Jason Mraz opens his 2017 summer tour at Centennial Hall Friday, June 16, the first of only a handful of concerts he will do this summer.
The Tucson show is a warmup to Mrazβs big summer moment, his 40th-birthday bash/concert at the famed Hollywood Bowl in California on his birthday, June 23.
Until then, here are three songs we are super-excited to hear him sing live and when we hear them we will give him the kind of applause β loud and sustained β that heβs sure to get for his birthday bash.
- βIβm Yours,β from his triple-platinum 2008 album βWe Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.β Itβs a safe bet that by the time he gets to the second verse β βWell open up your mind and see like me / Open up your plans and damn youβre free / Look into your heart and youβll find love love love loveβ β the whole hall will drown him out and heβll gladly relinquish lead vocals to his fans.
- βI Wonβt Give Up,β from his 2012 studio album β his fourth β βLove Is a Four Letter Word.β This will be the showβs inspirational highlight, the moment where we can all read into the lyrics β ββCause even the stars they burn / Some even fall to the earth / Weβve got a lot to learn / God knows weβre worth it / No, I wonβt give upβ β something that inspires more universally than the feelings we have for the date sitting beside us.
- βThe Remedy (I Wonβt Worry),β his debut single off his 2002 debut album βWaiting for My Rocket to Come.β Itβs always nice to go back to the beginning, and when you listen to this song, even 15 years down the road of Mrazβs pretty enviable career, you get a sense of how much heβs grown as an artist.
