My Chemical Romance broke up back in 2013, leaving behind, as a legacy, four studio albums, a number of beloved hit singles, and a not inconsiderable impact on hair gel and eyeliner sales nationwide. Gerard Way and company have flirted with getting back together in recent years and allowing the Black Parade to shuffle forth once more—most notably last autumn, when the band fully committed to a reunion show in L.A., plus a handful of international tour dates in countries like Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. But now, the MCR North American reunion tour featured in so many dark dreams has finally arrived, with the band announcing the news in the most normal (for My Chemical Romance) way possible: A 13-minute horror movie in which a young fan is chased by masked monsters (pulled from the “Na Na Na” video, natch) through a decade’s worth of the group’s music videos.
It’s a real blast the elaborately made-up past, culminating in the young Hot Topic Satanist emerging into…Well, the completely prosaic-looking Los Angeles Forum, where the tour will have one of its final shows, on October 8. (Not exactly a blood-soaked bacchanal, but at least he’ll probably be able to get pretty good seats!) Other highlights of the upcoming tour include performances at Riot Fest in September, Aftershock Fest on October 10, and the kick-off show at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sept. 9. (That one’s not really all that significant; it’s just funny to see a band post a 13-minute blood-drenched ode to itself, and then be forced to conclude it with reminder that their first big return gig back will be at a venue named after a miniscule pizza goblin.)
You can see the full list of My Chemical Romance North American reunion shows below.
My Chemical Romance North American Reunion Tour 2020:
9/9—Detroit, Mich.—Little Caesars Arena
9/11—St. Paul, Minn.—Xcel Energy Center
9/12—Chicago, Ill.—Riot Fest
9/14—Toronto, Ontario—Scotiabank Arena
9/15—Boston, Mass.—TD Garden
9/17—Brooklyn, N.Y.—Barclays Center
9/18—Philadelphia, Pa.—Wells Fargo Center
9/20—Atlanta, Ga.—Music Midtown
9/22—Newark, N.J.—Prudential Center
9/26—Sunrise, Fla.—BB&T Center
9/29—Houston, Texas—Toyota Center
9/30—Dallas, Texas—American Airlines Center
10/2—Denver, Colo.—Pepsi Center
10/4—Tacoma, Wash.—Tacoma Dome
10/6—Oakland, Calif.—Oakland Arena
10/8—Los Angeles, Calif.—The Forum
10/10—Sacramento, Calif.—Aftershock Festival
10/11—Las Vegas, Nev.—T-Mobile Arena
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I liked how the video clips of these two songs were telling a story in the form of effectively mini-movies as well as being so tonally different.
And they have Grant Morrison in them!
I’m sure somebody out there has made the argument that they’re all for keeping him on ice in a glass tube until they absolutely have to let him out.I merely say I really liked Zenith and think they’d make some great movies.
Is that the one where the very Morrison-like main character enters an altered state of consciousness and transcends dimensions and the whole story takes a big meta twist and examines itself as a work of fiction?
I don’t think so, it starts of with a superhero who’d much rather be a pop star and only grudgingly helps save the world though probably more to help sell records than anything else. Well, that and having anyone left to sell records to in the first place, I suppose.
UGH. AS IF NON-GOTH BORIS JOHNSON WASN’T BAD ENOUGH.
That tie is headache inducing and appears to be tucked into his belt.
I really, really wish that Riot Fest was being held at Little Caesars Arena. If that wouldn’t sum up the last few generations, I don’t know what would.
And the tickets for each will be sold out in three minutes after going live.
Pretty psyched for Riot Fest this year, but not sure I’ll see MCR, depends on who else is headlining.
I guess I was lucky to see them a while ago when I went to see Rise Against open for them, it was pretty soon after Welcome to the Black Parade came out and they were just playing straight through the album. They put on a pretty good show, they had blimps flying around and cannons shooting confetti when they played Welcome to the Black Parade.