#mcr transcripts

(between dead! and disappear) Please, water for the boy! How are you! It’s been a very long time, it’s nice to see you! Good news, America! We’re The Black Parade! Brought to you by our most kindest, gentlest, Grand Immortal Dictator… if you would all be so kind as to make some noise! He who shall not die… and has never looked better… and we are being supported by The Draag National Auxillary Band, thank you so very much! Are you ready to have fun? Seattle! Let’s go!

(election) Hello Seattle! It’s a beeauuutiful daaaaay to be hereeee… with yoooou… right now, we’re gonna try an experiment, maybe. Maybe an experiment, maybe a practice of democracy. When you came in, you got a sign. Yes, you got a sign. One side says yea! The other side, says nay. What we are gonna do here is have an election. If you would pay attention to the big red round circle in the centre, you’ll see our four candidates for election. You will get a chance to vote them in or out of office. Seattle, are you ready?! Now, who rejects these individuals and does not want to elect them, say nay! Up, all around! Let me see the black if you disagree! Now I need to hear you. I don’t know. We have a lot more to try. There’s only one more colour. And that’s yea! Who would love to elect these individuals, let me hear you! All together, yeas and nays up at the same time, yea and boo, let me hear you! That’s a lot of fucking yea! Let’s go! Roll! Ready! Set! FIRE! Thank you! Thank you so very much for participating in democracy!

(news anchor after teenagers) Our time has come. (something) A simple act as many. A single word repeats across the stars, and then our hearts create us. And comes the time when all must ask, what cost to hide? What loss so great to scrawl our names in sand, or chisel them in concrete? Goodnight, my friends. Goodnight to all.

(after disenchanted in response to crowd lights) Paris… is beautiful at night. Paris is beautiful.

(starting b stage before im not okay) Please make some noise for Clarice Jensen. A dear friend of mine showed me her music a long time ago, we’re very lucky to have her. So one more time, please make some noise for her. And please, please make some noise for the Violent Femmes. It’s a dream just to have such a legendary band you grew up listening to, just sweet—sweet people, and just wonderful, music, that we’d listen to all our lives. So thank you. We’re My Chemical Romance. We’re gonna play you some songs, if that’s okay. Is it not okay?

(after im not okay) Thank you very much! We’re gonna—we’re? I’m gonna get this glove off. It’s so tight. Urgh! It’s the first time we’ve attempted anything like this. You know, like, all that stuff. Who was at the very first Black Parade show? Like the one with the, the stuff. When we had the stuff, and the uniforms… who was there? Pretty wild. Thank you for coming back. (laughs) Frank said ‘no fuckin’ way’. No fuckin’ way these people are alive anymore if they're this old. Um, so many people to thank, and we’ll get through them all over the course of this tour, this is the first night of the tour, thank you for being here. We’re gonna shout out to Kayleigh Goldsworthy and Tucker Rule who were helping us with Clarice Jensen over in the Auxillary Band in The Country Of Draag. And all of our crew, thank you so very much. Everybody worked so very hard to make this happen, and there’s so many more people, whatever. We’re gonna play you a song off our first record, if that’s okay. It’s kinda stabby!

(after lady of sorrows) Those lyrics over there, they’re not for our benefit, right? Cause we got our own over here. Those are off the internet. Oh. Oh, I see what it is. I say something, it shows up there. Those weren’t singing lyrics. Yeah… yeah, yeah. That’s really fuckin’ cool. I got a really little mic stand now. All right. We got some shit to get through. This thing is off the um, the uh, second album. Pretty spooky! People used to put their light their—shit up, for this one. Their shit. Hey, I got a quick question, like, um, when you guys put your phones up, why is like it all blue now? Is that just, like, um, the new phones? Does my phone do that too? Everyone’s blue. It’s like, white, and blue. Anyway, fuck it, let’s go, this one’s called (spooky voice) The Ghost… of You.

(after ghost of you) We did, uh, a bunch of rehearsals, so we ran through this a bunch of times, a few times, um, in costume, and then uh, um, and also on here, and every time we got here it’d be like oh fuck, oh my god, how are we gonna do this? So old! That’s all the rest of that. I gotta drink some water, though. Um. Yeah. What was I gonna say? What was the thought I had? Oh, it’s really fun! That was the point. We’re having a great time. Um, uh, who’s coming out to some of the other ones? This part will be different, each time, and I’m sure some shit’s gonna change over there. We got a whole week to workshop that shit, you know what I mean? Gonna put somebody in a fucking rocket, who knows? WHO KNOWS! Alright, you ready to keep going? Let’s go! BRR! (nasally voice) Killjoys! Make some noise!

(after na na na) Thank you so much! So, a lot of people helped put this together, there’s an amazing crew and an amazing cast, a lot of people spent a very long time on this. (gags) Drank too much water, sorry. And, uh, in some cases, feel like a year and a half, two years, in the trenches together, was really just a lot of fucking fun. Um, there’s somebody I feel the need to defend right now because he slapped me so hard tonight that I’m afraid for his life, and his name is Charlie Saxton, and he plays The Clerk over in Draag. But I gotta be honest, you guys had probably wanted to see me get slapped like that for like, twenty years, so… I give the people what they want, you know? Are you like a country (?) Alright, we got more shit to play. There’s no plan around here, about what to say or anything, I’m just drinking water, and we’re all hanging out with you guys. Let’s do what you say, yes? Keep it coming! Mikey Way, let’s go.

(after give em hell kid) Beautiful! Ugh. Frank put this together, I think, the setlist, Frank puts a lot of them together. (german accent) I just feel like dancing this time, you know? Feel like making dancing. Would you like to dance with us like we’re in a dark club? Make good time, yes? What you say? (gags) I got a little fucking hazer in my throat. Whatever. You know what I’m talking about. Everybody’s got hazer in their throat.

(after planetary go) It’s getting a little chilly, sorry. Give me a minute. Haha! Here. That was a safety hazard. So we’re gonna play you, uh, something we don’t get to play often, it’s a B-side off Black Parade. It’s called Heaven Help Us.

(after heaven help us) Ow! Haha. I was talking to (someone) about this. Fuck, this is fun. That song’s fucking good, man. You know, we—all the time, we’re like, man, why the fuck—(cut off by bury me in black starting) Aaagh! You knew how to get me through this, you just started! Oooh! (something), but we keep playing it!

(after bury me in black) That sounds good. It’s a new…day…Charlie Brown… it’s a new day, Charlie Brown. Lay your blockhead down. All new day… Charlie Brown. Two more. Song off the first record. First My Chemical Romance song ever recorded. It’s called Vampires Will Never Hurt You.

FIRST SET

(Beginning before Over Fields)

[narrator]: Hello my friends, good morning. It is another beautiful day in Draag. A chance, once more, to get things right; and push beyond our best. So, rise with the sun, and take your medication. Here is your schedule for today, and we will start by observing the Draag National Anthem.

(Before sharpest lives)

[Gerard, reading off paper]: Good be here, it’s nice to evening. Good evening, it’s nice to be here.

(Before wttbp)

[Narrator]: The humour to think about learning to be what you hate, and learning to do what you fear, is that someone you’ve been your whole life doing something you’ve always been good at could feel so entirely new. That brutality, so second nature, could feel so alien, so foreign to you; it’s astounding to witness firsthand. So let’s remind you, for a moment, exactly what you are and the thing that you do best. The lesson is, a man knows how to forgive, but a leader knows how to instruct. And since, through pain we learn, let’s be student then be a teacher. Now, [indistinct], use your words and use them to [indistinct].

(Before cancer)

[narrated from Clerk reading a postcard]: Hello from Gubrick. It’s really not that dirty here. You don’t notice the smell after a few days. Sadly, there’s nothing I can do for you. All my love, Dad.

[mama interlude]

[introducing dagger part]

[Gerard]: How are you good people here tonight? All the way from the Catskills, I see. It’s been a long flight for me, I need a drink. You guys are a lively bunch. Oh, you’re laughing already? What’s so funny? Is it my suit? I know, it’s a mess. My suit’s a mess. That’s what happens when your manager books your plane ticket in the garbage hold. That’s what fucking happens, you know what I mean? So anyways, me and the fucking boys—hold on, I need a drink before I tell this story. So anyways, me and the boys wanted to start out tonight with—not jokes, no jokes, just a song, you know what I mean? It’s a real special song. I learned this one from a friend a long time ago. When I met him, the first time, he says to me, ‘I like your shoes.’ And I said, you don’t got any fucking shoes at all! Jokes. Jokes. But he leans over to me, and whispers in my ear, this is what he says…

[introducing Sylvia, or, magic assistant]

[Gerard]: Now how’s about that song? What’d you think about that? Alright, alright, alright, alright, you’re probably asking who she is. This is the part of the show where we do magic. And we’re gonna do a magic trick. Alright? This brave young lady right here, from Lapeer, Michigan, a very far off land, is our assistant. For all things magical spells. And she is gonna let us make her disappear. We’re gonna need your help. It’s just a little one, two, one two three four. But if you’re ready I think we can try it. Oh, by the powers vested in me by His Arcane Majesty, The Great Gazoo!

[during the big sky]

[Narrator]: There is a planet, so it spins, and it’s moving so fast it’s not worried at all. Very busy. People, people hurry. And the child who has the chalk and sand, let me see you. So we see them. We say, let me see who loves you. As the chalk, it moves in circles. Many circles. Great big circles. Hugging arms and smiling eyes. And we deal with the child. Let’s subtract, and again, and what if we subtract them? Who is left to love you? There is only the hands that wipe the chalkboard clean.

[before Sleep]

[Narrator]: I see. All this time, you are making drawings someone else must now erase. But I am glad that we are friends, and that now you understand—this is the worst day of your life, but the first day of yourself.

[before disenchanted]

[narrator]: Hello, my friend. I see you. But no, we’ve never met. They gave to me a picture, and I’ve had it quite some time. In fact, before you said a word I’ve always heard your voice. And you don’t mind? That makes me smile. There is one last seat, and one more ticket. It’s hiding in your coat. Yes, you, you’re here. So take your seat, get comfy, here is my hand.

[before famous last words]

[Real Boy]: A figure sits in a chair made of wood. And it’s sobbing. You think it’s you. You’re pretty sure it’s you. But it’s weak. It’s broken. And it’s covered in gasoline. Now, picture yourself.

SECOND SET

[before nanana]

[Gerard]: We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey.

[before planetary go]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. No, we’re not stopping yet. We’re gonna say some shit, but now yet. Wanna keep fucking going. [indistinct] How do you feel ‘bout that, Peru? Alright, let’s fucking go.

[before ghost of you]

[Gerard]: Alright, Lima, how the fuck are you! Alright, alright, we’re gonna, uh, play something off Revenge in a minute, but, we wanna, uh, we got some people we wanna thank, so, we have, well, always with us, we have Jarrod Alexander, Jamie Muhoberac, toured with us a very long fucking time, even though this time they’re kinda different characters. But, we have our medical staff, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Clarice Jensen, who played a song after the first set, and Tucker fucking Rule. And the band that were nice enough to come out with us on this incredible fucking tour, The fucking Hives. I would go to this show. I would even stay for My Chemical Romance. Really honoured that they came out with us. One of the greatest fucking rock bands of all time. Alright. Introductions, out of the way. Let’s make it spooky. Gonna make it spooky! [shushes] [shushes again] [shushes a third time] Light it up, Peru.

[before give em hell kid]

[Gerard]: Thank you so much. Boxspring. Man, that was like, forty-seven, forty-seven little boxes.

[before headfirst for halos]

[Gerard]: Quiero some agua. Hola, ¿qué tal? Failed Spanish three times, but always got the accent really good. Dunno. That’s it, that’s all I got. I failed it a whole bunch of times. Had to go to fucking summer school. Because I’m stupid. I know, I know I’m not stupid. But thank you for your concern. So, Frank put the setlist together, pretty much always does, and, he put this one on here from our first fucking record. We’re really fucking excited to do it. Fuck it, let’s do it. This one’s called ‘Headfirst For Halos’. Get ‘em up, Lima! We did this back in the day. [waving hands] It’s slow. Gotta be like water.

[before boy divison]

[Gerard]: Okay. Oh, was talking about Cheeseburger in Paradise, oh right. So, I keep a list of really excellent murder music. And you know, it’s not like I would—I would play this music to murder people, I don’t ever plan on doing that, but, should, let’s say, you know, I write a film or there’s a TV show, like, there was this scene in, uh, the first episode of Umbrella Academy where Five kills all these people in the, in the, um, donut shop, and I was like, please use ‘Daydream Believer’ by The Monkees. I love them, please use—this is—this is perfect murder music, ‘Istanbul’ is not on my murder music list, but you know what is now? Cheeseburger In fucking Paradise. This is kinda on the list. I think. What do you say we play it? Let’s do it.

[before vampires]

[Gerard]: I didn’t even know scary shit was about to happen, I just said that for fun. But scary shit is about to happen. Trust me, my friend, trust me—trust—trust me, my friends. But anyway, it’s really nice to be here. Alright, Lima, let’s make it spooky. My favourite. My favourite, hand-selected, favourite song.

[before Helena]

[before disappear]

[Gerard]: Hello Chicago! We are, how you say in America, The Black Parade, thank you so much for having us here tonight! Brought to you by The Ministry of Complimentary Reconditioning out of Draag, and the man who brought us here—none other than His Grand Immortal Dictator. Please, make some noise for him! He is a beautiful man, and Draag is a beautiful country! And we thank you so very much for coming out tonight. We are supported by, how you say, The Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise for them! Very handsomely dressed! Now, are we ready to carry once more into the breach? My dear friends! Chicago!

[before i dont love you] [elexecution]

[Gerard]: Chicago! It’s about that time right now! Let’s see who the next lucky contestants are, over on The Red Circle. When you came in today, you got a sign, let me see what they might be. Think it was the red and black…right, this guy? Oooh! Delicious! Look at all those! Okay. Well, what’s your favourite colour, is it red or is it black? Okay. Doesn’t actually matter. What we’re gonna do is we’re gonna vote on these people here on this thing, if they live or die! Why? Because the Dictator says I gotta do this. Do I care? Not really. So. Nay means we don’t kill them, yea means we does. Who’s ready? Alright. At the count of three, everybody will lift their signs, deciding the fate of the prisoners. One! Two! Three! I think they got fucked out of signs. I still see a lot more red. Still see a lot more red. Oooh, [talking rapidly] what’re we gonna do, what’re we gonna do, what’re we gonna do, what’re we gonna do, what’re we gonna do… how about… roll! Ready! Aim! Fire! Beautiful. Beautiful. And a thank you as always for your participation in democracy. A gift now loved over the world. Beauty. Let’s see some lights. Let’s see some lights! Light it up! Ahaha. That was fast! I love it.

[before house of wolves]

[Gerard]: [howls] Let’s hear the wolves. And only the wolves in the audience, please!

B STAGE

[before venom]

[Gerard]: Please make some noise for Clarice Jensen. Please make some noise for the Draag National Auxiliary Band as well, that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy and Tucker Rule, we’re very lucky to have them. They’re wonderful. And please make some noise for fuckin’ Devo. Holy fucking shit! Um, I got—I’ve actually got to meet Mark a few times over the years through mutual friends and he’s just the sweetest guy. You know, all those guys have just such crazy artist brains, they’re really fun to fucking listen to, and I remember playing ‘em for my daughter when she was pretty young, when they put like an album out when they had the blue hats? I love that song “Fresh”. That song “Fresh” is so good. Anyway, how the fuck are you? Alright, we’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey, let’s fucking do it!

[before nanana]

[Gerard]: [laughs] How the fuck are you? This is truly a fucking Chicago crowd, this rules. I was just thinking about Fireside as well, ‘cause Frank just had a—other day, Mikey had a flashback of playing at Fireside Bowl. I don’t know who—if any of you people were at that, that was—that was really fun. I—that popped in my head because that night, I was explaining it to Lindsey too, I was like, ‘oh, it was awesome, like, during the show! Like, somebody just grabbed me by the throat and just fucking choked me, it was so awesome! I remember, I was on the ground, he was just fucking choking me, man!’ I was like, ‘but it was good!’ And, um. I don’t know what else I was gonna—so, yeah, we were talking backstage too, I’m just gonna keep bullshitting—I’m not, though, but, um, uh, you know, this is kinda—when we were getting changed and stuff, we were talking about how Chicago in America was kinda the first place that really embraced us. [indistinct] and we played a bunch of shows, and they got bigger and bigger, and it was fucking great. I remember all of them. It was so good. So, thank you guys. And, um, yeah. And a kid—Frank wants to put this song out to a kid who broke both his legs at the Metro. I remember know, he jumped off the, the thing, he broke both his legs. This one’s for you, kid! Alright! Let’s go!

[before the world is ugly]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Did you guys hear me earlier, I was like, ‘come on, everybody!’ It’s—that shit was so weak. Come on, everybo—you all, everybody! You all, everybody! I didn’t even watch that whole show. I know that shit, though. You all, everybody! Fuck yeah. We’re having a lot of fun. Thank you so much for spending your day with us. Uh, I think I remember right—we started writing the lyrics to this one, we were staying in Korea, we were staying outside of, uh, there’s this hotel with the most beautiful snowfall I ever saw. We were in, like, this modern-ish hotel overlooking like a castle, and, um, there was snow everywhere. It looked beautiful. This song, we recorded this one for Conventional Weapons, and it’s a song I really love. Um, it’s called ‘The World is Ugly’.

[before prison]

[Gerard]: Thanks so much. This is, um, one of the things we’re learning about football stadiums or baseball stadiums is they go up higher, and so, it looks fucking nuts when we’ve got another twenty, they’re sit—looks fucking incredible when you come out, uh, we’ve only done a couple on this, but when you come out to it, it’s a fucking wall. It’s beautiful. Hell yeah. You motherfuckers up there making it happen! Hell yeah. We got one for you off Revenge right now. We’ve only played it once on this tour. This is the second time.

[before scarecrow]

[Gerard]: I ripped my fucking jeans with that screaming we were doing. I felt that shit go ‘pop!’ Fucking jeans. Thank you so much. There’s fun ahead, there’s fun right now. Especially me. Another one from fuckin’ Danger Days. Here’s what I give to the world. Get into it! Hand up! Hand down!

[before cemetery drive]

[Gerard]: That was one of the most fun for sure we’ve ever played that song. Fucking awesome. It reminds me a little bit, this is completely—it reminds me I think of writing [indistinct] before the band broke up a couple years before. Can put Scarecrow there—nah, it was better tonight, maybe. At this point—Whatever! Uh, we wanna give a big shout-out to our crew who’ve been fucking amazing, and, they pull off wild shit like this morning, they built all this stuff today, ‘cause Oasis was here last night and they had an amazing concert, I didn’t get to go to it but a lot of the band did, and they just said it was fucking great, and we love them, that band, so, um, but they were like, ‘fuck, we gotta get all our shit up there’, and, um, but they’re really wonderful people and they all really—they all really, like, believe in this tour, it’s really fucking cool, they’re all—it’s kinda all of ours. It’s really awesome. ‘Cause it’s like, it’s pretty batshit and we’re kinda making it up every single day. It’s cool. So, cheers. Um, we got a song off Revenge right now. It’s called ‘Cemetery Drive’. Do the intro. Think we’ll do the intro. You count in, Ray.

[before not okay]

[Gerard]: Thanks so much. That song is really f—I—I really fucking pl—I remember playing that on Warped Tour a lot, the first time, and the second time we played. It’s just fucking fun. I got dried fake blood in my hair, sorry. Hey, please make some fucking noise for Jarrod Alexander and Jamie Muhoberac. They’ve been playing with us a very long time, and we always have a fucking blast with them. Fucking best guys. Great fucking players. Just fun. Let’s see what we got over—we got a summer jam now, right now, it’s the summer right? Alright, we should probably play it then. Alright, here goes.

[before boy division]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. That’s a lot of fun. I’m thinking about that part in the movie Elf, when he sees the Santa but it’s not Santa, he goes, ‘you smell like beef and cheese’. [indistinct] Shit. It’s a good thing I was taking a rest. This song’s off Conventional Weapons. Let’s fucking rip it, Jarrod.

[before helena]

[Gerard]: Motherfucker. We got a couple more.

[before bullet with butterfly wings]

[before disappear]

[Gerard]: Ha, ha, ha, ha! [about Frank] He had not heard the joke yet. I told him what it was. Good evening, Boston! As you may know, we are The Black Parade. Here on special advisory from His Grand Immortal Dictator, please make some noise for him, the handsome gentleman. There he is! Bask in his glory. We are supported by The Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise. I salute you sirs, and ladies. Now! I ask you, Boston! Are you ready to keep going? Let’s go, then! You have dirtied our armoured suit for the last time!

[before i dont love you] [elexecution]

[Gerard]: Boston! It’s really nice to see you today. One more time, we are The Black Parade, just incase you were wondering and never heard of us before. We’ve got something planned for you today that’s really special, so I’m told, at least. Alright, so the deal was, everybody, when you came in, you got a sign, right? One side says yea, the other side says nay, correct? So, these people up there on the big red circle, or maybe the small red circle depending on who you are, have committed a heinous crime. They ate all the cake and shared none of it with us. Yes, it’s very sad, you know? It’s how these things go sometimes when the cake is just too good, you understand. So, I’m gonna have you all put it to a vote, you see? Nay means we don’t punish them for eating the cake, and yea means we do. I’m very confused. What’s—? I see yeas in red, yeas in black, what is happening? Alright, one more time, which one was—I don’t know which one was yea or nay. Let’s look, uh, let’s see one more time, uh, uh, red is yea, uh—um, red is yea, black is nay, right? Get ‘em up? Execute, red—no. Let me pick. Roll. Ready. Aim. Fire! Beautiful. Thank you for your participation in democracy.

[before mama]

[Gerard]: What a crisp, cool summer evening.

[introducing Sylvia during mama]

[Gerard]: Sylvia! Sylvia! It’s so nice to see you again! I’ve got a friend. I got a friend from jail, he’s a dear friend named—he’s called The Gentleman, and he told me he wants to count you in. But first, let’s ask how he’s doing! Gentleman, how are you doing tonight? [high pitched gentleman voice] I’m doing very good, thanks. [normal voice] You look quite handsome in your dapper pinstripe suit with your grey tie and your fancy slacks. [gentleman voice] Thank you so much! Thank you, thank you! I really appreciate it! It’s so nice to be here in Boston with everybody. Yay! [normal voice] Most excellent! My dear Gentleman. Now, my dear Gentleman, do you know how to count in Sylvia? [gentleman voice] Yes sir, I’ve seen you do it a bunch of times and fuck it up, so I can’t really be that bad at it. [normal voice] Oh, Gentleman, surely. Surely. Okay, so why don’t you give it a try then, huh? It’s all you.

[before teenagers]

[Gerard and The Clerk together, shaking each other]: It’s really good! It’s really good! It’s really good! Everything is really good!

B STAGE

[before vampire money]

[Gerard]: Thank you Clarice Jensen, please make some noise for Clarice. She plays with us over there on the A-stage too, in the, uh, Draag National Auxiliary Band, it’s really hard to say. Maybe I should—I should—maybe I shoulda called it something different. Anyway, there’s a few other people playing with us, um, and that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy, please make some noise for her. Incredible. And our dear friend and handsome man, Tucker Rule, [indistinct] and the handsomest of all, Cheech Iero, make some fucking noise. When, uh—when we were up there, I was really fucking looking forward to this. You know, it’s so super fun doing that, but I was like, I don’t know, tonight more than any other night, I was like, oh, tonight let’s do a whole fucking different show, let’s do a whole ‘nother show, it’s a whole show right here, happening right now, right here. And, uh, thank you guys so much for spending the day with us and evening and everything. Oh, fuck! Wait up. Please make some noise for Idles. The rain threw me off today, and uh, you guys were probably standing in it a while. So, uh, we’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey. All—all good? We’re—some rain damage and shit today. How you doing? [laughs] Alright! First time on this tour, possibly, not sure, maybe, I think, yes, possibly. Uh, we’re all gonna sing this one together tonight, it’s a special night, you’ll see at the end.

[before not okay]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Please make some noise for Jarrod Alexander and Jamie Muhoberac, they’ve been playing with us for a very long fucking time, our brothers, we’ve had a great fucking tour, this is our first stadium tour, thank you for coming out very much. It’s real cool, it’s super fun, it’s super fun. Uh, we’re always really looking forward to, um, Boston shows, uh, the two on the—on the reunion tour were fucking incredible, and one of those nights was, like, the swan outfit, it was just awesome. We met, uh, a really sweet person today named Ro, I want this song to go out to them.

[before summertime]

[Gerard]: Thank you so much. Thank you. We wanna just keep trucking. Keep fucking—keep trucking, happenin’. Ready whenever you guys are. Lights! Beautiful!

[before our lady of sorrows]

[Gerard]: Um. We got a—we got something off the first record tonight, but we want this one to go out to Nate Piekos, who is, um—he’s the letterer on Umbrella Academy, the comic I do with Gabriel Bá, but, he—he helped, well, he created the alphabet for Keposhka, which is the language of Draag. Which I have not spoken yet once on stage. Maybe I have one night before, maybe next one, who knows. But, uh, we’re had a lot of a fun doing that. I feel like we started doing that a long time ago. Like, a year and a half, I don’t know, yeah. Jeremy’s been fuckin’—a fucking long time. But, he did an amazing job, he’s an incredibly talented letterer, and thank you Nate. This song off the first record is for you. Buddy!

[before planetary go]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah, Boston. Fuck. Yeah. This is a—this is the coolest night, obviously. To state the obvious, like, temperature-wise. Fucking incredible. Oh yeah, people-wise, sorry. Alright, we got a song off Danger Days, we’re gonna fucking dance right now. [indistinct] Let’s fucking go!

[before war beneath the rain]

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. I like the vibes tonight. This maybe was— our evening was fun. It’s an evening. A chill fall evening. I wish it was a little, um, later in September, because we didn’t get to see the leaves change yet. That doesn’t happen for a hot minute, right? ‘Cause I live in LA, so, we don’t get to see that. Really miss that. That’s good though, right? They’re still doing that, right? The leaves are still changing? That’s good. I want this song to go out to our brother Matt Galle, who’s here, from here in Boston, and, uh, he started booking us a very long time ago. Um, he had this festival called Skatefest, and, uh, he, uh, he booked us at it and we played upstairs in this cool little space, and after that he was like, ‘yo, let’s work together’, it was just really fucking amazing. We’ve just been together forever, we love you Matt, thank you. That was a cool year. Think Glassjaw headlined it, it was fucking amazing. It was a really good night. Oh, Andrew W.K.’s headliner, Glassjaw played, Andrew was great, Glassjaw was fucking amazing. But, uh, this is a song off a record we never put out, but, uh, but we started playing it on this tour, and, uh, trying to remember the count-in. Whatever. I’ll get it. Excelente. Thank you. Hell yeah. All the feedback I’m getting is excellent, all this direction. Hell yeah. This song’s called “The War Beneath The Rain”.

[before na na na]

[Gerard]: Thank you. That was nice. That felt like the beginning. That felt like Skatefest, actually. I hope you liked that, Matt. Headbanging, sweat, sweat ‘n headbangs, headbanging and sweat, basically. My Chem: The First Ten Years. Blood ‘n headbanging. Fucking—oh fuck. Hell yeah. Alright. Let’s fucking rip it with you guys already. It’s a fucking banger.

[before helena]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. I think this is actually, uh, I don’t think I got to tell Frank, but I think this is my favourite setlist of this tour. [indistinct] It’s just fucking good times, you know? All the way up to the roof without ending. Good fucking times. Trust me. I feel we got to spend a couple days here, right? It’s been fucking cool. Yeah, Mikey. [silly voice] Who knows! [laughs] [normal voice] Should we do the intro to this? This motherfucker? Let’s do it. Sing it with us.

[before give em hell kid]

[Gerard]: Yo, spooky fucking moon, man. That a full moon again? I dunno. We were talking about the moon, out on the east coast, it’s much larger and brighter. It’s fucking awesome to see. [laughs] Right. Frank said we paid extra for it, it’s production—it, it literally looks like it. Looks like spooky Chemical Romance moon, from the skylight, you know? [silly voice] Oooh. Check out the show. It’s scary. Get scared. Scary ghosts. [normal voice] Alright, we’re gonna play a song off Revenge, Mikey Way starts us off on this motherfucker.

[before vampires]

(before this is how i disappear)

[Gerard]: New Jersey! The Black Parade is home from work! How are you tonight? It’s very nice to be here with you today. Brought to you by many different organisations, including The Ministry of Complimentary Reconditioning; and one very fine handsome gentleman here tonight, please, a round of applause, for His Grand Immortal Dictator! We are supported behind us by The Draag National Auxiliary Band. Now I ask you, New Jersey, once more, into the breach! Shall we go?! Let’s.

(before wttbp)

[Gerard]: Oh, hold on, it would appear that the mayor of Belleville, New Jersey needs to bestow a great honour. Upon The Black Parade.

[Michael Melham]: Good evening, Metlife! So sorry for the interruption, but I have a very special, and long overdue presentation to make. As you heard, my name is Michael Melham, and I’m the mayor of Belleville New Jersey! Anybody from New Jersey in the house tonight? Oh, come on! Anybody from Belleville, New Jersey in the house tonight? For those of you who don’t know, Belleville has a very storied musical history. From Connie Francis, to Frankie Vali & The Four Seasons, and to a band you may have heard of, My Chemical Romance. Belleville’s musicians have entertained millions worldwide. Their sound has shaped generations. Yet, even in our storied history in Belleville, revolutionary war soldiers, Purple Heart recipients, a Supreme Court justice, varied professional athletes; never once in the history of Belleville have we handed out a key to the city, and that changes right now! It is my distinct honour to present My Chemical Romance with the keys to their hometown, Belleville, New Jersey! It’s long overdue, and they deserve it, and Belleville couldn’t be prouder of them! Congratulations, gentlemen.

[Gerard]: Thank you, Mayor Belleville New Jersey, thank you so very much. We cannot let you leave without giving you a token from our land, Draag, [hands mayor a bundle of wheat] may the wheat never fall in your house. And one final thing, come from all the way in Draag outside the MOAT, is delicious, the wonderful, Gubrik fish, [clerk hands mayor a giant fish wrapped in newspaper] come from the Gubrik River. And thank you so much. That was quite beautiful. That was good. But this fish is excellent. Okay. Oh, wait! We got one more thing to do. Let’s fucking kill some people! Get these up! Alright, get them up! Alright, you know how this one works by now, right? Red means yea, they die! Black means nay, they don’t die! What do we wanna see? Fuck yeah, New Jersey! Alright, roll! Ready! Aim! Fire!

(before famous last words)

[Gerard]: To the last, I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart, I stab at thee; for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

B STAGE

(before skylines & turnstiles)

[Gerard]: Thank you Clarice Jensen, please make some noise for Clarice. Thank you so much. We got a really amazing group of people, everybody, just—the crew, and the other musicians helping us out, all the Auxiliary—the Draag National Auxiliary Band, that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy and Tucker Rule. Tucker played two times tonight, ‘cause he’s in—he’s in one of our all-time favourite bands, Thursday. And please make some noise for Thursday and for Death Cab for Cutie. It’s really special, really fucking awesome, to play with bands you love. We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey.

(before our lady of sorrows)

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah! Thank you so much. This is truly fucking wild to be up here right now. We’re gonna play you the second song. This is the second song. It’s called “Our Lady of Sorrows”!

(before im not okay)

[Gerard]: Thank you. I don’t know, there—there’s people to thank, but there’s—I don’t think there’s gonna be a whole lotta words tonight that could fuckin’ sum it up, just, thank you, it’s amazing to be home. Seriously. I can’t bullshit my way through that, it’s fucking wild. Thank you. But I wanna thank our whole crew. They’re fucking amazing. We’re all of us together, and, just, we’re making this weird shit happen, every night with spaghetti and all kinds of stuff, and, um, we met, uh, a real cool person named Addison[/Madison?] tonight, we want this song to go out to her, and it also happens to be the number one summer jam of all time. Confirmed. Can confirm. He’s confirmin’ it.

(before the ghost of you)

[Gerard]: Fucking wild. Please make some noise for Jarrod Alexander, and please make some noise for Jamie Muhoberac, he fuckin’ played on Foundations of Decay, Muhoberac, he’s been on everything since fuckin’, Black Parade, we met on Black Parade, and did Danger Days, and, it’s just fucking amazing to be playing with these guys, and making music with them. Jamie developed this real crazy thing called ‘Pizza Parlour Mouth’ for the song “Blood”. But you have to listen real closely to hear it, it’s like, [weird trilling noise]. It’s that, right? Pizza Parlour Mouth? Alright, let’s do a song. We’re losing these guys. We’re losin’ em. [laughs] Alright, this is off Revenge. It’s spooky! Get your spooky torches up!

(before na na na)

[Gerard]: Thank you. I guess I never knew this, but the fuckin’, uh, the planes fly right over this thing, huh? I can’t hear ‘em. I can hear you guys. So, um, when we were putting this tour together there was all kinds of crazy components, the shit that you saw up there on the screen and stuff, and I had a lot of help from a director named Claire Marie Vogel, and, uh, she really fucking, was just amazing. She went above and beyond, she had all kinds of shit; rockets, bottle rockets, and, uh, we met her on the set for a video, uh, what’s the name of the video, you know, it was just supposed to like be this, whatever, short trailer thing, and then people wanted us to make it a video. Anyway, she was like, laying on the pavement, she was like an intern at the time at Warner Brothers and she shot the first shot of the video, which is, um, Showpony skating toward the camera. And, um, yeah. Fuck. It’s wild. She’s still with us. So, Claire, thank you. This one’s for you! Number two summer jam of all time!

(before deathwish)

[Gerard]: Hell yeah, thank you. Uh, please give up for the mayor of Belleville, New Jersey. We had no idea he’d prepared this really amazing thing, and he had no idea we had a fish, but it was from Draag. It was from Draag. From a lake in Draag, it’s some bullshit I made up. But he’s a real sport. And that was really fucking amazing of him. Yeah, three of us are from Belleville, New Jersey. Ray’s from Kearny, New Jersey! That’s a lot of Jersey up here. I’d say four out of the six guys up here are from New Jersey. Alright! This song is off the second record. Tres Cheers for Sweet Revenge. Let’s do this. This is the first song we wrote after Bullets.

(before boy division)

[Gerard]: [laughs] That nod Mikey just—you got the Mikey Way seal of approval. It fucking ruled. Like a fine fucking wine, you guys are. [laughs] Holy shit. Okay, let’s see, what do we got… yeah, there’s still some shit. There’s still some shit in the fridge. Oh, that’s fun. I love this one. You ready? Ready? Okay, let’s go.

(before vampires)

[Gerard]: Thank you, New Jersey. Fucking wild and amazing to be back here. Fuck. Thank you. This is our first stadium tour, and, uh, obviously it’s very big to us and very special and thank you for spending all this time with us, and your mornings, and all the other shit to be here tonight. Thank you. [at moon over the stadium] Woah, is that real? That fucking moon, it’s huge. Look at that shit. Ray always spots that shit by the way, stars, moons and stuff. I would’ve thought that thing was not real. [laughing at Frank] It just—it looks so fake! That’s how big it is here! Shit. That’s right. Uh, lived in Los Angeles too long, the moon doesn’t look like that there. That straight up looks like a special effect. Alright, we got a couple more, thank you guys so much. This is the first song we ever recorded. It’s another Bullets song. This song’s called “Vampires Will Never Hurt You”.

(before helena with intro)

[Gerard]: There was three left, not two. I thought so. Well, we played the right song. I’m feelin’ like, this might be the loudest you sing tonight. That's not my cocky bullshit, I got a feeling. I think so.

(before living on a prayer)

(after dead!)

(exclaims) San Francisco! Transylvania! Bolivia! Nice to see you! We are The Black Parade, and America is so nice to be back in with you all, thank you so much. We came all the way from Draag, and, boy, is my liver tired. Let me hear you! There’s one person we must make noise for. The one who has brought us here, straight out of the MOAT, courtesy of The Ministry of Complementary Reconditioning: His Grand Immortal Dictator, please make some noise! Let’s see him! How’s he looking! I can’t see him, can you? He’s never looked better. What a handsome fella. And behind us, supporting us, The Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise San Francsisco, Transylvania! Now! Shall we continue?

(before sharpest lives)

It’s time… it’s time… it’s time.

(before wttbp)

Ra, ra, ra, ra! I’m so important! I’m so important!

(after wttbp) (election i mean execution)

Hello! (laughs) Draagoshka, are you having trouble there? That feels strange. What making think you put it on the inside, huh? Oh. We can’t have this. So, I gotta apologise, I mixed up my words last week when we did this. I confused the word ‘execution’ with ‘election’. I messed that up completely. Let’s make it dark. The dark went out. So, yes. Made a mistake there. So, uh, yeah, it’s an execution, that’s actually what’s gonna happen. But, good news, San Francisco! You all get to vote on it. You decide! It’s up to you! It’s very dark. Okay, so, when you all, uh, came in, you got a sign? One side says yea! One side, says nay! But now we’re gonna decide the fate of these people. Now let me tell you their crimes first, you gotta hear this: they dared to question the longevity of our most beloved, and handsome, Grand Immortal Dictator. Can you believe that?! Such a handsome man should never have to deal with those things! Now, tonight, San Francisco, you only have to make one vote. You show me the yea, or you show me the nay. Are you ready? I’m gonna count to three. One! Two! Three! Everybody vote. I see an overwhelming ocean of red. I guess we’ll spare them after all. Okay, so, I guess we could just start taking them maybe off the stage…?

(phone starts ringing) (picks up) Hello? Yeah, you know, yeah, I- yeah, you know, stuff. Yeah, it’s next week, she’s gonna be 78. I mean, she likes the things any lady her age likes, she likes, um, hand creams and puzzles… yeah. Okay. Well, alright, well, I’ll see you then. Okay, goodbye. (hangs up)

Oh, boy. Roll. Ready! Aim! FIRE!

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(before mama)

(laughs) Hello, my beautifuls! Everybody in the whole place, whole place! Everybody in the whole place, whole place!

(before teenagers, after being forced back into the parade jacket)

It’s a living.

(before disenchanted, at mikey taking a crowd shot on his phone)

Where do you get cameras such as these?

B stage

(before venom)

Please make some noise for Clarice Jensen, thank you Clarice. Also, please make some noise for our friends supporting us, The Auxiliary Band; Kayleigh Goldsworthy, and, Tucker Rule, from our friends in Thursday. Tucker… and make some noise for 100 Gecs, please. Really sick to be playing with them again. We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey. San Fran, should we go—continue? (cracking up) Should we go? I’m stuck in the other character. Alright, let’s fucking do it!

(before not ok)

Hell yeah! Fuck yeah! This song goes out to (someone)! (Gia?) A friend who’s out today! (something). Yeah!

(before summertime)

Yeah! Fuck yeah. How you guys doing? This is our first stadium tour, and we wanna thank you guys for coming. Right on. We’re really fucking appreciative you guys spent your night with us. So, um, fuck, it’s just amazing. Thank you. It’s fucking cool. It’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of fun, we wanna thank the crew and everyone that helped build this tour, so much. Um, I feel like we got, we got quite a few songs for you guys. Quite a few. But you may disagree. Quite a few, quite—but it feels like, you know, it’s robust. We’re playing a very special song for you now. I’d really love to see lights up in the air for this one, this is my absolute favourite to see lights for. You have red lights. This is great. All kinds of lights.

(before nanana)

Fuck yeah, thank you. Fuck yeah! I’ve been saying that to you guys a lot, sorry. So we haven’t really, uh—this is like cheesy rock show shit, I think—we haven’t, we haven’t really seen the crowd that much. You know? It’s like, usually really dark out there. So, I don’t know, what do you think? Could we just see them a little bit? A little bit tonight? You know, we’re—we’re professional showbiz people, but, it’s nice to see you. Look at you! Look at you. That’s really fucking amazing. Look at them. That’s fucking wild. Woohoo! Let’s keep this shit going! Killjoys! Make some noise!

(before deathwish)

Thank you! This’s off, uh, second record. Coming off hot. In a sec.

(before sing)

Fuck yeah! I’m gonna fucking (something). That thing amps me up. Man… think that was the first song we had written for Revenge, it was like, right after we finished Bullets. It was, like, floating around for a bit, just by itself. Gotta, fuckin’, we gotta put this on a record. Good news, America! We did! Delivered it to you. Oh, yeah, we’re gonna play something—I think we only played this once or twice on the, uh, reunion tour. Let’s do it. This song’s called…Sing.

(before bullet with butterfly wings)

Hell yeah. This is the first time we’re doing this next one. Um, it’s not our song, but it’s a song, um, man, there’s so many stories about this band. Not this band, the band whose song this is, but, uh, I had a religious experience with this song during the pandemic, and, uh, that’s um—I think that’s all I need to say about it at this point, right? Um, but, uh, we’re gonna maybe play it a few times on this tour, but, it’s really, really special to me and Mikey, and it’s really meaningful, and, uh, fuck it, let’s do it.

(before boy division)

Haha! Thanks so much, San Fran! That was a lot of fun! That went really well, I think! It’s—g—you get nervous playing other people’s songs, you know? Guh. Yeah, man, that’s a fucking ripper. Who doesn’t know that shit? Who doesn’t know *that* shit? So, we made, uh, we made a record that got scrapped, anyway, there were some really cool songs on it. It was really good, right, Frank? And, um, this is one of those songs, it’s a fucking banger, off Conventional Weapons. It’s called, uh, Boy Division.

(before helena)

(laughs) Fuck yes! (screams) The juice of life! Blood! (laughs)(gravelly voice) The juice…of life… is blood… drink it. (normal voice) We got a couple more left for you, thank you so much. We call this the red circle. *I* call this the red circle. I don’t give a—ooh, what do we call this? It’s just me. But in LA, we practice on this thing as well. I was, I would say, oh, let’s go in the red room. It was nice to have a red room. Felt really violent. it was really nice, and, it also reminds me of the lightsaber duel in Cloud City. ‘Sreal cool. But more than that! More than that, stuff is violent. And that’s cool. Alright, we’re g—(breaks out laughing) Let’s just do this!

(before kids)

[before disappear]

[Gerard]: Tampa Bay, California, how are you! We’ve got good news for you. The Black Parade is back in action, baby! We are brought here today by his beloved, handsome, Grandest Immortal Dictator. Please, if you would be so kind as to make some noise for the Grand Immortal Dictator. I thank you, and my friends up here thank you. We are supported by the Draag National Auxiliary Band, please make some noise for them, and all these wonderful peoples! Now, Tampa! I ask you, shall we carry into the breach once more, my friends? Let’s do it, shall we!

[before i dont love you] [elexecution]

[Gerard]: Good news, America! We’re gonna have an election. Is it an election, or what is it? I’m not quite sure. How are you today? It’s very, very nice to meet you. We’re The Black Parade. And we’re here to do… an election? I think so. Anyway, you got a sign, right? So, when you came in, you got these signs, right? Right? What do they look like? Woah! Bloodthirsty, much? One side says yea, the other side says… yea… [laughs] My dear people of Florida, clearly the prisoners do not deserve to die. I mean, clearly, right? So we’re gonna take a vote. All in favour of executing the prisoners, yea. All in favour of sparing the prisoners, nay. Now, everybody at the same time, on the count of three, lift all your signs so I can pick them all out, the two different colours. One! Two! Three! [to Frank’s nope sign] How bout—how bout this one? Can we just count this one? What about the other side? Oh. I see, um. Uh, your—your—your Grand—um, your Grand Immortal Dictator, um, possibly, what say you, maybe, possibly sparing these fine individuals perhaps? Despite…hm. Maybe we should stick ‘em up one more time. Roll. Ready. Aim. Fire…

[introducing Marianne during the dagger part in mama]

[Gerard]: Marianne! It’s nice to see you too, my dear! Need to just get a brushing going, and we’ll get this show on the road. In the meantime, Marianne, why don’t you wave to all the beautiful people of Tampa Bay, California? She loves you. She told me, she did. Someone’s gonna help us count her in tonight. Now, some of you may know his name. I met him in jail, his name is The Gentleman. And he’s a very proper gentleman, and some people say he doesn’t talk, but he does. Would you like to hear what he has to say? [deep gravelly batman voice] Tampa. How are you tonight? It’s so very nice to see you. How did I get to a place like this? Where am I, here today? Will you all help me count in Marianne? [high pitched gentleman voice] Hahaha! Will you all help me count in Marianne?

B STAGE

[before not okay]

[Gerard]: Thank you, Clarice Jensen. Thank you so much for a wonderful night. As you see, Clarice also plays in the Draag National Auxiliary Band, I’d like to thank all of them; that’s Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Tucker Rule, and Cheech Iero. I wanna give a big shoutout to our crew, this has been a really special tour. Everybody worked really hard. This is the last night of our tour, please make some noise for fucking Evanescence. Hell yeah. Just wanna thank them so much for playing with us tonight, I got to say hi to Amy and it was super awesome. We’re My Chemical Romance from New Jersey.

[before bury me in black]

[Gerard]: Fuck yes! Hell yeah. Hell. Yeah. [laughs] Yeah, I had a—I had—I was just telling the guys when we were taking our pants off like, um, in, um, I had a really great time on the—on the A stage, but I was really looking forward to the B stage tonight especially. And when they told us, back when they were doing the first rounding of the tour, that it was gonna end in Florida, I was like, that’s how we should do it. This song is unreleased, I think, I mean it’s not—you’ve heard it before, but, I don’t know, it’s unfinished, some shit. Anyway, recorded after uh, Bullets, uhh, uh—It’s called “Bury Me In Black”.

[before ghost of you]

[Gerard]: Thank you. Fucking fun, that one. We have a good one tonight. It’s a good one. Want this song to go out to Carmen and Ted Romano, who we love very much, who are here tonight. This is a song off Three Cheers. And it’s spooky! And, yeah, it’d be really cool if you got your lights up, I think that’ll look pretty cool. It was really cool on the A-side too, how you did that stuff, I like the mixture of colours, the blue and white at the same time—you don’t have to do that right now, but, just making a comment. Just like it. Just liked it. I like it now, too. Top stuff.

[before my way home]

[Gerard]: Thank you so much. Fuck yeah. [to Ray] Let’s get into it, or should I say somethin’? [laughs] Just do what you want, man. We haven’t played this one yet, it’s a B-side off Black Parade. It’s called “My Way Home Is Through You”.

[before na na na]

[Gerard]: That was fun as shit. God damn, Florida. Fuck yes. Shit’s fucking fun, man. Excellent times are better than good times. We live in excellent times. When this song was made, ‘twas an excellent time on the horizon. We hopped in the vehicle, and went to Las Vegas. With bright lights.

[before helena]

[Gerard]: Thank you. Thank you so much, thank you so much.

[before destroya]

[Gerard]: Who is your god? Who is your god? Who is your god? Reach to the sun. Reach to the sun. Reach to the sun. I’m sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick…

[before deathwish]

[Gerard]: Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Havin’ a great fucking time, thank you guys, thank you. Thank you for spending your morning, and evening, and afternoon, and waiting in line and all that stuff, for being here; it’s a lot coming to, to a place like this. We appreciate it. We would love it if you could all make some noise for Jarrod Alexander and Jamie Muhoberac. He just had a birthday, there was, like, three in a row, it was like bing-bing, Mikey, Brian, Jamie, [making sound effects] Older. [laughs] Fuck yeah. This is, uh, the first song we wrote after Bullets, before Revenge, ended up being on Revenge, [indistinct] anyway, it came out better later. It’s true!

[before boy division]

[Gerard]: Oh, man. Beautiful night. Extra dark here, you know? Can’t see any moon, nor a star, in sight. No. I see you, though, way the fuck up there, the single star… oh, there’s more appearing! [making sound effects] Oh, America, oh, America, thank you, America…

[before kids]

FIRST SET

(Before Draag National Anthem)

[Projection Guy]: Hello my friends, good morning. It is another beautiful day in Draag. A chance, once more, to get things right; and push beyond our best. So, rise with the sun, and take your medication. Here is your schedule for today, and we will start by observing the Draag National Anthem.

(Before Disappear)

[Gerard]: [laughing] [singing] There’s a place… there’s a place for us, you’ll see, my pretty girl… there’s a place… there’s a place for us, my pretty girl…!

(Before Sharpest Lives)

[Gerard]: Hello! It’s nice to be here…! Good greetings. It’s nice to be here.

(Before WTTBP)

[Projection Guy]: The humourous thing about learning to be what you hate, and learning to do what you fear, is that someone you’ve been your whole life doing something you’ve always been good at could feel so entirely new. That brutality, so second nature, could feel so alien, so foreign to you; it’s astounding to witness firsthand. So let’s remind you, for a moment, exactly what you are and the thing that you do best. The lesson is, a man knows how to forgive, but a leader knows how to instruct. And since, through pain we learn, let’s be student then be a teacher. Now, take your place, use your words, and produce for the crowd a respite.

(Before House of Wolves)

[Gerard]: [laughing very much like SpongeBob] Hahahahahahahahah! Hahahahahahahahah! Hahahahahahah! Hahaha…

(Before Cancer)

[Narrated from Charlie reading a postcard]: Hello from Gubrick. It’s really not that bad here. You don’t notice the smell after a few days. Sadly, there’s nothing I can do for you. All my love, Dad.

(During Mama interlude)

(Dagger part)

[Gerard]: Hey! How’s everybody doing out there tonight? That’s good to hear, good to hear. You know, me and the boys, we’ve been on tour a long time, we, uh, flew in the other night, little worse for wear—I know we look funny, I know we look funny. You can laugh if you want. You can laugh, but we’re also here, sometimes, not just to make jokes, but to sing songs, you know? And I met a friend a long time ago, long time ago, a long time ago… and he said, hey, I really like your pants. And I said I like yours, too. They look good on you. And he said friend, friend, come here, let me whisper in your ear, I have a secret for you. I said, a secret? He said, [high voice] yeah, a secret! [normal voice] Really? He leaned in close…

(Introducing Sylvia)

[Gerard]: So, anyway, it’s good to be back. You know, we haven’t been here in maybe, a few months? Few months, you know, we love the Catskills, it’s a beautiful place. Lots of big drinkers, lots of big spenders, you know what I’m saying? Well, we wanted to introduce you to this brave young lady right here named Sylvia, because we’re not just comedians, we’re magicians, and we love magic. You people love magic, right? Who doesn’t like magic?! Ugh! I don’t wanna know you if you don’t like magic. Alright, alright, alright. Let’s get this show on the road. Dear Sylvia here is gonna let us make her disappear. We’ve never done this trick before, it’s the first time, but I think you can do it, Sylvia! Yeah!

(During Mama outro)

[Gerard]: Wow! Wow! Wow. Wow. [laughing, handing Sylvia the dagger] Oh, wow! You can have that back, Doctor. [laughing sobfully] [wailing]

(During Big Sky)

[Projection Guy]: There is a planet, so it spins. And it’s moving so fast, it’s not worried at all. Very busy. People, people hurry. And the child, who has the chalk, and sang: let me sing. So we see them. We say, let me see who loves you. And the chalk, it moves in circles. Many circles, great big circles! Hugging arms and smiling eyes! And we tell the child, let’s subtract, and again, and, what if we subtract them all? Who is left to love you? There is only the hands that wipe the chalkboard clean.

(Before Sleep)

[Projection Guy]: And I feel, all this time you are making drawings someone else must now erase. But I’m glad that we are friends, and that now you understand—this is the worst day of your life, but the first day of yourself.

(Before Disenchanted)

[Projection Guy]: Come close, my friend. I see you. But, no, we’ve never met. They gave to me a picture, and I’ve had it quite some time. In fact, before you said a word, I’ve always heard your voice. Have you heard mine? That makes me smile. There is one last seat, and one more ticket. It’s hiding in your coat. Yes, you. You’re here. So take your seat, get comfy. Here is my hand.

(Before Famous Last Words)

[Real Boy]: A figure sits in a chair made of wood. And it’s sobbing. You think it’s you. You’re pretty sure it’s you. But it’s weak, it’s broken. And it’s covered in gasoline. Now, picture yourself.

SECOND SET

(Before Lady of Sorrows)

[Gerard]: Buenos Aires, Argentina! We are My Chemical Romance from New Jersey! This songs off the first record, it’s called “Our Lady of Sorrows”!

(Before Na Na Na)

[Gerard]: Louder… than God’s revolver… and twice as shiny… are you ready, Argentina?! Holy fucking shit!

(Before Ghost of You)

[Gerard]: Hello! Holy fucking shit. Out of fucking control! That’s amazing, holy shit, you guys. Fuck. I got confetti in my honey, hold on. I got something sugary, you know? Um. So, anyway. Thank you so much for coming out to this, our first time in South America, in, like, I don’t know, twenty years? I don’t know. Eighteen years. Haven’t been here in eighteen fucking years. It’s nice to be here, gracias! And the band that agreed to come out with us on this fucking tour, one of my favourite bands of all fucking time, and I feel like you guys agree, The fucking Hives! We wanna thank them so much from the bottom of our heart. Fucking amazing, I watch ‘em every night. It’s fucking awesome. Please make some noise for Jarrod Alexander, who’s been with us a very long fucking time, as well as Jamie Muhoberac, who played keyboards all the way back from Danger—no, from Black Parade, when we met. I meant to say Danger Days, no, I meant to say Black Parade, I fucked it up twice. Please make some noise for our auxiliary band, Clarice Jensen, who played one of her pieces while we were getting out of The Black Parade, and into this… the amazing Kayleigh Goldsworthy, the fantastic Tucker Rule, from Thursday, and also in a band with Frank called L.S. Dunes you’ve heard of, we’re very happy he’s out with us. We wanna thank the whole crew. The lovely cast. I never thank the cast, because, I don’t think of them as a cast, they’re… pretty real, I think. They’re so real to me! And please make some noise for Nenagenix. And, uh, uh, for this next one, it’s off Revenge, uh, más luces, por favor. Spooky! This song is called “The Ghost of You”.

(Before To The End)

[Gerard]: Wanna get some agua. ‘Cause we’re gonna play something off Revenge that we haven’t played in a long time. So get some water, y’know? You get some water, too. Everybody gets water. You got water, right? Everybody loves water. You guys ready to fucking rip it? Alright, fuck yeah, this song’s called “To The End”.

(Before Give ‘Em Hell, Kid)

[Gerard]: Gracias. Gracias, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [shushes] Argentina!

(Before Vampires)

[Gerard]: Spooky time. The call of the night. Oh… oooh… ooooh…

(Before Not Okay)

[Gerard]: [singing] Summer wind… the summer wind… that’s the only lyric I know… to the summer wind.

(Before Boy Division)

[Gerard]: Fuck yeah. Hot time in the old town tonight! Rippin’. We got a couple more for you motherfuckers. This one has a hard start. Meaning—not difficult, it just, all starts at once. You know what I mean? Let’s fucking do it.

(Before Helena)