NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Pete Francis began his career with the band Dispatch. Over a ten year run, the three members of Dispatch released four studio albums, a live CD, and a DVD under their own label.
Dispatch gained dedicated fans without the assistance of a major record label and became pioneers in the music industry, playing to capacity crowds at major venues across the country and selling more than 600,000 albums.
In 2004 Dispatch celebrated a remarkable eight-year run by performing a farewell show in Boston, MA. Over 110,000 fans were in attendance, making it the largest independent music event in history. Three years later, the band reunited at Madison Square Garden in New York City playing three sold-out nights benefiting charities to combat famine, disease, and social injustice in Zimbabwe. They made history once again as the first independent band to headline the Garden.
Pete Francis is now touring solo in support of his new album ‘Iron Sea and the Cavalry.’
Tour dates:
Aug 23 – River Roots Live – Davenport, Iowa
Aug 28 – Outerland (2 shows – 1 is all ages!) – Edgartown, Massachusetts
Aug 29 – Susquehanna University (Students only) – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Aug 30 – Bucknell University (Students only) – Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Aug 31 – Kipona Fest @ Riverfront Park – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Sep 6 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, New York
Sep 12 – Hotel Utah – San Francisco, California
Sep 13 – Hotel Cafe – Los Angeles, California
Sep 14 – West Beach Music Festival – Santa Barbara, California
Sep 15 – Marlboro College (acoustic duo) – Marlboro, Vermont
Sep 17 – Santa Fe Café – College Park, Maryland
Sep 18 – Jammin Java’ – Vienna, Virginia
Sep 19 – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 21 – Westminster School – Simsbury, Connecticut
Sep 23 – Mohegan Sun Wolf Den – Uncasville, Connecticut
Sep 24 – Fairfield Theatre – Fairfield, Connecticut
Sep 27 – Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, Massachusetts
Sep 28 – Middle East – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 29 – Harry’s Bar & Grille – Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Sep 30 – Ottobar – Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 16 – College of Saint Rose – Albany, New York
–by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
