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Bruno Mars woos fans with 'Romantic' tour stop in Houston this spring

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Pop superstar Bruno Mars will hit the road in 2026 with his first full headline tour in nearly a decade, The Romantic Tour, which will include a stop at Houston's NRG Stadium on Wednesday, April 22.

The 32-city world tour will have an initial 13-city North American leg in April and May, followed by a six-city European leg in June and July before finishing with another 13-city North American leg, August through October.

In addition to Houston, Mars will perform in Arlington on April 18 and San Antonio on September 23.

The tour is in support of Mars' long-awaited fourth solo album, The Romantic, which will be released on February 27.

It is his first solo album in 10 years, following 24K Magic in 2016. He released the collaborative An Evening with Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak in 2021.

Mars will be joined on all dates by Anderson .Paak as DJ Pee .Wee. Leon Thomas will be the opening act in Arlington and Houston, and RAYE will join him in San Antonio.

Mars is coming off another banner year with two hit songs — “Die With A Smile” with Lady Gaga and “APT.” with ROSÉ — that stayed at No. 1 for 18 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively.

Those collaborations are par for the course for Mars, who has made songs with Gucci Mane, Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, and Chris Stapleton in recent years.

To participate in the Bruno Mars Artist Presale on Wednesday, January 14 at 12 pm, fans must sign up at BrunoMars.com by Monday, January 12 at 12 pm.

For events sold on Ticketmaster, no codes are needed — access is tied to an individual's Ticketmaster account, and anyone who signs up can join the sale.

Remaining tickets will be available during the general on-sale beginning on Thursday, January 15 at 12 pm at BrunoMars.com.

THE ROMANTIC TOUR 2026 DATES

Fri, Apr 10 — Las Vegas, NV — Allegiant Stadium
Tue, Apr 14 — Glendale, AZ — State Farm Stadium
Sat, Apr 18 — Arlington, TX — Globe Life Field
Wed, Apr 22 — Houston, TX — NRG Stadium
Sat, Apr 25 — Atlanta, GA — Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
Wed, Apr 29 — Charlotte, NC — Bank of America Stadium
Sat, May 2 — Landover, MD — Northwest Stadium
Wed, May 6 — Nashville, TN — Nissan Stadium
Sat, May 9 — Detroit, MI — Ford Field
Wed, May 13 — Minneapolis, MN — U.S. Bank Stadium
Sat, May 16 — Chicago, IL — Soldier Field
Wed, May 20 — Columbus, OH — Ohio Stadium
Sat, May 23 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium
Sun, May 24 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Stadium
Sat, Jun 20 — Paris, FR — Stade de France
Sun, Jun 21 — Paris, FR — Stade de France
Fri, Jun 26 — Berlin, DE — Olympiastadion
Sat, Jul 4 — Amsterdam, NL — Johan Cruijff ArenA
Sun, Jul 5 — Amsterdam, NL — Johan Cruijff ArenA
Fri, Jul 10 — Madrid, ES — Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Tue, Jul 14 — Milan, IT — Stadio San Siro
Sat, Jul 18 — London, UK — Wembley Stadium Connected by EE
Sun, Jul 19 — London, UK — Wembley Stadium Connected by EE
Fri, Aug 21 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium
Sat, Aug 22 — East Rutherford, NJ — MetLife Stadium
Sat, Aug 29 — Pittsburgh, PA — Acrisure Stadium
Tue, Sep 1 — Philadelphia, PA — Lincoln Financial Field
Sat, Sep 5 — Foxborough, MA — Gillette Stadium
Wed, Sep 9 — Indianapolis, IN — Lucas Oil Stadium
Sat, Sep 12 — Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium
Wed, Sep 16 — New Orleans, LA — Caesars Superdome
Sat, Sep 19 — Miami, FL — Hard Rock Stadium
Wed, Sep 23 — San Antonio, TX — Alamodome
Sat, Sep 26 — Air Force Academy, CO — Falcon Stadium at the United States Air Force Academy
Fri, Oct 2 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium
Sat, Oct 3 — Inglewood, CA — SoFi Stadium
Sat, Oct 10 — Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s Stadium
Wed, Oct 14 — Vancouver, BC — BC Place

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Movie Review

Rachel McAdams goes feral in Sam Raimi's gory new comedy Send Help

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Rachel McAdams in Send Help.

Director Sam Raimi has gone through different phases as a filmmaker, including leading the first Spider-Man trilogy and joining the MCU with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But he first gained notice with the gory and funny Evil Dead movies, a sensibility he’s returning to with his latest film, Send Help.

Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) is a meek and eccentric middle manager at a financial firm that’s just named Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien) as its new nepo CEO. Bradley’s dad had promised Linda a promotion to vice president, but she gets passed over in favor of one of Bradley’s frat buddies, sending her into a mild rage. Still, she gets invited along on a planned business trip to Thailand, during which she hopes to prove her worth.

Unfortunately for most of the passengers on the private plane, it crashes into the ocean, leaving only Linda and Bradley alive on a deserted island. Linda, who has privately developed survival skills, adapts quickly to the forbidding environment, while Bradley tries to revert to bossing her around. But Linda quickly understands the power dynamic has shifted, and she uses this knowledge to try to keep Bradley in line, turning their stranding into a battle of wills.

Directed by Raimi and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the film is the classic “so bad it’s good” kind of experience. McAdams, inarguably an attractive and charming person, is given stringy hair, an antisocial personality, and quirks like eating tuna fish at her desk to make her as off-putting as possible. Bradley, along with almost everyone else at her office, is stereotyped just as hard in order to set up the twist of fate.

When the action shifts to the island, things get even more over the top. The audience has already been primed for Linda to demonstrate her survival expertise, but the film does way more than just show her making fire. Whether it’s flawlessly building a shelter or hunting a wild boar, everything Linda does is portrayed in a slightly off-kilter manner. Then they turn everything up to 11, indulging in gore that is so unnecessary that you can’t help but laugh.

The filmmakers prove they’re in on the joke the rest of the way, including a variety of preposterous but hilarious scenarios that would cause massive eyerolls if they were actually trying to take the film seriously. While they do a great job of showing Linda’s ability to handle herself in the wild, they also show that she is somehow the only person in the world who could get a glow up after a plane crash and weeks living in nature.

McAdams, an Oscar-nominated actor for Spotlight, is way too high class for a movie like this, which makes her presence here all the more interesting. She is all-in on whatever Raimi wants her to do, and she’s at her most fun when she goes the animalistic route. O’Brien, who was great in the recent Twinless, doesn’t get as much of an opportunity to show his range, but he still proves to be an interesting foil for her.

Were it released in any other month, Send Help might be looked at as bottom of the barrel material. But with the movie year just getting started, it’s easier to forgive its outrageous plot twists and just have fun, especially since Raimi and his team put the rest of the film together so well.

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Send Help opens in theaters on January 30.

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