RODRIGUEZ, SOLD OUT FOR MILAN DATE AT THE AUDITORIUM

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The RODRIGUEZ concert on 22 March at Milan's Auditorium is sold out.

In line with the other European dates, tickets for RODRIGUEZ's Italian concerts sold out in no time.
No further tickets will be available.

Rodriguez, one of the greatest American authors of the last 40 years, will be in Italy on 22 Milan at the Auditorium of Milan.

The story of Sixto Rodriguez is as incredible as that of the greats of the history and living legends and is narrated in the documentary 'Searching For Sugar Man' (Best Documetary at the last Academy Awards).

Searching For Sugar Man' is distributed in Italy by Biografilm Festival - www.biografilm.it/2013/

Rodriguez's career goes beyond music, it is modern history and his manifesto discs of poetry and rebellion.
Sixto is the greatest discovery of American song in the last 20 years years, a diamond that has remained hidden for too long.

Watch the trailer of 'Searching For Sugar Man' - http://www.sugarman.it

Rodriguez live at Glastonbury 2013 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEYBbS8WJg

RODRIGUEZ in Italy:

22 March 2014 - Milan, Auditorium of Milan
In collaboration with BARLEY ARTS
- SOLD OUT / Tickets sold out -
Info: www.auditoriumdimilano.org / www.grindinghalt.it / www.barleyarts.com

Tour info:
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An Oscar story that of RODRIGUEZ, the legendary Mexican-born singer-songwriter is a self-taught musician from the American post-war working class. He has started to play during the 1960s in the bars and clubs of Detroit, USA, before the well-known capital of the Michigan began its post-industrial urban decline. Right in Detroit Rodriguez has recorded 'Cold Fact' (1969) and 'Coming From Reality' (1971). The two epochal discs by Rodriguez at time were not noticed by the American public and critics and the artist left temporarily the career as a musician by resuming his studies in philosophy at Wayne State University of Detroit and continuing to work as a construction worker to help economically its family. Also worth mentioning are his appearances in the 1970s and 1980s in the municipal elections of Detroit, without reaching the position of mayor.

In the mid-1970s Rodriguez's songs were a huge hit on Australian radio stations e New Zealanders, so much so that Sixto embarked on a successful tour of the continent
Oceanic. Rodriguez, however, was still unaware of the rock star status he had reached in South Africa, where he had become famous on the level of rock icons such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of The Doors. Given the scarcity of information on his life in South Africa news began to circulate that Rodriguez was dead, even that he was had committed suicide shooting himself on stage during a performance. The anti-Apartheid movement and many musicians South Africans were inspired by the profound lyrics of Rodriguez's songs and the his pieces became veritable anthems against the racial segregation regime in the country. In the late 1990s, Rodriguez was finally called up for a tour in South Africa
helping the rebirth of its myth and its immortal generational anthems. The life story of Sixto and the his incredible relationship with South Africa is recounted in the winning documentary of an Oscar Searching For Sugar Man' (Academy Award for Best Documentary).

Searching For Sugar Man' gave Rodriguez fame in the states and the rest of the world, helping to reach an international audience. Rodriguez now tours not only in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but also in Europe and the USA where it has found a new generation of passionate listeners of his music and its incredible history. The two albums 'Cold Fact' and 'Coming From Reality' have been reprinted by Light in the Attic (distributed in Italy by Goodfellas - www.goodfellas.it <http://www.goodfellas.it> ) and the soundtrack 'Searching For Sugar Man' was released by Sony Legacy.

Rodriguez's is one of the most incredible and exciting stories related to the world of music, passion, poverty and artistic redemption. Sixto Rodriguez has now conquered the
rightful place in the history of music modern, with a career that no one will ever forget.

Watch the trailer of 'Searching For Sugar Man' -
http://www.sugarman.it