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The Black Parade World Tour

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The Black Parade World Tour  was a  concert tour  to support and celebrate My Chemical Romance 's third album The Black Parade . The tour featured 133 performances worldwide, as well as several festival and condensed shows. The tour is the longest and most internationally comprehensive headlining tour that the band has played to date, featuring three legs in North America, one leg in Europe and one in Asia, Australia and South America. During the tour, the band's drummer Bob Bryar  suffered several different medical issues and towards the tour's end, took a hiatus to allow himself to heal and returned for the final few shows of the tour, while bass player Mikey Way  also took a hiatus to marry his fianceé and spend time with her before going onto the road. A concert was filmed at the performance in  Mexico City  from the tour, which was released as a part of the CD/DVD set  The Black Parade Is Dead! . The CD features the audio from the concert, and the DVD contains both the Mexico concert and another in New Jersey later in the same month.

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Rise Against  was the support act on the first leg of the tour in the United States, which began February 22, 2007 in  Manchester, New Hampshire , and ended on March 16 in  Reno, Nevada . The band then took the show to Europe with bands  Thursday  and  Funeral for a Friend . The band then returned to North America for more shows in the US with  Muse  and  The Bled . The band performed the full show on two more occasions in May and June 2007. The band then embarked on the 2007  Projekt Revolution  tour, with a new set and production. However, beginning in October 2007, the band resumed the production of The Black Parade tour for dates in Mexico, Europe, and Australia.  Pop Shuvit  was the opening act for the concert in  Kuala Lumpur  as well as two other shows in the Asian leg of the tour.

James Dewees , of  Reggie and the Full Effect  was the keyboardist for the tour and appears in costume like the other five members, which led some to believe he became a permanent member of the band, although he did not appear in the My Chemical Romance portion of the show, only The Black Parade set.

To signal that the band was nearing the end of touring for the album,  The Black Parade , the concert in Mexico City was filmed of a live DVD entitled  The Black Parade Is Dead! , which was released July 1, 2008.

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The band's performance is divided into two parts. First, they perform  The Black Parade  album from start to finish as the Black Parade; in the costumes worn in the music videos from the album. Following this, the band takes an intermission break to change into regular clothing, while the recording of their song "Blood" is played. The band then returns and plays songs from their previous albums as My Chemical Romance.

• "This is How I Disappear"
• "The Sharpest Lives"
• " Welcome to the Black Parade "
• " I Don't Love You "
• "House of Wolves"
• " Teenagers "
• "Disenchanted"
• " Famous Last Words "
• " I'm Not Okay (I Promise) "
• "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish"
• "Cemetery Drive"
• " The Ghost of You "
• "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
• " Thank You for the Venom "
• "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us In Prison"
• 1 Bandit Lee Way
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• 3 Miles Iero

My Chemical Romance Plot First North American Tour in Nine Years

By Jon Blistein

Jon Blistein

My Chemical Romance will tour North America for the first time in nine years this fall.

The reunion run launches September 9th at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and continues through the next month, wrapping October 11th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. My Chemical Romance announced the tour with an eerie short film titled “A summoning…” that features music from band members Ray Toro and James Muhoberac. The clip follows a young boy (played by Marcos Garcia) with an interest in the paranormal and the dark arts, who tries to outrun a trio of masked figures, with many of the scenes seemingly corresponding to different eras in My Chemical Romance history.

Tickets for all dates will go on sale this Friday, January 31st at 12 p.m. local time on Ticketmaster.com . Complete information is available on the band’s website .

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After splitting in 2013 , My Chemical Romance announced their plan to reunite last fall. In December, they returned to the stage with a sold-out show at the Shrine Expo in Los Angeles. Rolling Stone ’s Suzy Exposito wrote of the show , “[I]t’s with this landmark concert that MCR ceases to be a nostalgic act, and proves its mettle as a timeless, rock & roll band for the ages.”

Prior to their North American tour, My Chemical Romance will play a string of international concerts this spring and summer in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and Europe.

My Chemical Romance Tour Dates

September 9 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena September 11 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center September 12 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest September 14 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena September 15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden September 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center September 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center September 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown, Piedmont Park September 22 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center September 26 – Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center September 29 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center September 30 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center October 2 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center October 4 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome October 6 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena October 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum October 10 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock October 11 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

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My Chemical Romance Announce Full Reunion Tour

By Evan Minsker

My Chemical Romance have finally announced their full comeback tour. The new North American dates begin in Detroit on September 9. The band made the announcement in a video directed by Kris Mercado , featuring music composed by guitarist Ray Toro and keyboardist Jamie Muhoberac. The visual begins with a young man lacing his shoes and brewing a cup of coffee before playing with a ouija board. He then gets summoned into a realm filled with allusions and imagery from MCR’s history and discography.

Check out My Chemical Romance’s schedule, and the video, below. Get tickets here . (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

In October 2019, Gerard Way and co. announced their first live performance since disbanding in 2013. (It took place in December .) Since then, they’ve unveiled several more appearances and teased a snippet of new music in a mysterious video clip titled “An Offering.” Their last album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys , arrived in 2010.

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03-20 Melbourne, Australia - Download Festival Melbourne 03-21 Sydney, Australia - Download Festival Sydney 03-25 Auckland, New Zealand - The Outer Fields at Western Springs 03-28 Osaka, Japan - Intex Osaka 03-29 Tokyo, Japan - Download Festival Tokyo 06-18 Milton Keynes, England - Stadium MK 06-20 Milton Keynes, England - Stadium MK 06-21 Milton Keynes, England - Stadium MK 06-23 Dublin, Ireland - Royal Hospital Kilmainham 07-04 Bologna, Italy - Sonic Park Fest 07-06 Bonn, Germany KUNST!RASEN 07-11 Moscow, Russia - Park Live 09-09 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena 09-11 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 09-12 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest 09-14 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena 09-15 Boston, MA - TD Garden 09-17 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center 09-18 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 09-20 Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown Festival 09-22 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center 09-23 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center 09-26 Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center 09-29 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 09-30 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 10-02 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center 10-04 Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome 10-06 Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena 10-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum 10-10 Sacramento, CA - Aftershock Festival 10-11 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena 10-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum 10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum

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The 'Parade' Begins: My Chemical Romance Announce U.S. Tour Dates

For a band that released one of 2006's most ambitious and anticipated LPs -- the concept album The Black Parade -- My Chemical Romance didn't tour much this past year. Aside from scattered strings of dates and the occasional rock radio-station-sponsored holiday concert, the Garden State post-hardcore luminaries spent much of their promotional time overseas, playing for fans in Europe.

But MCR's American fans weren't being ignored -- they were just expected to be a little patient, with the promise that yes, Gerard Way and company would be returning to the road in 2007. Well, it appears My Chemical Romance are indeed a band of their word.

Starting in late February, the long wait will be over. With Rise Against along for the ride, My Chemical Romance will launch the first leg of their tour on February 22 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Seventeen dates have been scheduled thus far, running through March 16 in Reno, Nevada.

According to the band's management, additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks -- and the next batch will feature openers Muse. News of the tour follows the release of the video for "Famous Last Words," the second single from The Black Parade, which has sold more than 550,000 copies since its release two months ago (see [article id="1544562"]"Hannah Montana Rains On My Chemical Romance's Parade "[/article]).

The trek will also lead the band into its headlining slot at this year's Bamboozle festival, which will be held May 5-6 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. MCR will close out the fest's first night, while Linkin Park have been tapped to wrap up the second (see [article id="1546364"]"My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Surprise 'Idol' To Rock Bamboozle '07"[/article]).

For more on the making of MCR's The Black Parade , check out "A Night at the Opera With My Chemical Romance."

My Chemical Romance tour dates, according to the band's management:

» 2/22 - Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena

» 2/23 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum

» 2/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Liacouras Center

» 2/26 - Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center at CSU

» 2/28 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena

» 3/1 - Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena

» 3/3 - Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Center

» 3/4 - Denver, CO @ Magness Arena

» 3/6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena

» 3/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ Orleans Arena

» 3/9 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena

» 3/10 - Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

» 3/11 - Anaheim, CA @ Anaheim Convention Center

» 3/13 - San Diego, CA @ ipayOne Center at the Sports Arena

» 3/14 - Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena

» 3/15 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

» 3/16 - Reno, NV @ Lawlor Events Center

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My Chemical Romance Kick-Off Long-Awaited North American Reunion Tour With 2 Super-Deep Rare Cuts

The emo icons hit the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Saturday (August 20) with a setlist that included songs they haven't performed in 15 years.

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My Chemical Romance finally kicked off their reunion tour on Saturday night (August 20) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after nearly 3 years of COVID-related postponements and from the sounds of it the show was well worth the wait. With singer Gerard Way rocking Heath Ledger-style Joker facepaint, the band launched into their second phase with their comeback single, “The Foundations of Decay,” before playing the 2004 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge b-side “Bury Me in Black” for the first time since 2003.

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According to Consequence of Sound , the super high-energy show included impressive drumming from new touring member Jarrod Alexander, whose kit was emblazoned with the appropriately grim MCR slogan message “BIG DEATH ENERGY.” The set also included another rarely played song, “This Is the Best Day Ever,” which appeared on their 2002 album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love , a track they haven’t played in more than 15 years.

The band’s first full tour since breaking up in 2013 was otherwise packed with plenty of crowd-pleasing emo ragers and fan favorites, including “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid,” “Teenagers,” “Bulletproof Heart,” “DESTROYA,” “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” and “The Ghost of You,” which Way dedicated to a recently deceased friend and producer Doug McKean as the crowd lit up their cell phone flashlights.

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Operatic screamer Way also reportedly discussed some recent vocal issues that required a visit to a vocal coach and said he was anxious about how he would sound on the road. “My point us, thank you so f—ing much,” he said. “Let’s f—ing shut this place down!” And thus the band dove into a set-closing rush that included “Welcome to the Black Parade,” “Mama,” “Boy Division,” “Our Lady of Sorrows,” “Famous Last Words” and “Sleep” before returning for an encore of “Vampire Money” and their titanic 2004 single “I’m Not Kay (I Promise).”

After a one-off reunion show in Los Angeles in Dec. 2019, MCR announced a tour that was slated to kick off in 2020, but which was postponed repeatedly due to the pandemic. They finally hit the road in May with shows in Europe with their next show slated to hit Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Tuesday (August 23).

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