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Irish rockers U2 have asked fans attending their concerts to put on masks of Burma's dissident Aung San Suu Kyi when they strike up the song "Walk On."   

The band provided a copy of the Nobel Prize winner's image on its Web site so fans can print it out before the shows on the 360 Tour that begins Tuesday in Barcelona.

"Wear it to work or college," the Web site said. "Wear it on the bus or the train. Wear it in the pub or at the shops. And don't forget. Bring it to a U2 show."

Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest in Burma, formerly known as Burma, since 1990 when she won the popular election and the military junta refused to accept the results.

The Canadian Web site CHARTattack.com said U2 came up with the mask idea because "the world must not be allowed to forget Aung San Suu Kyi."

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Here is detail info about Suu Kyi Walk On Mask from U2.com

In 2009 U2 fans at every show will be reminding the world of the plight of Burma's democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi has been described as Asia's Nelson Mandela. Her party, the National League for Democracy, won elections in 1990 but the ruling military junta refused to hand over power.  Since that day most of her time has been spent under house arrest.

U2 believe the world must not be allowed to forget Aung San Suu Kyi and on the 360 Tour fans are being invited to wear the mask when the band play Walk On, which was written for her.

Download your own Mask here - you will need adobe acrobat to print the file.

- Print it off.
- Cut it out.
- Attach some elastic or string to the sides.
- Try it on for size.
(If you're really clever print it on card or laminate it Or tape on a little handle to hold it in front of your face.)

- Wear it to work or college.
- Wear it on the bus or the train.
- Wear it in the pub or at the shops.

And don't forget. Bring it to a U2 show.

Put it on with thousands of others when the band strike up the opening bars of Walk On.

Wear it to to show the world that you have not forgotten.

'Please use your liberty to promote ours,' says Aung San Suu Kyi.

Use your liberty to promote hers. And the liberty of the people of Burma.

WEAR THE MASK.

Visit one of the following websites to see how you can help.

Spain: http://birmaniaporlapaz.blogspot.com
France: http://www.info-birmanie.org
Germany: http://www.asienhaus.de
Netherlands: http://www.burmacentrum.nl
Ireland: http://www.burmaactionireland.org
Sweden: http://www.burmakommitten.org
Poland: http://www.birma-polska.org
Czech Republic and Croatia: http://www.clovekvtisni.cz
United Kingdom: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk
USA: http://uscampaignforburma.org
Canada: http://www.cfob.org
Global: http://www.facebook.com/aungsansuukyi


Source: U2 For Suu Kyi - 2009

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U2 are on the cusp of their 360 Tour, and are asking fans to remember Burmese democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi by wearing a mask featuring her face.

"U2 believe the world must not be allowed to forget Aung San Suu Kyi and every night on the 360 Tour fans are being invited to wear the mask when the band play 'Walk On,' which was written for her," the band's website said today. "Put it on with thousands of others when Larry [Mullen, Jr., drums] and Edge [guitar] strike up the opening bars of 'Walk On.'"

"Wear it to work or college," the post on the website reads. "Wear it on the bus or the train. Wear it in the pub or at the shops. And don't forget. Bring it to a U2 show."

Suu Kyi is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and won elections in Burma in 1990, but the military junta refused to accept the results. She has spent most of the last 19 years under house arrest.

Suu Kyi was recently tried for violating the terms of her house arrest after an uninvited visitor swam across Inya Lake in Yangon, Burma to visit her house twice. The trial was widely condemned as a sham by the United Nations and western nations.

U2 start their world tour in Barcelona on Tuesday. The tour, which is in support of the recently released No Line On The Horizon, hits Toronto in mid-September.

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June 30, July 2 Barcelona, Spain @ Nou Camp
July 7-8 Milan, Italy @ San Siro
July 11-12 Paris, France @ Stade De France
July 15 Nice, France @ Parc Charles Ehrmann
July 18 Berlin, Germany @ Olympic Stadium
July 20-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Arena
July 24-25, 27 Dublin, Ireland @ Croke Park
July 31-Aug. 1 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi
Aug. 3 Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins-Arena
Aug. 6 Chorzow, Poland @ Slaski Stadium
Aug. 9-10 Zagreb, Croatia @ Maksimir Stadium
Aug. 14-15 London, England @ Wembley Stadium
Aug. 18 Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park
Aug. 20 Sheffield, England @ Don Valley Stadium
Aug. 22 Cardiff, Wales @ Millennium Stadium
Sept. 12-13 Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
Sept. 16-17 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
Sept. 20-21 Boston, MA @ Gillette Stadium
Sept. 24-25 New York, NY @ Giants Stadium
Sept. 29 Hyattsville, MD @ FedEx Field
Oct. 1 Charlottesville, VA @ Scott Stadium
Oct. 6 Atlanta, GA @ Georgia Dome
Oct. 9 Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium
Oct. 25 Pasadena, CA @ Rose Bowl
Oct. 28 Vancouver, BC @ BC Place Stadium

Source: Ashin Mettacara (Free Press Association)