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I believe there is a mistake at the time. In Buenos Aires and São Paulo, the show is 9 PM (not AM).

Any Mixlr for tonight? I got nothing.

They should correct the name of the city in the last paragraph.

It's "São Paulo", not "Paolo".

My advice: Don't buy tickets from scalpers. There are reports of fake tickets, people trying to cheat fans. Be careful!

Meu conselho: Não comprem ingressos de cambistas. Há relatos de ingressos falsos, gente tentando enganar os fãs. Tenham cuidado!

I wrote this one. Hope you like it!

U2 have finally announced concert dates for South America. We’ve been waiting a long time, and I think The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 is the perfect tour for the band’s comeback down here.

If you don’t remember, at the beginning of the year Southern Hemisphere fans from many countries were very angry about not being included in the tour. I talked to many of them. We were all hurt, so we decided to join our voices. Some people tried to discourage us, however, saying that the buzz we created on social media wouldn’t work. During a Q&A for U2.com subscribers, Bono also shared his disappointment that they were not able to play all over the world: “It sucks,” he said. Maybe the band didn’t change their minds because of the fans, but I do believe we helped a little. I suppose it was a tough deal with long negotiations, so I appreciate U2’s hard work to make it happen.

It’s not easy to find a big artist or band talking about South American issues, but I’m glad that happened with U2’s The Joshua Tree. The album is not just about the U.S.: It’s about the Americas. In 1986, after the Conspiracy of Hope tour that benefited Amnesty International, Bono traveled to Nicaragua and El Salvador. His experiences there affected his vision of America and influenced the album.

Most Latin American countries suffered military interventions and were governed by dictatorships, which received support from the U.S. in order to curb the spread of communism. I don’t need to explain how cruel a dictatorship is. All those atrocities -- abuse, violence, repression, lack of freedom, torture, killing, etc. -- disturbed Bono, and the result was “Bullet The Blue Sky” and “Mothers Of The Disappeared.”

Bono wanted to express a strong political message in “Bullet.” He said in U2 By U2: “They were bad times. I described what I had been through, what I had seen, some of the stories of people I had met, and I said to Edge: ‘Could you put that though your amplifier?’ I even got pictures and stuck them on the wall. I brought in film of the horrors and put it on a video and said: 'Now, do it!' It was more, more and more. He was asking, 'How much f****** more?' I wanted it to feel like hell on earth, because from the demon seed comes the flower of fire. All these images of fire-bombing, it’s a demented song. And outside it’s America.”

The last song on The Joshua Tree is the heartbreaking “Mothers Of The Disappeared.” Adam said in U2 By U2 that Bono “was inspired by this strange, almost silent protest of the mothers of people who had disappeared without any trace but were assumed to be victims of torture and kidnap and murder.”

Bono had met members of Comadres, a group of mothers whose children disappeared in Central America. They pressured the government to look for answers, distributing fliers and occupying administration offices to ask for foreign help. More than 500 members were subjected to raids by police who wanted to destroy their organization. Of these women, 48 were abducted by death squads and suffered torture and rape; five were killed.

In Argentina, the women were called Madres de Plaza de Mayo -- where they walked together around the square in front of Casa Rosada, the seat of government in Buenos Aires. Their movement has continued for 40 years. They walk together every Thursday and are known for wearing white headscarves.

Protests like these were also common in Chile, Brazil and other countries during the ’60s and ´70s as the number of disappeared people grew. All regimes had support from the U.S. “There was a love/hate relationship with America,” Larry said in U2 By U2. That relationship inspired Bono to write “Bullet” and “Mothers.”

Thirty years later, those two songs are still relevant for all of Latin America. The marks of these governments are still here. The wounds are still open. Those organizations are still fighting for justice. I was born in the last years of dictatorship in Brazil, so fortunately, I grew up in a democracy. But the vestiges of those hard times are very clear, politically and economically.

Because of that instability in recent years, my life has been more difficult. But I’ve always had U2 to lift me up, to comfort my soul. I won’t lie by saying that I’ve never disagreed with U2. My disappointment has been visible this year. I shared with fellow @U2 staffers all the anger and sadness that made me question my relationship with the band and my work here. Thank God, I insisted, persisted and resisted. And thank God, U2 proved once again why they’re the band of my life.

The first U2 songs I heard were from The Joshua Tree; that’s when I became a fan. So this tour has special meaning for me. I believe it will also be very important to all South Americans to experience these songs that were made with us in mind.

From: @U2 https://www.atu2.com/news/column-off-the-record--vol-17-763-1.html

Soundcheck - Photo via Guy Oseary

It's very, very sad that South America was scrapped once again!

I became U2 fan with The Joshua Tree, so it'd be amazing to celebrate it with the band. My heart is broken!!!!

Any word on how Larry Mullen Sr.'s passing going to affect Larry and the band for these shows? 

My deepest condolences to poor Larry 

U2 show to go ahead

I wouldn't trade seeing them in an arena, but I have to say that the stadium shows on the Vertigo Tour were amazing (ie. better than the arena shows).

The thing is: I've never had the chance to choose. They've never played in arena in Brazil. I've been only in stadiums shows and I know how things are here, it's always a mess, it's not organized. Because they dont come here very often the shows are sold out in hours, it comes fans from all Latin America and if you want to be close to the band in GA, you have to camp outside the stadium about 10 days before the show or even more. It's insane!

I said in 'My U2 Playlist' that was posted in U2.com that my dream was to go in an arena show, maybe in another country, to have this different experience and to be able to be close to the band at least once in my life. That's why I'm truly sad because I can't afford now with tickets/hotel/flight/renew my subscription... it's too much. I'm devastated because this is probably the last tour, so no more chances for me to make my dream come true. 

I know but it's not the same. It's always a mess, it's not organized... full of problems. And in a stadium it's completely different, it's another kind of show and just like I said, we don't have the opportunity to be close to the band.

I'm truly sad. The "rest of the world" should deserve more respect. It's not easy to live here, everything is much more expensive for us... it's harder to be a fan here than anywhere else.

I wish I could travel to U.S. or Europe but it's too expensive, specially the flight... U$1 = R$3 for me, sadly no way.

Exactly! There aren't appropriate arenas in Latin America.

So no chance to be close to the band in an intimate show.

Only rich people can afford to travel to North America or Europe for a show... not my case.

Today they said to a Spanish radio that the tour will start in May of 2015 and it will last two years.

Actually it's not a good news to me. There aren't arenas here.   #crying

Just to add something about tour...

In an interview, Arthur Fogel mentions this moment of U2's career:

Do you have an extra room for me Fe?  oh oh...or I could share with Larry...hehehehe

No, no and no... it's a small apartment and we want privacy. 

 

 

 

Where in the world are they?!

 

 

Brazil..

 

Exactly, in my house! 

Hello, hello!!

Welcome!

Everyone has the right to have their own opinions so don´t be shy to post here.

About me, I´m not a new fan. Actually, I was very addicted to the Zoo at the beginning. I´ve made a lot of friends here. We used to call ourselves as “Zootopians Brazucas” (because we are from Brazil). And it was very nice to meet them… now it´s more than 10 years of friendship. Due to college and work I spent some time away from the Zoo and I came back about 3, 4 years ago.

I love “News section” and Larry´s folder.   

I understand and I agree.

This is the official website and as a paid subscriber you think you deserve more.

And today the news spread very quickly and you can have access to them in any U2 fan site. And I know it´s a little disappointing not to see these news here on U2.com.

I´m still getting used to it so I 'like' it..

One thing I didn´t like was to lose all my friends. But on the other hand, it´s very nice to create albums (now I´ve learned how to use it.. lol) and it´s much more easier to post videos as well.

 

I´m sorry but I couldn´t understand how to post photos in the Zoo Gallery.

It shows the message that I´m not allowed to create albums.

 Did you try to upload to the Subscribers (paid) gallery?

I´ve found out what I was doing wrong... maybe others are doing the same.

So my clue is: 'creat a new album', write a name for it and change 'the album category'. That was my mistake, I didn´t change anything firstly, but you have to change for 'subscribers (paid)'. After that, I got it.

I´m sorry but I couldn´t understand how to post photos in the Zoo Gallery.

It shows the message that I´m not allowed to create albums.

Hello, hello!