By overwhelming demand, Dispatch has added a third night to "Dispatch:
Zimbabwe," a benefit concert being held at Madison Square Garden.
Originally created as a one-night event to take place on July 14, 2007,
tickets sold out within 30 minutes via an exclusive Myspace.com
pre-sale. In order to accommodate fans, July 13th was added
immediately. In less than 24 hours, the second night was sold out via
the same pre-sale, and now the Vermont-formed trio has announced they
will play a third night on July 15th. Tickets for July 15th will go on
sale to the public on Saturday, January 20th at 9am (Eastern). These
dates have already made history, making Dispatch the first independent
band to sell out Madison Square Garden.
The three members of Dispatch have made a strong impact on the American
music industry, releasing 6 albums, including one live album and a live
DVD, on their own label and selling more than 600,000 albums, solely
based off of incredible word of mouth that was built off of file
sharing in the early 90's and active touring. Brad Corrigan, Pete
Francis and Chad Urmston became pioneers in the music industry, rising
up without the assistance of a major record company.
In 2004 Dispatch decided to call it quits and celebrate an amazing
eight-year run by performing a free farewell show in Boston, MA. More
than 110,000 fans from 25 countries showed up, making it the largest
independent music event in history. Now Dispatch is back, coming
together for a cause that's greater than anything that drew them apart.
All of the proceeds from "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" will go towards fighting
disease, famine, and social injustice in Zimbabwe. In an effort to
bring the fight to their own country, Dispatch will donate a small
portion of the money raised to the domestic causes they have long
supported.
Check out dispatchmusic.com for more information on the band and the
plight of Zimbabwe.
