“It’s time to party!”, Bruno Mars published when launching the song this morning, I Just Mightas a preview of his fourth solo album, his first in almost 10 years. The album, which is titled The Romantic, It shares a name with his next international tour, announced last night, which will take the singer to large stadiums in America and Europe in 2026, including a stop in Madrid on July 10 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. “The self-proclaimed Lord of Aura,” according to the American’s Instagram profile, “has returned.”
Bruno Mars’ tour will last six months, starting in Las Vegas (USA) in April, according to his website, and ending in Vancouver (Canada) in October. There will be almost 40 shows between North America and Europe where the new compositions from their first studio album in six years will be performed. His latest project materialized in 2021, as part of Silk Sonic with Anderson Paak, with the album An Evening With Silk Sonicwhich earned them the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song, Variety magazine recalls. Both Anderson Paak and Silk Sonic will accompany the composer on all dates of his new tour.
The Romanticscheduled for release on February 27, It will be the 40-year-old artist’s fourth studio album and his first solo work since 24K Magicreleased in 2016. In a post on the X network, what could be the cover of this album appears with the singer’s portrait in black and white and framed with flowers. Although Mars has been out of the spotlight as a solo artist, he spent 2025 dominating the charts with various collaborations: Die With a Smilehis duet with Lady Gaga, was one of the most successful singles of the year, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks and becoming the fastest song to reach one billion streams on Spotify, the publication notes.
The pre-sale of the concerts will be on January 14, on the official Bruno Mars website. Opening acts on the international tour include Victoria Monét, Raye and Leon Thomas. The Romantic Tour is a Live Nation production.