The star will release a compilation album, The Collaborations, on April 18<\/p>\n
\n\tLucky for the world, Bruno Mars<\/a> has officially been named the 2026 Record Store Day<\/a> ambassador. The news comes as the star is plotting a jam-packed year. Mars kicked off 2026 by announcing his highly-anticipated fourth album The Romantic<\/a>, his first in a decade. The singer is also heading out on the road for an accompanying world tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tAs Record Store Day ambassador, Mars emphasized his special connection to record stores in a video shot at Las Vegas\u2019 Moondog Records shop. \u201cYou get the chance to immerse yourself, surround yourself with music,\u201d the star said. \u201cI love being able to physically be surrounded by music. Not just staring at your phone and downloading something or listening to something on your phone, but to actually see all of this beautiful art around you. It inspires me.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThis year, Record Store Day falls on April 18. As a part of the day\u2019s special releases at participating record shops, Mars will release The Collaborations, a compilation album which showcases the singer\u2019s standout joint efforts. Songs like \u201cUptown Funk\u201d with Mark Ronson, \u201cDie With A Smile\u201d with Lady Gaga, and the Grammy-nominated \u201cApt.\u201d with Ros\u00e9<\/a>, will be featured on the LP.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tBefore Record Store Day, Mars will be partnering with over 200 record stores across the U.S. for the rollout of The Romantic by hosting listening parties on Feb. 25, prior to when his album arrives on Feb. 27. It\u2019s bound to be one romantic event \u2014 fans can find a list of participating stores at recordstoreday.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Bruno Mars as our 2026 Ambassador,\u201d Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz said in a statement. \u201cThe world of record stores brings together so many different musical styles, so many people with different musical tastes,\u201d he added, before continuing: \u201cBruno has done a similar thing throughout his life and career, working across different genres, with his wide range of projects and collaborators, all for the love of music and the emotions it brings up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The star will release a compilation album, The Collaborations, on April 18 Lucky for the world, Bruno Mars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2713,146,85,46,409,139288],"class_list":{"0":"post-266246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bruno-mars","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-record-store-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}