Black and White Tour

The Black and White Tour (Blanco y Negro Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, in support of his 2006 album MTV Unplugged. The tour visited the Americas and Europe.

Background
The show, directed for the stage by Jamie King included Ricky Martin's biggest hits, along with songs from his latest live album MTV Unplugged. The two-hour show was divided into four segments: tribal, romance, revolution and, rave.

The tour kicked off with four nights at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan on February 9, 2007 and travelled to several countries in South and Central America. The Latin American leg of the Black and White Tour wrapped up in late March in Mexico.

The North American leg started at HP Pavilion at San Jose on April 17, 2007. It took Martin to arenas in 17 cities. Three shows from May 14–16 were cancelled (El Paso, Glendale and Albuquerque), after Martin suffered a lower back sprain during a show in Laredo.

In July 2007, Ricky Martin completed a series of sold-out arena dates in Europe, and announced the dates for a second American leg of his Black and White Tour. After playing in Puerto Rico and Mexico, the US portion of new run kicked off on September 29, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and run through October 14, 2007. The last stop included the performance at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ricky Martin was also the inaugural act who played at the new Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 10–12, 2007.

Set list

 * 1) "Video Intro"
 * 2) "Pégate" (contains excerpts of "Raza de Mil Colores" and "Por Arriba, Por Abajo")
 * 3) "This Is Good"
 * 4) Dance Interlude: "Indonesian Transition"
 * 5) "Jaleo"/"I Don't Care"/"María"
 * 6) Dance Interlude: "Hindu Transition"
 * 7) "Vuelve"
 * 8) "Gracias por Pensar en Mi"
 * 9) "Fuego de Noche, Nieve de Día"
 * 10) "She's All I Ever Had" (contains excerpts of "Bella")
 * 11) "Rebirth" Video Intro
 * 12) "Revolución"
 * 13) "It's Alright"
 * 14) "Livin' la Vida Loca"
 * 15) "Somos la Semilla
 * 16) "Asignatura Pendiente"
 * 17) "Rave Intro"/"Drop It on Me
 * 18) "Lola, Lola" / "La Bomba" / "The Cup of Life"
 * 19) "Tal Vez"
 * 20) "Tu Recuerdo"

Tour dates

 * Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
 * Viña del Mar International Song Festival
 * Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival
 * Lucca Summer Festival
 * Rock in Roma
 * Coca-Cola Live@MTV


 * Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Box office score data

 * Only 33 out of 78 shows are available.

Record sellouts
On Billboard's Top 25 Tours of the first half of 2007 (between November 15, 2006 and May 15, 2007), Ricky Martin ranked at number 19. The tour grossed $13,124,673, with capacity 273,899 and attendance 250,463. Five shows out of twenty two were sold out. And on Billboard's Top 25 Boxscores of the same period, Martin ranked at number 15 with his Coliseo de Puerto Rico concerts which grossed $3,988,207.

Broadcasts and recordings
Shows in Vina del Mar and Buenos Aires were broadcast on national televisions. Ricky Martin filmed a concert DVD at San Juan, Puerto Rico's José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, on August 10–11, 2007. Ricky Martin Live: Black and White Tour was released on CD, DVD, CD/DVD on November 6, 2007, and on Blu-ray Disc on November 25, 2008.

Personnel

 * Creative producer – Jose Vega, Joyce Flemming, Veikko Fuhrmann
 * Director – Carol Dodds
 * Line producer – Monica Sosa
 * Executive producer for TV, DVD and CD – Bruno Del Granado
 * Artist – Ricky Martin
 * Musical director, electric and acoustic guitars, cuatro, vocals – David Cabrera
 * Electric and acoustic guitars, mandoline – RJ Ronquillo
 * Keyboard – Ben Stivers
 * Percussion – Daniel Lopez
 * Drums – Waldo Madera
 * Bass, cello – Phil McCarthur
 * Background vocals – Carlos David Perez, Jackie Mendez
 * Trumpet, vocals, percussion – Juan "Cheo" Quinones
 * Saxophone, guitar, keys – Ron Dziubla
 * Trombone, percussion, keys – Victor Vasquez
 * Cuatro in "Tu Recuerdo" – Christian Nieves
 * Featured artist in "Tu Recuerdo" – La Mari of Chambao
 * Dance captain, choreographer – Jason Young
 * Dancers – Micki Duran, Tony Francisco, Reshma Gajjar, Vlada Gorbeneva, Mihran Kirakosyan, Christopher "War" Martinez, Tye Myers
 * Artistic directors – Dago Gonzales, Jamie King
 * Lighting and stage designer – Roy Bennett
 * Tour business manager – Anthony Cardona
 * Tour director – Veikko Fuhrmann
 * Tour production director – Chris Lamb
 * Tour production manager – Vicki Huxel
 * Road manager – Gabriela Araujo
 * Tour press coordinator – Rondine Alcalá
 * Tour ticketing – Puerto Rico – Gladys Martinez, Ruth Colon
 * Fan club ticketing manager – Jennifer Naranjo
 * Physical therapists – Aixa Tort, Urs Brand
 * Capoeira instructor – Eric Marinho
 * Choreographers – Richmond Talauega, Anthony Talauega, Jamaica Craft
 * Hindu dance choreography – Yudhisthir Nayak, Patnak Sisters
 * Tour security – Tulio Souza, Alves Da Costa
 * Equipment manager – Angel Fernandez
 * Theatrical stage manager – Jorge Guadalupe
 * Stage manager – Thomas Kelleher
 * Monitor engineer – Raaphael Alkins
 * FOH engineer – Carloz Martinez
 * RF engineer – Cesar William Benavides
 * Audio analyst – Monty Carlo
 * Backline – Dave Pennington, Jeremy Nielsen, Jimmy Robison
 * Pro-tools and keyboard tech – Jose Merconchini
 * Lighting engineer, operator – Federico Lafuente
 * Lighting programmer – Cory Fitzgerald, Peter Aquinde
 * Video crew chief – Omar Montes
 * Video – Amanda Welker
 * Advance site coordinator – John Conk
 * Head carpenter – Ted Schroeder
 * Carpenters – Dan Mcnabb, Patrick Harbin, Yader Mena
 * Head rigger – Ken Mitchell
 * Rigger – Ricky Acebo
 * Motor control – Steve Haskins
 * Pyro – Steve Aleff
 * Cargo – Rock-it Cargo
 * Stagging, barriers – All Access
 * Catering – Chose Alfredo Diaz
 * Transportation – Jonathan Ruiz
 * Credentials, passes – Cube Passes
 * Tour costume designer – Roman Diaz
 * Head costume construction – Harwood Lee
 * Costume supervisor – Julia Caugant
 * Costume assistant – Jade Graham
 * Head of Wardrobe for Ricky Martin – Rosennett Pagan
 * Head of Wardrobe for band and dancers – Lana Czajka
 * Video production and design – Veneno Inc.
 * Creative director – Dago Gonzales
 * Producer – Jessica Jimenez
 * Production manager – Iván Navarro
 * "Somos la Semilla" director, writer – Justin Lebanowski
 * Project coordinator – Adriana Madrigal
 * Research – Ariel De Los Santos
 * Merchandising – Tribecka Latin, LLC.
 * Travel agency – Ascot Travel, New York
 * Booking agency – Chris Dalston
 * Production managers – Mariauxy Castillo-Vitale, Sasha Yabrain
 * Technical manager – Victor Lam
 * Assistant director – Jill Dove
 * Technical director – Mark Guillingham
 * Lighting designer for DVD – Allen Branton
 * Gaffer – David Oakes
 * Programmer – Felix Peralta
 * Video engineer – Billy Steinberg
 * Video operator – Oscar Rodriguez
 * Camera operators – John Atkinson, Manny Boniolla, David Driscoll, Tom Hildreth, Charlie Huntley, Mike Johnson, Raphy Molinary, Jorge Plana, Mark Whitman, Carlos Zayas
 * Head of utility – Angel Vasquez
 * Utility crew – Jerry Encarnacion, Juan Pablo Irrizarry, Jorge Irrizarry, Rene Rodriguez, Efrain Rosado-Mestre, Fernando Rosado, Samuel Salinas, Dustin Stephens, Juan A "Cheeze" Torres
 * Script supervisor – Coraly Santaliz
 * DVD costume designer – Carrie Cochran-Cabrera
 * DVD costume stylist – Ed Coreano
 * Hair and make-up – Wand Montes, Omar Rodriguez, Jacob Oliveras, Hidalkea Batista, Otto Ramos, Jennifer De Leon, Joel Torres, Yaya
 * Casting – Kalain Santos