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Ricky Martin Calls Houston Addictive, Keeps It Sexy and (Costume) Showy at the Rare Rodeo Concert That Promises More
Teen heartthrob turned dangerously sexy global superstar Ricky Martin may have aged like fine wine and settled down with a hubby and gaggle of kids, but when he hits the stage he still knows how to bring that Livin’ La Vida Loca spirit.
For the multi-Grammy winner’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo concert debut, singer Ricky Martin came to play (or ride in this rodeo case), but so did dancer, fashion icon, actor and quadruple threat, ultimate showman Ricky Martin. With a fiery band, full horn section, a tumbling, Bon-Bon shaking troupe of male and female dancers, plus spectacular video and lighting backup, the man can put on a show.
Yes, versatile singer Martin (and I don’t just mean jumping between Spanish and English) came to fill and claim the vast NRG Stadium space with his velvety voice on Friday night. Most Houston Rodeo concert sets are confined to about an hour by official decree, but Martin still delivered some of the vocal highlights of his ground-breaking, multi-genre career from “Vida Loca” to “She Bangs,” “Maria” to “La Bomba,” “Shake Your Bon-Bon” to “Vuelve. ”
Dancer Martin kept up the paces with his fabulous company of dancers. Yet, a good showman always knows when to share the spotlight, and several times the dancers opened and closed numbers as the costars, with flamenco flair and one stomping drum line routine that was definitely Broadway ready. For most of the concert, Martin sang and then raced across the stage jumping right into accompanying dance routine, moving with troupe, occasionally hip-grinding up close and sexy personally.
Ricky Martin more than kept up with his skilled backup dancers. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)Fashionista Martin made an entrance with the first number, “Vida Loca” of course, with a black ensemble, leather, knee-length shorts and a black jacket that he converted into a cap by the next number. He stayed with a black and white palette for most of the concert but from shorts to kilt to tight pants to hoodie, the costume changes came pretty much every other song, and the fashion show went on and on.
Stage, screen and musical theater actor Martin hit his marks, as well, Friday night, especially for power ballads like the crowd favorite “Vuelve” but also for songs like “She Bangs” and “La Vida Loca.
” Martin enunciated every word to note. He doesn’t just sing but sinks into the role of a song. And since his repertoire, includes several global hits, chronicling poor souls chasing crazy bitchier divas — let’s say crazy divas — through hellish, but musically upbeat, madcap adventures, actor Martin certainly brings those adventures to life.
We might forget Martin has serious Broadway chops having played Marius in Les Miserables and Ché in Evita, but he reminds us with each song. The HoustonRodeo’s star-shaped stage also became the perfect performance set, as on more than one occasion, Martin walked out onto a point, reaching out to the audience as if to touch everyone in the crowd of 56,781 .
Ricky Martin means plenty of pageantry. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)Throughout the hour-long concert, showman Martin spoke with the crowd directly, always drawing out louder and louder responses with a joking “I can’t hear you” whenever the masses didn’t quite meet his screaming expectations.
For the light and firework spectacular finale, “La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life),” Martin turned the “Do you really want it?” line to a bit of a sexy tease.
Do we really want it? You really don’t have to ask, Ricky.
We’re at the Houston Rodeo after a two year pandemic break. Yes, sí, yes, we really want a night of she banging, shaking Vida Loca. And remember at the end, when you called Houston beautiful, addictive, unforgettable and made everyone a promise you would return? You better keep that promise, Ricky Martin.
You know you don’t want to mess with us crazy bitches. . . er divas. Don’t mess with us crazy divas.
Heartthrob Ricky Martin lives la vida loca in RodeoHouston debut
Martin kicked it like a youngster.
Photo by Jacob Power
Fans at NRG were "Livin' La Vida Loca," on Friday, March 4.
Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin made his debut performance at RodeoHouston to 56,781 paying customers, delving into his bag of bilingual hits and reminding everyone why he's one of the top-selling Latin artists of all-time with a professionally produced, high-energy performance.
Drawing from many Latin American influences in music and stage presentation, Martin and his eight-piece band and group of dancers brought some much needed sexiness to the dirt and dust.
When his name was announced, no doubt many English-speaking American rodeo-goers scratched their heads. Martin has been somewhat of a non-entity since he bottled lightning at the turn of the century with his first major success in the United States after years as a member of the Spanish-speaking boy band Menudo.
His early-millennium hits were inescapable, his impossibly handsome looks and Latin pop firmly entrenched themselves on MTV, including the bellweather of youth cool, Total Request Live.
But Martin was absolutely huge across the globe before he hit big in the U.S., so it wasn't some fluke that he moved units stateside. When English audiences started to grow weary of shaking their bon-bons, Martin made the smart business decision to head back to the predominately Spanish music that made him an international star in the first place, selling another truckload of records in the process.
Overall, Martin has sold over 70 million albums, placing 11 No. 1 songs on the Latin charts, and 27 top tens. He's picked up a handful of Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards (notably not for any of his English work). Not too shabby for a former boy band member, who established his cred as a solo artist a few years before Justin Timberlake followed the same model to stardom.
Not surprisingly, Martin opened with his most well known and commercially successful song, "Livin' La Vida Loca," his first and only U.S. chart-topper which spent five-weeks at No. 1. Surrounded by his team of dancers with palm trees, the 50-year-old singer looked fantastic, sporting a caped jacket, black kulats and and black army boots with his distinctive, perfectly coiffed hair, well-manicured beard, and defined arms.
"Are you ready to have a good time?," Martin asked the crowd as he moved his hips, drawing a cheer from many who were already up on their feet. Next came "La Bomba," from his fourth studio album, Vuelve, which Martin has included in the setlist for every tour since 1998.
It served as a showcase for his talented brass section while he salsa danced out to one of the five star points on the RodeoHouston stage.
The first of many interludes for costume changes — which rivalled Cher for sheer volume — featured a "Stomp"-like drum quartet of dancing drummers, impressively busting out percussive jump ropes. Martin once again drew from Vuelve for Spanish hit "Lola Lola," now in a sleeveless vest, gaining confidence on vocals, emphatically finishing with a boxer routine to the salsa, rhumba, flamenco, and jazz-imbued notes.
Well-known English No. 12 hit "She Bangs" was one of the night's best performances with Martin's female dancers dressed in sultry lace fishnets, grooving to the pop hooks while he played ringmaster. That gave way to his other popular English pop song, "Shake Your Bon-Bon," with life-sized dice props.
Martin didn't talk much during the evening, but when he did it was to either hype up the crowd or to express his gratitude.
"Thank you for the love Houston," he told the audience before the titular Vuelve-track, which won him his first Grammy award. The slow jam included a cellphone light display from the stands, as Martin was raised 20-feet in the air on a star point while he smoothly sang before two excellent guitar solos from his band.
A one-two punch of Spanish songs, 2006's "Pegate" and 2015's "La Mordidita" kept the temperatures high with Martin now dressed in white from head-to-toe, sporting what looked like orthopedic sneakers. "Maria," widely considered one of the best Latin dance-pop crossovers of all-time as a five-million selling single, produced some of the loudest cheers of the night with its "Un, Dos, Tres" chorus. That was was followed by the Martin-Maluma duet, "Vente Pa' Ca" before the last interlude of the night.
Saving his star-making turn for last, Martin wrapped up with "The Cup of Life," the official song for the 1998 World Cup which still worked as a populist anthem almost 25 years after its release.
A quick introduction of his band and then it was waves from an SUV, wrapping up a sturdy performance from the seasoned singer.
If there were any criticisms from the night was that Martin took too many breaks between songs for costume changes and probably to catch his breath, limiting his song selection to 10 tracks. Like many debut artists at RodeoHouston, Martin mostly kept to the rotating center stage area, mainly due to choreographed dance numbers.
Martin has never had very much rhythm when it came to dancing, but that said, he put nearly all middle-aged men in the audience to shame, enthusiastically keeping up with his group of talented stage performers.
All-in-all, the Latin heartthrob brought an extremely professional show to RodeoHouston, and while he could have stood to take some chances and play a bit looser, he delivered the goods to the crowd of adoring fans that showed up to pay tribute to the four decade-hitmaker.
Setlist
"Livin' La Vida Loca"
"La Bomba"
Molambo interlude
"Lola Lola"
"She Bangs"
"Shake Your Bon Bon"
Bomba interlude
"Vuelve"
"Pegate"
"La Mordidita"
"Maria"
"Vente Pa' Ca"
"Cup of Life"
Martin kicked it like a youngster.
Photo by Jacob Power
Martin kicked it like a youngster.
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Ricky Martin - Latin Pop Star
Fans are attracted not only by his work: he is a man open to all philosophical currents, a homosexual, a vegetarian, a philanthropist, actively opposes discrimination and racial prejudice, and his charitable foundation fights the slave trade around the world.Childhood and early career
Ricky Martin is often referred to as Ricky, but this is incorrect. His stage name is short for his full name "Enrique".Ricky Martin as a child
Ricky was born into the family of psychologist Enrique Martin Negroni and accountant Neireda Morales. The parents of the future celebrity divorced as soon as the son was two years old. Both father and mother met a new love - this is how Ricky had a large family: two half-brothers, Daniel and Eric, as well as three half-brothers - brothers Fernando and Angel and sister Vanessa.Young Ricky Martin with mom
The boy was brought up in a deeply religious way. As a child, Ricky was a minister at the local priest, and also attended Sunday school.
Despite the strict upbringing inherent in Catholics, the boy was not limited in self-expression: his parents encouraged the vocal talent of his son, who almost from the cradle danced from a mirror with a comb instead of a microphone, and when the boy turned 9, his father took him to an advertising casting. For the next couple of years, young Enrique's face regularly appeared in commercials for toothpaste, lemonade, and hamburgers. Ricky Martin's father spends time with his son and grandchildren
The musically gifted teenager was cast several times in the Menudo boy band to replace Ricky Melendez, who left the group. He was rejected twice because of his short stature. But the boy was persistent, and for the third time, the producers, seeing the fire in Ricky's eyes, nevertheless made him part of the team. Ricky, then just Enrique, had been performing with the group since he was 19.84 to 1989. With his participation, 11 albums were recorded: Evolución, Menudo, Explosion, Ayer Y Hoy, A Festa Vai Começar, Viva! Bravo!, Refrescante, etc.
In July 1989, 17-year-old Ricky Martin left the group, embarking on a free voyage. Ricky Martin started his career at Menudo
This decision was not easy for him. He owed a lot to Menudo - with them he recorded 11 albums and, it seemed, learned everything you need to know about show business. But the strict framework of the contract, the constant supervision of managers, the total absence of a real one - all this pushed Ricky to the end of cooperation. After breaking his contract with Menudo, he returned to Puerto Rico, where he graduated from high school and celebrated his 18th birthday. Having become an adult, he received the right to open his own bank account, after which he moved to New York, towards new opportunities.In 1989 Ricky Martin left Menudo
Solo career
After school, the young artist intended to become a student at the New York School of Art. But life made its own adjustments - even before the start of classes, Ricky was invited to the Mexican musical Mama Ama el Rock ("Mommy Loves Rock").
On stage, he was noticed by a Mexican television producer and approved for a role in the soap series Reach for the Star. Ricky Martin in "Evening Urgant"
At 1990 Ricky Martin signed a contract with Sony Discos, and the first album, which was called simply - "Ricky Martin", was not long in coming. Unfortunately, the young singer did not carefully read the terms of the contract, according to which Ricky received only one cent from each album sold.Ricky Martin wore long hair when he was young
Ricky Martin's debut album with a charming long-haired young man on the cover was sold in 500,000 copies. The singer received only $5,000, but the more than modest reward did not dampen his enthusiasm. The album's first single "Fuego Contra Fuego" was certified gold in Argentina, Puerto Rico and Mexico. And when Ricky went on tour in South America, he was greeted with a standing ovation everywhere. “I felt at home,” the singer later described his first solo tour.Ricky Martin's reaction to his childhood photo
In 1993, Ricky Martin introduced the world to another album, "Me Amaras" ("You will love me"), which was received quite warmly, but did not make a breakthrough.
He also starred in two seasons of the sitcom Getting By and landed a role as a singer-bartender on the soap opera General Hospital, later recognized as one of the longest-running series in television history. In the same years, Ricky Martin slept with a man for the first time, but hid his orientation for the next 15 years. Breakthrough
In 1995, the English-speaking world's understanding of Latin American music changed radically, thanks to Ricky Martin's new album A Medio Vivir (In the Middle of Life). Almost half of the three million copies sold were purchased in Europe, where the album's title song, "Maria", was especially passionately loved. This composition became Ricky Martin's first international hit. In France alone, 1.4 million copies of the single were purchased.Ricky Martin - Maria
Following the phenomenal success in the musical field, Ricky Martin was recognized as an actor. He took part in the Broadway production of Les Misérables immediately after publicly saying that he would like to play on Broadway.
He was entrusted to play Marius - the main character of the production. Ricky Martin in Les Misérables
After 11 weeks of showing the performance, Ricky sat down in the studio and recorded his fourth album, Vuelve (Come Back). 8 million copies of the record have been sold worldwide. But the artist considered the main achievement of those years not a new album, and not a role in a Broadway musical, but a performance at the Mundial in France at 1998, for which Ricky specially wrote the song "La Copa de la Vida" ("Cup of Life"), which became the unofficial anthem of the championship.Ricky Martin - Cup of Life (1998 World Cup)
Career Prime
After performing at the 1998 World Cup, Ricky decided that it was time to sing in English, so in 1999 his first album "Ricky Martin" was re-released in English with the addition of new hits. The record, which was purchased by 22 million listeners from all over the world, also included duets with Madonna and Meya, the hit "Private Emotion", recorded together with the star of the Turkish scene Sertab Erener, and, of course, the composition "Livin' La Vida Loca", which became a visiting Ricky Martin's card for years to come.
It is generally accepted that this song caused an international boom in Latin American music and opened the way to the world stage for Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira and Talia. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
The second English-language album arrived in time by the end of 2000. "Sound Loaded" debuted at number three in the US, but never reached number one. The singles from the album are "She Bangs", "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" (a duet with Christina Aguilera) and "Loaded".Ricky Martin does not eat meat and does yoga
In early 2001, the artist released a collection of songs in Spanish "La Historia", which conquered the Latin American charts, and a little later a collection of English-language compositions appeared - "The Best Of Ricky Martin", which consisted entirely of remixes of Ricky Martin's best hits. In 2003, the singer released another album in Spanish called "Almas Del Silencio" ("The Power of Silence"). Ricky himself said that he really wanted to return with this album back to his former self, full of emotions and adrenaline.
Ricky Martin. Concert in Moscow. 2016
Two years later, another English-language album with a concise and thoughtful title "Life" saw the light of day. Here, according to the artist, he finally connected with his emotions. “This record is as multifaceted as our life. It's about the anger we feel. About the joy we experience. There is uncertainty and love, all the emotions that people have.”Favorite of women and men
But for some reason, the record received a rather cold reception - only 700,000 copies were sold worldwide. Perhaps the fashion for Latin American music has passed, or maybe, on the contrary, new, brighter stars have lit up in the Spanish-speaking sky. One way or another, Ricky Martin moved away from recording new songs for a long time, devoting himself to other areas of activity.Ricky Martin's concerts are full of drive and shocking
In the fall of 2006, the reality show The Ricky Martin Diaries was released. It showed behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and live performances.
Ricky Martin's next album came out six years later. The record "Musica + Alma + Sexo" ("Music + soul + sex") was recorded on the way from Miami to Golden Beach, Florida. Over the years of inactivity, Ricky's collection of unreleased songs has accumulated more than 60 songs, which had to be carefully filtered to please fans who have long despaired of hearing something new from their idol with the highest quality material.
Another single of the musician “Vente Pa’ Ca” (“Come Here”) was released back in 2016. The video for it in less than two months scored 150 million views.
Ricky Martin – Vente Pa' Ca (2016)
Ricky Martin's personal life
Ricky Martin was named to the list of the most beautiful people in the world by People magazine twice - in 2000 and 2006.Ricky Martin in People: Young and Now
Since the early 1990s, Ricky Martin has maintained for the public the appearance of an affair with Mexican TV presenter Rebecca de Alba.
Their romance flared up, then faded again. The girl was sincerely in love with Ricky - even five years after the final break, which occurred in 2005, she claimed through tears that an affair with him was the best thing in her life. Ricky Martin and Rebecca de Alba have been dating since they were 18
In 1999, the singer's personal life became the subject of numerous rumors after Ricky Martin refused to comment on his sexual orientation in an interview with the British edition of The Mirror. “I'm not going to comment on whether I'm gay or not. It doesn’t concern you who I’m in bed with: with a woman, a cow, or even with a broom.”Ricky and Rebecca still talk like good friends
In 2008, Ricky Martin became the proud father of two sons, Matteo and Valentino, who were carried to him by a surrogate mother.Ricky Martin's children are simply adorable
Twins from an early age were distinguished by a diametrically opposite character. Valentino, said Ricky, is a born contemplative, he loves peace, nature and all living things.
Matteo is a true leader who subjugates those around him. He likes to command his brother and tell him what is worth doing and what is not. Valentino (left) and Matteo (right) have different personalities
Only in 2010, Ricky Martin revealed all the cards and admitted to being homosexual. “I am happy to tell you that I am gay and very happy to be who I am,” he wrote on his official website. A little later, he expressed a desire to marry his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez Abell. His chosen one was a stock broker; Ricky found his business suit and tie very sexy. In 2014, the couple announced a breakup.Ricky Martin and his boyfriend (2016)
In 2016, Ricky Martin began dating Syrian Jwan Yosef, an artist. At first, the singer fell in love with the artist's works and began to collect them, and then he met the author himself and ... already in November of the same year, the singer proposed to his beloved.Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef
Ricky asked for the hand and heart of Jwan, getting down on one knee and uttering the cherished words: “Will you marry me”? Beloved answered him with consent.
The wedding took place on January 11, 2018. In the same year, the lovers had a daughter, Lucia Martin-Yosef, from a surrogate mother. Charity and political views
In 2002, the artist traveled to India, where he discovered the shocking truth about the slave trade. There he personally saved three girls from the fate of being sold into slavery, and upon his return to the States founded the Ricky Martin Foundation. The leitmotif of the organization's activities was the coverage of the problem of human trafficking at the international level, as well as assistance to the victims of slave traders.Ricky Martin helps children from socially disadvantaged regions
In 2001, Ricky Martin was invited to the inauguration of George W. Bush, as at first the musician sympathized with the Republican. During the performance, the singer invited the newly-made president to dance together - these shots went down in history. In his song "Asignatura Pendiente" ("Unfinished Business"), there is a line: "I have a photo with Bush.
" The photo was mentioned as an attribute of luxury along with an army of servants and a luxury hotel room. However, later Martin's attitude towards Bush changed - since then at concerts on this line he showed the middle finger, and this gesture invariably caused a standing ovation in the hall. Ricky Martin danced with George Bush
In 2010, Ricky Martin criticized a discriminatory law allowing police to require documents from people if they look like immigrants. Subsequently, the musician supported the re-election of Barack Obama for a second presidential term, and also warmly welcomed the legalization of same-sex marriages. In the 2016 presidential election, he vehemently supported Democrat Hillary Clinton.Ricky Martin supported Hillary Clinton
Ricky Martin is now
In 2019, a joyful event happened in the life of Ricky Martin - he had another son. He showed his face to fans only in April 2020. The actor also noted that he does not plan to stop there (now the singer has four children), dreaming of raising four pairs of twins.
