“The issue is ours, he stole it like he is stealing the entire country”stated the bassist Gabriel “Tete” Iglesias and the manager Gabriel “Gordo Gaby” Goncalves of La Renga In a recent interview about the use Javier Milei made of the song “Panic Show” in the events of La Libertad Avanza. For some time now, the members of the hard rock band have been denouncing and repudiating the use of the musical theme in libertarian meetings, which are held without authorization from the group headed by Chizzo Nápoli.
Since before the 2023 presidential campaign, the current president adopted the song as one of his emblems “Panic Show”whose lyrics fit perfectly with his militant self-image. During the events, the libertarian leader sang that song without explicit permission and against the will of the band. Even at the time, La Renga issued a very critical statement: “Whoever wants to is free to listen to, sing, dance and jam to La Renga’s songs; what is wrong, legally and morally, is taking the liberty of using those songs for a political campaign and personal benefit.”
The reproach did not remain in words, during a show in Racing, the vocalist ironically before singing “Panic Show”: “Attention, Javier. The Lion wants to eat the breed and it turns out that they are all next to you.” On another occasion, at a concert at the Huracán stadium, Chizzo Nápoli ironically: “There is a tyrant who stole my lion.” “We did everything that can legally be done to prevent them from using our song to carry out their ideas, because unfortunately they are very much on the other side,” lamented the members of the group from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Mataderos.
A few days ago, the clash between the band and the libertarian reached a higher point in the lawsuit. during the festival Dama’s Day Volume 4 done the grounds of the Wyndham Garden in Luján, the band brought a short man on stage with a mask that imitated the face of Javier Milei. On the platform located on Route 6 and the Luján River, the dwarf disguised with leather jacket He overacted the Argentine president’s gestures to the rhythm of “Panic Show.”
