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Last week I went out on Warped Tour with the amazing peta2 Road Warriors. I got to tag along in Virginia Beach, DC, Cleveland, and Detroit. Not only did I get to meet tons of incredible kids and connect with clothing companies, but I also got to eat the best catered vegan food and go to a barbecue that Gabe from Cobra Starship deejayed!

I documented my journey in pictures. Let's start with the amazing catered vegan food I just mentioned . . .


This was my favorite lunch: vegan sloppy joe, salad with avocadoes, fried zucchini, chickpea salad, and pasta salad (oh and we had cracker jacks too)! You'll also notice that we ate out of reusable containers with camping tools to cut down on waste. So green! Next up is me and the best volunteer ever:


Her name is Joy and she made us muffins. As everyone knows, the easiest way to a vegan's heart is through their stomach. I also want to show you where I slept. Check me out in my bunk! (Apparently I was really feeling the "thumbs-up" on Warped Tour . . .)


The tour bus was sweet, as were the kids on it.


They really are some of the hardest working people at PETA! Oh, and here's a picture of me getting some kids to sign our petition in Detroit:


Basically Warped Tour and all the people that are a part of it are amazing! If the tour hasn't hit your city yet make sure to come out and say "hi" (and sign our petition)!

As Paige says: Stay Brutal!

-Ashleigh

Mother pigs spend most of their lives in tiny "gestation" crates, which are so small that the animals are unable to turn around or even lie down comfortably. They are repeatedly impregnated until they are slaughtered.

Here on Warped Tour the guy pictured below volunteered to get a first hand feel of the space mommy pigs get...or should I say don't get!


Need some other reasons not to eat pigs? Check this out.

Nick from As I Lay Dying got in on the action by signing our petition.


Plus we had some SICK Street Teamers—these dudes totally stole my heart with their hard work and dedication to helping animals. Thanks, Shawn and Kenny!


Join the fun, steal some hearts, and save some animals by signing up for the Street Team already!

And as always,

STAY BRUTAL

-Paige

So here we are, 10 shows into this spectacle known throughout the land as the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, and we've begun to notice some common questions/remarks we're receiving. I think it's time now to address one of them here on this blog so everybody knows the answer to it :).  Several times a day we're asked, "So how has this tour been for you guys? Are kids being friendly and playing nice with peta2?" Let me tell you, we appreciate your concern, but I'd also like to remind everyone that we're all against cruelty to animals aren't we?

No matter your music of choice, or how hard you can bang your head or pump your fist, I'm sure you'd agree that no pig should be castrated without pain killers or kept in tiny crates with no room to even turn around, right? I mean, if you thought metal kids might not care as much about animals as any other kids, please let this picture display all the eager people trying to get in and sign our petition recently in Phoenix, AZ:


We enjoyed a nice steady line of friendly folks across the front of our booth all day long, and let me tell you, if they weren't signing our petition it's because they were waiting in line to get a stab at it. It always brings a smile to peta2's face when we see that people love helping animals and will even wait in line to do so! Just look at these fine folks:


Thanks for everything, now go win some tickets so you can stop by our booth and help pigs too!

-the peta2 mayhem crew

I recently went to my first show of Warped Tour 2008 (a.k.a. possibly the best music tour on the planet). Check out some photos I took.

New friend Bree from Buzznet.

Vegans! Liam from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Adam from Story of the Year.

I gave these girls some vegan pizza in exchange for them agreeing to take the pledge to go veg.

The local crew of some interns and staff.

What fun!

Have you seen us out on Warped yet? If not, when will we be seeing you?

I'll be on the last week in California, but we have a crew at every show.

-Pulin

Welcome back blog readers. It's another rockin' week at Warped Tour. I'm happy to say that our friends from A Day to Remember signed the Woof petition as well as some of the dudes from Say Anything.



We've had some rad Street Teamers this week (as usual!), like Nehemie in Atlanta.


Thanks to all the office staff and interns who came out to help at the Virginia Beach show!


Don't forget to look out for us at the Mayhem Festival and Dirtfest!

Stay Brutal

Paige

The road Warriors have been staying very busy out here on Warped Tour this week—spreading the word about heinous abuses that pigs are suffering on factory farms. Did you know that mother pigs sing to their young? Sooo freakin' cute.

Want to help spread the word? I thought so! Go here for your Woof Prize Pack. Right after you sign the petition, of course!

Although we had to say goodbye to our friends from 1997, the lovely Alida wrote another tour blog for us! This is something we can relate to!

We've had some wicked Street Teamers help out, including the AMAZING Kelly, who just so happened to be voted Cutest Vegetarian Alive earlier this year!

And this rad guy, Jacob (below, on the right), was helping us collect signatures to save pigs!


That is all for now, so I'll just leave you with this...


Stay Brutal

Paige

Hello blog readers. Welcome back to our adventures at Warped Tour 2008. Wanna win tickets? We are soooo excited to be in the full swing of things now as we are coming into our second week out on the road.

The crowds have been incredible, and THOUSANDS of y'all have taken a few minutes to help pigs existing in factory farms.  Did you know pigs can play video games? True story. Check this out to test your pig knowledge.  I think you'll be very surprised about the things you'll learn about pigs. What was your score?

Out at WT we've met some really rad people including some new Street Teamers like Justin:


And a girl carrying this bag:


She knows what's up. She came by our table anyway to see the cool free stuff we had, including a new DVD. Let me say that again: FREE DVD. Holla.


We have a ton in the works for this summer so make sure you say hello to any of the fine road warriors to find out what we've been up to. High fives, hugs, and helping animals are available at the peta2 tent.

Stay brutal.

-Paige

Here's another guest tour blog from Alida of 1997!
-Marta

Well I just got home from Warped Tour this morning at about 9am. We encountered van trouble so had to drop our Dallas date unfortunately. Despite the van trouble, Warped Tour was incredible. We had such an awesome time, met so many great people, and were able to share our music with hundreds of kids every day. It was a lot of work. Though I have never been so busy in my entire life, I felt that our hard work was extremely beneficial for our band.






Luckily, Ta-Da Catering was present to help the hundreds of performers and workers get through the rigorous days. Each morning they offered dozens of vegetarian and vegan breakfast options, like fresh fruit, oatmeal, toast and tons of cereal with soymilk. We played mid-day for the most part, so we skipped lunch and had an amazing dinner every night. It was so easy to be vegetarian! I always had a delicious vegan option for dinner. My favorites were fake pepper steak, vegan pot pie (pictured below), fake shrimp scampi, and fake meatloaf made of beans. There were also tons of vegan dessert options including sorbet served inside of frozen hollowed-out fruit, and vegan chocolate cake. Just writing this paragraph makes me wonder when I'll ever eat that well again.


I definitely wasn't alone in looking forward to these great meals every day. There were about 600 people Ta-Da had to feed at each meal. The lines were always huge. Sometimes I waited for over an hour! It was well worth it though. We were definitely taken care of as vegetarians for this tour.




You might have read Paige's blog about our acoustic performances in the peta2 tent. We had an awesome time hanging out with everyone at the tent, playing for some great kids. My favorite performance was in San Francisco, where we played for about 100 kids, jammed in and around the tent. We were so happy to support peta2's Woof! Campaign, and sported the cute shirts all the time.


We're taking a couple weeks off to find a new vehicle. We're looking for a shuttle bus that we can eventually convert into bio-diesel. We hit the road again with The Morning Of at the end of July. I'll be back with more pictures and stories then!

xo,
Alida 

Look! On the interstate! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's.....it's......it's.....

The WOOF!mobile!

That's right ladies and gents, I know you simply can't believe what you're seeing, but this big bad bruiser is the newest model in the line of peta2 tour vehicles. :)  Ain't she a beauty indeed?




Thanks to some of our fabulous members (who offer up the most wonderful of items as donations for us) we are now navigating our way across the country alongside the Mayhem Festival in this piece of automobile artwork! So if you plan on attending the Mayhem Fest when it hits your town, be on the lookout for us pulling up in style.

And, for those unlucky souls missing out on the tour this summer, pull up a lawnchair alongside your nearest interstate highway and give us a great big wave and a smile as we roll on down the road—that's our favorite! This thing has already been a hit with fellow motorists offering up plenty of compliments; we can't wait to see all your eyes bug out when you see her in real life as well!

WOOF!

-the peta2 Mayhem Festival crew