His new tour may be titled
"One Night With Ricky Martin", but he has been on a non-stop roll
promoting his new album LIFE after having finished the Latin American leg
of his current tour. While we wait for the next awesome shows to begin
in Texas and work their way to the Western US Coast and back, we have a
chance to finish up 2005 and wish Ricky a very successful 34th year and
Happy New Year!
Missed out on everything he's been up to in the
past months? Don't worry... we have it all right here for you... with a
lot of videos! If you are going to Ricky's concert, be sure to drop by
at our forum in the Tour section to see who else is going... the more
people, the more fun!
From all of us at TSARM, thanks for all
your support this year,and we can't wait to share all the moments of
2006. THIS IS GOOD!
The TSARM Newsletter
staff:
Adinda, Christine, Ellen, LindaVT &
Wilma
Suggestions, ideas or comments? Mail to
tsarmnewsletter@gmail.com
This newsletter is part of www.tsarm.net
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One Night Only Tour 2006
The first leg
of the US tour is set to kick-off mid-January and boy, are we ready!
Several US dates have already been confirmed as well as a couple of
European dates. Tickets are either already on sale or will be shortly
for all announced cities so keep your eyes on the Schedule post in the
Newsflash forum for information in the future but for now, here is what
is confirmed:
January 2006
15 Sun -- El
Paso, Texas -- Abraham Chavez Theater
17 Tue -- Hidalgo, Texas --
Central Hockey League all-star banquet
18 Wed -- Houston, Texas --
Verizon Wireless Theater
19 Thu -- Dallas, Texas -- Nokia Live
Theater
23 Mon -- Phoenix, Arizona -- Dodge Theatre
24 Tue --
Los Angeles, California -- Pantages Theatre
25 Wed -- San Diego,
California -- Copley Symphony Hall
27 Fri -- Las Vegas, Nevada --
Aladdin Theatre
28 Sat -- Reno, Nevada -- Hilton Theatre
29 Sun --
Oakland, California -- Paramount Theatre-Oakland
February 2006
2 Tue --
Chicago, Illinois -- Chicago Theatre
6 Mon -- New York, New York --
Radio City Music Hall
8 Wed -- Boston, Massachusetts -- Opera House
9 Thu -- Washington, District of Columbia -- DAR Constitution
Hall
10 Fri -- Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Borgata Hotel Casino
& Spa
12 Sun -- Atlanta, Georgia -- The Tabernacle
14 Tue --
Miami, Florida -- James L. Knight Center
On Sale
Saturday, 1/7 @ 10am
15 Wed -- Orlando, Florida -- Bob Carr
Theatre
19 Sun -- San Juan, Puerto Rico -- José Miguel Agrelot
Coliseum
22 Wed -- Turin, Italy -- Winter Olympic Games
25 Sat --
Agra, India -- Taj Mahal -- 8th Wonder of the World Concert
Series
April 2006
27 --
Berlin, Germany -- Tempodrom
May 2006
4 Thu --
Paris, France -- Le Zenith
Remember, for the US tourdates, you can get
your tickets through http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Download Watch
Aladdin Hotel / Las Vegas concert commercial
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"Godfather" Of Quien Magazine
The Spanish
magazine Quien celebrated its 100th issue in October and chose Ricky to
be 'godfather' of this very special issue. "I stopped feeling, I was
like dead," read the cover text, and in the article Ricky explained why
he needed to take a break from the spotlight before he could return
again with his new music.
As he
said, "One day I came home and I said to myself 'I don't have an
itinerary now, I have nothing to do. From now on, I'm going to do things
because I want to do them, and not because I have to.'" The photos with
the article showed a relaxed Ricky having fun as he posed for the
camera. There was even a moment captured when he went fully clothed into
a pool - from a perfect handstand to letting himself tumble into the
water.
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European Promotion
After an extensive promotional tour in the
USA at radio stations in September, Ricky headed to Europe to promote
his new album and single. After promotion at several radio stations,
he recorded a commercial for the upcoming NRJ Music Awards. You can
still vote for these until January 12th, so be sure to do so! Simply
click on Ricky to place your vote as 'Artiste Masculin International De
L'Annee' - International Male Artist of the Year
NRJ Music Awards -
Vote For Ricky
Download
NRJ
Music Awards commercial with Ricky
After France early in
October, he took off to Spain for a signing and did another popular TV
show, Operacion Triunfo. He was one of the two guests at the show and
performed near the end of the evening, starting off with a short
interview. Some footage was being shown of Ricky in the house with the
contestants of the show, and then later his live performance of "Que Mas
Da" in the studio.
Download
Operacion
Triunfo Spain - "Que Mas Da" performance
| His next stop in Holland
proved to be another crazy day full of promotion - for him as well
as for the fans, whom some even had come from abroad to see him in
the evening! After doing some interviews for entertainment
shows, he went to Q-Music and Radio538, where he arrived just in
time for a short interview before the show ended. Hardly any time
to rest for him after that, since as soon as he got outside of the
radio station, there were cameras that jumped on him, eager for a
few good shots to be used in shows on television that evening.
Ricky answered a couple of questions but then got into his car to
go to the studios of EyeWorks, where the semi-live show Pulse was
recorded. |
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Download NSE:
Ricky leaving Radio538 studios
Download NSE
interview
Download Shownieuws
interview
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His performance of I Don't
Care was recorded twice due to some slight audio problems (to
great delight of the fans!) The interview after proved itself to
be one of the most entertaining and interesting ones he had done
to date; host Peter Van Der Vorst was very well informed and
surprised Ricky when he told him that he knew he practiced
Capoeira... and if he perhaps wanted to demonstrate this?
|
Slightly
taken aback at first, Ricky did agree and gave the fans a spectacular
sight when he showed some impressive Capoeira moves.
Download "I Don't
Care" performance
Download
Interview
at Pulse Show
| After the
taping the show that evening, he right away headed back to
Amsterdam where he held the very first in-store signing session
for the release of his album "Life" - the Dutch fans were more
than happy to have the honor of being in the first country where
he did a signing for this CD. Only 150 people were permitted entry
(with special wristbands) to get their album signed by Ricky.
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The atmosphere was excited, as it had been
quite a while since he had last been in Holland for promotion. He also
received a golden record that evening, and took his time to say a few
things in front of the many cameras that were all waiting to catch a
glimpse of him or ask him some questions.
Download Telegraaf
coverage of signing
At the end of October, Ricky again headed
for France. He was at the NRJ Awards and also joined the contestants at
Star Academy for a live performance of his smash hit "Maria (Un Dos
Tres)". Needless to say the stars, as well as the audience, were
thrilled to have Ricky on the show! The host asked him at the end of the
performance how exactly he said "WEPA!", and he had no trouble
demonstrating it one more time!
Download NRJ Awards
- "I Don't Care" with Amerie
Download Star
Academy - "Maria"
Download
Star
Academy - "I Don't Care"
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Ocean Drive En Español
| ”Ocean Drive En Español” featured a large special about
Ricky and we all know from experience that such an article usually
means a new photo shoot as well. We were not disappointed; a new
series of images, showing Ricky in a bit of a darker mood,
accompanied the interview, which took place at the Hyatt Hotel in
South Beach in Miami. Ricky talked about the new style of music of
his album and explained why he had chosen for this: "I know that
we had success and I am not complaining, but I want to make music
in a different way. |
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As with many celebrities, Ricky is
occasionally followed by the paparazzi, but he doesn't make a big deal
about it, realizing that it's something that will always be there. He
told Ocean Drive, "I have in my mind something my mother told me; 'My
son, in this life you can do everything, you just have to know how to do
it. Don't make so many decisions, don’t be in a hurry, analyze and then
do it without troubles.' Then one has to know how and when. If you want
to go to the movies, don't go on a Friday night when the world is there;
go on a Monday or Tuesday in the afternoon. I know that my career never
was a sacrifice, but at least I learned to see it in this
way."
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The Early Show
| After extensive promotion
in Europe, Ricky headed back to America to promote Life. On 11th
November, the CBS Early Show edition that had been taped in
October finally aired and we saw an interview with Julie Chen, who
went through the whole album song by song, and seemed genuinely
excited about the new music. |
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Ricky performed ‘I Don’t Care,’ ‘The Cup of
Life’ and ‘It’s Alright’ during the show, and had the audience
mesmerized- live and TV viewers alike! Our TSARM members couldn’t help
but point out that he looked so happy performing on stage; and that
waking up early just to catch a glimpse of the man was worthwhile - Rock
on Ricky!
Download
"I
Don't Care" performance
Download
Interview
with Julie Chen
Download
"The
Cup Of Life" performance
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En Español In The USA
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While attending several
shows in the US to promote his new music, Ricky stopped by the
Spanish language morning show "Despierta America,” and performed
‘Dejate Llevar,’ the Spanish version of ‘It's Alright’ together
with his regular band. The hosts of the show were absolutely
thrilled to have him there again, and so were the fans!
|
Download
"It's
Alright" performance
Another Spanish show Ricky visited was
"Don Francisco Presenta," a program that always proves itself to be
interesting because of its quality. Once again, Ricky talked about the
need he felt to get out of the spotlight for a moment, but said he did
miss the audience during that time, telling Don Francisco, "This is
addictive!" Apart from the interview, he performed ‘Que Mas Da,’ putting
on a terrific show with ‘Drop It On Me,’ as the audience went wild when
he danced with Debi Nova, who does the female vocals of the song.
Download "Que
Mas Da" performance
Download
"Drop
It On Me" performance
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The Oprah Show
Since the tsunami interview Ricky did with
Oprah back in January, he seemed to be on the show on a regular basis.
Ricky went on the show again in September (aired on 10th October) to
perform ‘I Don’t Care’ with a rare appearance by Amerie. It was a pity
Ricky was aired for less than 15 minutes, which left no time for ‘The
Cup of Life’ at this time, which was performed during taping. Fans were
disappointed about the absence of a longer interview (just quick
chitchat) but were compensated with the cute expression on Ricky’s face
when Oprah asked him to show the audience his new move! The segment with
the performance of TCOL aired on a repeat show on December 16th with the
same small chitchat bits shown.
Download "The Cup
Of Life" performance
| At the same
taping in September, Ricky was present during Oprah’s one-hour
special on child trafficking, which aired on November 2nd. While
Ricky didn’t get a lot of “face time” in (as Oprah had other
guests who had actually been through experiences and were telling
their stories) they did air footage from Ricky’s return trip to
Thailand, in which he gave out the first houses that his
Foundation helped build with Habitat for Humanity. |
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The woman, who had lost her only child in
the tsunami, was very grateful for the furnished home Ricky presented
her with and was at a loss for words, only crying, as he told her it was
all going to be okay now.
Download
Oprah
Interview - Back to Thailand
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TRL: Totally
Ricky Live!
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It was quite a while ago
when Ricky made an appearance on Total Request Live in New York
when certain words got “beeped” and shocked the American audiences
to their toes! On 12th October, Ricky didn’t fail to surprise the
audiences- this time with capoeira! Everyone was amazed by the
refreshing dance from usual choreographed moves. Ricky also told
us while at TRL that the tour in the US would start in January
2006. The true Rickymania is about to start again!
|
Download
TRL appearance
- Part I
Download TRL appearance
- Part II
Download TRL appearance
- Part 3
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The Letterman Show
Two days after
the release of “Life,” Ricky appeared on The Late Show with David
Letterman to perform the first single, ‘I Don’t Care,’ with Amerie by
his side. He wore faded and tattered blue jeans with a gray shirt and a
black blazer while performing live for the in-studio audience. Amerie
appeared on stage near the end of the song to perform her verse and
danced with Ricky until the end, which had Fat Joe’s part edited out and
extra chorus added in for filler. The only disappointment of this
appearance was the lack of any kind of interview.
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LIVE! With Regis, Kelly &
Ricky
| On October 20th Ricky
appeared on the popular LIVE! With Regis and Kelly, performing
first a live version of ‘I Don’t Care’ with Amerie, wearing a
white shirt with a silver holographic tree and jeans. After the
performance, a short interview followed in which Regis first
reminded Ricky that he’d first been on the show years ago when he
was in Menudo. |
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They talked about the album and how the
creative process worked with putting it all together and where the
sounds came from. Next on the agenda was discussing real estate, “big
boy toys” (where Ricky shyly admitted to owning 7 or 8 cars: “I love
cars,” he grinned before admitting that he never has time to drive them
because he’s always traveling and then followed with “I love my Ferrari.
That’s my car,”) as well as his dogs (the count is up to seven
now!).
Regis then surprised Ricky by asking him to perform
another song and while looking at the list in Regis’ hand, suggested
‘The Cup of Life.’ It was a new arrangement of the song and was received
enthusiastically by fans who watched the program, knowing what might be
in store for the upcoming tour.
Download "I
Don't Care" performance
Download
Regis
and Kelly interview
Download
"The
Cup Of Life" performance
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Caras
Magazine
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With the media releasing
more and more of their time on Ricky, Caras also dedicated a
special to him, along with a diverse series of photos. Arriving
relaxed to the studios for the shoot, he took the music he was
listening to along with him (Don Omar) and could barely contain
himself from dancing to it as he was getting ready.
The
interview touched not only on the subject of his new music, but
also his charity work that he has been very busy
with. |
When asked how he finds the logic of the
negativity that exists in line with the trafficking he fights so hard
against, he answered "There are things that have no answer, but in the
same manner I tell you that there exists both good and bad. One has to
do whatever possible to give not to give more credit to the negative
forces and to feed the positive things, that leave something good in
being: channel these energies to be active and make changes."
Also
he admitted that the one major competition he has is himself. "For a
long time I was very self critical and I spent a lot of time in this
criticism that there was no space to better myself. This has been one of
those codes that I have dismantled in this time of silence when I spent
more time with my family, in my house, with my friends. I have a lot of
defects that make me a man and I always give myself room to better
myself personally and professionally because there is always space to be
a better son, better brother, better friend."
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"Bailando En Otro Rollo"
| No promo tour in Latin
America is complete until Ricky pays a visit to Adal Ramones' show
"Otro Rollo" in Mexico, so of course he stopped by there as well.
Basically the entire show was dedicated to him, showing he and
Adal joking around as usual in the interview. He was asked to
paint a t-shirt, which would be auctioned off for charity, so he
made an angel in blue, red and yellow colors. The songs he
performed were 'Que Mas Da' and 'Stop Time Tonight,' which was the
first time that he sang this song for an audience. |
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Download "Que
Mas Da" and "Stop Time Tonight" performance
Download Otro
Rollo interview
Aside from Otro Rollo, he also joined Adal
on the show titled "Bailando Por un Sueño" (Dance For a Dream). Adal did
his best and tried to dance along on-stage to 'Que Mas Da’ that gave the
audience a good laugh for sure! There were more emotional moments as
well, such as when he met the children who were featured on the program:
Michel, Alison and Pepe. The entire show was about raising money for
charity in order to help children who are affected with serious
illnesses.
Download
Bailando
Por Un Sueno - Part I
Download
Bailando
Por Un Sueno - Part II
Download
Bailando
Por Un Sueno - Part III
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No
Manches
After more than six weeks of waiting, Ricky’s
long awaited appearance on the Mexican program, No Manches, finally
aired in the US. It was a fun show from the start and Ricky playfully
went along with all the fun the two co-hosts had planned for
him.
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The musical set list was 4
songs and although he did some lip sync, we had the first
performance of the ballad ‘Stop Time Tonight” which was a hit and
we are all hoping to see more of this song written by Diane
Warren. He opened the show with ‘Que Mas Da,’ did ‘Dejate Llevar’
during the program and closed with ‘Drop It On
Me.’ |
The interview sequence with Ricky was laced
with fun moments as they displayed various photos of Ricky from Menudo
as the host pretended to have been with Ricky every stop of the way but
was ‘sad’ Ricky seemed to have forgotten him”.
Download "Que
Mas Da" performance
Download
"Drop
It On Me" performance
Download
"It's
Alright" performance
Download
"Stop
Time Tonight" performance
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Freak Your Freak @ Ellen!
| Freak your freak! Normally
shot in Burbank studios in Hollywood, the West Coast fans searched
high and low for tickets to the Ellen DeGeneres show but
unfortunately came up empty. The studio looked to be FULL of
Ricky’s Fans! He sang ‘Drop It On Me’ in one of its first
performances before taking it on tour. He wore jeans and a black
shirt, and then added a gray jacket for his talk with Ellen.
|
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After watching this performance
of Drop it On Me, you can see they were still rehearsing this one.
He and Debi were on opposite sides of the stage in these early
performances of the single. During the interview Ricky talked of his
travels through the Himalayas and how a small vendor on the border of
Tibet was playing ‘Cup of Life’ (Ricky heard “Go go go, ale ale ale” in
the back of the store when he walked up) while he went to purchase water
and the store clerk even recognized Ricky with a beard and shaved
head. To close his appearance, Ricky awarded a basket of LIFE
goodies to the ‘best fan’, Kathy Hernandez, who was in the
audience….anyone knowing who she is or how she was chosen….we would love
details! Lucky gal, and great performance.
Download
"Drop It
On Me" performance
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An
Intimate Evening & Today Show
On November
8th, Ricky performed at the "An Intimate Evening With KTU" concert
at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Along with
Ricky, Frankie J and Jon Secada gave wonderful performances to a
very appreciative crowd, but it was Ricky's appearance on the
stage that brought the most thunderous applause. Ricky
sang:
I Don't Care
Maria
It's Alright
Livin’ La
Vida Loca (reggeaton version)
Cup of Life
Drop It On Me
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Download "Drop
It On Me" - 30 sec clip
 |
The following morning,
Ricky appeared on the Today Show outside on Rockefeller Plaza to
perform 3 songs (‘Drop It On Me,’ ‘Maria’ and ‘I Don’t Care’).
Even though the weather was chilly, the fans warmed up fast
when Ricky took to the stage. A problem with the microphone
during ‘Maria’ didn't faze him at all. Being the
professional he is, Ricky traded microphones and never missed a
beat! His performance was first rate as always and we know
he felt the love of his many devoted
fans. |
Download "I
Don't Care" performance
Download
"Maria"
performance
Download
"Drop
It On me" performance
Download
Today
Show Interview
Immediately after the Today Show, Ricky
gave quite a lengthy interview for Telemundo. At the end, the
beautiful young woman who was interviewing him opened her jacket ... and
was wearing a t-shirt that read, "Ricky, will you marry me?" After they
all had a good giggle, Ricky was whisked away in his waiting
SUV.
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Una Noche Con Ricky Martin
Ricky
started his tour in Latin America on November 15th, performing 11
concerts in 10 countries, thus visiting many countries where he had not
done a live concert since before the Livin’ La Vida Loca World Tour. It
was a ‘tour de force’ and in each country he visited he was met with
ecstatic fans, old and new, that gave the media new LIFE and talk of his
maturity, stage presence, and just a fun show for all who got to see
it.
He started in Mexico with two
shows, with the tour lineup for the rest of the Latin America tour as
follows:
November
15
Tue -- Mexico City, Mexico -- Auditorio Nacional
17 Thu -- Monterrey,
Mexico -- Arena Monterrey
19 Sat -- Caracas, Venezuela -- Caracas Pop
Festival
21 Mon -- San Salvador, El Salvador -- Feria
Internacional
23 Wed -- Panama City, Panama -- Islas de Atlapa
25
Fri -- Bogota, Colombia -- Palacio de Los Deportes
27 Sun -- Quito,
Ecuador -- Agora Casa de La Cultura
29 Tue -- Santiago, Chile --
Estadio Riesgo
December
2005
01 Thu -- Sao Paulo, Brasil -- Credicard Hall
06 Tue
-- Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Luna Park
08 Thu -- Punta del Este,
Uruguay -- Conrad Hotel
As we have all come to know,
Ricky does not disappoint and works himself and everyone into a ‘sweat’.
He had several costume changes, showing a variety of styles from suited
up with a ‘scarf’ to taking off his shirt during the show. The following
rundown was provided by rickyfanmdr who gave us this info from the scene
as well as the set list at the first concert in Mexico City…
Till I
Get To You
Ricky was wearing low-cut patched jeans, a
black long-sleeve fitted knit shirt with Mandarin V- neck collar
with leather and embroidered trim around the neckline, a brown
belt with silver horizontal ellipse buckle, and a couple of
necklaces—one was silver with a six petal floral design pendant in
a turquoise color. |
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Que Mas
Da
| This Is Good
Bella
Changed into black racer
pants with red side stripe, black warm-up jacket with silver
(lotus or flower?) design on the back. From this point on, he
removed the necklaces and I believe the only jewelry he ever wore
were a couple of simple bracelets on his right wrist. No rings,
nothing I saw as earrings, and nothing else I remember
seeing.
|
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| Livin'
La Vida Loca (reggeaton version)
I Am
Took off
black warm-up jacket to reveal a black skin-tight tank underneath.
Ricky did the most amazing capoeira routine, including a
handstand!
Corazonado
Added
a black ribbed hoodie over the tank. |
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Jaleo
Ricky added a black sweatband
around his head. On the flamenco boxes..
Maria
Took the hoodie
off—probably the sweat band
too. |
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Fuego Contra Fuego
Wore a black suit jacket over a white crew top. Black
pants.
Si Tu Te Vas
Black pin-stripe
pants and vest over white crew-neck top. Black jacket either was
not finished yet (lol) or was that style—where it looked pieced
and basted together (with a light thread color) with some of the
interfacing showing. The jacket had a car-wash vent detail along
the bottom in back. He wore black Indian-style thong sandals (with
a mostly open design but had a loop over the big toe).
|
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| Tal Vez
Lola Lola
Wore a
jacket and a grey beret.
Perdido Sin
Ti
Took off the grey beret. |
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El Amor De Mi
Vida
Te Extraño, Te Olvido,
Te Amo
Dejate
Llevar
Low-cut jeans, black long-sleeve shirt with gold
plaited embellishment in a wide band down the front center and on the
back yoke, black sneakers, and the belt from the beginning—brown with
silver horizontal elliptical buckle.
La
Bomba
Teaser tummy peek. Opened shirt to top snap and
flashed tummy. Took shirt off altogether!
Por Arriba, Por
Abajo
Shirt back on. The traditional
version!
The Cup Of Life -
with confetti (ALL silver metallic) |
|
Vuelve
Jeans and
a red T-shirt with lots of little holes in it. BARE FEET!!!!! Duet
with Franco De Vita in Caracas, Venezuela.
Drop It On
Me |
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RMF Joines Forces With Microsoft
In a continued effort to abolish child trafficking,
Ricky Martin Foundation and Microsoft Latin America have teamed together
to promote online child safety by developing educational activities
aimed at Internet safety for the children of Latin America and the
Caribbean. The two organizations will invite others to join with them in
this effort, as it is a worldwide issue.
Microsoft has long had Internet
consumer’s safety at the forefront of their developments as they realize
that the useful educational tools they make available to Internet users
also have some challenges. Their commitment to online child safety is
three-fold: education (by providing practical tips to adults, educators
and community leaders;) training (by training law enforcement officers
how to properly pursue online criminals;) and technology (software and
online tool development to protect children from potentially dangerous
content.) Microsoft also actively participates in the investigation of
online child abuse and they make it be known that they support tougher
legislation for convicted criminals of these acts. Microsoft has no
doubt that this partnership will get them one step closer to their goal
of offering children a safe Internet environment.
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“We are very proud to join
efforts towards such a noble campaign that has as a goal to
protect children in this online era. We've found Microsoft to be
an active partner and we are sure that, together, we'll take great
strides to protect our most vulnerable population, children,"
assured Ricky. |
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Victoria's Secret Show
|
What a HOT show Victoria’s Secret put
on this year! Not only did they entertain a lot of men with their
voluptuous models and fashion, but they asked the hottest man on
the planet to 'shake up the runway' with them. We always said
we wanted to see Ricky strut his stuff down a runway after the
Armani Fashion show last year, and this year we got our
wish!
He did a 'caliente' number with about
10 dancers to ‘Drop It On Me’ -- the perfect song for the fashion
show, and Debi Nova joined in to do her part and got to be a
Victoria's Secret girl herself for the night. It was cute to
see the models waiting back stage all dancing to the music while
Ricky was on stage.
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Ay Bendito De Mis Raices
 |
Ricky arrived in Puerto Rico in
mid-December after finishing the South American leg of his Una
Noche Con Ricky Martin tour and started interviewing almost
immediately upon landing. Caught exiting his plane in comfortable
‘pseudo jammies’ (he had a belt on!) he told how happy he was to
be back in Puerto Rico and was looking forward to enjoying his
holidays on the ‘Isla’ with family and friends. Not only enjoying
the holidays, but also a new wave of promotions for ‘LIFE” began
for his upcoming tour of the US. |
EL Nuevo Dia and Primera Hora
followed him around, bringing photos, interviews and video files to his
fans who were hoping to see a little more of him in his home
country.
Download El
Nuevo Dia - Interview
Download
El
Nuevo Dia - Photoshoot
Download
Primera
Hora - Photoshoot
He
told of plans to film his next video “It’s Alright’ in Puerto Rico and
planned to use the talent of the Island to start the video. Then he will
add post-production scenes in New York and Los Angeles to be released in
early 2006. El Nuevo Dia gave us already a taste of what we can expect
in the video.
Download
The
Making of "It's Alright"
On a more personal promotional note,
Ricky also visited several live radio shows giving interviews and
thrilling his ‘hometown’ fans. You can read the translations provided by
Acoolprican from two of these special exchanges.
Download La X-FM 100.7 transcript
Download La Mega 106.9 transcript
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Jingle Ball Show
Bringing 2005 to an end
with a blast (at least for his fans for sure!), Ricky performed at
the annual Y100.7 Jingle Ball concert on December 17th, giving a
sizzling show for the enthusiastic audience in Miami.
He
started off with 'I Don't Care,' followed by 'It's Alright,'
'Maria,' a reggaeton version of 'Livin La Vida Loca' which drove
the crowd wild, and ended with 'The Cup of Life' and 'Drop It On
Me.' The media was everywhere so we had no shortage of photos of
the performance, but unfortunately no video.
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Radio Music Awards
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Held at the Aladdin Hotel
and Casino in Las Vegas, this year the awards belonged to Mariah
Carey who took away 3 awards for her latest album. But, by far and
away the performance of the night was had by Ricky, proving once
again the old adage that ‘practice makes perfect’…he and Debi Nova
put on the hottest performance yet of ‘Drop It On
Me.’
On Access Hollywood coverage of the event, Mark
McGrath said it all when he mentioned that Ricky still knows how
to bring a crowd to their feet. |
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St. Barts Caribbean Getaway
| Once again it proves
difficult for Ricky to escape the media eye -- even on his
birthday! Ricky and a close group of family and friends were
caught on the beaches of St. Bart’s in the French Caribbean having
some ‘fun in the sun,’ playing paddle ball, doing his
Capoeira/yoga exercises, and enjoying the sun and sand on a quiet
Caribbean shore. Somewhere, the hidden paparazzi with a great
lens, took some gorgeous snaps of Ricky enjoying his 34th birthday
with younger brother Eric and friends. |
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He was looking very ‘healthy’
and happy and we wish him all the best in what looks like the start of a
great 34th year!
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