Two words said everything. After a 10-hour operation and an eight-day hospital stay, the singer generations of hard rock fans know as “The Voice of Rock” let them know he had made it home: “Gratitude beyond.”
Glenn Hughes, the 75-year-old former singer and bassist of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, posted the update on Wednesday, Oct. 14. “Now home after an eight day stay, and a 10 hour open heart surgery, operation, at UCLA, Ronald Reagan, Medical Center,” he wrote.
Hughes said he was getting his energy back and explained that doctors had replaced his aortic valve. He called it “exactly the same procedure I had done in 2013,” making it his second aortic valve replacement.
The surgery came two months after Hughes stepped away from the stage. On Aug. 4, he announced his retirement from touring and live performances. He explained that “numerous MRIs, CT scans, and an echocardiogram” had shown he needed another open-heart surgery. “I really have no option and no choice as health is my number one priority,” he wrote at the time. “Thank you for walking beside me.”
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That decision capped a difficult year. In January, he canceled a planned six-week U.S. spring tour, citing a health issue that required his attention. A few months earlier, retirement had seemed far off. “The word retirement is something I don’t normally say,” he told radio host Eddie Trunk in August 2025, per UCR, adding, “I’ve never felt so strong.”
Hughes has been through this before. In 2013, he had surgery to replace his aortic valve and survived near-fatal complications, the following year. “For some reason I wasn’t frightened. I felt like I was going to be OK, but I’m still supremely grateful to be here,” he said. Four months after that operation, he was recording with drummer Jason Bonham for the debut album by California Breed.
His place in rock history was secure long before either surgery. After rising with the British band Trapeze, he joined Deep Purple in 1973 and shared lead vocals with David Coverdale. That lineup released Burn and Stormbringer in 1974. In the mid-1980s, he fronted Black Sabbath on 1986’s Seventh Star, a project that began as a Tony Iommi solo album. He also sang on all five Black Country Communion albums and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Deep Purple in 2016.
Hughes has not shared plans beyond his recovery. His most recent solo album, Chosen, arrived in September 2025. His body of work spans more than a dozen solo releases and runs through some of rock’s most influential bands, and fans can return to it while he heals at home.
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