U2 Leave Chile Off Latin American Tour for First Time After Negotiations Reportedly Fall Through
U2 have announced six Latin American concerts for their 2027 world tour, in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, with Chile absent for the first time across the band’s four previous regional tours. La Tercera reports that talks about a Santiago concert had been under way since 2025 but failed to secure a date.
Chile’s omission is notable because U2 played there on every previous Latin American tour, most recently in 2017. Restrictions on using Estadio Nacional for concerts were reported as a concern, but it is not known whether venue availability caused the negotiations to fail. Beck is set to join the tour, which marks the band’s 50th anniversary and supports their forthcoming album, *Carnaval De Luz*, due on 13 November.
- U2’s 2027 Latin American tour skips Chile for the first time.
- Talks about a Santiago show reportedly fell through.
- Six dates are planned across Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
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U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976. Their large-scale tours have taken them across Latin America several times, including to Chile, where their most recent concert was in 2017.
The band’s regional tours usually involve negotiations with local promoters, who arrange concert dates and venues. Santiago’s Estadio Nacional has faced restrictions on hosting concerts, though it is not clear whether that affected the talks reported in this case.
The tour is planned to mark 50 years since U2 formed and to support their forthcoming album. Chile’s absence matters to local fans because the band had included the country on each of its previous Latin American tours.