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Performances from My Chemical Romance, as well as Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne are set to air as a part of NBC's New Year's Eve With Carson Daly special. The show will also feature an interview with U2 's Bono and The Edge. Earlier this month, My Chemical Romance fans were offered a chance to be at the taping of the MCR performance that will air, which was recorded on December 6 in NYC's Rockefeller Plaza. The program will begin at 10 p.m. EST on December 31. XoXo c. I'd like to make a note of apology for not keeping as updated as usual. My grandmother is currently very ill, and it's hard for me to keep a steady connection to the online world. Next week, I will return to my University home and things will be back on track. For now, I still am able to update Twitter quickly. I usually post MCR news as soon as I hear about it via my @PoisonAndFire account, or my @MyChemChat account. I hope your holidays have been great! UPDATE: Thursday, Janu...

December 15th’s My Chemical Romance show at the House of Blues in Chicago was the first MCR show for which I have ever not lined up at least somewhat early. I can’t say I enjoy that not-line-waiting sensation because I do so love waiting and meeting people and feeling like I’ve been through a battle to get to the front row of a crowd. Shows become war-zones and one must fight for his or her survival. However, after figuring out that my meet-and-greet with the band would take place as the doors opened for the show made me a long wait could be fruitless. However, there were many who braved the cold and who eventually got to wait inside for that amazing chance to see MCR up-close, including Paloma Pérez , 20, who flew in from New Mexico just for the show! The night before, my friend and I had scoped out the venue layout and asked some questions about lining up of the security staff working at the House of Blues. We were surprised to find lone Paloma waiting outside at about 9:30 p....

My Chemical Romance and Best Buy are offering fans $4 off Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys . For any fans who have yet to buy the album and are looking for a discount, all you need to do is "like" My Chemical Romance on Facebook , print the .PDF Best Buy coupon that appears and present it at the store when you check out! The offer lasts until this Wednesday, December 18. Not sure if you want the album? Check out my track-by-track [p]review . XoXo c. NOTE: the image that accompanies this post IS NOT the full coupon.

My Chemical Romance are set to perform tomorrow, December 11, at KROQ's 21st annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show in Universal City, California. However, fans who cannot attend the performance will also be able to watch the band perform through KROQ's Ustream channel . Tune in there tomorrow at 9:25 p.m. PST (12:25 a.m. EST) to watch MCR perform live! XoXo c.

Spike T.V.'s 2010 Video Game Awards will feature a performance from My Chemical Romance. The awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Spike tomorrow at 8 p.m. EST. The award show highlights the best in video games from the past year. My Chemical Romance's "Planetary (GO!)" from Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is featured as the lead track for the driving game Gran Turismo 5 . XoXo c.

My Chemical Romance have been doing many video interviews lately. A majority of them tend to cover topics I have already posted about here; so, I have not been posting them all individually. Here are some of the interviews the band has done recently to help you get caught up! Interviews found mostly from my personal bookmarks, but also thanks to: My Chemical Freak | You're Not In This Alone | Drinking Souls | @MCR_FANS -- for helping jog my memory! Often, I post links to such interviews on Twitter. You can follow me at: @PoisonAndFire or @MyChemChat to keep immediately updated on these smaller things! (Note: The 101.9 RXP interview immediately below plays automatically; so, if you hear voices and haven't pressed any buttons yet, that's why!) __ Source: 101.9 RXP Date: Early December Summary: 3-part interview. My Chemical Romance returns to their East Coast home turf to discuss what's going on in the band, how it feels to be home and see their familie...

UPDATE: December 6 @ 5:44 p.m. EST Billboard has now posted the archived footage from their My Chemical Romance Q&A: Part One: Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five In addition to these videos, fans can also see Billboard's behind-the-scenes footage from the interview by downloading the AT&T Code Scanner App and following the instructions at the top of this article . Billboard is also giving fans a chance to win an issue of Billboard magazine signed by the members of MCR. To enter, you must post the following exactly as-is on Twitter: RT @billboarddotcom Here's my entry to win an issue of Billboard Mag signed by @MCROfficial! #bbmcr Good luck!! Original Post from December 1 @ 2:30 p.m. EST Tomorrow, December 2, at 5:30 p.m. EST Billboard.com will broadcast a live Q&A session with My Chemical Romance. Fans can submit questions for the Q&A by sending them to @billboarddotcom on Twitter and adding the hashtag #bbmcr! Tune in to w...

Following the U.K. run of their 2011 World Contamination Tour, My Chemical Romance is set to tour Europe's mainland. The European dates were announced on the band's website today, and are as follows: Sat, February 26 - Tilburg, Netherlands @ O13 More information Sun, February 27 - Cologne, Germany @ Palladium More information Tue, March 1 - Paris, France @ Le Casino de Paris More information Thurs, March 3 - Toulouse, France @ Le Bikini More information Sat, March 5 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sant Jordi Club More information Mon, March 7 - Milan, Italy @ Palasharp More information Tue, March 8 - Zürich, Switzerland @ Kemplex 457 More information Wed, March 9 - Munich, Germany @ Kesselhaus More information Mon, March 14 - Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit More information Tue, March 15 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB Hallen More information Wed, March 16 - Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum More information Fri, March 18 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Hovet More inform...

Hello, readers! I just wanted to check in with a little site change! It's actually not going to affect you or the blog too much, but if you'll look up a little bit, you'll see that whereas you may have seen http://venomousformaldehyde.blogspot.com before, you now see http://cassiethevenomous.com. I've been wanting to change my URL for a while to make it easier for you guys to find the site and to make it look better on those dreaded resumes and internship applications I will be filling out soon. I noticed that many of you started calling me "Cassie The Venomous," and thus- CassieTheVenomous.com is where you will now find this blog! No worries. All the old, familiar content is still here, and you can still find my blog under its old name. There are a couple bugs when you use venomousformaldehyde.blogspot.com, such as the Twitter feed at the top's not showing up and the reader list not showing up on the side, but it's not so bad. Thanks again f...

My Chemical Romance have announced 8 February dates for their upcoming U.K. arena tour. The dates listed are as follows: Sat, February 12 - London, U.K. @ Wembley Arena More information Sun, February 13 - Birmingham, U.K. @ LG Arena, National Exhibition Center More information Tue, February 15 - Glasgow, U.K. @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Center More information Wed, February 16 - Dublin, I.E. @ The O2 More information Fri, February 18 - Manchester, U.K. @ Manchester Evening News Arena More information Sat, February 19 - Nottingham, U.K. @ Trent FM Arena More information Mon, February 21 - Cardiff, U.K. @ Cardiff International Arena More information Tue, February 22 - Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. @ Metro Radio Arena More information My Chemical Romance played several European dates in October and November of this year already and have also announced 2011 dates for Japan and for North America . Are you going to any of the shows? XoXo c.

According to the Creativeman Productions website , My Chemical Romance are set to tour Japan in February, 2011. The dates listed are as follows: Monday, January 31 - Osaka @ Osaka-Jo Hall Wednesday, February 2 - Aichi @ Prefectural Gymnasium Saturday, February 5 - Tokyo @ Yokohama Arena Sunday, February 6 - Tokyo @ Yokohama Arena ---- Tickets are set to go onsale December 25. For more information, check out this Creativeman Productions page and scroll down a bit. XoXo c. Thanks for the heads-up on this information @MCRmyUnited .

My Chemical Romance are set to play P.C. Richard & Son Theater in New York City on November 30. According to iHeartRadio , the show is invite-only, but there are several contests you can enter for a chance to go! Here are some of your options: MyChemicalFrak Contest CultureMob Contest My Free Concert Contest (Thanks for the information, Jillian ) P.C. Richard & Son Theater Contest iHeartRadio Contest MOG Contest Only 200 people will be able to go to the show and, as the contest page for the venue reminds, "The only way to get into this event is to win your way in." Good luck to everyone who enters! XoXo c.

Looking for a review? My Danger Days... album review from the California listening party on November 9. It's been more than 4 years since The Black Parade , and we made it! I am absolutely, heart-stranglingly proud to support My Chemical Romance and to have been able to write about the creation of this masterpiece through every step, misstep, stumble and take-off leading to today's beautiful apex! Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys is out now! Danger Days: The Creation as told through my blog... I guess the lead-up to today's release kind of started in early 2009 with the release of "Desolation Row" for Watchmen . After the men of MCR had been on a break since Spring of 2008, fans were able to get a brief glimpse of them immersed in the comic world the band has always so loved. Within a month, reports were coming out that MCR were officially writing the new album , then suddenly they were doing interviews with MTV about their stripp...

UPDATE (November 24 @ 11:42 p.m. EST) : I see that there's not much information about BLI out there and a lot of you are finding what you can here. I am pasting the following here from a more extensive informational post I have made about the Killjoys world. I hope this will help: What is Better Living Industries? Better Living Industries (Also known as BLI, BL/ind, or BL industries) is the corporation that controls Battery City. The corporation strives to bring about structure in a post-apocalyptic world. It is known for producing emotion-eliminating medications as well as every other manufactured product one can acquire in 2019. BLI crosses over from the Killjoys world and into real life. The made-up corporation has its own  web site with products that you can actually purchase, a mission statement and a "Zone Report" in both Japanese and English.  Also, MCR takes it a step further by having changed the name under which their music is publis...

The video for "SING" is now up on MTV.com . Check it out: My Chemical Romance - New Music - More Music Videos UPDATE: The video is now on Youtube in higher quality: XoXo c.

Watch and listen as Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 's narrator Dr. Death Defying leads you through My Chemical Romance's new album. Danger Days... is set for release November 22! Check out my track-by-track album review and let me know what YOU think of the album! XoXo c.

MTV.com has posted a preview clip of My Chemical Romance's upcoming video for "SING." My Chemical Romance - MTV Shows The "SING" video will premier in its entirety on MTV Thursday, November 18 at 7:56 p.m. EST. Remember that there is a fan project to make November 19 "SING iTunes Day!" XoXo c.

A 7-part playlist featuring "snipes" promoting My Chemical Romance's upcoming album, Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys has been added to the MCR Youtube channel. Whose side are you on? Killjoys or Better Living Industries? Hear a 10-second audio clip from "Bulletproof Heart" in the Girl's video: Check out my track-by-track review of Danger Days... XoXo c.

My Chemical Romance Spain, with planning help from Warner Music Spain, has launched a project for MCR fans worldwide, encouraging them to purchase "SING" on iTunes November 19. The project, if many fans comply with it, will allow "SING" a higher ranking on the iTunes charts the day after its video premier ! MCRmy Killjoys, will you participate in this mission? Here are some banners from MCR Spain you can use to spread the word: XoXo c.

UPDATED November 15 @ 1:50 p.m. EST! When My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero hinted to Los Angeles' 98.7 FM in September that the band hoped to do some small radio shows throughout the U.S., he wasn't messing around. With December shows now spanning from Florida to New York and through the Midwest to California, it's becoming hard to keep up with all of the holiday radio-sponsored show news. Here is a list of what has been announced so far December 3 - 101.9 RXP Yule Rock Holiday Concert Show - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom [Buy tickets here! Presale Passcode: 1019RXP] December 5 - 97X Next Big Thing Festival - Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Ampitheatre [More information here!] December 8 - The Night the Buzz Stole XXmas - Kansas City, MO @ The Midland by AMC [Tickets onsale Friday, November 5 here!] December 10 - LIVE 105'S NOT SO SILENT NIGHT - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion [Tickets onsale Saturday, November 6 here!]   **NEW December 11 - KROQ A...

According to an official blog post from My Chemical Romance, the band will premier Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys online November 16 at noon PST. The premier will be in video format and hosted by the album's narrator, Dr. Death Defying . Check out what I thought of the album before you hear it in my track-by-track album review ! Trust me, you're going to want to tune in for Dr. Death's transmission! XoXo c.

MTV.com has announced that they will be streaming My Chemical Romance's November 22 album release show in Hollywood so that fans even thousands of miles away to experience it! "Live In L.A.: My Chemical Romance" is set to go live on the MTV website at 10 p.m. EST. In addition to the record release show stream, MTV also mentioned that My Chemical Romance's "SING" video will premier at 7:56 p.m. EST, November 18 on MTV and MTV.com. Furthermore, starting November 29, MCR is set to be MTV's featured PUSH artist and will "take over MTV and MTV.com." XoXo c.

First of all, I want to preface this review with a huge thank you to Warner Brothers Records for being so kind as to fly me and Brandi from My Chemical Freak to California for the listening party. I can't thank you enough for inviting me to be a part of this event! That having been said... Do you have your rayguns ready, motherfuckers? Get in the car. Quick. My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys Warner Brothers/Reprise November 22, 2010 Track-by-track 1. “Look Alive, Sunshine” The introduction to the album and the first time the listener hears narrator Dr. Death Defying's smooth Zone jargon. “Look Alive…” is exactly what you hear at the beginning of the “Na Na Na…” video , and – as you know if you have seen it – the two tracks blend perfectly. 2. “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” The first single from the album and a song that many of you have probably already heard. I, having heard it in the context of the r...

My dearest fellow Killjoys: I am absolutely THRILLED to announce that, thanks to the wonderful people at Warner Brothers Records, your raygunslinging narrator will be flying to California next week to listen to My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys !! I, along with a small group of fellow fans who won a contest and another MCR fansite-owner, will be attending the November 9 listening party for Danger Days... , and I will post a full written preview of the album here afterward! I have been dying to announce this since I found out! I can't wait to give you guys a closer look at the album upon my return from California! Also, I really want to thank all of my Twitter followers, #MCRchat Rats (Heh, I like that) and blog followers for your continuing readership and support. I promise not to let you guys down with this preview! XoXo c. Is this real life?