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The "Livin' la Vida Loca" singer announced he will be
following in the footsteps of artists like Celine Dion, Elton
John and Britney Spears and doing a concert residency in Las
Vegas starting in April.
Martin, 44, also announced his engagement to his partner of one
year, Syrian-born artist Jwan Yosef, on Wednesday's episode of
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show." No wedding date has been announced.
"I'm just really excited to find this time where I can just be
in one place," Martin, the father of 8-year-old twin boys, told
Reuters. "I heard at least 40 million people visit Vegas every
year looking for shows and so I'm ... going to be able to
perform to all of these cultures in one place and at the same
time my family will be stable and sitting in one city."
The Las Vegas residency runs through September and Martin hopes
it will allow him to get back to recording new material,
something that can be difficult while on tour.
The Puerto Rican-born singer, one of the most prominent gay
Latin celebrities, campaigned against Republican Donald Trump in
the U.S. presidential elections.
"I can only just hope for the best and see what happens," Martin
said. "If things go sour, in the sense that I, as a member of
the LGBT community or a member of the Latino community in this
country, if I feel threatened, I am going to be really loud."
(Reporting by Reuters Television in Las Vegas; Editing by Bill
Trott)
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