
Ricky Martin , who drops a new album titled "Life" on Oct. 11, will launch a world tour Nov. 15 in Mexico City.
The itinerary for the tour's first leg, which is posted on Martin's website, also includes stops in El Salvador, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico.
The tour, which is expected to run into 2007, should touch down in the U.S. sometime next year.
"A Time to Love," Stevie Wonder 's long-delayed new album, is currently available for download via Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store, and will hit brick-and-mortar stores Oct. 18.
Among the guests who appear on the album's 15 tracks are India.Arie, Kim Burell, Wonder's daughter Aisha Morris, Prince, Paul McCartney, Narada Michael Walden and En Vogue. The album's first single, So What the Fuss, was released months ago.
"A Time to Love" was first scheduled to reach stores late last year.
Alanis Morissette will release a best-of set titled "The Collection" on Nov. 15.
Maverick Records will issue two versions of the album: one a single, enhanced CD containing 19 tracks; the other a two-disc package that includes an hour-long documentary DVD.
In addition to her well-known hits, the disc includes a handful of tracks that she has contributed to soundtracks over the years, as well as her cover of Seal's "Crazy."
The Grabs--a side-project of singer/songwriter Eleni Mandell, bassist Nigel Harrison (Blondie), guitarist Steven Gregoropolous (Wild Stares, W.A.C.O., Lavender Diamond) and drummer Elvira Gonzalez--drop an album titled "Sex, Fashion & Money" on Nov. 8.
The set was produced and recorded in six days by producer Sheldon Gomberg (Warren Zevon, Ryan Adams).