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My Chemical Romance recently wrapped its Long Live: The Black Parade tour with a slew of rave reviews and its U.S. dates selling nearly half a million tickets for just 10 shows. The band’s already making plans to get back on the road in June of 2026 with The Black Parade tour…
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My Chemical Romance ended their Black Parade U.S. tour in style with a blowout show at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium over the weekend. The show delivered it all to a teeming crowd of faithful acolytes: the emo hits, plenty of pageantry, an opening set from Evanescence (!), a mock execution (part of the storyline, ask a fan), snappy goth-marching band stagewear, the band wading into the audience and even a performance of forgotten b-side “My Way Home Is Through You.”
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They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas but it’s been over a week since we attended When We Were Young Fest 2024 and we haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. We got to chat with so many cool artists (keep an eye out on our socials), meet lots of new people, and dance and sing our hearts out to some of our favorite acts from throughout our lives.
The purple carpet was rolled out and ready for 2 days of our favorite bands playing the albums that are arguably the soundtrack to our teen years. And let’s be real, these albums STILL get played on the daily around here. Nostalgia was a heavy theme for the festival this year, solidified by the fact that a decent chunk of these albums were released in the early 2000s-2010s and had us all reminiscing on that period of our lives. It made for a really special weekend and it was incredible to get to hear some songs that we’d never thought we’d get to hear.
Whether you were in the crowd and want to relive the memories of the weekend or whether you’re living vicariously through all the posts and videos, we’re here to recap some of our highlights from WWWYF 2024!
We Are The In Crowd (or We Are In The Crowd, IFKYK) was one of the bands we were most excited to see! We’ve been longtime fans of theirs and seeing them reunite on stage was EVERYTHING. Like most of the bands on the lineup, they played an entire album and their pick was Weird Kids. This album has our favorites like ‘Manners,’ ‘Come Back Home,’ ‘Windows In Heaven,’ and ‘Dreaming Out Loud.’ They also pulled out fan favorites ‘Kiss Me Again’ and ‘Rumor Mill’ which are so important to us personally.
We were in fact the target audience for this set. The teenage versions of us using Tay Jardine as our style inspiration and screaming the lyrics to ‘Best Thing (That Never Happened)’ really needed this. Honestly, we got kind of emotional standing there in the crowd singing “long live the kids in us all” back to Tay and there was a sort of cathartic enjoyment we got from it. (It was also nice to be out of the afternoon sun since the Verizon tent was covered). WATIC’s set was a major highlight for sure and we’re already hoping that we’ll get to see them playing together again one day!
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State Champs is one of THP’s favorite bands and when we realized that we’d be hearing The Finer Things live in its entirety we knew we HAD to be at this set. Hearing ‘Over The Line’ live did something to our brain chemistry truly. And of course, we loved hearing some of our favorites like ‘Prepared to Be Noticed’ and ‘Deadly Conversation.’ Honestly, The Finer Things is a no-skip album front to back so getting to hear every single track altogether was an amazing experience.
And the crowd brought the energy! The Verizon stage (yeah, we spent a lot of time here) was going nuts for State Champs, as it should be. Everyone was off their feet and singing along and it reminded us why we love seeing this band live so much. It got us even more hyped for their new self-titled album coming out on Nov 8th and for their upcoming tour with Knuckle Puck, MM@TA, and Daisy Grenade! Will we see you there?
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We just love Fall Out Boy so much you guys. In lieu of performing a single album, we got an Eras Tour-style set running through some of the most iconic songs from FOB’s discography. Honestly, we get it. If we were trying to pick a single album from their discography to hear live we’d be bouncing back and forth trying to pin something down. So really, this worked out for everyone. The song choices? Iconic. The stage set up? Iconic. The fireworks at the end of the set? Iconic. Pete Wentz floating up with balloons during ‘Saturday?’ That’s Pete Wentz, there’s not much else we can say.
The set rotated from era to era, album to album, culminating with their most recent release So Much For Stardust. There were pyrotechnics, Franklin the sheep, insane background videos on screen, and we even got 8 ball songs! ‘G.I.N.A.S.F.S’ was the first song and ‘See You Again’ ft. Wiz Khalifa was the second. And when we say ft. Wiz Khalifa, we mean literally. Wiz Khalifa literally came out on stage to sing it with them. It doesn’t get more iconic than that. Honestly, FOB had so much going on that we could probably write an entirely separate article on just their set alone. Whatever exhaustion we were feeling evaporated the second they got on stage and we had an amazing time traveling through their discography with them.
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Never in our wildest dreams did we think we’d get to see Hey Monday live in 2024 but we DID and it was magnificent. One of our favorite parts about this set was that Hey Monday brought a bunch of the iconic women from the scene to join them onstage for ‘Homecoming’ like Tay Jardine, Jenna McDougall, and Daisy Grenade. This is our Roman Empire, no exaggeration.
Like WATIC, seeing Hey Monday got us a little emotional and nostalgic for our younger years. Hearing ‘Arizona’ and ‘Obvious’ flashed us right back to being teenagers and ‘Candles’ had us singing our hearts out with Cassadee Pope. It was truly a special moment and we’re so glad we got to be part of it.
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If you got to hear The Black Parade live in its entirety in the year 2024 you’d be flexing it left and right too. We truly don’t mean to rub it in but this was an amazing, cathartic, almost spiritual experience. My Chemical Romance closed out the festival each night and What. A. Show. There were tears (mostly from us), there was singing, there was screaming, and overall it was an experience that we’re not quite sure how anyone will ever top. There’s something about the feeling of singing ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’ in a crowd of thousands of strangers that you just can’t recreate anywhere else (even when you’re screaming it alone in your car, we see you).
MCR also played songs like ‘Disenchanted,’ ‘The Sharpest Lives,’ and ‘Dead!’ for the first time in YEARS, so getting to hear the favorites we grew up with live in 2024 was so special. They kept their stage set up simple, it was all black and white, including the image up on the screens for the crowd to see. It lent itself well to the performance thematically and made for an all-around amazing show. We really ran through the full spectrum of human emotion during this set. My Chemical Romance you will always be famous.
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Can you believe it’s been a decade since Frank Iero released his first solo album, Stomachaches, in August 2014? The album, which he released as Frnkiero andthe cellabration, explores Frank’s mental health and some of his more negative views on life as he works through the healing process and addresses pains he didn’t properly address earlier. He already helped define the soundtrack of our lives as one of the guitarists of My Chemical Romance, but Stomachaches showed us a whole new side of Frank’s artistic talent and the way he views the world.
Even though this album has been in our lives for such a long time, we’re absolutely buzzing because Frank is releasing a deluxe album for this special anniversary, called XNauseousX! This new edition includes his first solo track, ‘This Song Is A Curse…,’ unreleased songs we can’t wait to check out, past favorites like ‘B.F.F.,’ and even some covers. The world of Stomachaches was already pretty great considering it’s one of our all-time favorite records, but we’re very excited to see how Frank expands on it. The album comes out on August 30th, so not too far away!
It’s pretty wild having to sit down and think about putting together a 10-year anniversary edition of a record that you originally had zero intentions of releasing. First off, I can’t believe it’s been 10 years, damn time really does fly by. And second, I’m still shocked anyone cares… but I suppose if my original plan was to make a time capsule for my kids to discover, funnily enough, it all kind of worked out. I’ve had a fun time digging through old hard drives, finding recordings, photos, and videos of that time and place. I suppose, in a lot of ways, I’m still that person, but in many cases, I am not. I truly believe that everything we have gone through and experienced gets us to the place where we currently reside, and I honestly wouldn’t change one second of it.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Stomachaches, the upcoming release of XNauseousX, and Frank’s incredible talent, we’re breaking down five of our favorite Stomachaches lyrics and why they stick out to us! Make sure you pre-order and pre-save XNauseousX, then let’s discuss.
When you’re dealing with mental health challenges or even just the stress of life, it can be hard to let loose and not take yourself so seriously. This line from ‘.weighted.’ reminds us that it’s okay to lower your standards for yourself a bit! The world is already so tough on us and we don’t need to add more to that weight. Sure, trying to be more positive won’t undo any of our past mistakes or bad memories, but it’ll help us move forward to a better future with fewer burdens.
This lyric from ‘.tragician.’ has always stood out to us because of how nostalgically melancholic it is. The song dissects how Frank feels like he’s negatively impacted someone he loves, and we think this line has two possible interpretations that complement the story. First, since he’s reflecting on some of his mistakes and doubts upon himself, you can see it as being about a time he hurt this person. Second, this memory might be about a time he was really good for this person, that he wants to get back to now that they’ve lost their way.
When we look at the world around us, we usually see two things: a lot of potential to grow and evolve together, but also a lot of negativity and hatred. Throughout ‘Neverenders,’ Frank expresses his disappointment about how pessimistic so many people are, while also cellabrating his empathetic side rather than trying to push it away. Your life is yours to create, and you shouldn’t let other people’s opinions stop you from doing the things you want to do! Make sure your life is filled with as many colors as you want and don’t force yourself into grayscale because of what others might say about you.
“At night, we face what lies hidden in our hearts…”
Speaking of shaping our lives, we love this line from ‘.smoke rings.’ because it’s a subtle reminder to keep your mindset in check as much as you can. If you know you went about your day with the best intentions for yourself and the people around you, it’ll be much easier to sleep than if you carried around negativity all day and took it out on someone else. It’s important to make sure you’re not carrying the weight of anger or cruelty, towards other people or yourself! Try your best to be compassionate and see the good in the world.
If you’ve dealt with anxiety, depression, or another condition, you’re probably all too familiar with the feeling that it will be your “normal” forever. They don’t seem like bad days, they just seem like your average days that you’ll keep experiencing for a very long time, if not the rest of your life. This line on ‘Guilt Tripping’ puts that horrible feeling into words so well and it has comforted us so many times over the years while reminding us we’re not alone in getting down about it!
For better or worse this is a time capsule, now fully complete and unearthed. I hope it finds you well, and makes you smile more than it makes you frown.
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What are your favorite lyrics from the Stomachaches album? Which track are you claiming from XNauseousX? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
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Since 1994, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has dipped in and out of making comics. Beyond teaming with Gabriel Bá on The Umbrella Academy, he started DC’s Young Animal imprint, teamed with acclaimed artists such as Nick Derington and Becky Cloonan, and co-created Peni Parker for Marvel. After a three-year absence from comics, Way has a new comic dropping in July from publisher Dark Horse.
Co-written with Shaun Simon (his collaborator on The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) and drawn by Judge Dredd’s Chris Weston, Paranoid Gardens is described as “Derek meets Doctor Who in six psychotic episodes.” The book focuses on a care center worker named Loo, who decides to rise through the ranks of her (possibly sentient) hospital, but not without some roadblocks: along with corrupt staff and theme park cults, she’ll have to face “her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold.”
“I’m excited to be back with my incredibly handsome and talented brother-from-another-basement Shaun Simon,” said Way, “and honored the masterful Chris Weston joined us to create a visually powerful and emotionally tangible physical object that is this comic. I’m now more complete getting to share something we’ve wanted to for a very long time, and working with this fantastic group of individuals in the process.”
In his own statement, Weston said he, Simon, and Way have created “a wild and psychedelic tale that combines Kafkaesque nightmares with sweet Silver Age reveries. […] You’ll find a curious care-home peopled with aliens, ghosts and caped heroes recovering from psychotic episodes. The very ground it’s built on is febrile and fertile; and lusted after by the minions of Mammon. It’s the perfect remedy for all those stricken with super-hero fatigue and needing a fix of something a bit more mind-bending and unpredictable.”
Paranoid Gardens’ six-issue run will start on July 17.
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