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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.