Andrés Calamaro says “of” ever “for the reaction of the public against his defense of the bullfights

What should have been the culmination of the Andrés Calamaro concert, this Saturday in Cali, with the interpretation of Thin, He ended with a disagreement between the interpreter and his audience. During the choir, the Argentine singer stopped to dedicate his song to “All the Bullfighters, the farmers, the Banderilos and the fans who remained without work”, in a message in defense of Bullfights, who in Colombia were prohibited in 2024, although the measurement will come into force in 2027. “They voted for this, to leave them on the street”. Part of the audience of the Cañaveralijo Arena – previously Plaza de Toros de Cañaveralijo, where a season of bullfight is still carried out in December – replied with cries in refusal of that position. Calamaro reacted: “I’m sorry, they are deleted and blocked. Until Mai.”

After this statement, the singer left the stage for a few minutes. In the meantime, his musicians have continued to sing: “It doesn’t hurt me, it’s not bad“The clash was not there. Several assistants narrated the experience in their social networks and many described the attitude of Calamari during the concert. According to the participants, the moment of the tension that is seen in the video that circulated was not the only one. The second concert in Colombia dei Six who are planned in the country – the first was Thursday in Bucaramanga – inside the tour Agenda 1999, which includes European destinations such as Paris, Dublin or Girona.

“Colombia is bullfighting as it is musical, it is traditional, culture, work and freedom. This will not change, “adds the singer in his message”. I don’t know if the fans (bullfights) are a majority in Colombia, but neither is the majority of literature and for the moment they are not burned and the library is still open (…) animals do not know how to do something different from the insult and the desire for bloody consequences for those who freely choose what to do with our time. ”

Calamaro claims that the ban on racing is anti -democratic. “Cali has never voted or referred to closing the square, this occurs with the complicity of the adolescent ignorance of a minority and therefore they are political movements to weave alliances and add a majority,” he says. However, in Colombia the ban was the product of A decision of the congress after several years of public debate and includes a transition period so that places become artistic or initial.

Although Cali is a city with a strong tradition of bullfight, in which Bullring was filled in the annual season that was made in the framework of the Fiera di Cali, the new generations were not marked by that culture. In fact, the main city of the Colombian Pacific was one of the places where the social epidemic of 2021 was warned with greater intensity, and also a key bastion of the victory of President Gustavo Petro in the 2022 elections, a leftist politician who has always spoken against bullies.

During his statements in the concert, Calamaro – which is known for his defense of the bullfight and made similar statements in other shows – held with his hand a red jacket, which was considered an allusion to the crutches of the Bullfighters. His song Veronica Centrale It also refers to one of the classic rods of bullfighting. Furthermore, the singer has always been critical of animal movements. In a fragment of the text he published in his defense, he qualifies them as cowardice and underlines that under the “liar cloak of pity” “hides an unforgivable selfishness and a clear disdain for the rights of humbles. It is possible that fans are a minority, but we are in an era in which the rights and minorities are respected.”

In another apart from the text, the musician is equivalent to animalists with the Nazis: “He supported the existence of runners and I have never been incredible on the street, or once. I am not a corridor or a killer or an abuse of animals, but as animals. Disney.

“In the end, I just regretted having been in a Bulling without bulls, and they are supporting the people who have exhausted the work on the field and in the square,” he concludes. After the discomfort of the public, while the singer was out of the stage, the musicians continued to sing, in a strange coincidence, the choir of a song whose texts could be precisely linked to the bullfight: “Flaca/did not keep me/your punches/your back/in the back/so deep/don’t hurt me/don’t hurt.”