It will include his latest ‘The Romantic’ album and comes after the release of his first solo performance in a decade
Bruno Mars is officially returning to the global stage with the announcement of his 2026 world tour, titled The Romantic Tour, marking his first major solo tour in nearly a decade. The Grammy-winning artist revealed the news in early January, confirming that the tour will follow the release of his highly anticipated new album, The Romantic, scheduled to drop on February 27, 2026.
The tour is set to kick off on April 10, 2026, in Las Vegas before traveling across major North American cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Vancouver. Mars will then take the production overseas for a large-scale European leg, with confirmed performances in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Milan, and London. Two shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in July are among the most anticipated dates, marking his first UK performances since 2017.
Ticket demand has been high since presale registration opened, with prices varying widely by city and venue. In the US, tickets reportedly range from around $120 to over $300, while European shows — particularly stadium dates — have reached premium pricing levels, including VIP and hospitality packages.
Adding to the excitement, The Romantic Tour will feature a rotating lineup of acclaimed supporting acts, including Anderson .Paak (as DJ Pee .Wee), Victoria Monét, Leon Thomas III, and RAYE. Select dates will feature special guest performances tailored to each region.
The tour coincides with a major creative comeback for Mars, whose last solo studio album, 24K Magic, was released in 2016. His recent collaborations, including work with Silk Sonic and BLACKPINK’s Rosé, have kept him in the spotlight, but 2026 marks a full return to solo artistry. With over 40 shows planned and more dates expected, The Romantic Tour is shaping up to be one of the biggest live music events of 2026.
Mars established his name in the music industry as a songwriter and co-founder of the production team the Smeezingtons. He rose to fame as a recording artist after featuring on the US number-one single “Nothin’ on You” (2009) by B.o.B. Mars’s first three studio albums — Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), and 24K Magic (2016) — found critical and commercial success, with the lattermost winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The albums spawned multiple international hit singles, including “Just the Way You Are”, “Grenade”, “The Lazy Song”, “Locked Out of Heaven”, “When I Was Your Man”, “Treasure”, “24K Magic”, “That’s What I Like”, and “Finesse”. He also featured on Mark Ronson’s 2014 single “Uptown Funk”, which became Billboard’s best-performing song of the 2010s.
Mars’s success continued throughout the 2020s. In 2021, he formed the musical superduo Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak, and they released the 1970s R&B-inspired album An Evening with Silk Sonic, which contained the US number-one single “Leave the Door Open”. Mars’s 2024 chart-topping duets “Die with a Smile” with Lady Gaga and “APT.” with Rosé spent a total of 30 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200, making him the longest-reigning act since the chart’s inception in 2020. He is set to release his fourth solo studio album The Romantic (2026), led by the single “I Just Might”.
Mars has sold over 226 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has nine Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and his 24K Magic World Tour (2017-2018) ranks among the highest-grossing tours in history. Mars’s accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 14 American Music Awards, 4 Brit Awards, 14 Soul Train Awards, and 8 Guinness World Records. He has been featured on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists (2019), as well as the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100 lists. Mars was the first artist with six RIAA diamond-certified songs and nine MC diamond-certified songs. He is the first to surpass 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
