{"id":689398,"date":"2026-05-23T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689398\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:13:09","slug":"bruno-mars-reschedules-toronto-concert-amid-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689398\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars reschedules Toronto concert amid heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Bruno Mars has rescheduled his Toronto concert due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>The show was scheduled to take place later this evening at Rogers Stadium, which is an open-air venue that holds 50,000 people, but the concert is now being postponed until Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of our guests, artists, crew and staff remains our top priority,\u201d the venue wrote in a statement that was shared by the pop star\u2019s social media accounts. \u201cAll previously purchased tickets will be honoured for the new date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never want this but I need everyone to be safe in order to have a good time. I\u2019ll make it up to you Toronto on the 31st. I promise! love, Rice Man,\u201d Mars wrote in a social media post. <\/p>\n<p>According to the company\u2019s website, Rogers Stadium is a rain or shine venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the event of severe weather we will monitor the situation closely and keep fans notified via our social media pages and venue digital screens,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday, Environment Canada issued <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/05\/23\/heavy-rain-expected-to-hit-toronto-and-parts-of-the-gta-on-saturday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a special weather statement<\/a> amid predictions of heavy rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The national weather agency says 30 to 50 mm of rain is expected on Saturday and will continue into Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers Communications Inc. is the parent company of this website<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Bruno Mars has rescheduled his Toronto concert due to inclement weather. The show was scheduled to take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-689398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}