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Posted: 4:12 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2013

Bruno Mars

The Moonshine Jungle World Tour takes off on June 22 and will be hitting Orlando August 27th, just in time to wrap up another hot summer of concerts! Fitz & The Tantrums will be joining Bruno Mars for the night's show. Tickets go on sale March 14th!

What: Bruno Mars @ Amway Center, Orlando FL

When: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 @ 7:30pm

Where: 400 W. Church Street, Orlando, FL 32801


Bruno Mars is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and then moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a musical career. Mars produced songs for other artists, joining production team The Smeezingtons. Mars had an unsuccessful stint with Motown Records, but then signed with Atlantic in 2009. He became recognized as a solo artist after lending his vocals and co-writing the hooks for the songs "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B, and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy.

Unorthodox Jukebox is the second studio album by American recording artist Bruno Mars, released on December 6, 2012 by Atlantic Records. On December 4, 2012, the album was available to listen to in its entirety for a week before the release. Mars co-wrote the album and worked with producers including The Smeezingtons, Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, Supa Dups, Diplo, Benny Blanco, Paul Epworth.

The album's lead single, "Locked Out of Heaven", was a commercial and critical success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks and charting inside the top ten in more than 20 countries across the world. Mars stated in an interview with Billboard: "This is me going into the studio and recording and writing whatever I want. This album represents my freedom. I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.' That was disgusting to me, because I'm not trying to be a circus act. I listen to a lot of music, and I want to have the freedom and luxury to walk into a studio and say, 'Today I want to do a hip-hop, R&B, soul or rock record'. He further added, "We took some master chefs into the kitchen with no master plan... It was either going to be a disaster, or we were going to come out with something incredible."

 
 
 

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