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The Black Parade World Tour
Tour by My Chemical Romance
Associated albumThe Black Parade
Start dateFebruary 22, 2007
End dateMay 9, 2008
My Chemical Romance concert chronology

The Black Parade World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band My Chemical Romance in support of their third studio album, The Black Parade (2006). The tour began on February 22, 2007 in Manchester, New Hampshire and concluded on May 9, 2008, in New York City. Shows during the tour spanned across six different continents, ranging from cities such as the aforementioned New York City to Buenos Aires and Moscow.

For most of the tour, My Chemical Romance would play The Black Parade in it's entirety dressed up as an alter-ego band named after the album. After playing the album in its entirety, the band would then play a selection of songs from their previous albums. The concerts often saw extensive use of pyrotechnics, and also featured blimps that would rise over the stage. Shows throughout the tour would follow this format until October 7, 2007, when the "Black Parade" persona was "killed off" in Mexico City. After that point, the band would no longer play the album in it's entirety, but would continue to support it through other miscellaneous shows.

The tour received positive reviews from journalists, with Kerrang! ranking it among the best concert tours of all time in 2021.

Background and development

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My Chemical Romance released their third studio album, The Black Parade, on October 23, 2006 through Reprise Records.[1] A concept album, it centers around a man dying from cancer, known as "the Patient", who reflects upon his life as he nears his death,[2] which is presented to him in the form of his fondest childhood memory: seeing a marching band.[3] This also led to the creation of an alter-ego band named after the album, simply titled "The Black Parade".[4] To promote the album, My Chemical Romance would perform around 60 standalone shows throughout 2006.[5]

On December 18, 2006, My Chemical Romance announced the first leg of the Black Parade World Tour, consisting 17 dates at stadiums throughout the United States.[6] Around the same time, a set of dates for the United Kingdom were announced.[7] A second leg with 18 more dates was announced on February 1, 2007, with all set in the United States except for one show in Vancouver.[8] Shortly afterwards, 7 stops at Canadian cities were announced.[9] The tour continued to announce more and more dates, eventually concluding on May 9, 2008 with their performance at the Madison Square Garden.[5] By the end of the tour, the band had played nearly two-hundred shows in the span of about 400 days across the world, ranging from cities such as Buenos Aires to Moscow.[5]

On October 7, 2007, My Chemical Romance "killed off" the "Black Parade" persona at their performance at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.[10] While the tour continued beyond this point until the aforementioned performance at the Madison Square Garden, the band would no longer perform as "The Black Parade", nor would they play the album in its entirety.[10] This date was the initial planned conclusion of the whole tour, although with the continued commercial success of The Black Parade, which by then had become a cultural phenomenon, the band felt that they would have to continue playing.[11] The continuation of the tour was also connected to frontman Gerard Way's desire to play a "dream show", specifically in reference to the Madison Square Garden date.[11] The performance in Mexico City was recorded and released as the live album The Black Parade Is Dead! in 2008.[12]

Throughout the course of the tour, the band suffered extreme burnout and sustained several injuries and illnesses. These ranged from depression to food poisoning.[11] Consequentially, several dates of the tour were cancelled, and specific members had to be replaced temporarily. Six shows were cancelled from April 29, 2007, to May 4, 2007, after the band and crew contracted food poisoning.[13] On January 11, 2007, Frank Iero left the tour because of an unspecified illness, being replaced by Drive By guitarist Todd Price.[14] Drummer Bob Bryar sustained wrist injuries at one point which evolved into carpal tunnel syndrome.[11] Additionally, bassist Mikey Way took time off to get married and spend time with his new wife, Alicia Simmons, and was replaced by guitar tech Matt Cortez from April 18, 2007, until October 4, 2007.[15]

Concert synopsis

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This synopsis accounts for the performances of the Black Parade World Tour up until October 7, 2007.
The stage design for the shows (left) was based on the setting of the "Welcome to the Black Parade" music video, and pyrotechnics would be used during the show on certain songs (right).

Each night of the Black Parade World Tour would begin with Gerard Way being wheeled onto the stage via gurney dressed up as "The Patient", before singing the opening lines of the album's opening song "The End."[16] From there, the song would fully begin and Gerard would formally introduce the band's "Black Parade" persona.[16][4] The band would then play through The Black Parade in it's entirety.[16][4] The stage design during the shows was reminiscent of the city skyline present in the music video for "Welcome to the Black Parade".[16] During the performance of the aforementioned song, black and white blimps would emerge from each side of the stage,[17] and pyrotechnics would be used throughout the show on certain songs such as "Mama".[17] After about sixty minutes of playing,[18] the concert would reach the final song on the album, "Famous Last Words", where the pyrotechnics would go off once more and sparks would engulf the stage.[4]

After that songs conclusion, the band would leave the stage for a brief intermission,[17] where the album's secret track "Blood" would play off of a tape recording.[16] Shortly afterwards, My Chemical Romance would return to the stage "as themselves", ditching the "Black Parade" persona in favor of attire reminiscent to their outfits from their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge era;[17] the backdrop of the stage would be replaced by simply the word "revenge" in all caps.[17] From there, they would play a selection of their greatest hits from their previous studio albums, such as "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "The Ghost of You", and others. After playing through a selection of their previous songs for about thirty minutes,[19] the band would then conclude the concert with "Helena".[20]

Critical reception

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The Black Parade World Tour was met with positive reviews from several journalists, such as Thompson Ed of IGN,[4] Scott McLennan of Telegram & Gazette,[21] a writer of NME,[17] and Neva Chonin of SFGate.[18] In 2021, David McLaughlin of Kerrang! said that the Black Parade World Tour was one of the ten best concert tours of all time.[22]

Standard set list

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The below set list is based on the shows that occurred on and prior to October 7, 2007. It is not representative of all shows in the tour

"The Black Parade"[23][24]

  1. "The End."
  2. "Dead!"
  3. "This is How I Disappear"
  4. "The Sharpest Lives"
  5. "Welcome to the Black Parade"
  6. "I Don't Love You"
  7. "House of Wolves"
  8. "Cancer"
  9. "Mama"
  10. "Sleep"
  11. "Teenagers"
  12. "Disenchanted"
  13. "Famous Last Words"

My Chemical Romance / Encore[5][24]

  1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
  2. "It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Fucking Deathwish"
  3. "Cemetery Drive"
  4. "The Ghost of You"
  5. "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
  6. "I Don't Love You"
  7. "Thank You For The Venom"
  8. "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
  9. "Helena"

Tour dates

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Shows in 2007
Date (2007) City Country Venue Ref.
February 22 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena [6]
February 23 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
February 24 Hartford New England Dodge Music Center
February 25 Philadelphia Liacouras Center
February 26 Cleveland Wolstein Center
February 28 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
March 1 Rosemont Allstate Arena
March 2 Topeka Kansas Expocentre
March 3 Lincoln Pershing Center
March 4 Denver Magness Arena
March 6 West Valley City E Center
March 7 Las Vegas Orleans Arena
March 9 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
March 10 Inglewood The Forum
March 11 Anaheim Anaheim Convention Center
March 13 San Diego iPay One Center
March 14 Fresno Selland Arena
March 15 Oakland Oracle Arena
March 16 Reno Lawlor Convention Center
March 20, 2007 Plymouth England Plymouth Pavilions [7]
March 21, 2007 Brighton Brighton Centre
March 22, 2007 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
March 24, 2007 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
March 25, 2007 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
March 26, 2007 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
March 27, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
March 29, 2007 London England Wembley Arena
April 1, 2007 Dublin Ireland Royal Dublin Society
April 3, 2007 Cologne Germany Palladium1
April 4, 2007 Paris France Élysée Montmartre1
April 6, 2007 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle1
April 7, 2007 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle1
April 9, 2007 Malmö Sweden Baltiska Hallen1
April 10, 2007 Copenhagen Denmark K.B. Hallen1
April 14, 2007 Houston United States Reliant Arena [8]
April 15, 2007 Frisco Pizza Hut Park
April 16, 2007 San Antonio AT&T Center
April 18, 2007 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
April 19, 2007 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
April 22, 2007 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
April 24, 2007 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
April 25, 2007 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 26, 2007 Charlotte Cricket Arena
April 27, 2007 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
April 28, 2007 Williamsburg William & Mary Hall
April 29, 2007 State College Bryce Jordan Center2
May 1, 2007 Columbus Nationwide Arena2
May 2, 2007 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center2
May 3, 2007 Glens Falls Glens Falls Civic Center2
May 4, 2007 Reading Sovereign Center2
May 5, 2007 East Rutherford The Bamboozle
May 6, 2007 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center2
May 8, 2007 Worcester DCU Center
May 9, 2007 Montreal Canada Bell Centre [9]
May 10, 2007 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
May 11, 2007 Toronto Air Canada Centre
May 12, 2007 London John Labatt Centre
May 15, 2007 Winnipeg MTS Centre
May 16, 2007 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
May 17, 2007 Edmonton Rexall Place
May 18, 2007 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
May 20, 2007 Vancouver Virgin Festival [8]
May 21, 2007 Seattle United States WaMu Theatre
May 22, 2007 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 29, 2007 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
June 1, 2007 Nürburg Germany Rock am Ring
June 2, 2007 Nuremberg Rock im Park
June 3, 2007 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena
June 5, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
June 8, 2007 Castle Donington England Download Festival
June 11, 2007 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace
June 13, 2007 Moscow Luzhniki Palace of Sports
June 15, 2007 Venice Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival
June 16, 2007 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock Festival
June 17, 2007 London England Wembley Stadium
June 19, 2007 Paris France Zénith de Paris
June 20, 2007 Bordeaux Le Krakatoa
June 22, 2007 Bilbao Spain Bilbao BBK Live
June 23, 2007 Madrid Metrorock (summer festival)
June 24, 2007 Lisbon Portugal Coliseu dos Recreios
June 26, 2007 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz (concert venue)
June 28, 2007 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
June 30, 2007 Arendal Norway Hove Festival
July 1, 2007 Gothenburg Sweden Pier Pressure
July 3, 2007 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
July 4, 2007 Dresden Germany Ostragehege
July 6, 2007 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival
July 7, 2007 Kinross Scotland T in the Park
July 8, 2007 County Kildare Ireland Oxegen
October 4, 2007 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Coca-Cola
October 7, 2007 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
October 30, 2007 Bratislava Slovakia ŠH Pasienky
November 2, 2007 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
November 3, 2007 Milan Italy Palasharp
November 4, 2007 Zürich Switzerland Eulachhalle
November 6, 2007 Brussels Belgium Les Halles de Schaerbeek
November 7, 2007 Luxembourg Luxembourg Den Atelier
November 8, 2007 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
November 11, 2007 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
November 12, 2007 Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 13, 2007 Sheffield England Hallam FM Arena
November 15, 2007 London The O2 Arena
November 17, 2007 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
November 28, 2007 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 30, 2007 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 1, 2007 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
December 3, 2007 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
December 6, 2007 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
December 9, 2007 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Merdeka
December 11, 2007 Singapore Singapore Singapore Expo
December 14, 2007 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Center
Shows in 2008
Date (2008) City Country Venue Opening act(s)
January 20, 2008 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Quân khu 7 Stadium
January 22, 2008 Seoul South Korea Olympic Hall
January 25, 2008 Manila Philippines Fort Bonifacio Open Field-Taguig
January 27, 2008 Taipei Taiwan National Taiwan University Sports Center
January 29, 2008 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Expo
January 31, 2008 Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta Convention Center
February 12, 2008 Bogotá Colombia Simón Bolívar Park3
February 15, 2008 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Vivo Rio
February 17, 2008 Curitiba Hellooch
February 18, 2008 São Paulo Via Funchal
February 19, 2008
February 22, 2008 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry
February 24, 2008 Santiago Chile Arena Santiago
February 27, 2008 Caracas Venezuela Poliedro de Caracas
March 28, 2008 Tempe United States Tempe Beach Park Amphitheater
March 29, 2008 Tucson Rialto Theatre
March 30, 2008 Las Vegas The Joint
March 31, 2008
April 2, 2008 San Jose San Jose Civic Auditorium
April 3, 2008 San Francisco The Warfield
April 4, 2008
April 6, 2008 Irvine Bamboozle
April 8, 2008 Portland Crystal Ballroom
April 9, 2008
April 11, 2008 Magna Saltair
April 12, 2008 Mexico City Mexico Zero Fest
April 14, 2008 Denver United States The Fillmore Auditorium
April 15, 2008 Kansas City Memorial Hall
April 17, 2008 Chicago Congress Theater
April 18, 2008
April 19, 2008 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
April 20, 2008
April 22, 2008 Cleveland Agora Theatre
April 24, 2008 New Orleans House of Blues - New Orleans
April 25, 2008 Baton Rouge X-Fest @ Baton Rouge River Center
April 26, 2008 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 27, 2008 Frisco Pizza Hut Park
April 28, 2008 Austin Stubbs Amphitheatre
April 30, 2008 Birmingham Sloss Furnaces
May 2, 2008 Memphis Beale St. Festival
May 3, 2008 St. Louis The Pageant
May 4, 2008 Columbus Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
May 6, 2008 Philadelphia Electric Factory
May 7, 2008
May 9, 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden

References

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  3. ^ Martin, Dan. "My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade". NME. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2007.
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  5. ^ a b c d Bryant 2014, p. 208.
  6. ^ a b Punknews.org (2006-12-18). "Tours: My Chemical Romance / Rise Against". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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  10. ^ a b Bryant 2014, p. 224.
  11. ^ a b c d Bryant 2014, p. 225.
  12. ^ Bruce, Sophie (2008). "Review of My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade is Dead". BBC. Archived from the original on July 13, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  13. ^ "Food poisoning halts Muse tour". BBC. May 2, 2007. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
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  21. ^ McLennan, Scott. "My Chemical Romance parades into DCU Center". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
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