back from the dead

[before disappear]

[Gerard]: Philadelphia! How are you? We are The Black Parade, it is so nice to meet you today. Thank you so much for coming out. If you would be so kind, all of you, to make a nice round of applause for the man responsible for bringing us out here; under the conditions of the MOAT, and the Ministry of Complimentary Reconditioning—please! A round of applause for His Grand Immortal Dictator! The handsomest man I know, and they don’t just have a gun to my head! Beautiful. We are supported back here by The Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise for them, let’s get the spotlight on them. And we have a wonderful new gentleman with us tonight to join the group! Now! I ask you, Philadelphia! And I ask the world! And I tell the world one more time, you have sullied our armor for the last time! We’re The Black Parade! Let’s fucking go!

[after fixing the podium mic before wttbp]

[Gerard]: There we go.

[elexecution before i dont love you]

[Gerard]: Good news, America! The Black Parade may have lost its last job as the spokesband for the Dodgers Dog. But luckily, we got a new gig! And our funny friend right here is gonna help us earn the big bucks! The Black Parade is now the officials spokesband of The Cheesesteak. Yes. Just like the old Cheesesteak would do for The Black Parade. Spicy. And how are you all tonight, are you having a great time? You’re a great time! Alright, so let’s kill some people! Oh wait. Different thing. Okay, so when you came in, you all got this sign, and, uh, one side says chicken, the other says fish, right? Is that—? Never mind. Uh, sorry. Hold on. Yeah, keep the music on. Alright, here we go. Okay. God, I can’t find—alright! One side, it says yea, right? The other side, it says nay, right? Well, we’re gonna have a vote here tonight, right now. These people over here, I don’t even know what the fuck they did. But they’re either guilty or they’re not. Wait. They’re guilty, but are we gonna kill ‘em, that’s how this works. Kinda forgot. So, all those in favour of putting a bullet in these motherfuckers, let me see the yea. Alright. Alright. That’s not bad at all. Now. All opposed to that action, let me see the nay. Hmm. A little close. I’m not sure. One more time, everybody at the same time, hold up the yea or the nay, whichever you believe. We gotta give the people what they want, and what they want is blood! Let’s go, Philadelphia! Roll! Ready! Aim! Fire! Thank you.

[counting in marianne during mama]

[Gerard]: Marianne! How are you doing tonight, Marianne? Marianne, wave to all of the beautiful people. She loves to sing; Marianne; her father brought her to us as part of this plan. Well, thing about Marianne is when she sings she can see everything. Let’s count her in, what do you say? What do you say?

B STAGE

[before headfirst for halos]

[Gerard]: Thank you Clarice Jensen. And please make some noise for the others of our Auxiliary Band over in Draag, that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy, [indistinct] she’s with Tucker Rule, also incredible, and an old friend of ours, and Cheech Iero, joins—joins the group tonight. [indistinct] And please make some noise for Alice fucking Cooper. Fuck. Pretty amazing. Uh, yeah, s’just an honour. We’re not gonna have an— I can’t tell them directly [indistinct] uh, thank you, Alice, and the Alice Cooper band for playing tonight. It’s a dream. Alright. So. We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey. Let’s go. Alright, let’s just fucking get into it. Let’s get into it. This song’s off the first record.

[before bury me in black]

[Gerard]: That’s a spicy ending. [screams] Fuck. This is a B-side. Or a no-side, I can’t remember.

[before not okay]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Please make some noise for our crew, there are too many out here tonight. A lot of people that helped put this fuckin’ tour together, and I wanna take the opportunity right now to make a special thanks to my friend Jeremy Lambert who helped me day in, day out, in the trenches with me, and I know his folks are here tonight. And his brother. And his brother’s wife. There’s all kinds of fucking people here, here tonight. Thank you, Jeremy. What we got coming on? What’s on the—Oh. Okay. Alright, we’re gonna start now. Starting—now it starts. It begins now.

[before destroya]

[Gerard]: Wonderful. Thank you. Wonderful! Thanks so much for coming, uh, for coming—this is our first stadium tour, which is a fucking crazy thing to say in the first place, but thank you so much. We’re figuring this thing out, you think we would get used to it, but thank you for spending your day with us, [indistinct], but thank you so much. Um, what do we got? [creepy voice] Oh yeah. Oh shit. [normal voice] I need water. I’m gonna drink water. When I drink water, you guys get to—[laughs]—get rid of me.

[before heaven help us]

[Gerard]: Thank you, Philadelphia. So, you know, most of the time, um, when we’re playing the Black Parade part of the show, I usually kinda say the city right but then, like, the state wrong or I put it in another country; I couldn’t come up with anything good today for Philadelphia. And it was weird, ‘cause sometimes this’ll happen for no reason, you know, it’s just up there it’s—think I get really mad, and so I didn’t say Pennsylvania. But I didn’t say Pennsylvania, I just didn’t say anything wrong, either. You know what I mean? This is an engrossing story. And, uh, this is a song we don’t play very often, it’s a B-side from The Black Parade. It’s one of our favourites, and it’s called “Heaven Help Us”.

[before give em hell kid]

[Gerard]: So, we met a wonderful girl named Jose[?] today, a very great girl, and we wanted this next song to go out to her, because we have a feeling she’s kicking on, and that’s giving me the kick-off on that [?], so, I think—I think this is a fun one. This is a bit of a banger off Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. And… thing about this song, it’s kinda interesting, we’re—like, Craig Aaronson, who, um, sadly passed away many years ago, he was like, ‘man, you gotta do “Not Okay”. Everybody loves the “Not Okay” stuff.’ And, we were like, well—I was like, well, you know, I wrote this video for this song called “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid”, and, he was really into the first one, he was like, ‘I’m telling you, man, the people are gonna want the “Not Okay” stuff.’ And I was—[laughs]—didn’t go like that, but whatever. We also love “Not Okay”, so it actually wasn’t a bad deal. But, um. This song is called “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid”.

[before foundations]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Hell yeah, Philadelphia. [groaning while getting up] Old. I’m not. I’m not. [coughs] I’m not. Everyone having a good day today? We’re having a very good day. So, this song, um, you know, we’d split up for a while, you know, we didn’t think—I didn’t we were gonna get back together, whatever. Um, and I had a friend who came to my house one day, he said, this was the kind of shit he said, he said, ‘it’s time.’ And I said yeah, I know. It’s time. Um, and he said, he asked, ‘so why do you think it’s time?’ and I was like, if I don’t do it now, I’m never gonna do it. And I believed that. I believe that today, still. You know, with that pandemic happening, I still wanted to do it. I still said I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna do it, now—four years later—or we’re dead. And this song came out of that period. Only finally when we were about to go back out on the road again, in little pieces every night, like, part of a song would become part of this song. You just put ‘em together. Just put it together. Anyway. It’s a favourite of mine, this song’s called “The Foundations of Decay”. I never see lights for this song. Should we try it? I think so. It’s dark.

[before na na na]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Thank you so much. That was really special. Yeah. We—we went on tour with that one, obviously. People weren’t ready yet to get the lights up, come on, but I appreciate you guys anyway, I do. Looked really beautiful. Thank you. We’re gonna play you a banger—[laughs]—who says that? We’re gonna play you a banger, actually, off, uh, an album called Danger Days. Um, and uh, this is the number two summer jam of all time. It’s confirmed. So. You know, it’s okay with us, since we got the one spot, and we got the two spot, they can’t—they can’t all be—[talking to Frank] we have three? We gotta make three. What do you think it’s gonna be about? He’s gonna let me know. [creepy voice] You let me know, Frank. [normal voice] Alright, let’s fucking do it!

[before helena]

[Gerard]: I think we’ll do the—I think we’ll do the intro, yes? I want this one to go out to [someone] and the [someone] family. Just for being with us so very fucking long and being so wonderful. I can’t see you guys tonight, but I know you’re there. Thank you.

[before kids]

[before disappear]

[Gerard]: Philadelphia! How are you? We are The Black Parade, it is so nice to meet you today. Thank you so much for coming out. If you would be so kind, all of you, to make a nice round of applause for the man responsible for bringing us out here; under the conditions of the MOAT, and the Ministry of Complimentary Reconditioning—please! A round of applause for His Grand Immortal Dictator! The handsomest man I know, and they don’t just have a gun to my head! Beautiful. We are supported back here by The Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise for them, let’s get the spotlight on them. And we have a wonderful new gentleman with us tonight to join the group! Now! I ask you, Philadelphia! And I ask the world! And I tell the world one more time, you have sullied our armor for the last time! We’re The Black Parade! Let’s fucking go!

[after fixing the podium mic before wttbp]

[Gerard]: There we go.

[elexecution before i dont love you]

[Gerard]: Good news, America! The Black Parade may have lost its last job as the spokesband for the Dodgers Dog. But luckily, we got a new gig! And our funny friend right here is gonna help us earn the big bucks! The Black Parade is now the officials spokesband of The Cheesesteak. Yes. Just like the old Cheesesteak would do for The Black Parade. Spicy. And how are you all tonight, are you having a great time? You’re a great time! Alright, so let’s kill some people! Oh wait. Different thing. Okay, so when you came in, you all got this sign, and, uh, one side says chicken, the other says fish, right? Is that—? Never mind. Uh, sorry. Hold on. Yeah, keep the music on. Alright, here we go. Okay. God, I can’t find—alright! One side, it says yea, right? The other side, it says nay, right? Well, we’re gonna have a vote here tonight, right now. These people over here, I don’t even know what the fuck they did. But they’re either guilty or they’re not. Wait. They’re guilty, but are we gonna kill ‘em, that’s how this works. Kinda forgot. So, all those in favour of putting a bullet in these motherfuckers, let me see the yea. Alright. Alright. That’s not bad at all. Now. All opposed to that action, let me see the nay. Hmm. A little close. I’m not sure. One more time, everybody at the same time, hold up the yea or the nay, whichever you believe. We gotta give the people what they want, and what they want is blood! Let’s go, Philadelphia! Roll! Ready! Aim! Fire! Thank you.

[counting in marianne during mama]

[Gerard]: Marianne! How are you doing tonight, Marianne? Marianne, wave to all of the beautiful people. She loves to sing; Marianne; her father brought her to us as part of this plan. Well, thing about Marianne is when she sings she can see everything. Let’s count her in, what do you say? What do you say?

B STAGE

[before headfirst for halos]

[Gerard]: Thank you Clarice Jensen. And please make some noise for the others of our Auxiliary Band over in Draag, that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy, [indistinct] she’s with Tucker Rule, also incredible, and an old friend of ours, and Cheech Iero, joins—joins the group tonight. [indistinct] And please make some noise for Alice fucking Cooper. Fuck. Pretty amazing. Uh, yeah, s’just an honour. We’re not gonna have an— I can’t tell them directly [indistinct] uh, thank you, Alice, and the Alice Cooper band for playing tonight. It’s a dream. Alright. So. We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey. Let’s go. Alright, let’s just fucking get into it. Let’s get into it. This song’s off the first record.

[before bury me in black]

[Gerard]: That’s a spicy ending. [screams] Fuck. This is a B-side. Or a no-side, I can’t remember.

[before not okay]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Please make some noise for our crew, there are too many out here tonight. A lot of people that helped put this fuckin’ tour together, and I wanna take the opportunity right now to make a special thanks to my friend Jeremy Lambert who helped me day in, day out, in the trenches with me, and I know his folks are here tonight. And his brother. And his brother’s wife. There’s all kinds of fucking people here, here tonight. Thank you, Jeremy. What we got coming on? What’s on the—Oh. Okay. Alright, we’re gonna start now. Starting—now it starts. It begins now.

[before destroya]

[Gerard]: Wonderful. Thank you. Wonderful! Thanks so much for coming, uh, for coming—this is our first stadium tour, which is a fucking crazy thing to say in the first place, but thank you so much. We’re figuring this thing out, you think we would get used to it, but thank you for spending your day with us, [indistinct], but thank you so much. Um, what do we got? [creepy voice] Oh yeah. Oh shit. [normal voice] I need water. I’m gonna drink water. When I drink water, you guys get to—[laughs]—get rid of me.

[before heaven help us]

[Gerard]: Thank you, Philadelphia. So, you know, most of the time, um, when we’re playing the Black Parade part of the show, I usually kinda say the city right but then, like, the state wrong or I put it in another country; I couldn’t come up with anything good today for Philadelphia. And it was weird, ‘cause sometimes this’ll happen for no reason, you know, it’s just up there it’s—think I get really mad, and so I didn’t say Pennsylvania. But I didn’t say Pennsylvania, I just didn’t say anything wrong, either. You know what I mean? This is an engrossing story. And, uh, this is a song we don’t play very often, it’s a B-side from The Black Parade. It’s one of our favourites, and it’s called “Heaven Help Us”.

[before give em hell kid]

[Gerard]: So, we met a wonderful girl named Jose[?] today, a very great girl, and we wanted this next song to go out to her, because we have a feeling she’s kicking on, and that’s giving me the kick-off on that [?], so, I think—I think this is a fun one. This is a bit of a banger off Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. And… thing about this song, it’s kinda interesting, we’re—like, Craig Aaronson, who, um, sadly passed away many years ago, he was like, ‘man, you gotta do “Not Okay”. Everybody loves the “Not Okay” stuff.’ And, we were like, well—I was like, well, you know, I wrote this video for this song called “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid”, and, he was really into the first one, he was like, ‘I’m telling you, man, the people are gonna want the “Not Okay” stuff.’ And I was—[laughs]—didn’t go like that, but whatever. We also love “Not Okay”, so it actually wasn’t a bad deal. But, um. This song is called “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid”.

[before foundations]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Hell yeah, Philadelphia. [groaning while getting up] Old. I’m not. I’m not. [coughs] I’m not. Everyone having a good day today? We’re having a very good day. So, this song, um, you know, we’d split up for a while, you know, we didn’t think—I didn’t we were gonna get back together, whatever. Um, and I had a friend who came to my house one day, he said, this was the kind of shit he said, he said, ‘it’s time.’ And I said yeah, I know. It’s time. Um, and he said, he asked, ‘so why do you think it’s time?’ and I was like, if I don’t do it now, I’m never gonna do it. And I believed that. I believe that today, still. You know, with that pandemic happening, I still wanted to do it. I still said I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna do it, now—four years later—or we’re dead. And this song came out of that period. Only finally when we were about to go back out on the road again, in little pieces every night, like, part of a song would become part of this song. You just put ‘em together. Just put it together. Anyway. It’s a favourite of mine, this song’s called “The Foundations of Decay”. I never see lights for this song. Should we try it? I think so. It’s dark.

[before na na na]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Thank you so much. That was really special. Yeah. We—we went on tour with that one, obviously. People weren’t ready yet to get the lights up, come on, but I appreciate you guys anyway, I do. Looked really beautiful. Thank you. We’re gonna play you a banger—[laughs]—who says that? We’re gonna play you a banger, actually, off, uh, an album called Danger Days. Um, and uh, this is the number two summer jam of all time. It’s confirmed. So. You know, it’s okay with us, since we got the one spot, and we got the two spot, they can’t—they can’t all be—[talking to Frank] we have three? We gotta make three. What do you think it’s gonna be about? He’s gonna let me know. [creepy voice] You let me know, Frank. [normal voice] Alright, let’s fucking do it!

[before helena]

[Gerard]: I think we’ll do the—I think we’ll do the intro, yes? I want this one to go out to [someone] and the [someone] family. Just for being with us so very fucking long and being so wonderful. I can’t see you guys tonight, but I know you’re there. Thank you.

[before kids]