The Community

Sage Francis 
with very special guest B. Dolan (USA)
Australian Tour – October 2010

Wednesday 20 October - Rosemount Hotel – Perth || Presented by Flow Lab, The Community & Drum Media

Tickets from Planet Video, Star Surf, Mill’s & www.heatseeker.com.au - Please note: Perth on sale 4th August

The reigning agent provocateur of hip hop, Sage Francis, brings his ‘Li(f)e Abroad’ tour to Australia this October 
with new material from his electrifying fourth album, Li(f)e.

Sage Francis has never been afraid to provoke. As a result he is a sometimes polarising, increasingly important figure in modern music. Adored by many, reviled by a few but never ignored and always essential, he has developed into a fearless social critic. Sage’s fan base continues to grow outside of the hip hop community with the assistance of his influential supporters, most recently in the form of BBC1 announcer Zane Lowe. Zane has been championing ‘Best Of Times’, the lead single from Li(f)e, leading to two sold out London shows with tickets exhausted two months in advance of Sage’s arrival.

Sage’s extraordinary rhyming skills are used to explore such unconventional and wide ranging topics as religion, death, mental illness and corporate greed. Like so many great songwriters before, he uses his gifted wordplay for a much greater good, creating vivid narratives and heartfelt confessionals which both instigate and inspire. With his new album, Li(f)e, he has delivered a masterfully original work. The record features notable French composer 
Yann Tierson, along with musicians from bands such as Califone,Sparklehorse, Calexico, Grandaddy, Death Cab for Cutie and Buck 65.

Joining Sage Francis for all shows will be his Strange Famous Records label mate, B. Dolan. This will be Dolan’s first venture to Australia, where he will not only play main support but will also collaborate with Sage on several 
songs throughout the evening.

“This latest, high-powered, furiously intelligent broadside casts Sage’s unforgiving gaze on organized religion. But with alternative American stalwarts from Grandaddy, Galexico, Death Cab For Cutie and the late Mark Linkous providing compositional support, this is a fascinating, wide-ranging exploration, rather than a narrowminded rant”. 
4/5 Daily Mirror (UK)

“Although Francis has described himself as a “low-confidence engine” since early in his career, the rapper has 
produced a strong and instantly relatable album with Li(f)e.” Billboard (US)
www.sagefrancis.net || view the music video for ‘Best Of Times’
Sage Francis – October Australian tour with very special guest B. Dolan (USA)

Wednesday 20 October- Rosemount Hotel – Perth || Presented by Flow Lab, The Community, Drum Media Perth

Local Support from: Mathas, Thorts & Kadyelle, Delirious and Dj Silence