Dates of the South American leg

14th Chile https://goo.gl/lPQ8Bo
16th Argentina https://goo.gl/c5LEp1
19th Porto Alegre https://goo.gl/m2ZzL4
22nd Rio de Janeiro
23rd São Paulo https://goo.gl/cjLpGC

Logistic wise, Porto Alegre before Rio doesn't make any sense.

Update: actually, it does.

Doing the math made me realize that it's something like 200km less.

Rock in Rio has its own stage. There's no logistic issue

You're right, kust band's gears.

Hope this time they bring full production.

Sad that's only 5 shows. A local producer said that they wanted to do another show in Argentina and the band refused.

rly? There is a rumor that Steel Panther was going to open for them in Sao Paulo but Jon refused and said that "he didn't want a band like that opening for him" and wanted a new band

Well that makes sense. For a guy that desperately tries to stay relevant it wouldn't make sense to have a band like Steel Panther as the opening act. It would feel plain out wrong.

Steel Panther should've open for Aerosmith and Def Leppard to Bon Jovi, would make more sense.

Maybe offtopic but what an amazing festival you're getting in Sao Paulo. Really jealous.

I've heard that rumour too but I haven't seen any statements of anyone about this.

Totally agree on this one.

The one about the second date in Argentina is confirmed as José Palazzo (the producer that arranged the 2013 concert in Córdoba - cancelled because of Tico's health issues) said it in an interview. He said he did everything possible to make the gig happen but that the band refused as they wanted to do these five shows in five "big" cities.

I don't think that it was fear of low ticket sales as they were selling real good back in 2013 and Bon Jovi usually sells fine here.

Here's the article where the producer talks about it:

Source (Spanish): http://www.cadena3.com/contenido/201...lez-182091.asp