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Chosen years in South America
A Glenn Hughes’ South American tour has just been announced for November 2025. The São Paulo date on November 16th has been on sale for a while, and listed in our calendar as unconfirmed. It is confirmed now, along with 10 more shows in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, albeit the last one with an asterisk.
Curiously, the tour is billed as The Chosen Years in English, but local promoters advertise it as Turnê/Tour de Despedida, which in Portuguese and Spanish means The Farewell Tour. Take it with a grain of salt, it’s not the first time promoters took to gimmicks to boost sales.
Promo blurb reads:
The shows promise to be a dynamic, turn-back-the-clocks, two-hour live extravaganza homage to his illustrious career spanning 5 decades in music – including songs from Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes/Thrall, Iommi/Hughes and Black Country Communion – some of music history’s most seminal and influential rock and roll groups. Not only that, the shows will feature brand new music from Glenn’s upcoming solo album due for release in Summer 2025.
Glenn comments:
To all my fans in South America : This is a very special tour for me, and I’m thanking you for all the years of your incredible LOVE and support. You have my heart. I can’t wait to be with you ✌️
As well as Glenn on lead vocals and bass guitar, the touring band features Soren Anderson on guitar, and drummer Ash Sheehan.
Full details in our calendar.
Thanks to Coast to Coast and Daniel Bengtsson for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Well Ian Gillan said clearly that the promotors were behind the name Farewell Tour idea when promoting The Infinite tour so it’s not a crime to play with words.
February 25th, 2025 at 06:58The bottom line is if you are good enough to perform then you are good enough on the day regardless of what you call your tour.
Peace ✌️