My Chemical Romance sell out 365,000 tickets for Black Parade stadium tour

My Chemical Romance have sold out their upcoming North American stadium tour, shifting 365,000 tickets within hours of going on sale.

The ‘Long Live: The Black Parade North American Tour’ will see the band perform their 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’ in full across eleven dates, with support from an array of acts including Pixies, Alice Cooper, Garbage, DEVO, Evanescence, Death Cab For Cutie, 100 Gecs, Violent Femmes, and IDLES.

Upon announcing the tour, the band shared a statement saying, “It has been seventeen years since The Black Parade was sent to the MOAT. In that time, a great Dictator has risen to power, bringing about THE CONCRETE AGE; a glorious time of stability and abundance in the history of DRAAG. His Grand Immortal Dictator wishes to celebrate our rich and storied culture, fine foods, and musical entertainments by welcoming you to these great demonstrations of power and resolve. And lending voice and song for the first time in six thousand two hundred and forty six days, their work privilege ceremoniously reinstated, will be His Grand Immortal Dictator’s National Band…The Black Parade.”

The dates in full read:

JULY
11 T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA (Violent Femmes)
19 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA (100 gecs)
26 Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (Wallows)
27 Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (Wallows)

AUGUST
2 Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX (Garbage)
9 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday)
15 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA (Alice Cooper)
22 Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON (Pixies)
29 Soldier Field, Chicago, IL (Devo)

SEPTEMBER
7 Fenway Park, Boston, MA (IDLES)
13 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL (Evanescence)