City Invasion Tour: Fur Is Dead! April 3, 2008

Posted by Patricia at April 3, 2008 1:30 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 ) | TrackBack

Today's blog features guest blogger, peta2 UK's Violet...

It's that time again, time to get your glad rags on (or punk equivalent of glad rags) because peta2 UK are on the move taking the Fur Is Dead campaign to the road with The City Invasion Tour and Distorted magazine! Here's the deal - 20 bands will play on 2 stages and the dates are:

Bolton - April 12th @ Soundhouse
London - April 13th @ Islington Carling Academy

On the bill, Agnostic Front, U.S. Bombs, MDC...the list goes on. For your chance to win 2 tickets to your selected date click here!

As it happens, Agnostic Front's frontman Roger Miret is an old friend. Check out the KFC SUCKS ad with Roger below!

Martin, peta2 UK's youth outreach coordinator will be at both shows gathering support for the Fur Is Dead campaign. Go and say, "Hi", sign the petition and take some free stickers and a DVD!

See ya later soldiers.

*Violet x

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Some Of The Coolest Kids In The World March 24, 2008

Posted by Pulin Modi at March 24, 2008 10:26 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 2 ) | TrackBack

Before I made the switch into some more office-based work for peta2, I used to do a lot of tabling and stuff on the road. And even before that in high school and college, I spent years tabling shows in NJ and NY at all sorts of venues from little halls with a few dozen people per show (with bands like Shadows Fall and Thursday as they were coming up) to larger festivals (like Warped Tour in the late 90s). The thing that's always been most exciting for me is that I got to meet inspiring people everywhere who care about doing something positive for the world.

I recently got a chance to check out some shows tabling for peta2 and wanted to share some photos. The first was the Taste of Chaos tour in Philly. It was awesome and people were really into the Fur Is Dead campaign. It was crazy to see Avenged Sevenfold with a huge setup for the show including pyotechnics and all. One of the first tours I did for peta2 was A7X opening for Rise Against in 2003 to crowds of maybe one hundred people. So this was definitely a step up for them.

Check out Rebecca and Caitie showing off their shirts at the peta2 table.

Then last week, I went to check out Earth Crisis and Shai Hulud! These are among the most influential and well-respected hardcore bands on the face of the planet, and Karl from Earth Crisis also handles vocal duties for Freya. Many of you have no doubt seen the amazing anti-animal testing video for Struggle To Survive from Freya, too. Here are some pics from that.

We had a slightly misprinted petition sheet around so we let Matt Fletcher of Shai Hulud use one for his band's setlist.

Spot the peta2 banner during Earth Crisis!

Awesome Richmond vegan straight edge kids and their XVX shirts!

A closer look at those shirts.

So overall, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone I've ever met on the road. And please do stay in touch with any peta2 staffers you ever meet at protests, shows, or anywhere else. We all love hearing about all that you do, and hopefully the feeling is mutual. Send us your Street Team feedback, photos, videos, and always feel free just to say hello.

-Pulin

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Free Stuff Friday: peta2 Guitar Picks! February 29, 2008

Posted by Ashleigh at February 29, 2008 11:02 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 55 ) | TrackBack

How many of you out there play guitar? And I mean real guitar, not Guitar Hero. I can't play guitar at all, but I can rock some Sex Pistols like nobody’s business on Xbox.

Anyways, I have these sweet new peta2 guitar picks to give away!

We have them in two widths. This means nothing to me, but hopefully guitar players everywhere will be excited! To win, comment below with your favorite Animal Rights song! Mine is definitely Propagandhi's “Nailing Descartes to the Wall�.

Three of you will win two guitar picks and some of our new Fur Is Dead leaflets to pass out to all your friends. Spend some time exploring our new Fur Is Dead site, it is really amazing. Plus you can find out which Skelanimal you are. I'm Jack the rabbit!

Are you like Pulin and don't have a guitar to play? You can win one of those too!



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Have fun!

-Ashleigh

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