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Tropicália
January
– Caetano Veloso is given permission to visit Brazil and goes to Bahia to see family and friends.
– With a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, Hélio Oiticica travels to New York, where he will live for the next eight years.
April
– Gilberto Gil releases Gilberto Gil, an album recorded in England and sung entirely in English.
June
– Caetano Veloso’s “English” LP, recorded in exile, and with only his name on the cover, is released.
August
– Caetano Veloso returns to Brazil, but only to take part in a TV Tupi program, with Gal Costa and his hero, João Gilberto.
October
– Gilberto Gil makes several appearances in New York, with stage set and lights produced by Hélio Oiticica.