The Black Parade World Tour
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| The Black Parade World Tour | ||
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| Ad for the tour | ||
| Tour by My Chemical Romance | ||
| Start date | February 22, 2007 | |
| End date | May 22, 2007 (currently) | |
| Legs | 3 (so far) | |
| Shows | 62 | |
| My Chemical Romance tour chronology | ||
| Revenge Headlining Tour | The Black Parade World Tour | |
The Black Parade World Tour is a concert tour to support My Chemical Romance's third album The Black Parade. The show will currently feature 60 shows worldwide.
Rise Against is the support act on the first leg of the tour in the United States, which began February 22, 2007 in Manchester, New Hampshire, and ends on March 16 in Reno, Nevada. The band will then take the show to Europe for a span of 15 shows with band Thursday. The band will then return to North America for more shows in the US and Canada with Muse as the opening act.
James Dewees, of Reggie and the Full Effect is the keyboardist for the tour and appears in costume like the other five members, leading some to believe he is a permanent member of the band, although he does not appear in the My Chemical Romance portion of the show, only The Black Parade set.
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[edit] Tour dates
[edit] First leg - United States
[edit] Second leg - Europe (The UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark)
| Date | City | Country | Venue | ||
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| March 20, 2007 | Plymouth | United Kingdom | Plymouth Pavilions | ||
| March 21, 2007 | Brighton | United Kingdom | Brighton Centre | ||
| March 22, 2007 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Birmingham NIA | ||
| March 24, 2007 | Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester Evening News Arena | ||
| March 25, 2007 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | Cardiff International Arena | ||
| March 26, 2007 | Nottingham | United Kingdom | Nottingham Arena | ||
| March 27, 2007 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | ||
| March 29, 2007 | London | United Kingdom | Wembley Arena | ||
| March 30, 2007 | London | United Kingdom | Wembley Arena | ||
| April 1, 2007 | Dublin | Ireland | RDS | ||
| April 3, 2007 | Cologne | Germany | Palladium | ||
| April 4, 2007 | Paris | France | Elysée Montmarte | ||
| April 6, 2007 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle | ||
| April 7, 2007 | Hamburg | Germany | Sporthalle | ||
| April 9, 2007 | Malmö | Sweden | Baltiska Hallen | ||
| April 10, 2007 | Copenhagen | Denmark | KB Hallen | ||
The band also played at KoKo, London on April 2nd, as an exclusive Radio 1 private gig, for ticket winners only. The last six shows on this leg, in Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark, were stripped down shows that featured an abridged setlist and no theatrics.
[edit] Third leg - United States and Canada
The band is also playing:
EdgeFest in Dallas, Texas on April 15th;
Universal's Grad Bash in Orlando, Florida on April 20th - 21st;
The Bamboozle Music Festival on May 5th in New Jersey;
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Virgin Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 20th
These dates are special festival appearances and are therefore not part of The Black Parade spectacle.
[edit] Theatrics
The band's stage show includes a variety of theatrical elements. As the concert begins, the lights are darkened, and a large curtain secludes the stage from view. Then, lead singer Gerard Way is wheeled out in front of the curtain on a hospital gurney, complete with fake IV, and sings the opening track of The Black Parade, The End. When the loud, blasting chorus chimes in, the singer's hospital gown is ripped off, revealing his black marching band uniform. Then the curtain is opened to reveal the remainder of the band, also in full costume. The rest of the show includes fog, confetti cannons, stage mounted spotlights, "boom cannons" and the band's first use of pyrotechnics in a show. After finishing the entire album in order, the curtains close during a brief intermission. The curtains open again with a reduced stage featuring only a Revenge-style backdrop with simpler outfits.
[edit] Stage
The stage during the Black Parade mimics album artwork. The stage is set up exactly like an image from the artwork featuring the band and all the characters, with curtains with a starry design on the left and right, a large city skyline backdrop (from the Welcome to the Black Parade music video), and a large house structure. Bob Bryar's drums are set up on a large rotating platform, which features two kits in different setups and different designs on the bass drum. On the left side of the stage is a small platform which houses a spotlight Gerard uses at one point during the show. On the opposite side is James Dewees's keyboards. Huge black curtains are opened at the beginning of the show and remain drawn back during the performances. Finally, a clock hangs at the roof of the stage, although it is only for decoration and is not used during the show.
[edit] Setlist
The band's performance is divided into two parts. First, they perform The Black Parade album from start to finish as their alter ego, The Black Parade. After a short intermission (with the track, "Blood," played over the speakers), the band return as My Chemical Romance to play a number of songs from Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.
As The Black Parade:
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"
14. "Blood" (recording)
As My Chemical Romance:
15. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
16. "It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's A Deathwish"
17. "Cemetery Drive"
18. "The Ghost Of You"
19. "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
20. "Thank You For The Venom"
21. "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"
22. "Helena"
