Lollapalooza: Foo Fighters’ replacement offer causes controversy – 03/27/2022 – Photographer

orphans Foo Fighters, who canceled the show he was going to do on Sunday (27) at Lollapalooza after Their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, diesOn social media, fans are protesting against a last-minute show that is set to replace the rock band.

Among the complaints, there were those who said it was “ridiculous”. Replacing the American group with Brazilian artists, who frequently perform all over the country, sometimes for free. There was also a rejection of rap, the dominant genre among the alternatives – Emeseda, Rael, Planet Hemp, Criollo, Drex Barbosa, Bivault, DJ KLJ and DJ Nyak.

They are requesting a refund to the Lollapalooza organisation, which has not yet announced whether or not it will accept the request.

On the other hand, some praised the festival’s stance, saying that the scheduled 8:30 p.m. show at the Budweiser Theater would be historic in light of the high political tension that took the festival from A battle between Pablo Vitar and President Jair Bolsonaro.

It’s just that the drag queen made an “L” with her hand during her performance on Friday (25th) and walked through the crowd with a letter The flag was stamped on the face of former President Lula.

Through his PL party, Bolsonaro sued the Supreme Electoral Court against what he described as electoral propaganda Irregular in Lollapalooza. a TSE partially accepted the request and imposed a fine of R$50,000 on the festival In the case of other artists doing similar work.

Undergraduate student Larissa Ochoa, who traveled from Campina Grande, in Paraíba, to see the Foo Fighters show, says she is aware of the talent of Emicida and her guests, but guesses that the rapper shouldn’t please the band’s fans. American. She preferred that other rock names be responsible for the substitution.

“I’ve loved the Foo Fighters since I was 13 and always wanted to see a live show of them, in 2019, at Rock in Rio I couldn’t see it for logistical reasons, so there was a promise I’ll do it,” says 26-year-old Ochoa. At the upcoming festival.” “Hawkins was the lifeline of the band. Of all the performances I’ve seen from afar, the best moment was when he got down to the drums to sing.”

In order not to lose the investment made on the trip, Uchôa decided to come on Sunday (27) to Lollapalooza to see the Lagum show, which opened the Budweiser stage lineup on Sunday. “We arrived at noon and now, at 2 pm, we are already leaving,” he laments.

Emicida show yesterday [sábado, 26] It was very good, but not my style. like friday [25] They had issues with the rain, I thought they’d carry the wombats back into the day and reward rock fans. They could have attracted rock artists, even national artists, whatever, but they didn’t.”

Finally, there were those who didn’t even know the show had been cancelled. Dentist Alexander Ambrosio, 29, and his girlfriend, Tamara Duarte, 31, discovered Hawkins had died when he approached the report. “It’s a joke, isn’t it?” , asked Ambrosio the reporter, who had to take out his cell phone and show him the news in order for him to believe it.

Still amazed, the couple can’t say if they found out about the show’s cancellation before leaving home, they would have come to the festival or not. They also didn’t like the replacement by Emicida and his guests, but say they’re glad they’ll at least see the Black Pumas, who love them too, before heading home.