After performing The Black Parade album in its entirety at the most recent When We Were Young Festival, My Chemical Romance (Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and Mikey Way) will be celebrating The Black Parade this coming summer.
The seminal album was named one of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” The band will be performing the full album in only 10 cities across North America, produced by Live Nation, with each show featuring a different hand-selected artist as the opening act.
Watch the tour trailer below. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 15 at 10 AM, local time, here.
Tour dates and special guests:
July
11 - Seattle, WA - T-Mobile Park (with Violent Femmes)
19 - San Francisco, CA - Oracle Park (with 100 Gecs)
26 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium (with Wallows)
August
2 - Arlington, TX - Globe Life Field (with Garbage)
9 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium (with Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday)
15 - Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park (with Alice Cooper)
22 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre (with Pixies)
29 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field (with Devo)
September
7 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park (with IDLES)
13 - Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium (with Evanescence)
My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade:
Following the success of their independently released debut album and major label breakout sophomore album that has been certified 3x Platinum, My Chemical Romance skyrocketed into the mainstream with their 2006 album, The Black Parade, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Top Rock Albums and U.S. Top Tastemaker Albums charts. Its leading single, “Welcome To The Black Parade,” has been certified 5x Platinum, while the album itself has earned 4x Platinum status.
(Photo - Chapman Baehler)
