The audience sang “Happy Birthday” as home videos of Mraz as a baby - including one of a toddler Mraz reading a newspaper on the toilet - flashed across the screen, interspersed with homemade tapes from celebrities and musicians like Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Zac Brown, Kevin Spacey and politician Al Gore, all of whom wished Mraz a happy birthday and shared anecdotes of their shared experiences. Besides Willman, Mraz was joined on stage by fellow singer and collaborator Colbie Caillat, who together performed a duet of Caillat’s song “Try” and their 2009 joint single “Lucky.” Following Caillat’s exit and a performance of Mraz’s best-known single “I’m Yours,” members of the Superband wheeled out a giant birthday cake for the singer. The Hollywood Bowl fans weren’t the only guests invited to the party. Watch Jason Mraz & Buika Sing 'Carry Your Own Weight' “Any order has to go through disorder to reorder,” he mused, “be love in the face of hate.” The singer, who played throughout the night on a plain acoustic guitar decorated with stickers bearing slogans like “the answer is love” and “be love,” encouraged audience members not to be disheartened as he began pressing the piano keys.
Just after positioning himself behind the stage’s piano and joking that he was going to begin his “DJ set, because that’s what all the kids are into these days,” Mraz noted that the “world is a little weird right now,” to which the audience loudly agreed. The concert wasn’t all fun and games, however, as Mraz took time to address the current political climate - albeit lightheartedly and with his characteristic optimism. Mraz, as the birthday boy of honor, was of course given the role of wielding the hammer.
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Willman, who described himself as looking like an “out-of-work Jonas Brother,” continued by inviting an audience member on stage to play “Game of Phones,” a trick involving a hammer and smashing envelopes full of iPhones. As he hugged Mraz, he revealed the backing of the other cards, all markered with “Anal.” After seeming disappointed and asking the audience member if he was sure he didn’t want to change his mind, Willman pulled out the card and revealed the word “Hug” markered on the back. Willman began by asking an audience member to pick a number from a row of cards. Following a performance of the comical “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Chocolate,” Mraz welcomed Cupcake Wars host and magician Justin Willman to the stage. Glastonbury Crowd Makes Human Peace Sign on One-Month Anniversary of Manchester Bombing: 'Love Will…īut the good-natured fun didn’t end there. “It was a dream of mine to play up on this stage.” He then spoke of his appreciation for audience members who had managed to smuggle in marijuana through the Bowl’s extensive security, culminating with “and so it’s an honor - a high honor - to smell that purple haze from here.”
“When I was a young man, that’s where I would sit - way up in the grass, high up on the grass,” he said, smiling cheekily as the audience cheered. As he finished the final strums of “Common Pleasure,” the singer gestured up to the expansive Hollywood Bowl lawn. It wouldn’t be a musician’s 40th birthday without some good old-fashioned dad jokes about drugs - and that’s exactly what Mraz delivered early on in his set. Mraz: A “High Honor” to play the Hollywood Bowl The energy was sustained throughout the more than two-hour performance by guest appearances, audience interaction, and even a few nostalgic recollections on love and music from the man himself.Ĭheck out some highlights from his 40th birthday celebration below. That’s not to say there weren’t any surprises. Jason Mraz Surprises 'America's Got Talent' Winner Grace VanderWaal, His Biggest Fan: Exclusive…
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