RICKY MARTIN Will Perform On “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” On April 17th To Celebrate The Start Of U.S. Arena Dates For His Worldwide “Black &White Tour”

Posted on: April 15th, 2007
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Having Already Met With Record-Breaking Attendance At Shows Across Latin America, The Grammy Winning Superstar’s Black & White Tour Will Visit Arenas Across The United States In April And May – With Partial Proceeds From Each Ticket To Be Donated To Support The Charitable Work Of The Ricky Martin Foundation

In Conjunction With The Tour, SONY/BMG Will Also Release A Combined CD/DVD Limited Edition Tour Pack Of The Critically Praised RICKY MARTIN: MTV Unplugged On May 8th

Having already met with record-setting attendance across Latin America, and regular placement in Billboard’s “Boxscore” chart of the top grossing concerts in the music industry, Ricky Martin’s “Black & White” Tour will launch a series of U.S. arena concerts on April 17th (see full list of dates below). In celebration of the tour’s arrival in the United States, Martin will also perform on that same day’s broadcast of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. Demonstrating the bi-lingual presentation of the tour, Martin will perform both one of his English language hits, and the Spanish language “Pegate” – the second single from Martin’s recent critically praised MTV Unplugged album. In conjunction with the tour’s U.S. dates, SONY/BMG will release a Limited Edition Tour Pack of Ricky Martin: MTV Unplugged on May 8th – uniting both the CD and the DVD of the Unplugged broadcast together for a limited time only.

Uniting Martin’s passions of musical performance and humanitarian work, partial proceeds from each ticket of the U.S. concert dates of the Black & White Tour will be donated to further support the work of The Ricky Martin Foundation – which advocates for the well being of children around the globe in critical areas such as social justice, education and health. In addition to the foundation’s recent work that has seen Martin testify before Congress on the prevention of child trafficking, work with Habitat for Humanity to complete 200+ homes for Tsunami victims, and the highly successful “Navega Protegido” initiative which is a partnership with Bill Gates and Microsoft to increase the online safety of children in Latin America, the foundation will shortly be unveiling a new initiative in partnership with leading educational institutions to promote both health and further protection from the dangers of trafficking in Hispanic communities.

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“[Martin has] found a mature artistic voice, post-”Vida Loca,” with an excellent new Spanish album, “MTV Unplugged.” His new tour has been packing concert halls and stadiums in Latin America”¦ We discover an artist who is mature, grounded and focused on musicality”¦ Martin and his robust band transform [songs] such as “Marí” and “La Bomba” into exciting, swinging tropical celebrations with flamenco touches and pan-Caribbean accents. Who would have thought that Martin would be making some of the tastiest salsa music of [the year]”¦ The CD closes with “Pégate,” an uplifting blast of a bomba, a native Puerto Rican style. Co-written by Martin, the tune touches an ageless theme in tropical music: The rhythm can ease your troubles. And in the case of this still evolving star, it can also make you born again” - Los Angeles Times.

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North American Dates For Ricky Martin’s Black & White Tour Are:

04/17/07 SAN JOSE, CA HP PAVILION
04/18/07 FRESNO, CA SAVE MART CENTER
04/20/07 LOS ANGELES, CA STAPLES CENTER
04/21/07 LAS VEGAS, NV MANDALAY BAY RESORT
04/22/07 SAN DIEGO, CA IPAY ONE CENTER -
04/25/07 ROSEMONT, IL ALLSTATE ARENA
04/27/05 FAIRFAX, VA PATRIOT CENTER
04/28/07 UNCASVILLE, CT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
04/30/07 TORONTO, ON AIR CANADA CENTRE
05/01/07 MONTREAL, QC BELL CENTRE
05/04/07 DULUTH, GA GWINNETT CENTER
05/07/07 HIDALGO, TX DODGE ARENA
05/10/07 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX AMERICAN BANK CENTER
05/11/07 LAREDO, TX LAREDO ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
05/12/07 SAN ANTONIO, TX VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER
05/14/07 El PASO, TX EL PASO COUNTY COLISEUM
05/15/07 GLENDALE, AZ JOBING.COM ARENA
05/16/07 ALBUQUERQUE, NM STAR ARENA
05/19/07 MIAMI, FL AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA
05/20/07 ORLANDO, FL AMWAY ARENA