Pitchfork: Fiery Furnaces Plan Tour, Lend Support to PETA

Fiery Furnaces Plan Tour, Lend Support to PETA

OK, we all know how the Go-Go's and Crass feel about wearing fur (agin' it), but what about the Fiery Furnaces? "I think it's absurd and there's no need for it," guitar/synth/organ/vocal dude Matt Friedberger tells People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in an interview on the organization's hipster-oriented PETA2 website. "It's as simple as that. It's absurd that a rabbit fur hat needs to be a fashion item. It's surprising that you have to go back again and again to remind people and educate people that the fur industry is an extremely cruel business."

Visitors to the site can also learn why Common is a vegetarian, how Peaches the horny rocker stuck up for Peaches the elephant (stuck in cramped quarters at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, it seems), and why Agnostic Front's Roger Miret no longer breeds pit bulls for the fighting ring, among many, many other such tales.

Just back from a brief Pacific Rim tour in March, the Fiery Furnaces will take their anti-cruelty weirdo-pop from the New York island to California in April and May, according to the band's official site. No animals will be harmed in the making of this tour:

04-07 Brooklyn, NY - North Six
04-08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-09 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-12 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
04-13 Newport, KY - Southgate House
04-15 Atlanta, GA - Emory University
04-16 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
04-18 St. Louis, MO - Gargoyle Club
04-19 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
04-20 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
04-22 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
04-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
04-26 Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
04-28 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
04-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
05-01 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival