My Chemical Romance bringing album to life on tour
Rock band My Chemical Romance will kick off a North American arena tour February 22 in Manchester, N.H., in support of its current album, “The Black Parade.”
Dates are booked through March 16 in Reno, Nev., but more will be added to the itinerary. Support acts are Rise Against and Muse.
“We’re going to retain the essence of a rock show,” My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way told Billboard.com. It’s not going to be like seeing (Pink Floyd’s) ‘The Wall.’ It’s going to bring the music and the band and the record to life. It’s going to be theatrical without detracting from (the music); it’s not going to be surface over substance.”
Way added that My Chemical Romance will perform part of the show as the Black Parade, the circus-like alter ego it adopts on the new album. “We’re really focusing on being great performers, then the theatrics will come into play,” he said.
Before the North American dates, the band will head to Australia and New Zealand for the Big Day Out tour. The group is also already booked for the Bamboozle festival in early May in New Jersey.
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