CTV’s reviewed MCR’s April 2 show at the Center in Vancouver for Performing Arts in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The reviews up to this point (this one included) have been neutral at best. Here’s an excerpt:
This isn’t to say you have to or even should like My Chemical Romance. Just don’t criticise them for being something they’re not. They’re not metal. Or punk. Or emo. They’re a super tight band that put on an honest, noisy and fun rock and roll show.
—Robert Collins
The Georgia Straight published its review of MCR’s April 2 show at the Center in Vancouver for Performing Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada today. Here’s an excerpt:
To be a true My Chemical Romance fan apparently means cutting the band a lot of slack. … Many who prefer their inner torment delivered with a lot of chugging guitars and pained howling found themselves felt betrayed when MCR went all rock-operatic for 2006’s The Black Parade. Well, sorry, emo kids, but at least you have the first two albums to console you when all you want to do is barricade yourself in your bedroom, light black candles, and practice making disconsolate faces in the mirror.
—John Lucas
Spin magazine reviewed MCR’s March 31 show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. And don’t worry, it’s much better than the review that appeared in the Oakland Tribute:
Walking onstage without fanfare, marching band uniforms, or fancy staging, the My Chemical Romance that kicked off the North American leg of its World Contamination Tour is far more straightforward than the prog-glam behemoth that brought us The Black Parade. Now a four-piece joined on this tour by drummer Michael Pedicone and keyboardist James Dewees, the Jersey-bred ensemble (currently residing, mostly, in Los Angeles) has morphed back into a polished punk-pop band, one that’s scaled down its theatrics considerably.
—Barry Walters
CLICK HERE to read the whole review and check out some photos.
MCR’s first U.S. show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California last night was not well reviewed by Jim Harrington of the Oakland Tribune: “The 90-minute concert was never spectacular, rarely bad, but lacking the thing that this group had in spades in 2006-’07: excitement.”
My Chemical Romance leader Gerard Way is not your average rocker. Sure, the fuchsia-haired frontman has just one-upped the group’s theatrical 2006 breakthrough, “The Black Parade,” with an even more outrageous set, the genre-jumping “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” which he’s complemented with a post-apocalyptic video serial, a mythical band from this futuristic scenario (The Mad Gear and Missile Kid) and a graphic novel he’s currently scripting. But Way is also the Eisner Award-winning author of “The Umbrella Academy,” a comic concerning a ragtag group of superheroes that’s already been optioned in Hollywood.
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Since releasing their epic Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys in November, My Chemical Romance have spent the bulk of their time touring Europe and Asia. But the pop-punk heroes are finally bringing their live circus to the States for 33 dates that kick off tonight in Oakland, CA — and they’re promising to deliver a colorful spectacle at some of the most intimate venues they’ve played in years.
“We have an incredible light show,” guitarist Ray Toro tells SPIN. “Before we used to use a smaller palette of color, but now we’ve got all these neons and purples and pinks and reds and yellows. It’s just really bright and bold.”
Over the past few days My Chemical Romance has appeared both on radio and television in the UK.
The band recorded a few songs and an interview for 360 Sessions while they were in Japan in February. The show premiered on Channel 4 on March 29. CLICK HERE to see part one and HERE to see part two.
Today the band was on Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1 and performed two songs recorded during their European tour earlier in the month. They played “Planetary (GO!)” and a cover of “Common People” by Pulp. CLICK HERE to listen to part one, HERE for part two, and HERE for part three. Below are the videos to both songs.
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