The Black Parade is dead! - 10:30 13 Tuesday May 2008
My Chemical Romance played the final show of their Black Parade world tour this past Friday (May 9) at legendary New York venue Madison Square Garden.
Closing their set with a rip-roaring rendition of hit single Helena, lead singer Gerard Way used the final moments of their performance to hit out against the right-wing British media who claim the band's music inspired a teenage girl to commit suicide.
Way repeated the line "If we never play another show ever again keep yourself alive" over and over again until he and guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and drummer Bob Bryar left the stage.
You can view photos from the show here.
In related news, in an interview with US newspaper, The Detroit News, Way announced that the band will be on a "recording hiatus" for the next twelve months saying that the next My Chemical Romance album "won't be ready until 2009 at least."
Way said he and his band mates will use the time "to really evaluate what the band is, to reshape it yet again" and come back "with completely fresh ears."
The band's new live CD/DVD package, The Black Parade Is Dead, will be released on June 30 according to Amazon. You can view the artwork here.
My Chemical Romance played the final show of their Black Parade world tour this past Friday (May 9) at legendary New York venue Madison Square Garden.
Closing their set with a rip-roaring rendition of hit single Helena, lead singer Gerard Way used the final moments of their performance to hit out against the right-wing British media who claim 