Ricky Martin Live

Ricky Martin Live was the ninth concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It supported his compilation album, Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition.^[1] The tour started in Newcastle on October 3, 2013 and continued across Australia for three weeks before coming to a close on October 20, 2013 in Melbourne.^[2] He continued throwing concerts in venues in the Americas in the later months, as well as participating in the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Ricky Martin Live

Tour by Ricky Martin
Promotional poster for the Australian leg of tour
Location	Oceania North America Africa South America
Associated album	Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition
Start date	October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)
End date	June 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)
Legs	4
No. of shows	14
Ricky Martin concert chronology

Background and development

Between April and June 2013, Martin was one of the coaches on the second season of The Voice in Australia.^[1] In late May 2013, it was announced that he will tour Australia in October 2013, for the first time in over ten years.^[1] Martin will promote his already Gold-certified Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition compilation and his new top-ten single "Come with Me".^[1] After originally announcing five concerts, four more dates were added later, including second concerts in Sydney Super Dome and Rod Laver Arena.^[8][9]

Critical response

The Australian leg has received positive reviews from music critics. Helen Gregory from The Newcastle Herald wrote that Martin has delivered one of Newcastle’s biggest shows of the year, fulfilling his promise to have the audience "sweating, dancing and shaking their bon bons in a night of intense adrenalin." This was Martin at his best; "energetic, engaging, charming and still at the helm of a powerhouse voice, even when swivelling his hips and samba dancing his way through a 95 minute set." The show was a great production, complete with lights, video, ten full or partial costume changes, eight dancers and a band composed of musicians from all over the world.^[10] Reviews by Take 40 Australia, Ninemsn and Glam Adelaide were also enthusiastic.^[11][12][13]

Opening act

• Timomatic (select dates)^[14]
• DJ Kid Massive (Sydney–October 18)^[15]

Setlist

The following setlist was performed at the Allphones Arena, in Sydney, Australia on October 18, 2013. It does not represent all concerts during the tour.^[16]

1. "Instrumental Introduction"
2. "Come with Me"
3. "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
4. "It's Alright"
5. "Vuelve"
6. "Video Sequence"
7. "Livin' la Vida Loca"
8. "She Bangs"
9. "Loaded"
10. "Video Sequence"
11. "She's All I Ever Had" (performed with Luke Kennedy)
12. "Come to Me" / "Private Emotion" (performed with Kennedy and Ms Murphy)
13. "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" (performed with Kennedy and Murphy)
14. "Video Sequence"
15. "Más"
16. "La Bomba"
17. "Lola, Lola"
18. "Pégate" (contains excerpts from Por Arriba, Por Abajo)
19. "María"

    Encore

20. "Video Sequence"
21. "The Cup of Life"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Oceania[17][18][19]
October 3, 2013	Newcastle	Australia	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
October 5, 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
October 10, 2013	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 12, 2013	Perth		Perth Arena
October 14, 2013	Sydney		The Star Event Centre
October 16, 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 18, 2013	Sydney		Allphones Arena
October 19, 2013
October 20, 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
North America[7][6]
December 8, 2013	Uniondale	United States	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 28, 2013	Cancun	Mexico	Moon Palace Hotel
South America[4][5]
February 21, 2014	Punta del Este	Uruguay	Conrad Hotel
February 23, 2014	Viña del Mar	Chile	Quinta Vergara
Africa[3]
June 8, 2014	Rabat	Morocco	Mawazine Festival

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Newcastle Entertainment Centre	Newcastle	2,489 / 4,095 (61%)	$224,639[20]
Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne	22,499 / 22,499 (100%)	$2,651,000[21]
Perth Arena	Perth	9,944 / 10,466 (95%)	$1,175,340[22]
Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane	7,664 / 7,928 (97%)	$957,988[23]
Allphones Arena	Sydney	24,717 / 25,834 (96%)	$3,148,610[24]
TOTAL		67,313 / 70,822 (95%)	$8,157,577