Alceu Valenca

A tour celebrating the artist's 80th birthday will visit eleven cities in eight European countries in October and November 2026. ALCEU VALENÇA will celebrate his eight decades of life in 2026, driven by a solar, clean, and renewed energy.

To mark the occasion, the 80 SUNFLOWERS tour will stop in eleven cities across eight European countries in October and November 2026. 80 Sunflowers arrives in Europe after having travelled through ten Brazilian capitals.

The show presents Alceu at the peak of his art, performing his greatest hits with his characteristic stage energy. Alongside songs like Anunciação, Belle de Jour, and Tropicana, the concert revisits his entire artistic journey, from his beginnings to today.

Alceu Valença's musical saga begins with Papagaio do Futuro, performed alongside Geraldo Azevedo and Jackson do Pandeiro at the 1972 International Song Festival.

Among his early years, Espelho Cristalino stands out as a pioneering environmental anthem: « essa rua, sem céu sem horizontes, foi um rio de águas cristalinas.

» The concert traverses the deep cultural landscapes of Brazil through songs like Cabelo no Pente, Coração Bobo, and Cavalo de Pau, connecting with the very essence of Alceu Valença's musical identity.

Since his childhood at Fazenda Riachão, in São Bento do Una (Pernambuco), Alceu has drawn inspiration from the traditional festivals, markets, and rodeos of the Nordeste—the same sources that nourished the pioneer Luiz Gonzaga (1912–1989), the « King of Baião  », to lay the foundations of what would become forró.

Gonzaga's legacy appears in Alceu's new arrangements of Pagode Russo and Sabiá, the latter with a slight Portuguese inflection revealing how the melodies of the Brazilian Nordeste resonate with Portuguese fado.

Along sun-drenched roads and paths, the singer leads us to the coast, to Recife, the setting for Pelas Ruas que Andei and Belle de Jour, recently revisi