Singer Bruno Mars. Photo: Screenshot

Flamboyant singer Bruno Mars, who is set to perform in Israel for the first time next month, has asked the Israeli producers behind his forthcoming shows to donate leftover food and beverages to homeless Israelis.

The Grammy Award winner and his team sent an email to Live Nation Israel asking that unconsumed food and drink made available at the shows “be donated to the homeless, the needy, and those who are less fortunate” at the end of the night, according to Israeli media reports.

The pop sensation’s sold-out performances at Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv will take place on Oct. 4 and 7. A striking 124,000 tickets were sold for the shows, according to Live Nation Israel. The second show was added after tickets for the Oct. 4 concert sold out in two hours.

Mars has faced pressure from anti-Israel advocacy groups to cancel his show as part of the larger Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to isolate the Jewish state from the international community as a step toward its eventual elimination.

Born in Hawaii, Mars has Jewish heritage by way of his half Puerto Rican-half Jewish father, who is originally from Brooklyn, New York. The singer also has a grandparent of Hungarian and Ukrainian descent who was reportedly a Hebrew teacher.

Before coming to Israel, Mars is set to perform in Saudi Arabia on Sept. 29.