Twelve years after he headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, Bruno Mars will take the field in football stadiums across the country on his 2026 tour, including U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The “Uptown Funk” hitmaker is due to touch down on the Vikings’ turf May 13, a month into his first full-scale tour in eight years. He will be joined on all tour dates by his Sonic Silk bandmate Anderson .Paak, who’s performing as a new alter ego, DJ Pee .Wee. Best new artist Grammy nominee Leon Thomas will open in Minnesota.
Tickets for the Wednesday night date in Minneapolis go on sale Jan. 15 via Ticketmaster at prices not yet revealed. Fans can sign up now through Monday, Jan. 12, for one-day early access to tickets on Wednesday via Mars’ site, brunomars.com.
Mars, 40, is calling his 2026 trek the Romantic Tour, named after his new album, “The Romantic,” which is due out Feb. 27. The record hasn’t produced any singles yet (look for one to drop Friday, Jan. 9), but Mars has been riding high on the charts in recent months as a featured guest on Lady Gaga’s “Die with a Smile” and K-pop star Rosé’s “APT.”
The Hawaii-raised singer born Peter Hernandez, Mars was last seen in the Twin Cities on his 24K Magic World Tour, when he made two stops at Xcel Energy Center in 2017 and 2018. He has stayed busy as a live performer since then via a Las Vegas residency at the Park MGM and a 2024 international tour, during which he set a record for selling out the Tokyo Dome seven nights in a row.
