José Pinhal's rediscovered songs sell out Porto and Lisbon Coliseums

Jose Pinhal had a career on Portugal's dance circuit music scene in the 1980s and died in a car accident in 1993 in near anonymity. About 20 years later, he became a viral phenomenon after his songs were posted on YouTube. The story of this posthumous fame made it into the pages of the British newspaper The Guardian and inspired a documentary. José Pinhal, post-mortem experience, the tribute band formed to honor the singer, has now bid farewell to the stage after 10 years with a concert at the venue where Pinhal once dreamed of singing, the Coliseo dos Recreios in Lisbon. My first reaction when I heard the music of José Pinhal was... First of all, there's something... Unique, in a way, even though it's something that lives within a context, the context of romantic music, of dance music, his music is a unique thing. I was immediately impressed by his voice and the way he sings, with that abysmal delivery that he gives to music. The band started as a joke in 2016, meant to perform for just one night. Yet ten years have gone by. The members, all from the alternative music scene, have other projects they want to pursue. The message of José Pinhal, of who is José Pinhal, of his work, is delivered, this work was done. And above all, this takes us a long time, a band of this caliber requires an almost total dedication, and after ten years, if it were in five, but after ten we already have a little will to do other things. He's just on his way. Send him a video. The band is closing this chapter, but Jose Pinhal's music is kept alive by a legion of fans.