![MCR: The Black Parade 2026](https://cdn.slatesource.com/5/5/c/55c2c227-861d-4e77-a922-a88b490c2ba0.webp) # MCR: The Black Parade 2026 - [Made in Slatesource](https://slatesource.com/@steph/mcr-the-black-parade-2026) - By [Steph](https://slatesource.com/@steph) - Created on Aug 8, 2026 North American leg opened August 9, 2026 at Citi Field, New York Album anniversary 20 years of The Black Parade (released October 23, 2006) Tickets sold 450,000+ across 10 North American markets in the prior run Tour finale three nights at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, October 24, 2026 Wembley nights played 3 (third show added after two sold out in hours) Album peak No. 2 UK Albums Chart, No. 2 Billboard 200, 4 million copies sold Rolling Stone ranking 361st greatest album of all time (2020 list) **20** years of The Black Parade ## The ConceptConcept AlbumAlbum That RefusedRefused to StayStay DeadDead The BlackBlack ParadeParade, releasedreleased OctoberOctober 23, 20062006, is a conceptconcept albumalbum builtbuilt aroundaround "The PatientPatient," a manman dyingdying of cancercancer who is metmet in deathdeath by his mostmost powerfulpowerful childhoodchildhood memorymemory: a paradeparade. GerardGerard WayWay conceivedconceived it as My ChemicalChemical Romance'sRomance's magnummagnum opusopus, rewritingrewriting the recordrecord fourfour timestimes beforebefore recordingrecording. The bandband retreatedretreated to the ParamourParamour MansionMansion in LosLos AngelesAngeles, a 19231923 silent-film-starsilent-film-star estateestate with a darkdark reputationreputation, and camecame out with 14 trackstracks that rewiredrewired a generation'sgeneration's relationshiprelationship with griefgrief, identityidentity, and the colourcolour blackblack. > We wanted to make the most ambitious record we could. We wanted to go out with everything we had. We thought it might be the last thing we ever did. ![Travel photo 1](https://cdn.slatesource.com/9/0/b/90b14588-b079-430d-876e-476390c54658.webp) ![Travel photo 2](https://cdn.slatesource.com/2/f/8/2f8f78dc-1daa-4d6a-9de3-60de8802a544.webp) ## The TourTour, TwentyTwenty YearsYears On The 20262026 BlackBlack ParadeParade tourtour is not a nostalgianostalgia exerciseexercise, it is a stadium-sizedstadium-sized theatretheatre productionproduction. MCRMCR performperform the fullfull albumalbum frontfront to backback: The EndEnd leadsleads into DeadDead!, HouseHouse of WolvesWolves, CancerCancer, MamaMama (completecomplete with guestguest operaopera singersinger CharlotteCharlotte KelsoKelso playingplaying NurseNurse SylviaSylvia), SleepSleep, TeenagersTeenagers, DisenchantedDisenchanted, FamousFamous LastLast WordsWords, and the closercloser WelcomeWelcome to the BlackBlack ParadeParade. EncoresEncores rotaterotate songssongs from ThreeThree CheersCheers for SweetSweet RevengeRevenge and DangerDanger DaysDays. EveryEvery nightnight is a full-lengthfull-length theatricaltheatrical eventevent runningrunning closeclose to twotwo and a halfhalf hourshours. What to Expect at a Black Parade 2026 Show 43% Full album played front to back, in sequence, every single night Welcome to the Black Parade closes the main set with the piano intro intact Mama performed with guest Charlotte Kelso as Nurse Sylvia, full operatic segment Support acts rotate by city: Franz Ferdinand, Iggy Pop, Pierce the Veil on select dates Encore digs into Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and Danger Days deep cuts Theatrical staging and Patient-era costumes recreate the original album concept Shows run close to two and a half hours with no opener overlap on main set The band's working title for Welcome to the Black Parade was The Five of Us Are Dying. They rewrote it four times. It became one of the biggest rock anthems of the 2000s. MCR "killed" The Black Parade at an arena show in Mexico City in 2008, draping the stage in funeral black. Their 2026 return is the first time the album has lived again in full at stadium scale. [My Chemical Romance official site and Black Parade 2026 tour dates](https://www.mychemicalromance.com/?utm_source=slatesource)