Alceu Valenca

A tour celebrating the artist's 80 years will pass through eleven cities in eight European countries in October and November

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ALCEU VALENÇA will celebrate his eight decades of life in 2026, carried by 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

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80 Sunflowers arrives in Europe after having traversed ten Brazilian capitals.

The show presents Alceu at the pinnacle of his art, performing his greatest hits with the energy that characterizes him on stage. Alongside songs like Anunciação, Belle de Jour, and Tropicana, the concert revisits his entire artistic journey, from the beginning to today. Alceu Valença's musical saga begins with Papagaio do Futuro, performed alongside Geraldo Azevedo and Jackson do Pandeiro at the International Song Festival in

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Among the 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, linked to the very essence of Alceu Valença's musical identity.

Since his childhood at Fazenda Riachão, in São Bento do Una (Pernambuco), Alceu draws inspiration from traditional celebrations, markets, and rodeos of the Northeast—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 heritage appears in Alceu's new arrangements of Pagode Russo and Sabiá, the latter with a slight Portuguese inflection revealing how melodies of Northeast Brazil resonate with Portuguese fado. Along sun-bathed roads and paths, the singer leads us to the coast, to Recife, the setting of Pelas Ruas que Andei and Belle de Jour, recently revis