My Chemical Romance Stretches 'Black Parade' Finale

My Chemical Romance has expanded its final US run in support of platinum-selling album "The Black Parade."

In addition to adding a few new cities to the spring schedule--Cleveland; New York; Birmingham, AL; St. Louis, MO; and Columbus, OH--the theatrical alt-rockers have tacked on second nights in Portland, OR; Chicago; Detroit and Philadelphia. They also have two-night stands booked in Las Vegas and San Francisco, and will cross the border April 12 for a festival gig in Mexico City.

The previously announced Denver show has been moved from April 13 to 14, and tickets will be honored for the new date.

My Chemical Romance, which is currently wrapping a tour of South America, has tapped Billy Talent and Drive By to open the US outing, which is set to launch March 28 in Tempe, AZ. The coast-to-coast trek will visit intimate venues, with one exception: the May 9 finale at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden. Bassist Mikey Way called the gig "the show of our dreams" in a posting at MCR's website.

"This is a great goodbye to 'The Black Parade' tour and the beginning of the next chapter in MCR," he said. "Not only that, but we get to share it with our best friends in the world--Taking Back Sunday and Drive By."

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Comments

[stradivari310]

That's cool about Madison Square Garden, but I think we (as in people who like the band) are all pretty sick of The Black Parade at this point.

[chris_red]

^ True, but at least they're ending it now. Can't wait for something new.

[slann101]

^agreed. itll be good to see them going back to the style of the first two albums

[shyalicia]

sounds exciting

[KenMasters]

I like the last album though... not like the first two but it's ok. expected to turn commercial. go my chems go

[Shabalaba]

Prepare yourselves Flamefest coming xD

[j-boy199]

I thought billy talent was supporting?

[girl-tarist]

i wanted to go to the MSG show... but alas, my mom won't let me leave the country.... and.... i don't have a job to pay for me to get there.... the tickets are cheaper than my traveling fees. dammit.

[musefanatic]

Ugh, I missed all the Black Parade stuff... shame they're not coming back to England...

[GuitarHero1081]

Great, i'll hear some good songs when they perform at Beale Street Music Fest this year, along with Killswitch Engage and other big name acts

[Lumeister]

This still makes me laugh:

"The Black Parade is dead!"

[The Spoon]

Awesome. The start of the tour is in my city. i wanna go, but i got no one to go with

[nickrawkz1]

finally ending huh. the concert in hawaii was awesome! i can't wait to see what's happening in their next album. and btw, i liked all of their albums equally..differently..but equally

[Kw1q51lv3r]

I, for one, might like to see MCR go more technical. But hell, who knows what they'll do with their next album?

[matosh.lee]

im pretty happy. bands that are really good or popular usually dont come to alabama but rap does. but they have been having more and more bands come in. i just hope they make their music a bit more depressing. the chords are usually to bright for me and the pattern is usually quarter notes or eighth notes .

[matosh.lee]

j-boy199 wrote:

I thought billy talent was supporting?

and yes. billy talent is along with them

[fireyqwerty]

im really glad to see the black parade come to an end i did enjoy it for a while but it went to far to fast, and it just wasnt the sound of bullets or three cheers, but the new album promises to be pretty awesome, cant wait for the realease now haha

[fireyqwerty]

oh and "koolfoolinapool" be quiet almost every band will refer to different phases of their musical progress as a chapter or era, piss off and learn how to spell, its cool with a c

[Regression]

koolfoolinapool wrote:

I hate bands that work on gimmicks.

they have "chapters"?

that is so gay. it should be about the music.

that's just like KISS. The unmasked era and the painting era and all that crap.
So gay dude.

It is about the music, The Black Parade was a different approach to music though so they wanted to separate it from there other music. They don't plan on moving in that direction in the future, it's sort of like having a side project but not quite so much side. And btw, don't say it's all about the music, every band has an 'image'. Death metal and how they are vikings, kill goats and burn down churches. Rap and the bling or the oversized shirts. Even if a band doesnt have the stereotypical image they have some image. Oh and concerts are so much better when they have lots of pyrotechnics, so it's also about the performance.

[hiddeninromance]

koolfoolinapool wrote:

I hate bands that work on gimmicks.

they have "chapters"?

that is so gay. it should be about the music.

that's just like KISS. The unmasked era and the painting era and all that crap.

So gay dude.

urm that was meant figuratevly...
you know one album over lets go onto the next...
you must of heard that expression :S

[SlashNX]

was there a little bit more money to be squeezed out of the album then?

checked.

[freddie4280]

I love MCR.. I like all of their stuff... old and new!

[patton1991]

no one noticed they were dressed as adam an the ants

[Twisted Wishes]

j-boy199 wrote:

I thought billy talent was supporting?

I was thinking the same thing then.
I was also expecting every comment to be similar to 'Waste of time MCR suck balls' etc.

Im glad theyre ending it, ive heard theyre going back to their old, heavier stuff. So it should be good.
Hopefully with all the members this time

[nickrawkz1]

i loved the black parade and i loved the other two albums equally. they were just different. but they still had the same awesomeness level. but yea, can't wait for something new. especially since they added on a new member.

[ajhell_vhert]

GO BACK TO PHILIPPINES

[LesPauldude667]

STOP LISTENING TO MRC, GO LISTEN TO AUGUST BURNS RED OR PROTEST THE HERO RIGHT NOW!!!!!

[FranKLynn]

LesPauldude667 wrote:

STOP LISTENING TO MRC, GO LISTEN TO AUGUST BURNS RED OR PROTEST THE HERO RIGHT NOW!!!!!

MCR, buddy, and no, screw you.

[RedX12]

its gonna rule

[greggforshure]

LesPauldude667 wrote:

STOP LISTENING TO MRC, GO LISTEN TO AUGUST BURNS RED OR PROTEST THE HERO RIGHT NOW!!!!!

i do listen to protest the hero.
and MCR is one of my favorite bands.

its called having a wide ranged musical interest. :]
unlike many of the people on here.

just saying. no offense or anything.
PTH is a really amazing band as well.


buttt, i'm excited i get to see my boys at Madison Square Garden with Taking Back Sunday.

this will be my second time seeing MCR and third for TBS and they have never let me down :]

its a good way to end TPB and i'm ready for the new stuff to come along.

[LesPauldude667]

lol geez sorry everyone , just saying you know mcr has had sooooo so so much attention that protest and very skilled bands liek august burns red and kinda being put in the shadows, liek they need some more attention, pth luke hoskin's guitar work crushes ray's any day im not gonna lie, you can go look for yourself, but still my chem is still in the spotlight...

[Seto-Blade]

Actually, Ray is one of the better guitarists of today.
Compared to a lot of bands out there, he's really incredible and in all honesty is way better than Luke Hoskin.

[Ameyia Rowan]

"The theatrical alt-rockers have tacked on second nights in Portland, OR; Chicago; Detroit and Philadelphia."

Does that mean that MCR will do a concert 2 times in those cities, or do they mean that they will just be in those cities for 1 extra day?

Please let me know!!

[MCRluver!4 lyf.]

oh man i cant believe i missed the Uk tour last year
i cried when i found out.
i

[Amy_Lee]

^ I went to that UK tour. Or are you talking about the November one?

And yeah, thank god they're flatlining TBP.

[i_r_guitar]

i'm really in between with this band they are a bunch of emo man humpers but i do like some of their stuff, a couple riffs here and there and occasionally a song or two, i dont know wether to like them or not