Watch “Don’t Want You To Know” Live At Thalia Hall

Neal Francis has released his ambitious first live album ‘Francis Comes Alive’ via royal grape vinyl and digital formats. Recorded live at a sold out show at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, ‘Francis Comes Alive’ is an electric body of work. Francis expanded his normal quartet into an eleven-piece freight train of a band featuring a horn section, percussion, backup vocalists, and keyboards. Ever the analog purist, the album was recorded direct to 1″ tape, mixed by Chris Connors (Bartees Strange, Lady Wray, El Michels Affair), and mastered by JJ Golden. There are no edits, nor overdubs–this is Francis at his best.

The live album is accompanied by a concert film, Francis Comes Alive: The Movie, which is available now via nugs.net. The film was recorded to analog tape at the Thalia Hall show in Chicago and was directed by Alec Basse.

The film will also be screened in-person at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on Nov 27. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with Neal and Alec Basse, moderated by Ryan Arnold of 93XRT.

Francis Comes Alive expanded 11-piece band tour dates begin this month.

2023-2024 Tour Dates
Nov 3 – Anchorage, AK – Bear Tooth Theatrepub>
Dec 6 – Richmond, VA – The National*
Dec 7 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis* (SOLD OUT)
Dec 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer*
Dec 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg* (75 Tickets Left!)
Jan 2 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up

2023 Francis Comes Alive Tour Dates
Nov 30 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall*
Dec 1 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse*
Dec 2 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel*
Dec 3 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre*
Dec 31 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre^

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* with The Psycodelics
^ with The Texas Gentlemen