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| Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden | ||||
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | July 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Producer | Dispatch | |||
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Dispatch:Zimbabwe is a live DVD recording by American indie rock band Dispatch, recorded July 14 and 15, 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The concert acted as both a reunion for the band, as well as a fundraiser, with proceeds from the concert ticket sales going to charities that fight disease, famine and social injustice in Zimbabwe.
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