Chico Buarque pays homage to Lula at the end of his performance in Rio de Janeiro

From the energy agenda – At the end of Saturday’s concert in Vivo Rio, where he performed with the “Que tal um samba” round, composer Chico Buarque paid tribute to President Lula. Along with Monica Salmaso, with whom he shared the stage, he raised a flag with Lola’s image. The audience, already touched by the cavalcade of classic songs from his group, manifested with emotion and dynamism, applauding the star (see video below).

The political issue that has always accompanied the artist’s career cannot be excluded, however, in the show. “I thought of putting a teleprompter here in front of me, but then they’ll say I don’t know how to sing the words and that I didn’t write my songs,” the artist quipped in a short speech to the audience mid-show.

Last year, a judge demanded proof that the famous Roda Viva, a song by Chico, was in fact his own. The surprise request was in connection with a lawsuit he had filed for misuse of music by one of the former president’s sons.

At one point, when he sang “Bancarrota Blues”, the musician referred to a rumor spread on the Internet by the Bolsonaristas that he had bought their songs. Saying he did not admit to such accusations, he sneered again, repeating one of the verses of the song: “But I can sell it”—and then joking, “This isn’t mine either. It’s from Paolo Guedes.”

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