Glenn Hughes Says He’s On the Mend After Another 10-Hour Open-Heart Surgery: ‘All Is Well’

Former Black Sabbath and Deep Purple singer/bassist Glenn Hughes told fans that he is on the mend after undergoing another major heart procedure.

“Now Home after an 8 day stay, and a 10 hour open heart surgery operation, called aortic valve replacement, exactly the same procedure I had done in 2013, at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Westwood, LA,” Hughes, 75, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday (Oct.

16).

Hughes praised his doctor, the head of cardiothoracic surgery at UCLA, and the staff and assured fans, “Each day as I move forward, I am getting my energy back.

There is only love in my life.

There are no mistakes.” Back in August, Hughes announced that he was retiring from touring effective immediately, calling off a planned six-week tour due to health issues.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said he’d been forced to give up life on the road after half a century on doctor’s advice that he needed heart surgery.

“This past year, I’ve had some health issues.

The results from numerous MRIs, CT scans, and an echocardiogram have alerted my medical team, that I need another open-heart surgery,” he wrote at the time.

“I really have no option and no choice as health is my number one priority.

Grateful to have been chosen with a life full with the gift of music… Thank you for walking beside me.” Hughes, who began his career as the singer of the British funk rock band Trapeze in the early 1970s, got the chance of a lifetime when he was tapped to replace Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover in 1973, where he sang alongside lead singer David Coverdale on three albums.

After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out , the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.

He played with a number of bands throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, including stepping in to sing lead vocals on the 1986 Black Sabbath album Seventh Star .

More recently, after releasing a handful of albums with supergroup Black Country Communion , he joined the rock band The Dead Daisies, stepping in as lead singer on a trio of releases in 2020, 2021 and 2022.