Dispatch (band)

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Dispatch
Dispatch performing in Germany, 2012
Background information
Origin	Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Genres	Jam band indie folk roots rock reggae fusion rap rock ska
Years active	1996–2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011–present
Labels	Bomber DCN Records Universal
Members	Chad Urmston Brad Corrigan
Past members	Pete Heimbold
Website	dispatchmusic.com

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan (vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, harmonica) and Chad Urmston (vocals, guitar, bass, percussion).^[1] The band's original bassist, Pete Francis Heimbold, left in 2019.^[2]

The band, which is based in the Boston area, was originally active from 1996 until 2002. The members then announced a hiatus, which would ultimately last for almost a decade; during this period, the band came together for reunion concerts in Boston (2004), New York City (2007), and Washington, D.C. (2009). The hiatus ended at the beginning of 2011, when the band announced a national tour. In May of the same year, Dispatch released an EP containing six new songs, their first all-new release since 2000. The band released both their first studio album in over a decade, Circles Around the Sun, and an iTunes session in 2012 and toured North America that summer in support of the album.^[3][4] On April 22, 2013, Dispatch announced a double-disc live album called "Ain't No Trip to Cleveland Vol. 1", released on June 4, 2013. After a long hiatus, Dispatch returned with their new album, America, Location 12, released on June 2, 2017.^[5]