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Mars Announces World Tour & Helps Fan Celebrate Prom on “Ellen”

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Bruno Mars will be locked out of heaven in a city near you soon…

The 27-year-old part-Puerto Rican Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who delivered one of the best performances of the night at Sunday’s Grammy Awards,  will be hitting the road in support of his sophomore album Unorthodox Jukebox.

Bruno Mars on Ellen

Mars announced his world tour, which is being called the Moonshine Jungle World Tour, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday. The tour will feature British singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding and soul/indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums to support the “Locked Out of Heaven” singer on select tour dates.

Even though Mars hasn’t released specifics on dates and venues, he did reveal the he’d hit major cities across the U.S. and Canada this summer before taking the show on the road in Europe in the fall.

Mars had hinted about his upcoming tour for weeks on Twitter, where he also told fans last week about the premiere of the music video for his latest single “When I Was Your Man.”

During his stop on Ellen, Mars was invited to the prom by an audience member. Even though he had to decline because of his busy schedule, Mars still managed to, with help from host Ellen DeGeneres, bring prom to her. He even serenaded her with “Always and Forever,” while dancing under a disco ball.

Mars Releases Retro “When I Was Your Man” Video

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Bruno Mars is taking it old school in his latest music video…

The 27-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter has just released the official music video for the latest single “When I Was Your Man” from his sophomore album.

Bruno Mars

Directed by Mars and Cameron Duddy, the retro-looking video features the Grammy-winning singer behind a grand piano with a half-empty glass of whiskey on top. Dressed to the nines in a casual suit and a pair of aviator shades, Mars belts out the heartbreaking ballad as he reminisces about all the things he could’ve done to keep his lover.

Before releasing the new clip, Mars teased fans on Twitter, sharing a photograph of a countdown clock for the “When I Was Your Man” clip premiere, along with a simple one-word message “Soon.”

“When I Was Your Man,” the second single from Unorthodox Jukebox, is the follow-up to Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven,” which spent several weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and broke a Spotify record.

Meanwhile, Mars will perform with Rihanna and Sting at the upcoming Grammy Awards show.

Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven” Breaks Spotify Record

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Bruno Mars is the Spotify king…

The 27-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer’s latest single, “Locked Out of Heaven,” has set a Spotify record as the first single to be streamed more than one million times in a one-week period. The song also became the most-streamed in Spotify history as of December 16. During the same week, it was also the most downloaded song in the country with sales of 226,000.

Bruno Mars

Produced by Mark Ronson and written by Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, “Locked Out of Heaven” is the lead single from Mars’ sophomore album Unorthodox Jukebox. The song has been sitting in the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, supported in part by Spotify’s on-demand streams. It’s currently in the Top 10 in more than 20 countries.

Meanwhile, Mars’ sophomore album, via Atlantic Records, has sold more than a half-million copies since its release on December 11.

Music critics and fans have compared the sound of “Locked Out of Heaven” to that of English rock band The Police. Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone has said that the song’s “jittery Police-esque rock-reggae verses that erupt, amid thunder-boom synths, into a steamrolling four-on-the-floor chorus.” Paste Magazine‘s Ryan Reed calls it “a driving pop anthem that moves from a punchy, ‘Roxanne‘-esque new-wave groove to a soulful, synth-driven chorus.”

Speaking about the comparisons to The Police, Mars told MTV News, “Hell yeah! You try to write a Police song! I grew up listening to The Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs. I remember performing a song like ‘Roxanne.’ ”

Bruno’s next single is the soulful ballad “When I Was Your Man.”

Mars Makes New Album Available for Online Streaming…

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Bruno Mars is giving his fans an early Christmas present…

The 27-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer, who recently released the oh-so-somber “When I Was Your Man,” has just made his sophomore album Unortodox Jukebox available for full streaming.

Bruno Mars

The move comes a week ahead of the album’s official release date of December 11 as a way to create more buzz for the set.

Atlantic Records, Mars’ record label, has even made it an interactive experience for online listeners. They’ll have the chance to play the album via an interactive jukebox as they stream each of the 10 tracks.

The Grammy-winning singer has already released a few singles from the album, including “Moonshine“, “Young Girls“, “When I Was Your Man” and “Locked Out of Heaven.”

Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox

Mars – the project’s executive producer – co-wrote the album with his production/songwriting team, The Smeezingtons, which consists of Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and himself.

Mars has said in separate interviews with Billboard and VH1 that “this is me going into the studio and recording and writing whatever I want. This album represents my freedom. Just being inspired by all different styles of music and isn’t that what music should be?”

Click here to stream Mars’ full album.

Mars Releases Latest Single “When I Was Your Man”

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If you can’t wait for Bruno Mars’ sophomore album, here’s something to hold you over…

The 27-year-old part-Puerto Rican Grammy-winning singer has released “When I Was Your Man,” the latest single off of his highly anticipated album Unorthodox Jukebox.

Bruno Mars

The emotionally charged track with its oh-so-heartbreaking lyrics features Mars’ sugary-sweet vocals over a smooth piano melody as he channels the likes of Elton John and Stevie Wonder. His voice projects a sincerity that only a man who has really loved and lost someone can express.

“Our song on the radio, but it doesn’t sound the same/ I should have bought you flowers and held your hand/ Should have giggled all my hours when I had the chance/ Now my baby is dancing, but she’s dancing with another man,” sings Mars on the track, which could bring you to tears with i’s somber piano chord.

In a tweet, Mars couldn’t hide his excitement over the release of the new single. “Soon you guys will hear a song I wrote called ‘When I Was Your Man’,” wrote the singer on his Twitter account. “I’ve never been this nervous. Can’t explain it.”

“When I Was Your Man” is currently available for download on iTunes.

Unorthodox Jukebox will be released next week, on December 11.