Until Bruno Mars lit up Aloha Stadium last week, no big-draw musical event had ever brought three shows to the venue, with some 110,000 seats sold. That record won’t be broken any time soon. Still, on the heels on Bruno bliss, the stadium will be wrapping up the calendar year with a string of hot-ticket shows for various tastes.

The Eagles, who performed at the stadium back in the 1970s, are slated for a Dec. 7 gig that will also feature Hawaii’s Jack Johnson. The next day, it’ll be Guns N’ Roses, marking the longtime rock/metal band’s first-ever Hawaii show. And booked for Dec. 27 are two of Bruno’s collaborators, hip-hop star Cardi B and rapper Snoop Dogg.

Police, nonprofit partnership collapses

There are surely complex reasons why a program partnering the Honolulu Police Department with the Domestic Violence Action Center didn’t work out. But to Nanci Kreidman, DVAC’s chief executive officer, the down side is clear.

“Early intervention is important,” said Kreidman. Her organization is declining or returning about $400,000 total in grants for the program, in which police crisis responders would summon DVAC for on-scene help on domestic violence calls.

HPD is planning more training for officers to handle social issues. Let’s hope there can be another cooperative arrangement, long-term.