You Can Wear! Journeys is a division of Genesco Inc.

SOURCE GRAMMY Foundation

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bruno-mars-partners-with-the-hawaii-community-foundation-and-grammy-foundation-to-establish-a-grammy-camp-scholarship-fund-247256091.html

THE HOOLIGANS HAVE LANDED IN AUSTRALIA!

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I was going to post that here (About GRAMMY fondation), such a nice & generous move from Bruno... he's willing to help young & aspiring musicians for real.

Shawy89 said:

I was going to post that here (About GRAMMY fondation), such a nice & generous move from Bruno... he's willing to help young & aspiring musicians for real.

Yeah its really cool of him to be willing to help out young people aspiring to be musicians

“RIO 2″ DIRECTOR TALKS BRUNO MARS, SEQUEL PRESSURE, PREVIEWS NEW MUSIC

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And then, there’s Bruno Mars. Yes, that Bruno Mars, the pop music sensation and Grammy winner, here in his first movie voice-over role. Playing Roberto, he is Jewel’s childhood friend, a suave Macaw who poses a threat to Blu. Originally written more macho and with a deeper voice, Saldanha says it was Mars’ performance as host of “Saturday Night Live” that made him re-think the role.

“I thought he was really funny and witty and he had a charm,” Saldanha explains,“and I decided just to switch the character to that kind of personality because it felt better to me, it felt not as predictable.”
But in Mars first voice-over session, Saldanha says something still wasn’t something right. ”Sure enough, the pages were not reflecting him. He added so much more to the character than the page was reflecting.”


After thinking about the character more, Saldanha decided to push Roberto’s own musical chops to reflect Mars’ own talents. During his second voice-over session, Mars and his own musical collaborator Philip Lawrence took a 20-minute break to write a serenade to Jewel, something to be “even cheesier…more ego-centric,”as Saldanha put it. The result was so good, Saldanha and his team actually re-animated the work that had already been done for a new and improved, quite funny sequence.

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THE SEVEN SEES: Bringing in Bruno Mars is just a brilliant move considering his talents and how important music is to these movies. You talked about re-animating that one sequence because of the song he wrote there on the spot. Is that something you do a lot because an idea comes up when the actors are recording the voice-overs? Or was this an exception?

CARLOS SALDANHA: Only when we find something that is really fresh and new. I felt that when we did it for the first time, it was already awesome. He just did it and it was amazing. Then we animate. We went through with the process. But then we had another session, and I was thinking, I think we can push it, that it can be even funnier if we keep going. And I didn’t know if it was going to be, because I was going to do it almost like he has to be horny and just push it. I asked if he was willing to do it, and he said, ‘Oh, yeah! I can go there!’ He went to the high notes and he did the riff – it was so much fun! I went back, and it was worth animating for. If what we had done didn’t feel funny enough, I would’ve said to keep what we have, because it was awesome. But he did it – he’s amazing.

Read more: http://thesevensees.com/r...new-music/

Bruno Mars also contacted Blacc to offer a spot on an upcoming leg of his long-running Moonshine Jungle tour (Blacc will join the arena trek on May 27), after Mars revealed himself to be a fan of "I Need a Dollar." "He had been playing it during his show in a medley of songs," says Blacc of Mars, "and I guess, over time, decided that my stock was worthy of an invitation for his tour. I'm super honored to be able to perform on his tour. It's a big opportunity for me, and a blessing that he recognized my music."

http://www.billboard.com/...tion=false

itsmshawkins2u: Remembering that time @.brunomars kept taking selfies with MY phone while chillin after a show. #TotalGoofball #Backintheday #BeforeHeBecameGlobal #HesAGoodGuy #Sillybuddies #music #dance #fashion #life #bars #drinks #pics #selfies #brunomars #daniellehawkins #mtv #life #picoftheday #instagood #instamemories #Whydidimakethatface”

NaughtyKitty said:

itsmshawkins2u: Remembering that time @.brunomars kept taking selfies with MY phone while chillin after a show. #TotalGoofball #Backintheday #BeforeHeBecameGlobal #HesAGoodGuy #Sillybuddies #music #dance #fashion #life #bars #drinks #pics #selfies #brunomars #daniellehawkins #mtv #life #picoftheday #instagood #instamemories #Whydidimakethatface”

^Ikr?

FIRST LOOK AT BRUNO MARS AS ROBERTO THE PARROT IN RIO 2 - EXCLUSIVE CLIP

BRUNO WANTS A CRACKER

As if the fact that the sequel to hit movie Rio is on the way wasn't enough to be going on with, there's also the pretty exciting detail that honey-coated popstar Bruno Mars has joined the cast to consider. But if you've been wondering just what his part is going to be in the brand new flick is going to be, then look no further as we just so happen to have got our hands on an EXCLUSIVE clip that features his fit feathery new face.

Since the first installment, Blue and Jewel have only gone and got themselves a litter of baby parrots and keen to educate them on what it's like to live in the wilds of the Amazon, they take a summer holiday into the jungle, running into Jewel's long lost family on the way.

Unfortunately family reunions never do run smooth when you're a parrot - especially after they run into Jewel's ex-boyfriend and childhood pal Roberto, played by Bruno. Oh, and then there's Blue and Jewel's evil

(and fairly mangy looking) nemesis, Nigel the Cockatoo, who's back and ready to poop all over their party once again.

Check out the clip of Bruno showing off his rather lovely voice below:

Video here: http://www.sugarscape.com...usive-clip

Lol Bruno is perfect for this part!

Miguel opening for Bruno..

^Thanks Shawy, hopefully we'll get some video of that put up on Youtube soon!

Bruno Mars begins Aussie tour in Perth

ANGIE RAPHAELMarch 1, 2014, 3:06 am

He may be small in stature, but a Bruno Mars concert is larger than life.

The American singer/songwriter began his highly anticipated Australian tour in Perth on Friday night, impressing his mostly young fans with his dance moves, musical ability and vocal range.

Miguel warmed up the crowd with an energetic performance, although the music was too loud for his voice.

But it was Hawaiian-born Mars who everyone wanted to see and he immediately had people on their feet as he encouraged them to shake along to the music.

The Moonshine Jungle Tour is Mars' first arena tour in Australia and follows his recently revered Super Bowl performance.

Supported by a dancing band, Mars opened with Moonshine and Natalie, and later performed hits including Treasure, Nothin' On You, Marry You and Grenade.

The 28-year-old also impressed when he led the crowd through a chant of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!" before performing a cover of Barrett Strong's Motown hit, Money (That's What I Want) and then leading into Billionaire.

There were also loud cheers when he performed a snippet of Ginuwine's raunchy hit, Pony.

He told the audience that When I Was Your Man was the hardest song for him to write and perform, so everyone was more than willing to help him sing the sad ballad.

The Grammy award-winner, who has sold eight million albums worldwide and 58 million singles, certainly knows how to get a crowd going and maintain the tempo.

He can hold the high notes, lead choreographed dances and play instruments including guitars and drums.

Mars is like a young Michael Jackson with pop lyrics that are, for the most part, superior to the superficial fluff that many of his contemporaries produce.

At times, watching him and his enthusiastic band dance is like watching the Jacksons in their prime and it's clear Mars has been influenced by legendary Motown and reggae artists.

He finished his main set with Just The Way You Are before returning for an encore that included a drum solo and Locked Out of Heaven as the gold confetti rained down and strobe lighting lit the arena.

Mars travelled to the other side of Earth to entertain his loyal fans and promised to make the long journey again.

• Bruno Mars: the Moonshine Jungle Tour continues in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/...in-perth/

Why Bruno, Whhhhyyyyyyyyyyyy???? Are you wearing the exact same outfit you wore for your 1st and 2nd legs of this tour??!!???! Dude! Its time to retire the black slacks, striped shirt and red vest w/that hat! Change it up a little! Pleeeaaassseee! Ugh at seeing this outfit again!

Pics from the Perth, Australia show (Feb. 28, 2014)

ennalesley: 2nd row from the front! He and I made eye contact haha. Words can’t explain how incredible thus man is! #brunomars #concert #closeenoughtotouch #moonshine #jungle #music #tour

_elleebarbas_:such a good night! @.moonshinejungletour @.katiegrubisa #brunomars #perfectnight #4hourwait”

MJT 2014 - Day 1 (Feb 28, 2014): Bruno, The Hooligans & Opening act Miguel perform @ Perth Arena, Australia (X)

morganmaclannan: Bruno Mars is something else. #brunomars #concerts #epic

naneki_h50: #brunomars #moonshinejungletour #pertharena

mikey_collins: Oh hey Bruno! #brunomars #bestever

marianmendezcasariego: #instacollage #brunomars #perth

MJT 2014 - Day 1 (Feb 28, 2014): Bruno, The Hooligans & Opening act Miguel perform @ Perth Arena, Australia (X)

More pics found at http://bmars-news.tumblr.com/

More Video clips:

Moonshine:
http://instagram.com/p/k9f_x-GjhL/
http://instagram.com/p/k9gVPvmjhs/


Treasure:
http://instagram.com/p/k9hb1FjNh7/
http://instagram.com/p/k9yU06qWj8/
http://instagram.com/p/k9vfOJOCOn/
http://instagram.com/p/k9whhwjfFm/


When I Was Your Man:
http://instagram.com/p/k9yv8gKWkd/
http://instagram.com/p/k9zYRcEB-h/
http://instagram.com/p/k9mNMWmjoo/
http://instagram.com/p/k9miwTmjpI/


Grenade:
http://instagram.com/p/k913eWTdEB/
http://instagram.com/p/k9nJ4iGjp2/
http://instagram.com/p/k9nrTuMZsA/

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I gotta say, the hat looks funny on him now since he cut his hair, its like too big for his head lol.


Anyways his sister Tahiti posted this:

And this right here is really cool

@.LexyWaltermire: new Door on the bathroom #ladygaga #brunomars #rihanna #elvis #MarilynMonroe”

Oh Roberto!