Tour by My Chemical Romance | |
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Start date | December 20, 2019 |
End date | March 26, 2023 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 72 |
My Chemical Romance concert chronology |
The Reunion Tour was a concert tour by American rock band My Chemical Romance. After a single reunion show in Los Angeles on December 20, 2019, a worldwide tour set to commence in 2020 was postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It commenced in May 2022, with legs in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Latin America.
On October 31, 2019, after a six-year hiatus, the band announced a reunion scheduled to be held as a one-off event in Los Angeles on December 20, 2019. [1] After tickets for the show sold out within minutes, and following a strong positive response to the news online, the band subsequently scheduled further reunion shows worldwide. Initial announcements centered on a run of summer festival shows in mainland Europe and three nights at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, followed by a further announcement of a North American tour. [2] [3]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the tour's 2020 shows, including the North American leg, were postponed to 2021. [4] On March 9, 2021, it was announced that the planned England performance in St Austell had been postponed. [5] The band announced in April 2021 that all of the remaining tour dates had been rescheduled for 2022. [6] An additional three tour dates in Australia were announced on May 23, 2021. [7]
The first date of the tour was sold out with an attendance of 5,113, garnering a total revenue of $1,451,745. [8]
Angie Piccirillo, a reporter from Consequence of Sound gave the December 20, 2019 performance a positive review, stating: "emo is alive and well in 2019. If you don’t believe it, you should have seen My Chemical Romance reunite on Friday night for their first show in seven years. The legendary emo rock band ended the decade with a literal 'bang', a 'one-night only' gig at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, where the scene smelled just like high school — except this time around, no one was under 21." [9] Other reporters from NME, Rolling Stone and Kerrang! who attended the performance had given the show positive reviews as well. [10] [11] [12]
The following set list is from the Los Angeles show on December 20, 2019. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour. [13]
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act(s) | Ref. |
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December 20, 2019 | Los Angeles | United States | Shrine Exposition Hall | Thursday [12] | [14] |
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act(s) | Ref. |
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May 16, 2022 | St. Austell | England | Eden Project | Frank Turner | [15] |
May 17, 2022 | LostAlone | [16] | |||
May 19, 2022 | Milton Keynes | Stadium MK | LostAlone Placebo Witch Fever | [17] | |
May 21, 2022 | Cassyette Barns Courtney Placebo | [18] | |||
May 22, 2022 | Charlotte Sands Starcrawler | [19] | |||
May 24, 2022 | Dublin | Ireland | Royal Hospital Kilmainham | Gayle Starcrawler | [20] |
May 25, 2022 | Gayle | [21] | |||
May 27, 2022 | Warrington | England | Victoria Park | Crawlers Frank Turner Starcrawler | [22] |
May 28, 2022 | Cardiff | Wales | Sophia Gardens | Funeral for a Friend LostAlone Starcrawler | [23] |
May 30, 2022 | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | Starcrawler | [24] |
June 1, 2022 | Paris | France | Accor Arena | [25] | |
June 2, 2022 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | [26] | |
June 4, 2022 [a] | Bologna | Italy | Arena Parco Nord | — | [27] |
June 6, 2022 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | Starcrawler | [28] |
June 7, 2022 | Budapest | Hungary | Budapest Park | Barns Courtney | [29] |
June 9, 2022 | Warsaw | Poland | Letnia Scena Progresji | Karin Ann Barns Courtney | |
June 11, 2022 [b] | Prague | Czechia | O2 Arena | Manon Meurt Eclipse | |
June 12, 2022 | Berlin | Germany | Velodrom | Creeper | |
June 14, 2022 | Stockholm | Sweden | Gröna Lund | — | |
June 17, 2022 [c] | Bonn | Germany | Rheinaue | Creeper | |
June 18, 2022 [c] | |||||
August 20, 2022 | Oklahoma City | United States | Paycom Center | Coheed and Cambria Dilly Dally | [29] |
August 21, 2022 | San Antonio | AT&T Center | Dilly Dally Turnstile | ||
August 23, 2022 | Nashville | Bridgestone Arena | |||
August 24, 2022 | Cincinnati | Heritage Bank Center | |||
August 26, 2022 | Raleigh | PNC Arena | Soul Glo Turnstile | ||
August 27, 2022 | Elmont | UBS Arena | The Bouncing Souls Ghösh | ||
August 29, 2022 | Philadelphia | Wells Fargo Center | Devil Master | ||
August 30, 2022 | Albany | MVP Arena | Meg Myers Waterparks | ||
September 1, 2022 | Uncasville | Mohegan Sun Arena | |||
September 2, 2022 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre | ||
September 4, 2022 | Toronto | Scotiabank Arena | |||
September 5, 2022 | |||||
September 7, 2022 | Boston | United States | TD Garden | Badflower Thursday | |
September 8, 2022 | |||||
September 10, 2022 | New York | Barclays Center | |||
September 11, 2022 | The Lemon Twigs Thursday | ||||
September 13, 2022 | Detroit | Little Caesars Arena | |||
September 15, 2022 | Saint Paul | Xcel Energy Center | The Homeless Gospel Choir Thursday | ||
September 16, 2022 [d] | Chicago | Douglass Park | — | ||
September 18, 2022 [e] | Alpharetta | Ameris Bank Amphitheatre | 100 gecs | [30] | |
September 20, 2022 | Newark | Prudential Center | The Homeless Gospel Choir Thursday | [29] | |
September 21, 2022 | The Homeless Gospel Choir Midtown | ||||
September 23, 2022 [f] | Dover | The Woodlands | — | ||
September 24, 2022 | Sunrise | FLA Live Arena | The Homeless Gospel Choir Midtown | ||
September 27, 2022 | Houston | Toyota Center | Devil Master Midtown | ||
September 28, 2022 | Dallas | American Airlines Center | |||
September 30, 2022 | Denver | Ball Arena | Taking Back Sunday Youth Code | ||
October 2, 2022 | Portland | Moda Center | |||
October 3, 2022 | Tacoma | Tacoma Dome | Kimya Dawson Taking Back Sunday | ||
October 5, 2022 | Oakland | Oakland Arena | Surfbort Taking Back Sunday | ||
October 7, 2022 | Paradise | T-Mobile Arena | Taking Back Sunday Youth Code | ||
October 8, 2022 [g] | Sacramento | Discovery Park | — | [31] | |
October 11, 2022 | Inglewood | Kia Forum | Taking Back Sunday Youth Code | [29] | |
October 12, 2022 | The Regrettes Shannon and the Clams | ||||
October 14, 2022 | Meg Myers Nothing | ||||
October 15, 2022 | The Homeless Gospel Choir Thursday | ||||
October 17, 2022 | Midtown Waterparks | ||||
October 23, 2022 [h] | Winchester | Las Vegas Festival Grounds | — | ||
October 29, 2022 [h] | |||||
November 18, 2022 [i] | Mexico City | Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | White Lies | [32] |
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act(s) | Ref. |
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March 11, 2023 | Auckland | New Zealand | The Outer Fields | Lips Miss June Goodnight Nurse | [33] |
March 13, 2023 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Jimmy Eat World | |
March 14, 2023 | |||||
March 16, 2023 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |||
March 17, 2023 | |||||
March 19, 2023 | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena | |||
March 20, 2023 | |||||
March 25, 2023 [j] | Chiba | Japan | Makuhari Messe | — | [29] |
March 26, 2023 [j] | Osaka | Intex Osaka |
Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason | Ref. |
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March 20, 2020 [k] | Ascot Vale | Australia | Melbourne Showgrounds | COVID-19 pandemic | [34] |
March 21, 2020 [k] | Sydney | The Domain | |||
March 25, 2020 | Auckland | New Zealand | The Outer Fields | [35] | |
July 1, 2020 | Sopron | Hungary | Volt Festival | [36] | |
June 16, 2022 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Ice Palace | Russian invasion of Ukraine | [37] |
June 17, 2022 [l] | Moscow | Luzhniki Olympic Complex | |||
June 19, 2022 [m] | Kyiv | Ukraine | Sky Family Park | ||
September 18, 2022 [n] | Atlanta | United States | Piedmont Park | Gun laws in Georgia | [38] |
October 22, 2022 [o] | Winchester | Las Vegas Festival Grounds | High wind warning | [39] |
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