Dispatch’s “Circles Around The Sun” Debuts At Career High #24, Band Announces Tour Around The World

LOS ANGELES, CA – Circles Around The Sun, the new album from Dispatch has debuted at Number 24 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, marking the band’s highest chart entry in their 16-year history. The album also debuted as the Number 10 Digital Album in the U.S. and earned the band career high debuts in Germany, Canada, and Austria.

Dispatch will tour the world in support of the new release. In addition to previously announced U.S. dates (including SOLD OUT shows at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall and Washington DC’s Constitution Hall), the band today announced European dates in early 2013. Kicking off on January 23rd in Vienna, Austria, Dispatch will also visit Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, wrapping up on February 4th in Dortmund, Germany. See below for a complete list of international dates.

Circles Around The Sun was released on August 21st via the band’s own Bomber Records and is available in stores and at all digital retailers now. Produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, Jonsi, The National), the album is an eclectic rock and roll record that delivers on the gutsy storytelling, compelling songwriting, and radiant harmonies that earned the band its diehard fanbase.

DISPATCH 2012/2013 TOUR DATES

SEPTEMBER 2012

20th Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

21st Seattle, WA Moore Theatre

22nd Portland, OR Roseland Theatre

26th Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium

29th Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Centre

OCTOBER 2012

1st Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre

2nd Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre

3rd Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre

5th New York, NY Radio City Music Hall [SOLD OUT]

6th Boston, MA Agganis Arena

8th Toronto, ONT Sound Academy

9th Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre

11th Washington, DC Constitution Hall [SOLD OUT]

12th Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre

JANUARY 2013

23rd Vienna, Austria Arena

24th Stuttgart, Germany Longhorn

26th Berlin, German Huxley’s Neue Welt

28th Copenhagen, Denmark Vega

29th Hamburg, German Gruenspan

30th Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp

FEBRUARY 2013

1st Zurich, Switzerland Komplex

2nd Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg

4th Dortmund, Germany FZW

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“Dispatch fans old and new will embrace Circles Around The Sun.” – Relix

“[Circles Around The Sun] is, without hyperbole, one of the best tracks Dispatch has ever written, and if there’s a better way to kick off your first album in over ten years, it’s hard to imagine.” – Consequence of Sound

Dispatch prepare for an impromptu live performance in NYC’s Washington Square Park

Credit: Vicki Pon

 

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ABOUT DISPATCH: Dispatch is Chad Stokes, Brad Corrigan, and Pete Francis. After forming in New England in 1996 and through intense word of mouth and fan loyalty, Dispatch went on to become one of the biggest draws on the live music scene, and arguably one of the biggest independent rock bands in History. The band released their debut album in 1996, an acoustic-driven folk-pop affair called Silent Steeples, on their own Bomber Records followed by 1998’s reggae-flavored Bang Bang. In 1999 the band released their third album Four Day Trials. After a brief hiatus during which various members pursued solo endeavors, in 2004 the group organized a free show in Boston on the Esplanade, anticipating perhaps 20,000 people would turn up. The concert became the largest show in independent music event history (documented in the feature film The Last Dispatch). In 2011 the trio decided to record new music, which led to last year’s Dispatch EP and now Circles Around The Sun.

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