Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin join forces for the first time ever for co-headlining North American arena tour in 2020
Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin will be embarking on their very first co-headlining arena tour in 2020.
The beloved Latin pop singers surprised fans with the big news on Wednesday afternoon during a press conference held at The London West Hollywood.
‘This is a historic moment and we’ve been wanting to do this for a long time… The show will be spectacular,’ gushed Iglesias.
Dream come true: Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin announced they would be embarking on a co-headlining North American arena tour during a press conference held at The London West Hollywood on Wednesday.
He added: ‘We’re both putting out new music too.’
‘There’s nothing like standing on stage and feeling the power of thousands of people and getting up and to dance,’ explained Martin, excitedly, during Wednesday’s press conference.
As of now, the tour is strictly North American and will begin on September 5 in Phoenix, Arizona and come to a dramatic close on October 30 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Colombian pop star Sebastian Yatra will join Iglesias and Martin as the tour’s special guest and solo opening act.
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The tour will make a total of 21 stops across the United States and Canada.
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Enrique and Ricky were all smiles during they day’s press conference as they posed for photographs before the tour’s epic life-size advertisement.
Iglesias sported an Atlantico Rum trucker hat paired with a black zip-up hoodie, white tee, and faded black skinny jeans.
Strike a pose: Enrique and Ricky were all smiles during they day’s press conference as they posed for photographs before the tour’s epic life-size advertisement
In this together: The tour will make a total of 21 stops across the United States and Canada; (left) Iglesias pictured in 2018 and (right) Martin pictured in 2020
Martin added a tinge of color to his nearly all-black ensemble with a light blue short-sleeve button down shirt.
This is not Iglesias’ first collaborative tour, having sung around the globe alongside the likes of Jennifer Lopez in 2012 and rapper Pitbull in 2014, 2015, and in 2017.
Enrique just wrapped his All The Hits (Live) tour back on December 9 after over a year of touring across the globe.
But, the Spanish ‘King of Latin Pop’ recently welcomed his third child – a daughter – with wife Anna Kournikova in early 2020.
Always touring: Ricky is currently performing shows on his Movimiento tour, which wraps in April; Ricky during the tour’s March 2 concert in Uruguay
The couple are already parents to two-year-old twins, Lucy and Nicholas.
Ricky Martin is currently wrapping up his Movimiento Tour, which began on February 7 and will give its final bow in April.
Back in January, the Puerto Rican heartthrob released the first single Tiburones for his forthcoming album set to hit the airwaves in 2020.
All of the hits: Enrique recently wrapped his successful All The Hits (Live) tour, which concluded on December 9 of 2019; Enrique pictured during the November 2 show in Milan, Italy