Bruno Mars: What his tattoos mean ... and 11 more facts

The 29-year-old superstar Bruno Mars is coming to Zurich and Geneva in 2017. Here are twelve facts about the Hawaiian singer.

BRUNO MARS
Fri, 12.5.17, Hallenstadion Zurich
Wed, 14.6.17, Arena Genève
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"Practice makes perfect ..."

At the age of four, Bruno Mars was already an Elvis impersonator and appeared as such in the movie "Honeymoon in Vegas":

Bruno Mars is actually called...

Bruno Mars is actually called Peter Gene Payot Hernandez and comes from a family of artists: his mother Bernadette is a Filipina and was a singer and hula dancer, his father Pete comes from Puerto Rico and worked as a percussionist.

Named after...

Bruno Mars was named after the American wrestler Bruno Sammartino, who, like Bruno as a child, was somewhat chubby. Bruno's surname "Mars" comes from the fact that girls thought he was "out of this world". Peter Hernandez therefore called himself Bruno Mars.

Appearances at the Super Bowl

In a career spanning just six years, Mars has already made two appearances in the Super Bowl halftime show: in 2014 as the main act with the Red Hot Chili Peppers as guests and ...

Dance show with Beyonce

This year he performed together with Beyoncé as a guest of Coldplay. Bruno Mars has noticeably expanded his dance show compared to 2014 in order to keep up with dance crack Beyoncé:

Superstar format

Four Grammys and 19 other international awards are on the singer's shelf - at the age of 29, Mars, who is only 1.65 meters tall, definitely has superstar status.

Career start as a music producer

Bruno Mars began his career at the age of 23, in 2010, not as a singer but as a music producer. His very first single, the song "Nothin' on you" for the artist B.o.B, went straight to number 1 in the US Billboard charts:

"Just the way you are"

The first song that Mars wrote for himself in 2010 was an instant hit and also landed at number one in the US and UK Billboard charts: it was "Just the way you are".

Four tattoos

Bruno Mars has four tattoos, a gypsy on his left forearm, an anchor on his right forearm, his mother's name on his right shoulder, and on his left bicep is "Pete's boy" ("Peter's boy", Peter is his father's name), above a knife, symbolizing courage and safety.

Bruno Mars' first dog

The first dog Bruno Mars bought in 2012 was called Geronimo.

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Bruno Mars as a dubbing artist

Mars lent his voice to the blue bird "Roberto" in the English-language version of the film "Rio 2".

"24K Magic World Tour"

Bruno Mars is going on a big "24K Magic World Tour" next year. Cool: The singer only announced the locations in advance, but not the dates of the tour. He last stopped in Switzerland on October 23, 2013 with the "Moonshine Jungle Tour".

Bruno Mars' new album "24K Magic" will be released on November 18. Tickets for the concerts go on sale on Monday, November 21.

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