For those who actually do 'give a toss' for human rights and the re-emergence of trad music in Latin America, this tour ought to serve as a reminder that it is approaching 34 years since Pinochet's thugs murdered Victor Jara in Santiago's stadium, stifled the New Chilean Song Movement and forced many exponents, including the famed bands Quilapayun and Inti Illimani, into exile.

It remains to be seen whether it will do so, but performances based on Chile's indigenous cultural heritage are rather more likely to achieve this than fake Oirish which is rather too thick on the ground already and will bring little that is distinctive to audiences in Britain.