My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour

My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour

Tour by My Chemical Romance
Promotional poster
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Start date	December 20, 2019
End date	March 26, 2023
Legs	4
No. of shows	72
My Chemical Romance concert chronology
10th Annual Honda Civic Tour (2011) Reunion Tour (2019–2023) Long Live The Black Parade (2025–2026)

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.

History

Gerard Way and Ray Toro playing at the Shrine Exposition Hall on December 20, 2019.

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]

Reception

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]}

Set list

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]

1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
2. "Thank You for the Venom"
3. "Give 'Em Hell, Kid"
4. "House of Wolves"
5. "Summertime"
6. "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
7. "Make Room!!!!"
8. "Our Lady of Sorrows"
9. "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
10. "Sleep"
11. "Mama"
12. "I Don't Love You"
13. "DESTROYA"
14. "Teenagers"
15. "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W"
16. "Famous Last Words"
17. "The Kids from Yesterday"

    Encore

18. "Vampire Money"
19. "Helena"

    Encore 2

20. "Welcome to the Black Parade"

Tour dates

List of 2019 shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Ref.
December 20, 2019	Los Angeles	United States	Shrine Exposition Hall	Thursday [12]	[14]

List of 2022 shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Ref.
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]

List of 2023 shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Ref.
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] [ failed verification ]
March 26, 2023 [j]	Osaka		Intex Osaka

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason	Ref.
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]

Personnel

My Chemical Romance

• Frank Iero  – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ray Toro  – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Gerard Way  – lead vocals
• Mikey Way  – bass

Additional personnel

• Jarrod Alexander  – drums, percussion
• Jamie Muhoberac  – keyboards

References

Notes

1. The show on June 4, 2022 at Arena Parco Nord was part of Sonic Park Fest.
2. The June 11, 2022 show at O2 Arena Prague was part of Prague Rocks.
3. The June 17 and 18, 2022 shows at Rheinaue are part of Kunst!rasen Festival.
4. The September 16, 2022 show at Douglass Park was part of Riot Fest.
5. The September 18, 2022 show in Alpharetta was a replacement show for the now-cancelled Music Midtown in Atlanta.
6. The September 23, 2022 show at The Woodlands is part of Firefly Music Festival.
7. The October 8, 2022 show at Discovery Park was part of Aftershock Festival.
8. The October 23, and 29, 2022 shows at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds were part of When We Were Young.
9. The concert on November 18, 2022 was part of Corona Capital.
10. The March 25 and 26, 2023 shows in Japan were part of the Punkspring festival.
11. The concerts scheduled for March 20 and 21, 2020 in Australia would've been part of Download Festival Australia.
12. The June 17, 2022 show in Moscow would've been part of Park Live Festival.
13. The June 19, 2022 show in Kyiv would've been part of UPark Festival.
14. The September 18, 2022 show in Atlanta would've been part of the Music Midtown Festival.
15. The October 22, 2022 show in Winchester would've been part of When We Were Young.

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