My Chemical Romance returns with The Black Parade Tour in 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining work rock opera, “The Black Parade” cements their departure from the mainstays of the emo scene achieved mainstream recognition and became one of the most imaginative bands of the 21st century.

In 2025, fans can relive the 2006 album as the band embarks on a 10-date stadium tour of North America, during which they will perform “The Black Parade” in its entirety, following their headlining performance last month When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas.

The tour, announced Tuesday, begins July 11 in Seattle and ends September 13 in Tampa, Florida. It hits San Francisco; Los Angeles; Arlington, Texas; East Rutherford, New Jersey; Philadelphia; Toronto; Chicago and Boston.

At each event there is a different opener, for example from veterans Alice Cooper and Devo to alternative rock contemporaries like Evanescence and Thursday as well as newer talents like 100 Gecs and Wallows.

My Chemical Romance was formed in 2001 and released four studio albums throughout their career. They first achieved their breakthrough in 2004 with “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge”. She announced their separation in 2013; a year later they released a greatest hits collection entitled May Death Never Stop You. In 2019, they announced a reunion and later revealed that they had privately reunited two years earlier.

A reunion tour was planned for 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic postponed to 2022. This year they released their first new song since 2014: “The Foundations of Decay.”

Tickets will be go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.