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Australian music fans have been left fuming after discovering how much a ticket to Ricky Martin’s upcoming concerts will set them back.
The Puerto Rican singer, 53, recently announced his first Australian tour in a decade and is set to perform four shows in November.
However, a ticket to one of his concerts ranges in price from $130 – $600, depending on the package and seating.
‘Was looking at the ticket prices today… This is expensive! The Reserved Seating is $396,’ one outraged fan vented on TikTok.
‘Tickets at the back are still $263… for Ricky Martin! I don’t think they will sell, with prices this high.’
The ticket prices are dynamic, meaning they rise and fall in relation to demand.
Australian music fans have been left fuming after discovering how much a ticket to Ricky Martin’s upcoming concerts will set them back
Others were quick to vent their frustration at the expensive prices and question whether they would be able to attend a show.
‘Who TF is paying that much to see Ricky Martin in 2025?’ one fan sniped.
‘He hasn’t has a hit song in years!’ a second person added.
‘It will be cancelled due to low ticket sales,’ another predicted.
Martin will first perform at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Thursday, November 6.
He will then head to Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.
Martin has previously been embraced by Australians with open arms thanks to his coaching gig on reality TV show The Voice in 2015.
He mentored budding singers on the show, alongside Kylie Minogue, Will.i.am and Joel Madden.
‘Was looking at the ticket prices today… This is expensive! The Reserved Seating is $396,’ one outraged fan vented on TikTok
Martin has had several hit singles in Australia, including Livin’ la Vida Loca, She Bangs and his number one signature song The Cup of Life.
Despite living in some of the world’s most glamorous cities – Paris, New York, Buenos Aires – the 53-year-old has an affinity with Australia which he says reminds him of his native Puerto Rico.
‘My kids were born on the road. We spend most of our time in New York. We are from Puerto Rico but (the boys) don’t ask when are we going back to New York…they just want to go back to Australia,’ he told the Sunday Telegraph in 2014.
The Livin’ La Vida Loca singer said his worldly children have even adapted to the Aussie lingo and beach culture.
‘They have the Aussie slang down but the thing is when I come here, I live at the beach and I feel like I have the same life we have back home. Those walks on the beach, those sunsets, the bike rides. I’m an islander and I don’t want to change that.’
At the end of the day, Ricky says he needs the ocean at that’s what Sydney offers.
