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My Chemical Romance on Tour
During the 2000s and early '10s, few rock bands displayed more concert power than My Chemical Romance, also colloquially known as MCR. The New Jersey emo-punk group was a ferocious live act full of intensity: Frontman Gerard Way was mesmerizing in the way he used dramatic, heart-on-sleeve gestures and vocal flourishes, while his bandmates slashed through songs like a powerful garage-rock band full of aggressive energy. During the peak of their popularity, My Chemical Romance toured with a who's-who of rock and punk bands, including Rise Against, Thursday and Alkaline Trio. In 2005, the band performed on the inaugural Taste of Chaos tour, opened for Green Day and co-headlined the Warped Tour. Two years later, My Chemical Romance appeared on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour alongside acts such as Placebo and Taking Back Sunday. Headlining gigs at festivals such as Reading and Leeds also followed in subsequent years.
In 2019, My Chemical Romance reunited after a six-year break, booking a show in Los Angeles that sold out immediately, plus 2020 festival appearances in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. MCR is on tour again in 2020 with dates across the U.S.
My Chemical Romance in Concert
My Chemical Romance formed in the early ‘00s with a lineup featuring brothers Gerard and Mikey Way — who sing and play bass, respectively — as well as guitarists Frank Iero and Ray Toro. After releasing their debut album, 2002's I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, via small label Eyeball Records, the band inked a major-label deal with Reprise Records.
The 2004 album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge established My Chemical Romance as a commercial force, as both "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena" were MTV and alternative radio hits. The Queen- and classic rock–inspired 2006 concept album The Black Parade expanded their audience further — "Welcome to the Black Parade" even hit No. 1 on the modern rock chart — and introduced a theatrical element to the band, manifested in tailored costumes. Four years later, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys touched on an eclectic mix of sounds, including glam rock and synth-heavy pop.
How to describe the best concert experience ever? MCR rocked from the second they appeared on stage until Mikey plucked the last chord on his awesome bass! DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW if you have any love for rock music! Get lots of sleep before you go and be prepared to be totally exhausted when you leave. It'll be the rockinest night you'll remember for a lifetime!
Great venue with a great band- I took in a bunch of 15 year olds & they had a great time!!
The entire show was great, beginning to end, all the bands sounded great. My Chem was point on and sounded amazing.... They blew the doors off the place
The lines were long and the night was cold but once MCR hit the first note, that was all forgotten and energy filled the room. The show got off to a slow start with Fifteen Fleeting. Gaslight Anthem started to hype up the crowd a little bit more, but once the true reason why we were all there came out, My Chemical Romance, everything just exploded with excitement! They play songs from Revenge, Black Parade and of course Danger Days. All in all a great performance by MCR! There are truly amazing!
Weird but delightful combo. The Gaslight Anthem is awesome as is MCR.
Gaslight Anthem was tremendous as usual mixing in a lot of songs from their first album Sink or Swim. My Chemical Romance also did a great job mixing in old with the new. Although the show was a lot of fun, it's a shame to see someone like Gaslight at such a large venue where you can get as good of a vibe/feel for the music as you would at other NYC venues. All in all was a good show.
Roseland Ballroom was the place to be on Dec. 3rd 2010. The highly anticipated My Chemical Romance show had sold out in just 5 hours the day tickets went on sale. The line outside the venue started to form two days in advance to the show, “killjoys” eager to be right up front and center stage to finally witness their favorite band perform again. My Chemical Romance, better known as “My Chem” or “MCR” was on a two and a half year long hiatus recording and perfecting the new and edgy punk-rock album “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”, the concept of the record was based on an idea vocalist and comic book writer Gerard Way came up with of radio transmissions heard from the year 2019 being told by fictional character “Dr. Death Defying” played by Steven Montano of the band Mindless Self Indulgence. My Chemical Romance is known for their over-the-top, dramatic and theatrical style of music. In addition, the band’s style is quite unpredictable, each one of the four album’s they put out in the ten years they’ve been around take on their own personality and are so different from each other which makes fans fall in love with each side of them, with that in mind no one knew what could be in store for the live performance but one thing for sure was that there was not one silent mouth in the whole ballroom when Dr. Death Defying walked onstage and spoke the words to the intro, “Look Alive, Sunshine” from the new album, then when newly pink-haired Gerard Way walked on stage the whole crowd erupted, and at that single moment it was official, My Chemical Romance owned that place for the next two hours. The band’s set was jam packed with 16 songs and two encores so that the energy never stopped. Not only did they play some new tracks such as “Na Na Na” and “The Only Hope For Me Is You” but the band also played all the crowd pleasers and fan favorites from other albums like songs “Teenagers” and “Welcome to the Black Parade” and their Bob Dylan cover “Desolation Row”. The chemistry between all members onstage was incredible, between Rhythm Guitarist, Frank Iero falling to the ground playing his heart out, Guitarist, Ray Toro ripping out solo after solo and Gerard running all over the stage putting every last drop of energy he had into the performance it showed that My Chemical Romance truly love what they do and play every show like it’s their last. It was also true that every single person in the crowd no matter where they were standing were lucky to be in attendance and after the show everyone had already begun to count down the days until My Chem play in New York again on April 22nd at Terminal 5.
The show kept to its schedule, the sound and lighting were both excellent, and the band performed to the back of the room - truly a feat in a venue as deep as Roseland.
It was my first time to Roseland Ballroom (I am from Ohio) and it was interesting to see all the history of the place. But the highlight of the night was MCR for sure. They sounded great but in particular had energy and enthusiasm like I haven't seen before. I saw the Black Parade about 7-9 times including once in England and MCR straight up a few times beyond that but don't recall so much energy. It was a great time and mighty impressive.
When a band releases a new album, usually the first shows are a roller coaster of ups and downs with the crowd politely listening to new music. Not so here! Friday's show was a constant cheer, dance, sing-along that left you wanting to start over again. The new album shined right along with the tried and true and the crowd was singing until they had nothing left. It's pretty unique to see a new album out for less than a month have such an amazing following already. Great great fun!
What a great show.. could have done with out the 2 hours of other bands palying before they came on and would have loved if they played a bit longer... other wise the show was awesome and the vibe in the room was grt
Nice small venue, MCR sounded great, played nice mix of old and new. GLA sounded great as well....
MCR came out with volume on high!!!! But I think this adversely affected their sound.....the band was so loud, it was difficult to hear Gerard throughout the show. My ears were ringing over a day later! And it wasn't the house sound because Gaslight Anthem went on before them and the singer was clear; they sounded a lot better than MCR. Although the mix/sound was horrible, MCR put on a good show.
Being at the concert was like coming home after you've been traveling for years. There was just so much energy and love and it was truly amazing. If anyone was even thinking about going, I would highly recommend it. You HAVE to see these boys:)
So, in conclusion, I have been to many shows over the years. My Chemical Romance was defiantly the best by far. There was loads of energy and passion. It was quiet the unforgettable experience. I would not mind at all seeing them again
the show was amazing and a great experience. good opening acts
The show MCR put on was unforgettable and amazing. They had fantastic stage presence, and kept the audience really engaged and entertained. I can't wait to see them again.
just one word can say how amazing it all was: FANTASTIC.
my chemical romance is amazing, no matter where you see them, or when.
it was their first show in over a year & a half & they still had it!!! they were sooooo amazing!!! it was incredible!!! best show i've ever ever been too!!!
