Long Live The Black Parade Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Long Live The Black Parade
Artist:My Chemical Romance
Location:North America
Start Date:July 11, 2025
End Date:September 13, 2025
Number Of Legs:1
Number Of Shows:11
Last Tour:My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour
(2019–2023)
This Tour:Long Live The Black Parade
(2025)
Next Tour:...

Long Live The Black Parade is an upcoming concert tour by American rock band My Chemical Romance, in celebration of their third studio album The Black Parade (2006). It was announced on November 12, 2024, following the band's performance at When We Were Young 2024, and will feature The Black Parade played in its entirety. The tour is set to begin on July 11, 2025 in Seattle, and conclude on September 13 in Tampa that same year. There will be a total of eleven shows, most of which will take place at Major League Baseball stadiums. All of the shows will feature a unique opening act, such as Evanescence and 100 gecs.

Background and history

In 2006, My Chemical Romance released their third studio album, The Black Parade (2006). The album was a critical and commercial success, going on to be certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA, as well as being listed as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[1] The album was supported by a concert tour that began on February 22, 2007,[2] where the band would play the album in its entirety[3] as the "Black Parade", an alter-ego band that the album was named after.[4] They played as the Black Parade alter-ego until the tours final show on October 24, 2007, when the alter-ego was killed off.[5] On October 19 and 20, 2024, My Chemical Romance headlined the When We Were Young festival, where they performed The Black Parade in its entirety for the first time since 2007.[6] It also marked the first time that several songs from The Black Parade, such as "Disenchanted" and "Dead!", had been performed live in over a decade.[7]

On November 11, 2024, the band posted a teaser image on their Instagram page, depicting the skyline of a white city with pieces of confetti floating around, with the letters KCR arranged in a new logo. The post also had the caption "If you could be anything, what would you be?". The teaser image generated fan speculation, due to it being unclear what exactly it was alluding to. Many drew connections between the image and My Chemical Romance's scrapped fifth album, The Paper Kingdom, and believed that the teaser was hinting towards the release of new music from the band, including the completed version of that album.[8] [9]

The day after the teaser was posted, My Chemical Romance announced the Long Live The Black Parade tour. Ten shows across North America were announced, spanning across 2025;[10] most of the shows will take place at Major League Baseball stadiums. During the tour, My Chemical Romance is set to perform the entirety of The Black Parade, with each date having a unique opening act (e.g. Evanescence, 100 gecs).[11] [12] Tickets went on sale on November 15, 2024.[13] Within a few hours, all tickets to each show had sold out, leading to the band scheduling a second date in Los Angeles due to high demand.[14]

The band also released a teaser trailer when announcing the tour,[15] [16] [17] which features a dictator walking out onto a balcony to a cheering crowd in a white-colored dystopian city.[18] The description of the trailer references the time that had passed since the last appearance of the Black Parade alter-ego, which has since become labeled as "His Grand Immortal Dictator's National Band". It also describes the tour as the Black Parade's "work privilege [being] ceremoniously reinstated," allowing for it to celebrate the culture and achievements of a fictional dictatorship known as Draag. Since the initial trailer, the band has posted further videos and images under cryptic titles, such as "Opera" and "Good Boy".[19]

Tour dates

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CityCountryVenueOpening acts<--! scope="col" style="width:10em;" Attendance-->Revenue-->
July 11SeattleUnited StatesT-Mobile ParkViolent Femmes
July 19San FranciscoOracle Park100 gecs
July 26Los AngelesDodger StadiumWallows
July 27
August 2ArlingtonGlobe Life FieldGarbage
August 9East RutherfordMetLife StadiumDeath Cab for Cutie
Thursday
August 15PhiladelphiaCitizens Bank ParkAlice Cooper
August 22TorontoCanadaRogers CentrePixies
August 29ChicagoUnited StatesSoldier FieldDevo
September 7BostonFenway ParkIdles
September 13TampaRaymond James StadiumEvanescence

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blabbermouth . 2024-11-12 . MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Announces Summer 2025 North American Stadium Tour . 2024-11-12 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
  2. Web site: Punknews.org . 2006-12-18 . Tours: My Chemical Romance / Rise Against . 2024-11-12 . www.punknews.org . en.
  3. Web site: REVIEWER . Scott McLennan Telegram & Gazette . My Chemical Romance parades into DCU Center . 2024-11-12 . The Worcester Telegram & Gazette . en-US.
  4. Web site: Thompson . Ed . March 21, 2007 . My Chemical Romance Bring Ostentatious Behavior To The Masses . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401211242/http://music.ign.com/articles/774/774079p1.html . April 1, 2012 . July 18, 2008 . IGN.
  5. Web site: Phares . Heather . The Black Parade Is Dead! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215205558/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-black-parade-is-dead%21-mw0000788716 . February 15, 2024 . July 18, 2008 . AllMusic.
  6. Georgi . Maya . 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance Revive 'The Black Parade' for 2025 Tour . 2024-11-12 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  7. Web site: Scarlett . Liz . 2024-10-21 . Watch My Chemical Romance play The Black Parade album in full at When We Were Young festival . 2024-11-12 . louder . en.
  8. Web site: 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance Tease Mysterious Graphic, Fans Speculate Release Of Scrapped Final Album 'The Paper Kingdom' . 2024-11-12 . Stereogum . en.
  9. Web site: 2024-11-11 . Out of nowhere, My Chemical Romance have just started teasing… . 2024-11-12 . Kerrang! . en.
  10. Web site: 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance to perform The Black Parade on 2025 stadium tour . 2024-11-12 . Consequence . en.
  11. Web site: 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance returns with 'The Black Parade' tour . 2024-11-12 . AP News . en.
  12. Web site: Galiher . Stephen Andrew . 2024-11-13 . My Chemical Romance Are Reviving 'The Black Parade' for 2025 Tour . 2024-11-13 . VICE . en-US.
  13. Web site: Horowitz . Steven J. . 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance Announces 'The Black Parade' 2025 Tour With Openers Death Cab for Cutie, Pixies and More . 2024-11-12 . Variety . en-US.
  14. Web site: Duran . Anagricel . 2024-11-19 . My Chemical Romance 2025 North American stadium tour sells out in hours, with 365,000 tickets sold . 2024-11-20 . NME . en-GB.
  15. News: Adams . Gregory . November 12, 2024 . MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE announce 'Black Parade' tour with EVANESCENCE, ALICE COOPER and more . Revolver.
  16. Web site: Brannigan . Paul . 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance announce stadium tour to play their classic album The Black Parade in full, with Alice Cooper, Devo, Evanescence, Pixies among special guests . 2024-11-13 . louder . en.
  17. Web site: Robinson . KiMi . My Chemical Romance will perform 'The Black Parade' in full during 2025 tour: See dates . 2024-11-13 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  18. My Chemical Romance - "Long Live": The Black Parade North American Tour . 2024-11-12 . My Chemical Romance . 2024-11-13 . YouTube.
  19. Web site: Burton . Poppy . 2024-11-15 . Fans think My Chemical Romance's latest teasers go beyond 'The Black Parade' tour . 2024-11-15 . NME . en-GB.