My Chemical Romance returned to the stage last night for their first show in a year-and-a-half, bringing The Black Parade back to life along with a couple of massive singles to close.
It’s felt a looooong time since My Chemical Romance wrapped up their incredible global comeback tour, but last night (October 19) the New Jersey emo kings returned to the stage at When We Were Young.
At the first of two nights at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, the band – dressed smartly in all-black suits, rather than any marching band-type outfits – tore through their iconic 2006 album The Black Parade in full, as had previously been announced.
So, as well as the likes of mega-singles Welcome To The Black Parade, Teenagers and Famous Last Words, which we heard plenty on their original reunion run, that meant playing the likes of The End., The Sharpest Lives and Disenchanted for the first time in well over 15 years.
After the record, My Chem then also squeezed in a couple of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge bangers in the encore: I’m Not Okay (I Promise) and Helena to finish things up.
My Chemical Romance will headline When We Were Young again tonight (October 20) alongside Fall Out Boy, and then after that, their touring calendar is completely empty. C’mon, guys, we really want some more, please…
Via setlist.fm, check out the full WWWY run-through:
1. The End. (first time live since 2007)
2. Dead! (first time live since 2011)
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives (first time live since 2008)
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Don’t Love You (with new intro)
7. House Of Wolves
8. Cancer (with Kayleigh Goldsworthy) (first time with full band since 2006; new violin arrangement)
9. Mama (with Kayleigh Goldsworthy) (with new violin intro and outro)
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted (first time live since 2007)
13. Famous Last Words (new outro with Welcome To The Black Parade reprise)
14. Blood
Encore:
15. I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
16. Helena
