Dispatch to Dispatch

The most downloaded unknown band in the history of the Internet, Boston's very own Dispatch will be reuniting for one more show. Back in the summer of 2004 I had two options the day Dispatch would play their final show together. One option was to go up to Boston and see them, or go to Giants Stadium, and watch Italy's A.C. Milan play England's Manchester United from three rows behind the goal. I went with option B, the soccer game, full knowing for some reason this would not be the last time to see Dispatch. That fall I had booked Pete Francis to play at Quinnipiac, for a QAQ sponsored concert to promote his solo work and "the last Dispatch" DVD. Pete was great to work with and hundreds of fans flocked to the show. The success of the band is not too shabby considering they have only been played on college radio, the net and live shows. They have never been on MTV, never on a major tour, nor signed to a record label, but have had the support of OAR, Dave Matthews Band and Rusted Root and Napster founder Shawn Fanning, in fact, when Fanning testified in front of Congress in 2000, Dispatch sat behind him. Their last show in 2004 drew in close to 11,000 people from around the world, the city of Boston had no idea how this happened. People from Italy, Portugal, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia trekked to Bean town to see the unknown band play together. Now back for the first time in three years, Dispatch will reunite at the Worlds most Famous Area, New York's own Madison Square Garden for a show to raise awareness for the atrocities in Zimbabwe. The show is slated to take place July 14, start making arragments because I would not be surprised if the show sells out in record minutes.