My Chemical Romance have wiped their Twitter/X account and revealed that their ongoing ‘The Black Parade’ tour is a prequel.
Gerard Method and co. introduced their in depth round-the-world trek again in September. Set to have a good time their traditional 2006 album, it consists of dates throughout the UK, Europe, North America, South America and Southeast Asia. It follows an identical stint in 2025, coined the ‘Lengthy Reside The Black Parade Tour‘.
The band wrapped up the Latin American leg final night time (February 14) with the second of two back-to-back exhibits at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico Metropolis. Forward of the gig, they cleared all of the posts from their X account, resulting in fan hypothesis that an announcement could also be on the way in which.
It’s additionally been famous that the situation of the gig might have some significance, provided that Mexico Metropolis was the ultimate tour cease after the album’s launch in 2006, per Loudwire. That present was filmed and launched because the live performance movie The Black Parade is Lifeless!, on the time suggesting an finish to an period after they would carry out in character as ‘The Black Parade’.
The band have revived these characters for this tour, and used final night time’s present to verify the fan idea that this leg was a prequel to a wider story.
The exhibits see them carry out the 2006 album in full, alongside characters that work together with the band and additional a storyline every night time of the tour, resembling ‘The Dictator’, who was featured within the 2025 trek.
One such character is the opera singer who joins the band throughout every night time’s efficiency of ‘Mama’. Throughout final night time’s present in Mexico, it was revealed that the singer was a nurse within the MOAT – an oppressive authorities entity – the place the band’s aforementioned alter egos, The Black Parade, are being held captive, per Loudwire.
The nurse returned later within the set for ‘The Finish’, the place she led frontman Gerard Method to a different character, who was holding a field that contained the jacket he wore throughout the 2025 tour.
Later, Method defined that manufacturing designer Rob Sinclair, who additionally labored with the band on their 2025 tour, got here up with the thought to function the tour as a prequel, as they had been logistically unable to placed on a present of the identical scale because the 2025 tour.
MCR tour is a prequel idea confirmed? With Gerard placing on the jacket from the 2025 exhibits
— Greg Y (@GregoryYguitar) February 15, 2026
friday the thirteenth.
my chemical romance tonight.
in méxico.
the place they initially killed the black parade. pic.twitter.com/R12yieU7sy— AR* (@Arod_a_) February 13, 2026
hear me out. do we expect this leg of the mcr tour is a prequel?? og uniforms, nurses, jarrod and the clerk as sufferers… is that this between stay in mexico and unique lltbp??
— bella! MCR DET ☆ (@htlbellamuerte) January 26, 2026
Their tour arrives within the UK with a present at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 30, earlier than a date in Glasgow and trio of big exhibits at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 8, 10 and 11. From there, they’ll head round Europe after which to the US in August. See all of the dates and ticket info right here.
They’ve additionally introduced the massive listing of help acts for the tour, which incorporates the likes of Echo & The Bunnymen, Interpol, Joan Jett, Skunk Anansie, Sunny Day Actual Property and Mogwai.
My Chemical Romance’s latest live shows have seen them play ‘The Black Parade’ in its entirety, together with rarities from that period and a few hits. At a present in LA over the summer time, MCR debuted an unreleased monitor titled ‘Warfare Beneath The Rain’.
In addition they carried out a shock cowl of The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 monitor ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ in San Francisco. Later on the tour, MCR paid tribute to their late former bandmate Bob Bryar in his hometown of Chicago.
In the meantime, there may be ongoing hypothesis amongst followers that the group can be releasing new music within the close to future. Regardless of these persistent rumours, MCR have but to observe up on their fourth album ‘Hazard Days’ (2010).
In 2022, the band shared their first new single in eight years, ‘The Foundations Of Decay’. Earlier this yr, they launched a twenty first anniversary deluxe reissue of their traditional second album, 2004’s ‘Three Cheers For Candy Revenge’.
In different information, in late January, the band posted a cryptic teaser on social media, sharing a flickering picture of the phrase ”PHANTOM” with a caption that learn: “A GAME YOU WILL PLAY”. It was additionally posted to guitarist Frank Iero’s web page.
