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Last year, Bruno Mars wrapped up a residency at the Park MGM in Las Vegas that lasted for a whopping nine years before coming to an end. There was some speculation that those performances were linked to a sizeable gambling debt, and he addressed them head-on while kicking off a concert tour in Sin City.
It’s been a little more than 15 years since Bruno Mars burst onto the scene en route to becoming one of the biggest pop stars on the planet with the help of solo hits and featured performances including “24K Magic” and “Uptown Funk.”
That first song was the titular track on the album he dropped in 2016, which also marked the start of a lengthy Las Vegas residency that was officially billed as…