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As the My Chemical Romance return continues to unfold, I am creating this space answer some of the more common questions floating around the fandom.  I will update this as new questions arise. And, knowing MCR, we'll have far more questions than answers coming our way! Stay tuned! Are My Chemical Romance going to tour?  As of today (Friday, November 8), the band have announced two shows and two festival appearances. There has been no official word on a tour, but at this juncture, it seems safe to assume more dates are to come. The currently announced shows are as follows: December 20, 2019 — Shrine Expo Hall — Los Angeles, CA — Return Show March 20, 2020 — Melbourne Showgrounds — Melbourne, AUS — Download Festival March 21, 2020 — Parramatta Park — Sydney, AUS. — Download Festival March 25, 2020 — The Outer Fields At Western Springs — Auckland, NZ Ma...

My new AltPress article explores some of the visual themes of MCR's Return. Check it out! Since My Chemical Romance ’s return announcement, the band have remained relatively quiet. We’ve gotten a couple new show and festival appearance announcements, but fans are absolutely desperate for some clue as to what else might be going on below the surface. For every big MCR moment, the band have found ways to be cryptic and keep us all guessing, so we’re taking the very few images we have available to us to try to figure out what else the band may be up to. Here are a few things we’ve discovered so far. Please take these with a grain of salt; as, MCR have proven time and again that they are five steps ahead of the world and that nothing is quite what it seems. THE STATUE The statue featured in the official “Return” imagery is not new. In fact, it has existed for more than a century in Bologna, Italy. The piece is titled “Cella Magnani” and was sculpted by Pasquale Rizzoli in 1906...

I hope everyone has had a great International My Chemical Romance Day. This year was kind of surreal for me (and I'm sure for many others, as well.) I got to celebrate in a pretty huge way by writing an IMCRDarticle for the magazine for which I work now to highlight the MCRmy and this awesome way we band together every year. That's pretty crazy on its own, considering just a couple years ago, I was standing outside the venue where I worked press at Warped Tour just last week with the members of the band themselves. A person very dear to me pointed to the the magazine I call home's editor that night and said, "You should work for him." Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined I actually would. It’s so strange how things in my life constantly come back to MCR . I think it's because of the profound impact they have had on my life. It's just engrained. I have so much to be thankful for—the MCRmy, the band, the inspiring world we buil...

I couldn’t find words for this for so long. I think I’ve finally accepted that it’s because I’ve said all that I need to say already. I’m not interested in sweeping statements or writing a memorial piece. For the past 8-and-a-half years, I’ve spent nearly every waking moment living My Chemical Romance , honoring and praising them daily. At first, I wanted to do those memorial things. Finding some perfect way to sum up and honor something I’d been actively immersed in and loudly appreciative of for years was impossible, because—as I’ve realized—I’ve already done it. I have no regrets, nor confessions nor treasures I feel the need to share. I searched for the right words to suspend the magic that surrounds My Chemical Romance, and they don’t exist. What does is the music that awakens and stirs it, makes it swirl around and engulf us again and again, forever. It’s in that feeling—those moments of possession at the live shows, the smell of honey and powder, crossing countl...

[I originally posted this on AltPress.com, December 6 at 11:40 p.m. EST] Perhaps following the lead of My Chemical Romance bandmate Gerard Way , who posted a mysterious track on Soundcloud last night, guitarist Frank Iero has also uploaded a song. xmas sux soundcloud.com/frnkiero-1 — frnkiero (@FrankIero) December 7, 2012 Listen to " xmas sux, " a disgruntled anti-Christmas song below:

[I originally posted this on AltPress.com, December 4 @ 10:30 a.m. EST] My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way and bassist Mikey Way appear on today's installment of Kevin Smith's Smodcast . In the midst of the 2-hour episode, the Way brothers reveal details of their working on a new episode of The Aquabats Super Show . Co-written by Gerard, the Aquabats Super Show episode titled "Anti-Bats Are Go" is described as "the Superman II version of The Aquabats." It features a thrashcore band called Asthma, and Mikey Way makes his acting debut playing the singer. Last month, Gerard tweeted about co-directing a television show, presumably the aforementioned one: On my way to Salt Lake to co-direct my first episode of TV! — gerardway (@gerardway) November 14, 2012 The brothers also discuss the challenges of writing music after being on the road for an extended period of time and how that translated to 2010's Danger Days: The True Lives Of The F...

[I originally posted this on AltPress.com] My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has posted "Zero Zero," a song featuring his vocals, on Soundcloud under the name DannyTheStreet. The mysterious song does not appear to be connected to My Chemical Romance. Fuckit Zero Zero by DannyTheStreet via #soundcloud soundcloud.com/dannythestreet… — gerardway (@gerardway) December 6, 2012 Guys... Guys. GUYS!!! This is amazing! XoXo c.

Here's an outline of what's been going on in the My Chemical Romance world since my previous "MCR digest" post on October 8. Note: Apologies for having not updated sooner. Things have gotten much, much busier on my end. More details on that at a later time! --- October 13 Gerard Way, Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan reveal Killjoys details at New York Comic Con  Check out Becky Cloonan's awesome artwork for the comic to the left! (And the pre-coloring version and this awesome Draculoid drawing .) October 15 The Killjoys crew appeared in this Artisan News Comic-Con recap video , briefly. Check out a more extended interview below: October 19 Hot Topic posted a new Conventional Weapons t-shirt! (pictured right) October 23 So, FRANK IERO decided he was a barber...Or something. Can't wait to see what comes of this! What do you think he's up to? I need a few bravesouls. if you are 18+, live in the northern NJ area & will let me c...

In a new interview with Alternative Press , guitarist FRANK IERO revealed that MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 's still-in-progress 5th album is turning out "fucking elaborate " and says, "There’s a bit of bleakness to it..." He also makes it clear that the album "isn’t going to sound anything like" his recent contribution to the Frankenweenie: Unleashed! soundtrack; though, that song was the first piece of music recorded in the band's new studio ! In the new interview by (one of my favorite humans in the world) Jason Pettigrew, Iero reveals how he got involved with the Frankenweenie: Unleashed! soundtrack and the inspiration behind "This Song Is A Curse," effectively puts LeATHERMOUTH to rest and semi-reveals what he may be up to at North End Studio these days: "Last week, I was in a studio in New Jersey that’s owned by a friend of mine. I just went over to hang out, but we ended up having a couple of beers and doing a song. It...

My Chemical Romance have announced the tracks, pre-order information and release formats and dates for Conventional Weapons . Every month for the next 5 months, My Chemical Romance will release a double-sided single in both 7" vinyl and digital formats! The tracks and release dates are as follows: Title: Number One A-side: "Boy Division" B-side: "Tomorrow's Money" Release date: October 30, 2012 [Pre-order!]  Title: Number Two A-side: "AMBULANCE" B-side: "Gun." Release date: November 23, 2012 Title: Number Three A-side: "The World Is Ugly" B-side: "The Light Behind Your Eyes" Release date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Title: Number Four A-side: "Kiss The Ring" B-side: "Make Room!!!!" Release date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 Title: Number Five A-side: "Surrender The Night" B-side: "Burn Bright" Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 20...

Originally posted August 29 at 10:13 a.m. on AltPress.com (sometimes I'm there when news breaks and can't blog about it here immediately.) deadmau5 has released his high-budget video for "Professional Griefers" featuring Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance . Watch Way and deadmau5 battle it out "UFC in the future" style the video below:

UPDATE: August 28, 2012 @ 8:16 a.m. Despite RZA's having seemingly confirmed MCR's spot on The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack, as the tracklisting was revealed today, there is no sign of a My Chemical Romance song (neither old nor new) on it. Full tracklisting below: 1. The Black Keys / RZA “The Baddest Man Alive” 2. Ghostface Killah / M.O.P / Pharoahe Monch “Black Out” 3. Kanye West “White Dress” 4. The Revelations feat. Tre Williams “I Forgot To Be Your Lover” 5. Talib Kweli / RES “Get Your Way (Sex as a Weapon)” 6. Raekwon / Ghostface Killah / Kool G. Rap “Rivers of Blood” 7. Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / StreetLife “Built for This” 8. 24 Carat Black “Poverty’s Paradise” 9. Killa Sin “The Archer” 10. RZA / Flatbush Zombies “Just Blowin’ In The Wind” 12. Corrine Bailey Rae “Chains” 13. Pusha T / Raekwon “Tick Tock” 14. Frances Yip “Green is the Mountain” 15. The Wu-Tang Clan “Six Directions of Boxing” 16. Mabel John “Your Good Thing Is About To End” If you're stil...

My Chemical Romance guitarist Ray Toro has posted three pictures on Twitter that appear to be of a recording space. Could these possibly a first glimpse of the Los Angeles "compound" the guys mentioned in several recent interviews that they were building to record? Regardless, I see instruments about to be implemented and that makes me very excited. Check out the photos below and to the left! This may be our first glimpse at many things to come!

Thanks to amazing donations from readers and MASScanvas , I am so thrilled to be able to start off 2012 with a contest for my fellow My Chemical Romance fans! --- Pictured left are the prizes : FIRST PLACE: A full set of My Chemical Romance action figures SECOND PLACE: A MASScanvas t-shirt [ better picture ] signed by all four members of MCR. THIRD PLACE: A MASScanvas "Reflection" t-shirt (Note: not signed.) --- How to win : I know that for many of us, MCR's songs evoke a certain feeling or conjure imagery that flashes before us when we close our eyes while listening to the music. Choose an MCR song ( Not a cover, please ) for which the imagery in your head or for which your feelings are strongest, and describe what you see and feel when you listen to it in a comment below of 200 words or less (please adhere to the word limit!). *Note: I mean ANY form of writing. This could be a poem, a narrative, a small essay, anything--as long as it is within the word limi...