Music Expels Ira’s Show Bolsonarists! After boos to the cry of “no amnesty” incident occurred last Friday, the 29th, during a presentation of the Ira group! in Contagem, interior of Minas Geraispor Redation

The band vocalist Iran!, Nasiasked some people to leave their show in Contagem, Minas Gerais, after being booed when they speak out against the amnesty of those involved in the attacks of January 8, 2023, in Brasilia. Faced with the negative reaction of the public, he did not hesitate to invite them to withdraw from the band’s presentation.

The show took place last Friday (29), at Rooftop do Shopping Mall. The night began with the bands Cash and M8, who warmed the public before the entry of Nasi (vocal), Edgard Scandurra (guitar), Evaristo Padua (battery) and Johnny Boy (bass, guitar and keyboards) for the show Iran! Electric.

At one point, Nasi He shouted “without amnesty!”, Expression used by those who defend the punishment of those responsible for the undemocratic acts of 8 January and the attempted coup investigated at the end of 2022, involving armed forces officers and then -president members of the then president Jair Bolsonaro. The reaction was immediate: part of the audience vaouou, and the singer, responded with the following statement:

For you who are booing, I’ll tell you something: there are people who follow the anger!, But never understood the wrath! Never understood the wrath! There are people who accompany us and are reactionary, there are people who follow the wrath! And it’s a scholarship, it has nothing to do, guys! Please leave! Go away from our life! Go away and no longer appear on shows, don’t buy our records, don’t show up anymore. It’s a request I make. ”

Nasi It has already positioned itself other times against admirers and rock musicians aligned with the far right. In 2024, in an interview with Estadãowhen asked about artists as Wolf and Roger Moreira (Rigor), who at some point supported Bolsonarothe vocalist stated:

“I heard abominable things, but each one owns their own biography. They are a minority. The rockers of my generation are at least and a humanistic view.”

Nasi I had already expressed this opinion before. In an interview with the Single Workers’ Center in August 2023, he classified as disappointing the conservatism adopted by some rockers.

I see with great sadness, but I don’t judge someone else’s biography. The story is already telling the truth about what these terrible years were like and how we have been close to a democratic break, a dictatorship. Uniform, including. It was very sad and I hope Brazil walks in the opposite direction, as it is already doing. It was narrowly, but we were able to realign Brazil with democracy and justice. ”

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