Sadly, Green Day's show in Rio de Janeiro on 9 September 2025 has been cancelled. Green Day shared a statement on an Instagram story:

"Due to the second leg of the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals between Botafogo and Vasco da Gama, which will take place on September 11, as determined by the draw held on August 12th, we inform you that the Green Day concert scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, at Nilton Santos Stadium, has been canceled.

After the draw, Botafogo and the event promoter met to discuss the best strategy for holding both events and agreed that dismantling all the concert structures in time to prepare the stadium for the match would be technically unfeasible for a show of this scale and a game of such importance.

Therefore, after mutual analysis of this technical infeasibility, it was decided to cancel the band's performance in Rio de Janeiro.

Instructions for the full refund of the amounts paid for tickets can be found on the livepass website: www.livepass.com.br"


This must be devastating news for everyone going, especially fans who can't afford to go elsewhere. So sorry for all of you.
Karol Oliveira 15 hours ago
What a shame! ?
I cannot believe this had to be cancelled at this stage for a football game! Surely they are planned months in advance and if it had to be changed then it should not have been at the expense of a long planned concert which lots of people will have spent lots of money on.  Shame! I am so sorry for everyone who was going.
Beathe. 5 hours ago
The organizer should be ashamed. Sorry for everyone who had tickets. ? 
When I first read this new from one of the fan accounts on Instagram I literally thought they had just fallen for a rumor/fake news in really bad taste.
jengd wrote:
I cannot believe this had to be cancelled at this stage for a football game! Surely they are planned months in advance and if it had to be changed then it should not have been at the expense of a long planned concert which lots of people will have spent lots of money on.  Shame! I am so sorry for everyone who was going.
From the announcement it says that the draw to select the location for the football match was held last week. But still it makes zero sense to me that an event that has been planned for many months, for which thousands of tickets has already been sold, has to be cancelled because you did a last minute draw to decide the place of match for next month. For fuck's sake, move the date of your match by a couple of days, move the location, don't do a random draw where one of the options is a place that is already taken... I don't know, it feels like a problem that could have been at best avoided, and at worst at least solved. I'm sorry for anyone who had tickets. I know I would be super pissed (I mean, I'm pissed anyhow ?).  
solongfromthestars 3 hours ago
This must be devastating for Brazilian fans who can't afford to see them elsewhere. Really shitty of the organisers. Also, I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I'm really not impressed with the way Green Day's social media people handle cancellations outside of the US. An Instagram story? You can't even make a permanent post like you did for Hershey? I'm not saying Green Day themselves need to comment (although it would be nice and wouldn't take much effort), but the management are literally paid to make social media posts. It wouldn't be difficult to try a bit harder. Switch the comments off if you're worried about angry fans. Sadly it's obvious that they think it doesn't matter as much as a high-profile show like the Hershey one.
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