DISPATCH SET TO RELEASE CONCERT DOCUMENTARY,
DISPATCH: ZIMBABWE LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON DVD
DIRECTED BY WORLD RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER DANNY CLINCH
BAND CONTINUES TO RAISE MONEY FOR ZIMBABWE
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. Set for a
January 29, 2008 retail DVD release through self-owned Bomber Records (in
partnership with AEG Network Live and VDI Entertainment), "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 collector's
edition of the DVD is available now exclusively via dispatchmusic.com.
Applauded by Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin, MTV, The New York Times, Esquire,
The Boston Globe and the Associated Press, among many others, for its
sincere message and impressive achievement, Dispatch donated 100% of the net
profits from "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" 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" DVD will
also be donated to the Dispatch Foundation and its efforts in Zimbabwe. For
more information, check out dispatchmusic.com and dispatchfoundation.org.
Both the retail and collector〓s edition will include 2 hours of live concert
footage, outtakes and behind the scenes interviews plus an exclusive
30-minute documentary on the devastation in the African country entitled
"Tree With No Name." The collector's edition also includes a commemorative
photo book of the event by Danny Clinch and a poster. "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 the DVD for free. Technical
pioneer Brett Eliason who was responsible for Pearl Jam's landmark official
bootleg programs mixed the recordings.
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
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