Bruno Mars sells out second show in Israel

Mars is slated to perform his second show on October 7, three days after his first-ever show in Israel. 

Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic performs during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, April 3, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/MARIO ANZUONI)
Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic performs during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, April 3, 2022.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MARIO ANZUONI)

Pop star and musician Bruno Mars sold out his second show in Israel hours after it was announced, Live Nation Israel announced on social media on Monday.

Mars is slated to perform his second show on October 7, three days after his first-ever show in Israel. 

Both shows will be at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, where many other musical acts have performed, including Maroon 5 and, most recently, Guns N' Roses.

Selling out in a matter of hours 

A total of 124,000 tickets were sold for his two performances, Live Nation said. The company also said that the recording artist's second performance sold out in six hours.

Bruno Mars's first show on October 4 was also sold out a few hours after its announcement, Live Nation posted on social media. 62,000 tickets were sold in that time period.

 Grammy-winning musician Bruno Mars will be performing in Tel Aviv in October 2023. (credit: Live Nation)
Grammy-winning musician Bruno Mars will be performing in Tel Aviv in October 2023. (credit: Live Nation)

Sunday evening at about 6 p.m., when the sale started for people who were on the waiting list, the Ticketmaster website crashed. Many fans wanting to buy tickets said they waited long hours for a ticket and then were thrown out and lost their turn.