Live @ The Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA. 28/05 [Photos]

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Ray Toro playing with The Architects [Video]

Live @ The Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA - 28/05 [Videos]

Famous Last Words



Our Lady of Sorrows



Helena



Vampires Will Never Hurt You



Teenagers

Live @ Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA - 27/05 [Videos]

Cancer



DESTROYA



House Of Wolves



Na Na Na & Give'Em Hell, Kid

Tour Dates [Updated] - Fechas agregadas

Viernes 27 de Mayo de 2011: Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA.


Sabado 28 de Mayo de 2011: The Palladium - Hollywood, CA, USA.


Domingo 29 de Mayo de 2011: House of Blues Las Vegas - Las Vegas, USA


Viernes 17 de Junio de 2011: Orange Warsaw Festival - Warsaw, Poland.


Viernes 24 de Junio de 2011:  Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Madrid, Espana.


Domingo 26 de Junio de 2011: Sonisphere - Bologna, Italy.


Lunes 27 de Junio de 2011: Arena - Vienna, Austria


Miercoles 29 de Junio de 2011: Volt Festival - Sopron, Hungary


Viernes 1 de Julio de 2011: Werchter Festival - Sopron, Hungary


Lunes 4 de Julio de 2011: Rock For People - Czech Republic, Czech Republic


Jueves 7 de Julio de 2011: Optimus Alive - Lisbon, Portugal


Viernes 8 de Julio de 2011: Oxegen Festival - Kildare, Ireland


Domingo 10 de Julio de 2011: T In The Park - Balado, United Kingdom


Viernes 5 de Agosto de 2011: PNC Banks Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ, USA.


Sabado 6 de Agosto de 2011: Nikon Theatre al Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY, USA.


Domingo 7 de Agosto de 2011: Nikon Theatre al Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY, USA.


Martes 9 de Agosto de 2011: Comcast Center - Boston, MA, USA.


Jueves 11 de Agosto de 2011: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center - Buffalo, NY, USA.


Viernes 12 de Agosto de 2011: Jiffy Lube Live - Washington, DC, USA.


Sabado 13 de Agosto de 2011: Hershey Park Pavilion - Hershey, PA, USA.


Domingo 14 de Agosto de 2011: The Comcast Theatre - Hartford, CT, USA.


Martes 16 de Agosto de 2011: Bell Centre - Montreal, QC, Canada.


Miercoles 17 de Agosto de 2011: Molson Canadian Amphitheater - Toronto, ON, Canada.


Viernes 19 de Agosto de 2011: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St. Louis, MO, USA.


Sabado 20 de Agosto de 2011: First Midwest Bank Pavilion - Chicago, IL, USA.


Domingo 21 de Agosto de 2011: Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH, USA.


Martes 23 de Agosto de 2011: Marcus Amphitheater - Milwaukee, WI, USA.


Viernes 26 de Agosto de 2011: Reading Festival - Reading, UK


Sabado 27 de Agosto de 2011: Leeds Festival - Leeds, UK


Domingo 28 de Agosto de 2011: Rock En Seine - Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Francia.


Miercoles 31 de Agosto de 2011: Rogers Arena - Vancouver, Canada.


Jueves 1 de Septiembre de 2011: White River Amphitheater - Seattle, WA, USA.


Sabado 3 de Septiembre de 2011: USANA Amphitheater - Salt Lake City, UT, USA.


Domingo 4 de Septiembre de 2011: Comfort Dental Amphitheater - Denver, CO, USA.


Miercoles 7 de Septiembre de 2011: Xcel Center - Minneapolis, MN, USA.


Jueves 8 de Septiembre de 2011: Wells Fargo Arena - Des Moines, IA, USA.


Viernes 9 de Septiembre de 2011: Sandstone Amphitheater - Kansas City, MO, USA.


Sabado 10 de Septiembre de 2011: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Indianapolis, IN, USA.


Domingo 11 de Septiembre de 2011: DTE Energy Music Centre - Detroit, MI, USA.


Martes 13 de Septiembre de 2011: Blossom Music Center - Cleveland, OH, USA.


Jueves 15 de Septiembre de 2011: First Niagara Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA, USA.


Viernes 16 de Septiembre de 2011: SAPC - Saratoga, NY, USA.


Sabado 17 de Septiembre de 2011: Susquehanna Bank Center - Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Domingo 18 de Septiembre de 2011: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Virginia Beach, VA, USA.


Martes 20 de Septiembre de 2011: Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Charlotte, NC, USA.


Miercoles 21 de Septiembre de 2011: Lakewood Amphitheater - Atlanta, GA, USA.


Viernes 23 de Septiembre de 2011: Cruzan Amphitheater - Miami, FL, USA.


Sabado 24 de Septiembre de 2011: 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL, USA.


Lunes 26 de Septiembre de 2011: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, TX, USA.


Martes 27 de Septiembre de 2011: Gexa Energy Pavilion - Dallas, TX, USA.

Blink 182 & My Chemical Romance Talk Headlining The 2011 Honda Civic Tour

Live @ House Of Blues Houston - Houston, TX, USA. 20/05 [Photos]

Honda Civic Tour

My Chemical Romance anuncio su tour junto a Blink-182 por los diez anios del Honda Civic Tour. Los tickets saldran a la venta desde el 11 de Junio, y el tour comenzara del 5 de Agosto del presente anio.

Un video del Honda Civic Tour y las fechas de los conciertos, se encuentran en las paginas de blog de My Chemical Romance. Enlace directo, aqui: http://www.mychemicalromance.com/blog/mcr/honda-civic-tour-blink-182-and-my-chemical-romance

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Lake Buena Vista, USA - 18/05 [Setlist]

1. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) 
2. Give 'Em Hell, Kid 
3. Vampire Money 
4. Hang 'Em High 
5. (Noise Jam Kill Em All) 
5. The Only Hope For Me Is You 
6. Planetary (GO!) 
7. DESTROYA 
8. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) 
9. House Of Wolves 
10. Summertime 
11. Teenagers 
12. SING 
13. Welcome To The Black Parade 
14. Mama 
15. Vampires Will Never Hurt You 
16. Helena 
17. Encore:
17. Cancer 
18. Bulletproof Heart 

MCR en Transformers 3

Se rumora que My Chemical Romance prestara una de sus canciones para el soundtrack de la pelicula "Transformers: Dark of the Moon".

En el soundtrack de esta pelicula estaran tambien Linkin Park, Paramore, Black Veil Brides, Goo-Goo Dolls, entre otros.

Reprise Records se pronuncio al respecto de los soundtracks de la pelicula, que seran dos, y la primera lista incluye el tema de My Chemical Romance, "The Only Hope For Me Is You"

Mas informacion, y la lista completa de la lista de canciones del soundtrack, en esta direccion: http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/05/23/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-soundtrack-status/

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Mike Ragogna: A Conversation with My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way

 Mike Ragogna: Gerard, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys is your fourth studio album?

Gerard Way: Yeah, that's right.

MR: The first couple of songs on the album seem to arc the material back to your first few albums.

GW: Yeah! A lot of this album feels like we went back to the original spirit of the band and I think that may be why it feels that way. There's definitely more of an experimentation and artistic freedom to this one that makes it like the first records.

MR: Might there be something that unites all of Danger Days' songs?

GW: To me, the thing that unites these songs is the desire to go against what was happening to the band, and I'm sure this happens to other bands, where you get into your thirties and you've explored all of the younger artistic places. You hit a point where you sort of hit a crossroads. We can keep exploring all of these artistic places or we subconsciously sort of give in and get assimilated and comfortable in the thirty-something rock culture. So, to me, what unifies us on a day-to-day basis is a desire to not be a part of that. Maybe it's the last thing for us to rebel against is that assimilation, and that, to me, is the big unifying thing. The songs on this album are very direct and deal with things that are happening right now. They're talking about life.

MR: Yeah, although a majority of these songs also seem to be potential singles or emphasis songs, right?

GW: Yeah, actually. We put out a lot of songs before this album actually came out because we were trying not to be too precious about everything. We wanted everyone to get a scope of what the record was like, that's why before the record came out, I think there were about six songs released so that people could hear them.

MR: How do you feel the band has grown from the first album to this one?

GW: I feel like this is the first time we started using color and I find that to be very interesting. We've made it as a band for 10 years with a certain aesthetic, and even though that aesthetic has been played within that sort of monochromatic pallet, now is our first time using color, now is the first time that it's not so much about the dark stuff, and I think that's the biggest thing. We've changed a lot in that way. In a lot of ways, the way I feel about this album is that it almost feels like a reboot of the band, which is interesting. The record did not take long to make, and I guess since the first attempt at the album took so long to make that once we had hit our creative stride, we really felt like we'd rebooted this band. So, I feel like this is, kind of, just the beginning now. It's the beginning of our next 10 years.

MR: Nice, and you had Rob Cavallo producing again.

GW: We did, yeah! We had Rob Cavallo who made Black Parade with us. We used to have this rule that we wouldn't go back to Producers even if we had fun with them because the band changes so much, but Rob also changes so much. I really feel like he's the fifth member of the band in a lot of ways.

MR: Yeah, it very nice when a producer lets the band be itself, but also brings extra creative flavors as well.

GW: Yeah, and he's an extremely challenging producer. I mean, he's fun and he's an artist, but he's really hard on you if he feels that you're not taking things to the next level. He's very tough on the band, and it's really good. He challenges us greatly.

MR: Now, when the band is in the studio who is in the driver's seat? Do you guys take charge in the studio?

GW: Yeah, and I feel like that's the way Rob really likes it. If the artist is making the album, I think he feels that that's the way it should be. In a traditional sense, if an artist comes in and just expects the producer to lead them, I don't think it will work. I don't think they will hit greatness. The band kind of needs to be in the driver's seat. The cool thing about this album is that we all wore different hats at different times. We stopped making music as just a singer, or just a guitar player. It didn't matter who was doing what, we went in and everyone wrote music to drum parts.

MR: Out of all of the songs on this album, which would you say is the truest representation of what the band has to offer?

GW: Well, it's interesting. Personally, I think it would be "The Kids From Yesterday." That may not be showing what people think might be the obvious best side, but to me, that song kind of shows where the band is heading. It's showing the ability to now make songs that aren't solely relying on just the traditional guitar, bass, and drums. There's a lot of programming on that track because we just sat down and constructed that song. I feel like that's where the future is heading for us. That song was the last that was written and recorded for this album, so it's a true representation of where we're headed. But on this album, it's truly hard to say what would be the best or truest representation of our work. All of the songs kind of are so varied that it feels like they all make sense. I feel "Sing" was the first universally lyrical song that we've written in terms of what it's saying about the world. Also, at that point, we stopped making music as a genre band or a rock band and started making music simply as fans of music.

MR: Your brother, bassist Mikey Way, came up with the name "My Chemical Romance," but the name itself also has ties to 9/11.

GW: Well, I think that's another interesting thing about the reboot of the band. The first 10 years and even the genesis of the band was a reaction to something that was happening, though it was obviously not a direct political reaction, but a reaction to something that happens and affects a lot of people and causes them to reconsider what they've been doing with their lives. So, the reaction to seeing all of that and its affect on people and the world shaped the first 10 years of the band. Now it feels like we're not reacting as much to that one event, but being proactive and creating something new.

MR: Is it fair to say that you guys are still true Jersey boys?

GW: Yeah, we're still very much Jersey boys. We live in California, but most of that is just because of work. It's easier to make records out there.

MR: Let's go way back to your "Taste Of Chaos" tour in 2005. How has the band changed from that tour to now?

GW: Well, that was actually one of our earliest tours. Now, more than ever, it feels like people are actually getting to see who we are as people on stage. They can see how we've changed and grown but also who we were before the band started or before we got big. Your identity kind of gets stripped away sometimes with fame. Our shows are very different now and they feel more real. Casual is the wrong word because they're still extremely aggressive, but they're also fun and very fast paced. I guess we're a little more relaxed in the sense that we're not trying to prove anything anymore--we're just getting up there and trying to be a good band and just doing what we love to do. We really enjoy playing. It's less about nerves now and more about enjoying the people that you're sharing the stage with. I know the touring industry has taken a pretty hard hit, but I haven't really noticed any of that. I did notice, though, that more than half of our audience is new.

MR: Speaking of new, do you have any advice for new artists?

GW: Yeah, the thing that we say most, based on personal experience, is that starting a band for the right reasons is really important because the music industry, they say, is doing so poorly that you really have to love doing it and you really should have something to say as a band. Just always make the music that you'd want to hear and the music you feel like the world is missing. Just do it for the right reasons! To me, that's the recipe for, at the very least, being a band that can get in the van and keep touring. That's all we'd ever wanted. Anything else was kind of a bonus. 

Source: Huffpost Entertainment

My Chemical Romance Shed Their Emo Roots [Frank Iero Interview]

By Darryl Smyers Thursday, May 19 2011
 
Call My Chemical Romance anything you like. Talented. Petulant. Even sell-outs.

Just don't call them emo.

"All emo means, to me, is being emotionally disturbed and having really bad hair," says guitarist Frank Iero, who, like singer Gerard Way, has been consistently outspoken when it comes to folks not calling My Chemical Romance an emo band.

"We've always wanted to stay away from that term because it simply doesn't apply to us," he says.

Much to his chagrin, though, the term has been associated with the band ever since its inception back in 2001. And, despite Iero's irritation, when listening to three out of the four albums My Chemical Romance have released, it's difficult to tell exactly why they shouldn't be considered emo. The band's 2006 effort, The Black Parade, is considered by many to be a landmark emo album.

"Thankfully, with our latest record, we have probably heard the last from emo," Iero says.

The album he's referring to is Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, My Chemical Romance's bold 2010 release. Besides being a great album, Danger Days is remarkable for being such a dramatic break from the doom-filled angst of the band's earlier efforts.

"We couldn't stay stagnant," Iero says rather matter-of-factly. "We just didn't want the same things as we did 10 years ago."

Yet the change in tactics on Danger Days is more than just a decade of maturity. Songs like the infectious (if annoyingly titled) "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" and the disco-pulsed "Planetary (Go)" sound like the work of an entirely different band—and, yes, a better one at that. It's as if Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen kidnapped these guys and taught them every power-pop trick in the book.

"The album is not a reaction to our previous records," Iero says, albeit somewhat unconvincingly. "We simply decided to write songs, not an album."

Indeed, Danger Days does play out like a diverse collection of singles. And, thanks to their embracing the change in sound so enthusiastically, it's difficult to fault the band's sincerity.

It's not just the music that is different, either.

"It was time to end the long stares, the bombastic props and get-ups," Iero says of My Chemical Romance's updated stage presence. "That look was part of the reason we got labeled emo in the first place."

Whatever you call the band, this much is clear: This is a band on the up-and-up, whether the band's fans are ready to embrace the new sound or not.

"There will always be assholes in the crowd wanting to throw change at you," Iero says. "But this new record is a party record. And I think fans old and new will want to party along."

Source: Dallas Observer

MCR at Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 [Photos]

Source: Getty Images

Q&A: Frank Iero habla sobre presentaciones en clubs, albumes conceptuales y comics

County Grind: La ultima vez que vinieron a South Florida para encabezar, fue en un gran escenario. Fue una elección consciente tocar en lugares mas intimos esta vez?

Frank Iero: Es como una especie de donde-vamos-ahora. Es divertido hacer las presentaciones mas pequeñas, y luego si tenemos la suerte suficiente como para hacer un show mas grande, volveremos a hacer eso. Para nosotros, es la forma como empezamos hace diez años, tocando en sótanos y cosas por el estilo. Pequeños shows y especialmente en teatros, esas son presentaciones realmente divertidas para nosotros. Creo que es importante hacer un show como esos al menos una vez al año.

CG: Se sentían cansados de hacer grandes espectáculos, o fue solo una búsqueda para cambiar el ritmo?

FI: Bueno, definitivamente, en un principio se trataba de una reacción. Era lo que habíamos estado haciendo por años. Estuvimos en tour con el ultimo álbum por dos años y medio, y tomo mucho de nosotros. No queríamos volver y hacerlo de nuevo.

Así que empezamos a crear estas reglas sobre como hacer el álbum en reacción a eso. Pero cuando lo hicimos, nos atamos los brazos a la espalda. Así que cuando lo desguazamos y empezamos hacer este disco (Danger Days), fue menos acerca de las reglas y mas sobre todo lo que teníamos ganas de hacer en el momento, solo eso.

CG: Cuales fueron algunas de las reglas que establecieron?

FI: Bueno, hicimos una gira para Black Parade durante dos años y medio, luego tomamos seis o siete meses de descanso. Luego volvimos al estudio, y nuestras reglas eran como: "No trama, sin disfraces, básicamente nada de lo que Black Parade fue". Luego hicimos un álbum con esas reglas y lo odiamos. Así que quitamos todas esas reglas. Termino siendo arbitrario.

CG: Consideras que este disco tiene una historia? En algunas entrevistas que todos ustedes en la banda han hecho, dicen que no hay una deliberadamente. Pero al mismo tiempo, al menos con los vídeos que han lanzado hasta ahora, hay, de hecho, una narración conectiva.

FI: Cierto, con los vídeos hay, pero no con el disco. Hay una escena y un alto concepto, pero no es necesariamente un disco conceptual. No hay historia de adelante hacia atrás, eres transportado a un mundo. Pero por los dos primeros vídeos, si hay. Se conectan, y habrá una tercera parte en la que estamos trabajando actualmente.

CG: En una nota de alguna manera relacionada, están todos metidos por igual en el comic? Si es así, que recomendarías ahora?

FI: Todo lo que Eric Powell hace. Estoy muy emocionado de empezar a leer la serie de Godzilla. Y nuestro buen amigo Grant Morrison no es solo uno de los mas grandes escritores del mundo, sino uno de los mas grandes autores de nuestro tiempo. No puedes ir mal con todo lo que el ha hecho.

Fuente: County Grind

My Chemical Romance warm up for Lady Gaga at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend

MCR performed a storming set last night (May 15) at BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Carlisle.

The band, playing just before headliner Lady Gaga, delivered a 45 minute, 10-song set, which leant heavily on tracks from their latest album 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'.

Opening their set with 'Vampire Money', they also played 'Planetary [Go!]', 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)' and 'Bulletproof Heart', their new single, which is due out next month. 

They also played three tracks from 2006‘s 'The Black Parade' and two from 2004’s 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge', including set closer 'Helena'.

Singer Gerard Way asked the crowd if they were excited to see headliner Lady Gaga, saying: "Are you guys excited for Lady Gaga? We are too."

Way also demanded that the crowd were "in the mood for dancing" during 'Planetary (Go!)' and introduced 'Sing' by saying to the crowd: "They’re going to try and fix your face up and make you pretty, what are you going to do about it?"

My Chemical Romance played:

'Vampire Money'
'Famous Last Words'
'Teenagers'
'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'
'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)'
'Planetary [Go!]'
'Welcome To The Black Parade'
'Sing'
'Bulletproof Heart'
'Helena'

Source: NME

"Hicimos Glee para hacerle algun daño al mundo pop" [Entrevista Gerard Way]

Gerard Way dijo que la banda dejo que su single 'Sing' se presentara en Glee con el fin de "hacer daño" al mundo de la música pop.

En declaraciones a News Of The World, Way también dijo que la banda había escrito deliberadamente canciones pop para su álbum 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys' con el fin de ser "subversivos". Dijo: "La gente nos ha preguntado por que hay canciones pop en el nuevo álbum y mi respuesta es: 'Para ser subversivos'"

Al preguntarle por que la banda permitio que 'Sing' se presentara en Glee, Way respondió: "Queríamos entrar en ese mundo pop y hacer algo de daño. 'Sing' es un himno que ataca a la sociedad corporativa, y ahí esta en Glee."

Way también se dirigió a la critica que la banda recibió de parte del comentarista político de derecha de los EE.UU. Glenn Beck, que había descrito a "Sing" como "propaganda". Gerard dijo de los comentarios de Beck, "El nos golpeo a nosotros, es brillante - la canción esta atacando a quien debe atacar. Es bueno saber que una banda de rock puede tener aun ese impacto."

Fuente: NME

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Live @ 9:30 Club - Washington, USA 10/05 [Photos]