(source: RMLAC postings, ARFM (Australia) (RMTEE Sister Site) RMECS (RMTEE Sister Site))
Ricky spent the last three days in Singapore where he presented a showcase to 300 competition winners and to international press. He arrived on Sunday, 29th August, and was greeted by 400 waiting fans at the airport. For various articles on Ricky's latest stay in Singapore, please click here.
International music superstar Ricky Martin, headlining his first network entertainment special, will be seen Friday, Nov. 26 (8:00 -9:00 PM, ET/PT) in a showcase of what America and the world can't seem to get enough of -- Ricky singing and dancing with his band. Several guest stars will join him. Martins 1999 Grammy Award performance of The Cup of Life on CBS helped make him a household name in this country. His hit single, Livin La Vida Loca, was Number One on the music charts for weeks and his self-titled CD set sales records in stores across the country.
Even though the promotion in Australia got cancelled, TV and radio was able to catch up with Ricky in Singapore. All original TV shows plus more will present special interviews with Ricky over the next few weeks. Please click here for an overview of TV shows in Australia featuring Ricky.
27 August 1999
(source: Marie-Michel RMTEE Reporter (Canada/USA), Ilse RMTEE Reporter (Netherlands))
CANADA/USA:
Latest magazines featuring Ricky include:
- #1 Gold collectors series entertainment magazine:
- RICKY Forever.
- Hot! Hot!Hot!Hot!
- Rendezvous with Ricky. (there are more than 160 pictures in this one)
- #2 Teen Celebrity presents: Ricky Martin
- #3 Pop Star! Special Pinup Issue!!! Ricky Martin
- #4Hit sensation presents: Ricky Martin
- Plus there is a book called : Emmy-Award Winner! "Ricky Martin Red-hot and On The Rise!" written by Kathleen Tracy (Ricky's biography)
Latest magazine news:
There is a huuuuuge poster of Ricky in one of the Dutch magazines: Hitkrant. Next week in the same magazine a Ricky sticker. In last weeks issue of the mag they had Ricky on the cover from his 'wild' days. Long hair and showing the tattoo.
26 August 1999
(source: Kerstin RMTEE Reporter (Germany))
MTV GERMANY is showing a few specials on Ricky Martin on 5th Sept:
- 17.00h (5pm CET)- Un, dos tres- Ricky Martin
17.30h (5.30pm CET)- La Vida Loca- Ricky Martin Special
18.00 (6.00pm CET)- In Control- Ricky Martin
MTV Germany shows the MTV Video Music Awards live at 2.00am CET on 9th Sept.
25 August 1999
(source: Alan RMTEE Reporter (UK), Kerstin RMTEE Reporter (Germany), Betta RMTEE Reporter (Italy), Marie-Michel RMTEE Reporter (Canada)Eiko @ AFRM (Japan))
Ricky Martin has now left Japan (4pm local time) and is heading towards Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) to continue his Asian promotional trip.
The Oprah Winfrey Show featuring Ricky and Jennifer Lopez will be shown of Channel 5, on Friday 3rd September 1999 from 1:00pm to 1:45pm in the UK.
As a reminder, the show will be shown in original with German subtitles on German TV Channel TM3 on Aug 29th.
MTV Italy have a special Ricky Martin weekend this weekend with lots of special shows and plenty of videos. "She's All I Ever Had" has been scheduled for release in mid-September in Italy. The Italian record company is hoping to squeeze in some promotion with Ricky towards the end of September but nothing has been confirmed yet.
24 August 1999
(source: Marie-Michel RMTEE Reporter (Canada))
CANADA: "Fille D'Aujourd'hui" magazine (translated, Girls of today) has a special edition inside their latest issue which is soleley on Ricky Martin. "Livin' La Vida Loca" is currently hot tip to become "top summer song" on Quebec's Station CKOI 96.9. However, a final decision has not been made yet.
22 August 1999
(source: Eiko @ AFRM (Japan), Official Website)
JAPAN:
Eiko was so kind to send in an update on Ricky's promotional trip to Tokyo: "Today Ricky had a really busy day. The whole day he had interviews and it was around 18:30 that he finally came out of the hotel, Ricky went to J-Wave radio studio for another interview, and until then he did several more interviews with other radio stations. Each radio crew went up to his room one after another, and Ricky must be so tired."
VARIOUS:
With She's All I Ever Had being released very shortly in Australia (30 Aug), the US (31 Aug) and most of Europe (13 Sept), here is the track listing for the Dutch release of the single:
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This track listing will probably be the same as for the UK release which at the moment is scheduled for 20 October.
Due to the major success of "Livin' La Vida Loca" and Ricky's self-titled English album in the UK (highest positions: album charts No.2, single charts No.1), Sony UK decided to re-release Ricky's previous albums "Vuelve" and "A Medio Vivir".
21 August 1999
(source: Eiko @ AFRM (Japan), Official Website)
Eiko at AFRM (Japan) has kindly asked Ricky to write a message for all the people in Turkey (Aug 21st. Please see above for Ricky's message.
The Ritmo Latino Music Awards - El Premio de la Gente (The Award of the People) announced on Monday (Aug. 16) the nominations for their inaugural show to be held Oct. 20 in Los Angeles. Guess what? Yes, that's right...Ricky Martin, The Love Potion in Motion , has been nominated in the following categories:
- Album Of The Year [Vuelve]
- Male Pop Artist or Group [Vuelve]
- Music Video of the Year [Livin' La Vida Loca]
- Artist of the Year
Ricky will be shooting the video for "Private Emotions" at a location in Europe in a week's time. Details are to be confirmed.
20 August 1999
(source: Eiko @ AFRM (Japan), AFRM Australia (RMTEE Sister Site))
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AUSTRALIA:
Ricky Martin was set to visit Australia for a 5-day promo tour this September but unfortunately, it has to be postponed due to heavy rehearsals for his upcoming US tour, as well as preparing for his performance at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards to be held on September 9. This was confirmed today by Sony Music Australia and announced through the television program, Entertainment Tonight (Australian Edition).
Ricky Martin is currently in Japan for a week of promotions until the 24th, then from there he'll go to Taiwan. He will be finishing off his Asian promotional trip in Singapore, with an exclusive performance that he will be doing for 300 lucky fans.
ASIA:
Eiko was so lucky to see Ricky earlier today (Japanese time). Ricky is spending the whole day doing interviews and photoshoots for 5 main magazines in Japan. Please make sure to check out Eiko's Japanese AFRM website in the next few days as she'll feature more on Ricky's trip to Japan on there: AFRM (Japan)
"She's All I Ever Had" will be released in the US on 31 August (commercial single release). The single will be out in Australia on August 30th. A UK release date is scheduled for 20th October at the moment.
19 August 1999
(source: Eiko @ AFRM (Japan), AFRM Australia (RMTEE Sister Site), Kerstin RMTEE Reporter (Germany), Nydia RMTEE Reporter (Portugal))
JAPAN/AUSTRALIA:
Eiko was so kind to send us an up-to-date schedule for Ricky's promotion trip to Japan. He'll be arriving in Tokyo today. Please click here for the full information.
After Japan, Ricky will be travelling on to Taiwan, then to Singapore from where he'll then continue to Australia on Sept 2nd. In Australia Ricky is scheduled to do in-stores in both Sydney and Melbourne. He'll also be appearing at "Hey Hey Saturday" a local TV show.
GERMANY:
The Oprah Winfrey show with Ricky Martin will be on TM3 (German TV Channel) on 29th August at 12.30pm. The show will be in English with German subtitles.
PORTUGAL:
This week, Ricky's the main international news in the portuguese magazines. With his 6 [+3] nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards he's on Vip (1 full size page), TV7 Dias, Mulher moderna, Nova and on the musical magazine 'Voice' - that features a 'Latinos Special', with 4 pages about Ricky. You can check this article from tomorrow on in at Nydia's RMPT website (click here). Ricky was also on the newspaper DN, when the nominations were out last week.
18 August 1999
(source: Dilge (RMTEE Reporter Turkey), Marie Michel (RMTEE Reporter Canada))
The new issue of Nr.1 magazine in Turkey features an interview and poster on Ricky. Please click here to read a translation of the article.
There are two new magazines out in Canada/USA: One from Quebec Canada, its the "COOL!" magazine and its about the 15 most hotest men in the world. And the other one is from the U.S and is called "Tiger beat presents Ricky Martin and other Summer Sensations" GREAT MAGAZINE !! Marie Michel highly recommends it for those who can get it because they have 12 pin ups of Ricky plus two giant posters but the beauty is that its not just one poster with a picture on each side its actually TWO seperate posters with him on each so that you wont hide one of the Ricky Poster! It's very good has alot of pictures and bios and facts.
15 August 1999
(source: Eiko @ AFRM (Japan))
Ricky will be in Tokyo, Japan from 19 to 24 August. There is an HMV in-store signing in Shibuya, Tokyo on Aug 21st. Ricky will also be lots of radio interviews. As soon as we'll have more information, we'll let you know.
14 August 1999
(source: Various RMLAC posts, Official Management Website, Kerstin RMTEE Reporter (Germany), Mariana Perales, AFRM (Asia), Marie-Michel RMTEE Reporter (Canada/USA), Betta RMTEE Reporter (Italy))
MEXICO:
After a delay caused to a fault on the plane which was supposed to take Ricky from Argentina to Mexico, Ricky eventually arrived in Mexico City on Aug 12. Sony Music had to cancel a very anticipated press conference. Ricky was able to keep all other promotional commitments though. He did various interviews - Mariana let us know more: "One on "El Noticiero con Guillermo Ortega", the other on "La Botana" with Juan Jose Origel (this interview was
funny because Ricky started sneezing and everyone started to laugh and Juan
Jose gave his leather jacket) and the other in "Ventaneando" with Patty
Chapoy where he talked about drugs (he said that he used them and because of
this experience he is convinced that the spiritual peace is the most
important in a person) and about his girlfriends Rebeca de Alba and
Alejandra Guzman (his face changes everytime he talks about Rebeca..)."
ASIA:
Ricky is now back in Miami before he heads to Asia where he'll be visiting Tokyo, Taiwan and Singapore. Both Tokyo and Singapore will have special showcases to present Ricky's first English album (similar to the Lake Como launch earlier this year). Ricky will be presenting 4 to 6 songs live from his latest album.
VARIOUS:
More details for Ricky's forthcoming European trip at the end of September has been released on the official schedule. Please check out our Schedule Section to find out more.
MTV Europe are reporting that Ricky Martin will be doing a duet with the Backstreet Boys. MTV are uncertain on when the duet will be recorded or in which language it will be.
CANADA:
Marie-Michel was so kind to prepare a whole rundown on magazines that are available in Canada featuring Ricky at the moment. Please click here to see the full list with a short description. It also features a list of the latest US magazines featuring Ricky. Plus the section also gives you a quick run-down on what has been on TV in Canada lately.
13 August 1999(source: Kerstin - RMTEE Reporter (Germany), Maaike - RMTEE Reporter (Netherlands))
For our friends in Germany:
Ricky is featured in the September issue of HIT. The magazine features a 2 page interview with pictures.
For our friends in Netherlands:
The "Hitkrant" magazine is showing some pictures of Ricky through the years. "top 10" mag
has an article about Ricky, the headline of the article is "I'm laughing about all the bra's I'm getting..." And "break out" magazine has a huge poster in it of Ricky...
12 August 1999
(source: RMECS, MTV)
Latin pop superstar Ricky Martin, whose self-titled album rebounds to number three on next week's "Billboard" pop album chart, is about to send his fans sprinting toward the nearest newsstand.
As we reported last week, Martin is the subject of a photo layout in the September issue of the fashion magazine "W" "Ricky Martin Upping Exposure With New Video, Magazine Spread").
In the brief essay accompanying photographer Pablo Alfaro's snaps, Ricky ponders the question, "What is sexy?" while the pictures capture the (sometimes) bare-chested singer in bed and hanging out with his Chihuahua, Titan.
The September issue of "W" will be on newsstands nationwide on August 20. The mag will hopefully tide fans over until Martin himself appears live (and in the flesh) on his upcoming North American tour, which kicks off on October 21 at the Miami Arena.
10 August 1999
(source: RMECS, TV Guide, RMECS Message Board)
Many sources have said Ricky will pose "nude" in the September issue of "W" Magazine. Todays NY Post has down played this issue stating that Ricky will not be naked in the next issue of "W". Instead, the hunky pop star reveals only his muscular, hairy chest...it was photographed at Ricky's $2 million estate in Miami...the shoot doesn't even come close to being as saucy as Marky Mark's Calvin Klein ad.
RICKY REDUX ON GH?: It sounded like the perfect soap plot! Former General Hospital hunk Ricky Martin (ex-Miguel Morez) - now the hottest thing since Pokemon - returns to the show for a one-day appearance and will donate his salary to charity. Several soap magazines reported on the rumor and even some mainstream gossip columnists followed the story.
There's only one problem: it's not going to happen! "Whatever the
rumors are, they're not true," GH executive producer Wendy Riche tells next week's Soaps in Depth. Is Martin ashamed of his soap roots? Not according to his spokesperson. "Ricky had a great time [on GH]. But I don't even know when he could go back.... He's pretty much booked for the next year."
9 August 1999
(source: Nydia of RMPT (RMTEE Portugal Reporter) and Betta (RMTEE Italy Reporter), Matt of PopStar Magazine)
News for all Portugese friends:
Last Friday [06.08.99] Ricky's interview for Sol Música [iberian peninsula
cable tv channel] was on air again. For 25 minutes, Ricky talked about his
carreer and they played 5 videos - the 4 singles from Vuelve and LLVL.
*Ricky's on this week 'BRAVO' mag ,that celebrate his 15 years on the job. It's a 2 pages articles with a few pictures since his early days.
News for all Italian friends:
There is a new Italian mag called "Beautiful Magazine" with Ricky on the cover and a 12 page article inside with lots of wonderful pictures. The edition is dated 12/08/1999 and is number 32. We'll shortly put the cover up on the web.
In the meantime if anyone is interested in ordering the special magazine PopStars which is featured in our Magazine Cover Section, check out the following website for more information: www.popstarmag.com or USA residents can call up 1-888-664-7827.
8 August 1999
(source: Yoli Torres, Mariangeles (RMTEE Argentina Reporter))
Ricky Martin has started his Latin American promotional round today. He is currently in Brazil. Ricky will travel on to Argentina on the 9th August (evening). He'll be doing various Argentinian TV and radio interviews on 10th and 11th August. One of the TV shows is Susana Gimenez which is a programme broadcast in all South American countries as well as Miami, Florida - USA. As soon as we have futher details we will put up an updated schedule. Ricky will travel on to Mexico on the 11th in the evening where he'll be doing two days of promotion. For the Mexican Schedule, please click here.
5 August 1999
(source: Houston Chronicle, Official Website, MTV, RMECS)
Please click here for an interesting article out of the Houston Chronicle from 4 August 1999: Telemundo snags 1-year contract with Ricky Martin.
"Gagging for even more Ricky? Well, your dreams will come true on 13th
September when Ricky Martin: The Video Compilation is released.
Available on VHS and DVD, the video includes "Livin' La Vida Loca", his
outstanding performance of "The Cup Of Life" at the Grammys as well as "La
Bomba", "Vuelve", "She's All I Ever Had" and other exclusive footage."
DON'T FORGET to vote for Ricky at the MTV Viewers Choice Awards 1999!
Click here to put your vote in!
4 August 1999
(source: Yori Torres posting on RMLAC)
Please check out Ricky's promotional schedule for Mexico Aug 12 & 13, 1999 by clicking here.
4 August 1999
(source: Sony Music UK, E! Entertainment, RMECS)
Ricky Martin has just been certified with a staggering 5 million sales, making him the biggest selling Latin artist of all-time. "Ricky Martin has certainly sparked interest and influence, but it's refreshing to see more and more Latin artists with incredible sales potential making their mark," said Recording Industry Association of America President/CEO Hilary Rosen on hearing the news.
3 August 1999
(source: Billboard Magazine)
Ricky is currently with three singles in the US Billboard Top 100 Single Charts: At No. 63 new entry for "She's All I Ever Had" (based on airplay alone), going up to No.45 is "The Cup Of Life" which is being supported by last year's release of the single and slipping down to No. 15 "Livin' La Vida Loca".
2 August 1999
(source: KIIS FM, RMLAC)
KIIS FM, Los Angeles are giving away wristbands to be in the "live audience" for Ricky's new video "Shake Your Bon Bon" which is being shot at the Blockbuster Pavilion at Devore, USA on August 5th. If you are a member of the Online Fan Club: RMLAC - check out their message board for further information.
2 August 1999
Ricky Martin is currently in California recording the Pepsi Commercial. Pepsi are the current sponsor's of Ricky's sold-out "Livin' La Vida Loca" US Tour which starts in Miami, Florida on October 21st.
News for all Australian Fans: There will be a Ricky Martin TV Special on 14th August at 8.30pm, Channel 9. Be sure to tune in because there will also be a competition where you can get the chance to meet Ricky Martin in Melbourne in September.
"She's All I Ever Had" will be released in Australia on 27th August. The single will be out in the UK in early September.
(source: RMECS)
1 August 1999
(source: AFRM Australia)