In 2007 when Ricky Martin last performed in San Diego he was searching for a balance between "Blanco y Negro" (Black or White). Now he's simply bringing "Mas" (More) to Sunday's concert, the ideal pretext to show off the big change in his life.

He screamed, literally, to the world his sexual orientation, shedding whatever stigma he felt, seemingly finding that telling the truth liberated him to be able to live a happy life.

Ricky Martin is, well, a changed man. The 39-year-old Puerto Rican icon leaves behind the intimacy of "Una noche con" (A Night With) and "Blanco y Negro" to give life to "Música, Alma + Sexo," a more honest show, without reservations or secrets.

More liberated than ever, sporting fitted Armani costumes, Martin will take the audience on a two-hour tour of his hits, spiced with dancing and those hip movements that unleashed euphoria in 1999 with "Living la vida loca."

His message seems clear: You have to come out of the shadows.

"You have to not be afraid to fly, not be afraid to feel, not be afraid to dream, not be afraid to live," he sings in his opening number "Será, será."

andrea.garcia@sandiegored.com