SoundPress.net Feature Article: The News Is Out! A Dispatch of Proceeds Sent to Zimbabwe! (DVD Release)

The News Is Out! A Dispatch of Proceeds
Sent to Zimbabwe by Way of Historic Concert!
A SoundPress.net Feature Article by Rich and Laura Lynch

Boston-based band, Dispatch, will release to DVD 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden,' a concert film exploring the trio's on-going efforts to raise money for the frightening situation in Zimbabwe. The 2008 DVD was released through self-owned Bomber Records (in partnership with AEG Network Live and VDI Entertainment), and 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden' was directed by renowned photographer Danny Clinch and filmed around the band's three-night sold out run at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden in July.

The release will include 2 hours of live concert footage and behind the scenes interviews plus an exclusive 30-minute documentary on the devastation in the African country. 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden' will be sold in eco-friendly recycled packaging and come with a ten-song companion CD of the band's favorite performances from the reunion dates. Inserted in each package will be a DropCard, allowing fans to download audio from 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden.' Technical pioneer Brett Eliason who was responsible for Pearl Jam's landmark official bootleg programs mixed the recordings.

Applauded by Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin, MTV, The New York Times, Esquire, The Boston Globe and the Associated Press, among many others, Dispatch donated 100% of the net profits from the Dispatch Zimbabwe concerts to their recently founded Dispatch Foundation, earmarking the funds towards fighting disease, famine, and social injustice in the poverty stricken Zimbabwe. A portion of the net proceeds from 'Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden,' will also be donated to the Dispatch Foundation and its efforts in Zimbabwe. For more information, check out dispatchmusic.com and dispatchfoundation.org.

Known as the band that redefined independent music history, the members of Dispatch released album after album on their own label, rising up without the assistance of a major record label and selling over 600,000 albums. Dispatch became pioneers, making their reputation largely by touring, word-of-mouth and file sharing. The three nights at MSG, marked the band's first appearances together since their 2004 farewell show, which drew more than 110,000 fans from 25 countries, making it the largest independent music event in history. Coming together for a cause that's greater than anything that drew them apart, Dispatch: Zimbabwe not only raised funds to alleviate suffering in Zimbabwe, but also marked the first time an independent band sold out Madison Square Garden.

DISPATCH: ZIMBABWE - Live at Madison Square Garden' Setlist:
Here We Go
Time Served
Whaddya Wannabe
Open Up
Bulletholes
Bang Bang (with the African Children's Choir)
Ride A Tear
Passerby
Flying Horses (with Bongo Love)
Past The Falls
Fallin'
Lightning
Steeples (from Wimpy)
Questioned Apocalypse (from Wimpy)
Cut It Ya Match It
Bats In The Belfry
Elias (with the African Children's Choir)
Outloud (with the African Children's Choir)
General

EXTRAS:
War (w/ Bongo Love)
Camilo
Customs
Carnival
* Plus bonus outtakes, interviews, and a 30 -minute documentary on Zimbabwe

Related Links: For more information on DISPATCH and the other organizations mentioned please visit the following links -- dispatchmusic.com | Buy Zimbabwe

(Originally Published on February 04, 2008)

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