"After forced inactivity due to the global Covid-19 pandemic," Joan Manuel Serrat "will return on stage for a final tour" during which "he will say goodbye to the public," Sony Music said in a statement.

This tour, which will put an end to nearly 60 years of career, will begin in April 2022 and will end with a final concert in December in his hometown of Barcelona, ​​specifies the record company.

Joan Manuel Serrat, known for his commitment against the Franco dictatorship (1939-75), and who shared the stage of the Bobino theater in Paris in 1976 with Georges Brassens, is a figure of song with Spanish text.

Well known in Latin America, this singer-songwriter was awarded the title of "personality of the year" in 2014 at the Latin Grammy awards.

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