Event · 1969 · London [51.51, -0.13]
Departure into London exile
After their release and a period of house arrest, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil left Brazil in 1969 for exile in London, where they would live for roughly three years. Cut off from their audience and language, they kept recording and absorbed British rock, folk, and reggae. The London years quietly rewired both artists' music before their return.
Evidence2
- Wikidata: Caetano VelosoWikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309983
accessed 2026-06-04
- Wikidata: Gilberto GilWikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221479
accessed 2026-06-04
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migrated from → Caetano Veloso
Forced out of Brazil after his 1968 arrest, Caetano Veloso went into exile in London in 1969, where he lived for roughly three years cut off from his audience and language. The displacement reshaped his music toward introspection and English-language song. His London years are a migration imposed by the dictatorship.
migrated from → Gilberto Gil
Arrested in 1968 and pushed into exile, Gilberto Gil moved to London in 1969 and spent his years there absorbing British rock, folk, and the reggae that would mark his later work. The forced relocation rewired his sound far from home. His exile is one of the movement's two great migrations across the Atlantic.