DISPATCH

Many consider DISPATCH and summer to be synonymous, and the celebrated folk-rock band is looking forward to a return to the road on their just-announced Summer Tour 2025 alongside John Butler (with band) and special guests G. Love & Special Sauce, and Donavon Frankenreiter!

The band just released their new single, “Yellow Jacket,” a sentimental track about frontman Chadwick Stokes’ upbringing on the farm – and all of the antics he and his brothers would get into. “We would roller skate all around the farm,” said Stokes. “One time my brother Benny was snooping around the sheep shed in mom’s skates and rolled right into a nest of yellow jackets. Since he was in skates that were seven sizes too big, he couldn’t get away.” The reflective lyrics are coupled with a sound that harkens back to early DISPATCH with an infectious blend of reggae and roots rock.

Of the tour Brad Corrigan adds, “We are STOKED to hit the road this summer with our bud John Butler and his band, and to have G. Love & Special Sauce and Donavon Frankenreiter on the tour too! Going to be an epic lineup every night, and we can’t wait for all the energy and good vibes…”

DISPATCH – formed by Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan while in college in Vermont – have forged their own path outside the mainstream music industry as one of independent rock’s most indelible acts over the last two-and-a-half decades. Over the course of a slew of acclaimed studio and live albums and countless tours and festivals, the band has gone on to become one of biggest success stories in music history without any traditional radio or major label support. The five piece continues to grow and push their boundaries, taking surprise turns without ever abandoning the signature sound. Throughout their rise, DISPATCH has taken every opportunity to use their success for good, launching charitable organizations to fight poverty and mass incarceration, raising funds and awareness for environmental causes, schools and hospitals on the road, and even traveling as far afield as Zimbabwe to work with children and communities in need. Chadwick Stokes’ Calling All Crows joins bands and fans together in collective activism that has raised more than half a million dollars for feminist movements, while Brad Corrigan’s Love Light + Melody helps amplify the stories of children who live in extreme poverty.

John Butler and his band may be Australia's biggest contribution to the jam band movement exemplified by their heady amalgam of reggae, political folk, blues, pop, and acoustic soul. He has a knack for pairing deft musicality with addictive yet off-center grooves while incorporating elements of Indian, Celtic, bluegrass and folk. New this year is John's album "Still Searching," his first instrumental album since the 1996 cassette tape "Searching for Heritage." Needless to say, with Donavon Frankenreiter, G. Love & Special Sauce, John Butler with his band, and DISPATCH, this lineup is stacked and promises to be the ultimate summer concert experience!