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Yesterday (or the day before yesterday, if you're going by New Zealand time), My Chemical Romance gave their first performance of Big Day Out Festival. Fans, early in the day, had been tipped off by those in attendance of the pre-show meet-and-greet that singer Gerard Way's hair was "orange." For whatever reason, despite our knowing Gerard will--if pattern can allow us to predict--inevitably make a drastic hair changes forevermore, the MCR fan community still goes wild over said changes. Unfortunately, due to the focus on aesthetic changes, not much of substance was shared during the show. In post-performance reviews, stuff.co.nz said that My Chemical Romance drew "easily the biggest crowd of the day [at the time of posting], and while the sound started on the dodgy side, they [had] the kids jumping and screaming like an audience should" while the NZ Herald said their performance was better than it was at BDO 2007, but the crowd was smaller. Check...

**UPDATED: January 16 @ 2:34 p.m. EST ORIGINAL POST: January 6, 2012 @ 3:37 p.m. EST With My Chemical Romance's heading to Australia and New Zealand later this month for Big Day Out, many publications are holding competitions to give fans a chance to meet the band or to win other prizes. Here are some of them (if you have any to add to the list, please let me know.) Competition Host: Coup De Main Magazine Prize: Meet-and-greet in Auckland, New Zealand on January 20. Requirements: Design a comic strip with your own Killjoys story. Be a Big Day Out ticket-holder. End date: Before January 14 (you submit via mail, so allow extra time) DETAILS --- Competition Host: NovaFM Prize: Meet-and-greet with My Chemical Romance; two tickets to a BDO show in either Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, Australia; and a signed Phant-o-matic Epiphone guitar. Requirements: Your own transportation to the shows. End date: January 17 at 10 a.m. DETAILS --- ***NEWLY ADDED*** Compe...

UPDATE: November 20, 2011 @ 3:33 p.m. EST Pre-sale tickets will be available to fans from noon on Friday, November 25 to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 27. Enter the password: "BIGDAYOUT" when purchasing tickets. ORIGINAL POST: November 20, 2011 @ 2:40 p.m. EST Big Day Out has announced three "sideshow" dates My Chemical Romance are set to play while on the touring festival. Dates, locations and ticket-purchase links: Note: The ticket links will redirect before sale day January 24 @ Eatons Hill Hotel - Brisbane Ticket Purchase Link January 27 @ The Hordern Pavilion - Sydney Ticket Purchase Link January 31 @ Festival Hall - Melbourne Ticket Purchase Link Tickets go on sale to the public Monday, November 28 . However, a pre-sale for fans will run Friday November 25 through Sunday, November 27. The shows, for which Closure in Moscow is set to open, will be played at smaller venues (roughly 5,000-6,000 capacity compared to stadiums of roughly...

Australia and New Zealand's Big Day Out Festival began announcing its 2012 line-up this morning. Having been inundated with rumors that My Chemical Romance would be playing this year, fans were pleased when @bdo_official confirmed MCR, along with 16 other acts, about an hour ago. The traveling Australia/New Zealand festival will span January 20 to February 5, 2012. XoXo c.