Marina, Anitta and more slam Brazilian government following “political demonstrations” ban on Lollapalooza

nme.com:

Marina and Anitta are among the many artists who have called out the Brazilian government after an attempt was made to outlaw “political demonstrations” at the country’s Lollapalooza Festival.The move came about after a number of musicians criticised the controversial Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro while on stage at the festival, which took place in São Paulo last weekend (March 25-27).Marina told the crowd during her set on Friday (March 25): “We need to stick together.

I’m just sick of a certain kind of energy. Fuck Putin. Fuck Bolsonaro. Fuck him! We are sick of this energy, we are sick of it.

And you are the new generation, and things are going to change.”As The Guardian reports, singer Pabllo Vittar chanted “Get out Bolsonaro!” during her set and displayed a towel featuring an image of the leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is widely tipped to defeat Bolsonaro in October’s presidential election.Rapper Emicida also urged Brazilian teenagers to register to vote, before shouting “Ei Bolsonaro, vai tomar no cu” (which politely translates as “Bolsonaro get stuffed”) during his performance.Censorship is still alive and well.Bolsonaro’s lawyers have petitioned to the Supreme Electoral Court to stop artists from making “political demonstrations”, due to me and 2 other artists voicing opinions at Lolla.