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1/10/1997
Porno For Pyros Tour Aborted
You won't have Perry to kick around.
Photo by Jay Blakesberg.
Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil Kaufman reports:

Porno For Pyros have canceled their upcoming world tour. On the eve of a planned benefit show to raise money for a trust fund for guitarist Peter DiStefano's daughter, which was to take place last night (Jan. 9) at L.A.'s Whiskey nightclub, the band's label, Warner Bros., told Addicted To Noise that both the benefit and the tour were canceled. In a statement faxed to us last night, Warner Bros. explained: "The band has recently begun working on new material for a forthcoming album, and has decided to forgo touring and concentrate on their new work."

The tour was first canceled last fall due to the cancer-related illness of DiStefano, who subsequently underwent successful chemo treatments. The re-scheduled tour was to begin Jan. 15 in Miami, Florida and run through Feb. 11. A source at the management company than handles Porno For Pyros told ATN that there were no plans to re-schedule the 18 dates at this point.

This has been a weird week for Porno's to say the least. The benefit concert was first called off when, contrary to the band's wishes, the original venue, the Roxy, "leaked" word of the secret show by running an ad in the LA Weekly , which also announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea and Dave Navarro (once the guitarist for Jane's Addiction) would be performing. The show was then moved to the Whiskey, only to be canceled again Thurs. morning. "They weren't prepared to do the show, so they thought, 'Why do it if we're not ready?' " a source at Warner Bros. told Addicted To Noise.

As for the rumors this past December that Flea and Navarro would tour with the group, according to the record company there were discussions with the two musicians about joining Pornos when the group toured Japan and Australia "although nothing was ever confirmed." The two Chili Peppers did collaborate with Pornos on a new song, "Hard Charger," that will appear on the upcoming Howard Stern movie soundtrack for Private Parts .

The band will be filming a video for "Hard Charger" in Los Angeles this week, which will feature a cameo from Stern and the Chili Peppers duo. The song is scheduled to be the first single from the soundtrack album, which will be released on Feb. 25. A new Porno For Pyros albums is "expected before the end of the year," according to the statement.