NEWS


Sister Sites: RMTEE - Ricky Martin The European Experience has now joined forces with RMECS - Ricky Martin East Coast Style (USA), AFRM - Australian Friends of Ricky Martin (Australia) and AFRM - Asian Friends of Ricky Martin (Asia) to give you the most up to date information about Ricky from all over the world!


27-30 January 2000
(source: various [info updated daily])

Tickets for Ricky's Antwerp show are on sale now. The confirmed date is 5 May 2000.
Tickets for London, Earls Court on 12th May 2000 can be purchased from First Call: +44 (0)171 742 1000 and online: www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.aloud.co.uk today and from Earls Court Box Office and all other agents from tomorrow onwards.

The European tourdates confirmed so far are:

Other cities will include Barcelona and Madrid - we are waiting for final confirmation on the exact dates.



25 January 2000
(source: Ticketmaster Canada)

An extra date has been announced in Toronto, Canada on 19th March.



23 January 2000
(source: Sony)

Please note after sending an e-mail to Sony Latin to clarify which of the two different sets of tourdates featured on their website is the correct one, Sony Worldwide has now sent out a mail plus a statement on all websites that the tourdates as featured originally might not be the correct ones. So please note that the tourdates featured so far on this website are subject to change/confirmation.

"Private Emotions" the duet with Meja will be released in Europe on February 28.



20 January 2000
(source: Irene, Sony Latin)

RICKY MARTIN will start his European Tour in Madrid, Spain on April 26th and 27th. Please see the complete tourlist below. After that he will tour Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Asia and Argentina. He will continue the second leg of the USA tour from June 8th to July 14th.

  • 26-27 April: Madrid, Spain
  • 29-30 April: Barcelona, Spain
  • 3 May: Paris, France
  • 5 May: Antwerp, Belgium
  • 6 May: Cologne, Germany
  • 8-9 May: Milan, Italy
  • 12 May: London, England



17 January 2000
(source: AMA)

Ricky won the Award for Best Latin Artist at the American Music Awards.



10 January 2000
(source: not specified)

Further to our update from yesterday we have to inform you that there will be NO concerts in Switzerland or Scandinavia on the Livin' La Vida Loca tour due to the size of the production. All other cities for the European tour should be announced within the next two weeks so keep your eyes and ears open. Good luck when purchasing any tickets.



9 January 2000
(source: Betta RMTEE Reporter (Italy))

A further concert of the European tour has been announced. Ricky will be playing the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on 5th May 2000. Previous dates announced are: Madrid, Spain 2 May and Paris, France 9 May. More dates will be announced very shortly.

Ricky has won the People's Choice Award in the USA last Sunday.



4 January 2000
(source: IBM/Grammys)

Happy New Millennium! And in Ricky's words: "Wishing the World Peace, Love and Unity".

Ricky is nominated for five Grammy Awards this year. Here are his nominations:

  • Record of the Year: Livin' La Vida Loca
  • Song of the Year: Livin' La Vida Loca
  • Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Livin' La Vida Loca
  • Best Pop Album: Ricky Martin
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Randy Cantor (Arranger: Livin' La Vida Loca)
  • Also nominated is: Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Walter Afanasieff (I Count The Minutes)

Congratulations!
As a reminder the Grammy Awards will take place at Staples Corner, Los Angeles CA (USA) on Feb. 23rd. Watch out for the first Latin Grammy Awards taking place in November 2000.

Oh, bit of news on the site: if you are looking to see Ricky these days watch out for his BLONDE hair!



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