The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

Oct 19 2017
Sao Paulo, BR / Morumbi Stadium
with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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'Sunlight on my face…'
'Streets' on the first night of four in Sao Paulo.

When & Where
Thursday, October 19th 2017, Morumbi Stadium, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Night 48 of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 Tour.
The final city on this extraordinary tour. The first night of four in Sao Paulo, the first time the band will have ever played the same tour show four nights in any stadium.
"Quando você realmente quer alguma coisa, o universo conspira" Paulo Coelho (“When you really want something, the universe conspires")

Set List
Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, Bad, Pride, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, With Or Without You, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town, IN God's Country, Trip Through Your Wires, One Tree Hill, Exit, Mothers Of The Disappeared, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, You're The Best Thing About Me, Ultra Violet (Light My Way). One. 

Social posts :
@destak (via Twitter) 'Também foram citadas Taís Araújo e Maria da Penha; 'Mulheres estupendas', diz Bono, em português'  (translated : 'aís Araújo and Maria da Penha were also mentioned; 'Awesome women,' says Bono, in Portuguese'
@SilRigote (via Twitter) 'Vancouver...Seattle...Buffalo and to end it all in Brazil . I wish I could describe what I'm feeling right now'. 
@meddyeddy (via Twitter) '#U2TheJoshuaTree2017  rocks Sao Paulo brilliant and inspiring tunes and thoughts Bono.. luv u guyz' 

In The Press  
O Globo (translation by Max Tsukino) 'U2 promotes high-tech time tunnel in São Paulo'  The Irish band performed for a crowded Morumbi on Thursday night.
U2 saw the future, baby, and it's the past. In revisiting the iconic 1987 album "The Joshua Tree", the monolithic Irish band made their musical and geographic journey across the United States on a state-of-the-art screen that mixes live images of the musicians with recorded scenes and interactions between them… 
The 1987 album was played in full and in order, with arrangements very close to the originals - eventually with the guitar most present or taken faster - in front of a spectacular 200 x 45 ft. screen (something like 60 meters wide by 14 high)… The films have the Dutchman Anton Corbijn's signature, a long-time collaborator of the band who visited places in the USA such as Death Valley and Zabriskie Point, recording spectacular images to accompany songs like "Where the Streets Have no Name" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". The beginning of the album, with one hit after another - and with the band in excellent shape after six months on the road - was 'soup in the honey*'…
Women's rights seem to be the flagship of U2 today - the band does not fail to be in touch with each country's issues, as shown by drummer Larry's t-shirt with the words “CENSURA NUNCA MAIS" ("Censorship Never More") painted on the back. "Ultraviolet ", in the second encore, had images of women like Frida Kahlo and Angela Merkel, besides the Brazilian Taís Araújo, Tarsila do Amaral and Conceição Evaristo, who were glorified on the big screen. Tarsila do Amaral: Brazilian painter. One of the first artists in Latin America to bring modernism to the art in the region...'

If you had to pick one song :
'I wanna feel sunlight on my face.
I see the dust-cloud
Disappear without a trace.
I wanna take shelter
From the poison rain
Where the streets have no name...'

'Streets' in Sao Paulo as a full-throttle Brazilian audience decks the stadium in red balloons (organised by some of the Brazilian fan clubs)

What else did Bono say : 
“You're not going back Brazil" (during MOTD)

Review on U2.com 
luisparra21. 'The show of my life. U2 and my soundtrack, the first São Paulo show was incredible. Thank you U2 for this incredible life to me.'

KLEBERU2BR19 'Yes, we can! U2 gave me back hope in humanity. I was needing! God Bless You Guys!'

Also Noteworthy
A dedication during Bad, with a 'Heroes' snippet, to Renato Russo and Cazuza, Brazilian musicians.
Shoutout to actor Owen Wilson during Beautiful Day. Striking rendering of the Brazilian flag during 'One' , created for the show by Susana Yamamoto, working with the creative team on the tour and a native of Sao Paulo.

Were you tonight's show in Sao Paulo? Tell us all about it. Add your own review and photos below.

    Sao Paulo - last show of The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. Video by instagram.com/mvsphotography
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    Marciafraga
    Bono!
    Love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love,love! Aqui no Brasil abri uma pagina no Facebook em homenagem a vcs e ja estou com 1 curtidos em menos de 7 meses,rumo ao um milhão.tudo porque sou louco por essa banda!
    alibono
    Sunlight for my soul!!
    Now it´s over…the dream is over! I was at nearly every Europe-Concert this tour and what could i say? It was amazing, breathtaking…stunning!!!! You guys are the sunlight in my heart!!! Thank you for this! LOVE YOU!
    drmarcuspompeu
    Welcome to Brazil again!
    I'm excited for opening October 19th.
    acsrebello
    Reflections - Welcome U2
    To live better, do not worry, take care. Occupy your time, occupy your space, occupy your mind. Do not despair, wait. Wait for the dust to come down, wait for the time to pass, wait for the anger to fade. Do not distress yourself, dispose. Arrange good words, have good vibrations, always dispose. Do not get tired, rest. Rest your mind, rest your legs, rest from everything. Do not belittle, pray. Price for quality, value for values, value for virtues. Do not bother, settle. Arrange your body, accommodate your spirit, accommodate your life. Do not distrust, trust. Trust your sixth sense, trust you, trust God. Do not torture yourself. Sit with patience, embrace with resignation, embrace with tolerance. Do not press, impress. Impress by humility, impress by simplicity, impress by elegance. Do not create discord, create concord. Concordance among nations, concord among persons, personal concord. Do not mistreat, treat well. Treat people well, treat animals well, treat the planet well. Do not overload, recharge. Recharge your strength, recharge your courage, recharge your hope. Do not disturb, work. Work your humanity, work your frustrations, work your virtues. Do not conspire, inspire. Inspire people, inspire talents, inspire health. Do not panic, pray. Pray to God! Only then will we live better days.
    leonardorecife
    I love U2 - Stop Child Labour
    I've been a U2 fan for a long time. I love the songs, the lyrics and the rhythm of this which is, in my opinion, the greatest rock band of all time. My admiration for the band only grows larger due to its engagement in several and important social causes over the years. Singing of love, peace, respect, tolerance and the importance of a more equal society elevates Bono, The Edge, Adam, and Larry, in my opinion, to the position of ambassadors for a better world. A more equal world, however, cannot exist while millions of children work and drop out of school in order to help to sustain their households. According to the ILO, the International Labour Organization, there are over 160 million children working globally. In Brazil, there are currently over three million children working. Because of this, and as a fan of this marvelous band, I humbly ask, sing in Brazil: “Stop Child Labour” (in english), 'Chega de Trabalho Infantil' (in portuguese)."​
    luizaobateria
    Waiting 33 years!
    I'm waiting for 33 years !!! Welcome to Brazil!!!!!
    JoaoMasini
    Can't wait!
    thats gonna be my thrird U2 concert! I'm a photographer, I really would love to photograph the band from the pitch
    BinhoU2
    Please sing City Of Blinding Lights
    Agora é a nossa vez!!!
    MatheusChiste
    The Little Things That Give You away
    Pleeeease play The Little Things That Give You away here in Brazil!!!!
    Acylonjr
    Cycling tour
    The dream of cycling and watching my favorite band is coming. I waited 30 years for this day! Thanks
    rodolfo_pedro
    Sing Song Stay! (Faraway, So close!)
    Please sing song Stay (Faraway, Só Close!) and Kite. Please. Thanks.
    Lukanet27
    love
    love! U2! Love! u2!
    tadiju
    U2Portugal
    E para quando um show em Portugal????? Já lá vão 8 anos desde o último concerto. Acho que também merecemos a vinda deles. Obrigado
    lumaria
    U2 Forever Love
    In Brazil it will be magical!!!!!!!!!!! <3
    kleiocorp
    Cycling tour fan U2
    Good luck, Acylon Junior! The fan "gaucho" that will do 6,000 miles in cycling to watch his / our favorite band.
    glauciaj
    3U2TJTBrazil
    One night! One love!!! C'mon october!!!!! Because I Happyyyyyyyyyy :D
    anacatarinacabral
    HAPPY!
    10 years waiting for this moment! It`s gonna be AWESOME!!!
    sergiowatt
    Concert in São Paulo
    Will Be a beautiful day!!!
    ccrlopes
    O Show em Miami foi Demais... Mas no Br
    Vertigo Tour. BR 360 Tour. BR The Joshua Tree Tour. US Miami The Joshua Tree Tour. BR Aguardando o Show no nosso Pais. !!!
    paradaleticia
    U2 Brazil
    SEE YOU GUYS IN SÃO PAULO!!!!!!!!! #Dreamscometrue #JoshuaTree
    19 Oct SP Morumbi Stadium
    Waiting for the hours to see you U2
    ivan_porccino
    33 years since my first album and counti
    First heard you guys when I was 13, that was 1984. A bit older than the boy on the cover of "WAR. First song was "New Year's Day", it just blew my mind. It was the first double album I bought, with my own money, my first job. Then I saw in the Netherlands, once, and in Brazil, three times, and missed you by a day In New York. Now, I will take my teenage kids with me to the gig. Funny how many of your songs reflected moments of my life, from teenage hood and its certainties, to spiritual "scavenging", to adulthood and its doubts, marriage, parenthood, failure, victory, failure, striving and resilience, the forties, and the fifties that are approaching faster than I thought. "I'm wide awake". Lots of success, health and love for you and all the workers in the tour. See you in São Paulo.
    joyce_tancredo1
    Thanks again!
    At this time I won't be alone! My 17 years old daughter is gonna be there too! Wow! Amazing company with the best band ever! Let's rock everyone!!!
    Priska
    U2 SAO PAULO
    One night, one love!!! Wowwwwwww!!!
    raquelmiguel
    U2 SAO PAULO
    I don't believe!! It's wonderful!!!I love love love U2!!
    Melise
    Concert in São Paulo
    Thanks U2!!! I'll be there!! <3
    lulilarios
    The show that never happen!!!
    We have been waiting 30 years for this show \o/ Thankyouuuuuuuuuu <3 <3 <3 It´s gonna be the best, for sure <3
    Sergtell
    Show em São Paulo
    We are waiting for you. Never missed a show in Brasil.
    luciano_toledo
    Come to Rio de Janeiro!
    Come to Rio de Janeiro!!!
    Roberto_Diogo
    Countdown to the day show
    Thanks you remembered Brazil! I am your fan since I was 12yo, now I'm 47. This time I will take my soon to see the best world band in my opinion.
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