{"id":194510,"date":"2026-02-26T08:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194510\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:52:21","slug":"you-can-hear-bruno-mars-entire-new-album-early-at-these-4-indie-bay-area-record-stores-today-heres-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194510\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Hear Bruno Mars’ Entire New Album Early At These 4 Indie Bay Area Record Stores Today \u2014 Here’s What To Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some lucky Bruno Mars fans in the Bay Area won\u2019t have to wait until release day to hear The Romantic. <\/p>\n

More than 300 indie record stores across the country are throwing official listening events for Bruno Mars\u2019 upcoming album The Romantic, which drops on February 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

The fourth solo studio album will be played in full at select independent shops on February 25, 2026, giving fans the chance to hear it early alongside fellow Bruno lovers.<\/p>\n

According to Bruno Mars\u2019 official site<\/a>, attending fans can expect a first listen to The Romantic before its official release, exclusive giveaways, and the chance to pre-order a copy of the album in-store.<\/p>\n

Here are the closest participating Bay Area record stores:<\/p>\n

Fans are encouraged to contact each store directly, or check their website or social media channels, for exact start times and event details. <\/p>\n

For the list of full participating independent record stores across the U.S. and more stores across California, you can find the full list on Record Store Day\u2019s site<\/a> or Bruno Mars\u2019 site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been waiting for new Bruno, this might be the most fun way to hear it: at favorite local record shop with other music lovers in the Bay<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image credits: J. Miers, Wikimedia & Bruno Mars\/Atlantic Records Some lucky Bruno Mars fans in the Bay Area…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-194510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}