DISPATCH has sold more albums and has played larger venues than any unsigned band in rock history. Sadly Chad Stokes, Pete Francis, and Brad Corrigan don’t get together and play very often. Since the band broke up it’s about once every 4 years. Luckily for their fans DISPATCH has decided to come out of retirement once again for a summer tour that has been dubbed DISPATCH 2011. The tour will travel across the nation with performances in Chicago, LA, Atlanta, and Boston among other cities. 50 cents of every ticket sold will go towards benefiting Amplifying Education, an organization that tries to better the quality of America’s public schools. In addition to this tour DISPATCH has entered the studio to work on their first album since 2000. This comeback is the biggest since the band’s original breakup in 2002 and judging by the incredible reception they have received, and the number of dates they have sold-out it is obvious their legions of fans are still loyal. Lead singer/guitarist/bassist Chad Stokes recently talked to the Mass Media about the most anticipated tour of the year.

Why Now? Were you just apart long enough and you wanted to raise some more money?

It’s one year before the world ends, 4 years since our last show, the band’s astrologist thought now was a good time.

Break the news to me… Are you guys back? Is this more consistent than Zimbabwe or The Last DISPATCH?

We won’t tour like State Radio does but were going to be more of a band. The album kind of indicated to an extent that we’re back in the game.

You can find the entire interview on www.UMassMedia.com.