VIDEO: Bruno Mars opens 2017 BET Awards

LOS ANGELES — The 2017 BET Awards opened with an energizing performance from Bruno Mars.

Billboard reported that the first-time BET Award winner performed "Perm," an upbeat song from his latest album "24K Magic."

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Mars closed out the performance with a solo dance break in a baseball-inspired outfit.

Mars and his band, the Hooligans, rollicked and rolled across the stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and got the crowed ready for the show.

A video of the performance from BET  can be watched below.