My Chemical Romance kicked off their “Long Live: The Black Parade North American Tour” at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington on Friday (July 11th). The 11-date run, which is completely sold out after moving an impressive 350,000 tickets, features the band performing their beloved 2006 album The Black Parade in full at each stop.
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To start the show, MCR took the stage in updated versions of their signature marching band uniforms from The Black Parade era. They played the album front-to-back, reworking several songs with new, expanded arrangements. Among the reimagined tracks was “Mama,” with a newly added “dagger” outro that the band had previewed on social media earlier in the week. Kayleigh Goldsworthy joined the band on violin for both “Cancer” and “Mama,” and several tracks, including “Sleep,” featured extended new intros and outros.
Following the full-album performance, the band returned for a B-stage encore filled with fan favorites and deep cuts, including “I’m Not Okay (I Promise),” “Heaven Help Us,” “Bury Me in Black,” and “Helena.” The night also featured a haunting instrumental performance by cellist Clarice Jensen, who opened the encore with an atmospheric piece incorporating snippets of “An Offering.”
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The night also featured several highly theatrical moments involving frontman Gerard Way and the band, including holding a mock election in which audience members voted whether to “execute” four people by firing squad. At another point, Way was kidnapped by a clown. Fans have already begun to unpack the show’s undertones, with some interpreting the election sequence, for example, as a metaphor for the illusion of democracy.
Check out fan-capture footage of the concert, as well as the full setlist, below. Fans can look for tickets to MCR’s sold-out Black Parade concerts here.
Welcome to the Black Parade 💥 pic.twitter.com/G5a3X8zqtM
— MCR Updates (@gwayupdates) July 12, 2025
MAMA WITH NEW LYRICS 😱
“A Dagger, A Dagger, Please Fetch Me A Dagger”#MCRSeattle pic.twitter.com/DasAo2uzph— My Chemical Romance Updates 🪰 (@MCRupdates1) July 12, 2025
WHAT THE FUCK GERARD IS DEAD THEY KIDNAPPED MCR #mcrseattle pic.twitter.com/sbrCQQdKir
— ✞𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 (@AllWeRIsBulletz) July 12, 2025
BREAKING: MCR JUST MURKED WEEZER pic.twitter.com/EkJPDXDb0o
— Mykie 📿 IS SEEING MCR CHI🗡️ (@widowvalentines) July 12, 2025
My Chemical Romance’s Long Live: The Black Parade” Setlist:
The Black Parade
The End.
Dead!
This Is How I Disappear
The Sharpest Lives
Welcome to the Black Parade
I Don’t Love You
House of Wolves
Cancer (with Kayleigh Goldsworthy) (violin arrangement)
Mama (with Kayleigh Goldsworthy) (and a guest opera singer; with new “Dagger” outro)
Sleep (with extended new intro)
Teenagers
Disenchanted
Famous Last Words
The End. (reprise; with extended outro)
B-Stage
(Unknown) (Instrumental by Clarice Jensen on cello; includes snippets of “An Offering”)
I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
Our Lady of Sorrows
The Ghost of You
Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
Give ‘Em Hell, Kid
Planetary (GO!)
Heaven Help Us
Bury Me in Black
Vampires Will Never Hurt You
Helena
My Chemical Romance 2025 North American Tour Dates (Special Guests in Parentheses):
07/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park (100 gecs)
07/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dodger Stadium (Wallows)
07/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dodger Stadium (Wallows)
08/02 – Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field (Garbage)
08/09 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday)
08/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (Alice Cooper)
08/22 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (Pixies)
08/29 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (Devo)
09/07 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park (IDLES)
09/13 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium (Evanescence)
