Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium is quickly approaching and Half-Time performer Bruno Mars is braving the cold temperatures.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Mars gave up the details about his Feb. 2 show. Mars will be following the footsteps of Beyoncé, who wowed the crowd with her all-female half-time performance in 2013.
"When we got that phone call, again, what do you say? 'Nah.' What do you say? 'Absolutely. Let's rock,'" Mars told AP in a phone interview, referring to how he found out he landed the Super Bowl gig. "It was something exciting for me and my (band). It wasn't too long ago when we were performing in clubs and bars and pubs, and even when I put (my first) album out, (we were) opening acts for a bunch of different artists, living in a van and traveling around and kind of putting in the work and time. It might seem fast to the outsider looking in, but you know, it's just another thing we can celebrate and I feel like as a group we all achieved it together."
However, Mars told AP the pressure is on to perform well as the temperature keep dropping.
"Everyone's putting the fear in god in me like there's going to be a blizzard," Mars told AP. "I'm going to wear a beekeeper suit, I don't know," he answered about how he will keep warm when he performs Feb. 2. "I'm not going to know until I get there ... I'm not trying to hype myself up too much...I know it's going to be cold and I just got to face it."
The 28-year-old "Locked Out of Heaven" singer may not be too concerned about the cold, but low temperatures are a singer's worse nightmare.
During President Barack Obama's second inauguration, Beyoncé chose to sing with a backing track because of the cold temperatures, according to multiple reports. Lee Anne Callahan-Longo, the general manager of Beyoncé's production house Parkwood Entertainment, told AP Bruno Mars is up for some challenges.
"It makes it harder to sing. It certainly makes it harder on a woman for choosing wardrobe. It can be really cold out there," she said. "But I think once you get on stage and your adrenaline gets pumping, it doesn't matter. They get in the zone. Most artists get in the zone once they start their performance. And if you're professional, you do what you need to do."
