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It is always nice to see your fellow vegetarians standing up for what is right, but it is even more exciting when it is a celebrity who makes a statement about the vegetarian lifestyle. This is not to say that celebrities are any more important that the average vegetarian, but celebrities have a certain amount of influence that the “regular Joe” simply does not.  That’s why it was nice to read that the Pretenders have decided to serve only vegetarian choices at their concert taking place later today and tomorrow.

Apparently, the band is putting on a concert at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ today and another tomorrow at the Central Park SummerStage in New York, NY. At both venues, all meat products will be removed from the menu. Why? Because the lead singer of the band, Chrissie Hynde, is a vegetarian and has asked her promoter, Live Nation, to support her vegetarian initiative.

According to sources, all meat products will be removed from the venues and a special vegetarian BBQ will be served to a group of radio contest winners who will be attending the show in Central Park.

Hyde has long been a supporter of the vegetarian lifestyle as well as a PETA activist, having said in a recent interview with Scotland on Sunday, “I’m always surprised when I meet meat eaters. I just think, why on earth do you do that? You could put a gun to my head and say, ‘If you want to live, you have to eat steak,’ and I’d say, ‘Time to go.’ I don’t want that kid of blood on my soul.”

Several more dates are on the Pretenders’ tour schedule. Let’s hope Hyde is able to make even more of the venues meat-free along the way.