Ooooooh exciting :kink: More inscentive to watch then :magic:

My Chemical Romance have revealed they want to play the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2008.

 

Bassist Mikey Way said the band already have the August bank holiday rock weekender firmly in their sights.

 

They headlined Download earlier this year and are now keen to play a third Carling Weekend in four years.

 

Way told Gigwise: "I don't know if we're actually playing it or not or if we're going to be on tour but I'd love to do Reading and Leeds. If the opportunity arose I'd be more than happy, that's a legendary festival."

 

Other early rumours for next year's Carling Weekend include Rage Against The Machine, Babyshambles and Tapes'N'Tapes.

 

 

:o

 

I thought they were taking a year off in 2008 :unsure:

 

 

 

It's rather sexy how Gerard's chewing his gum :wub:

 

Edited November 22, 200717 yr by *Nicky*

Edited November 22, 200717 yr by *Nicky*

OK so it's nothing fancy lykk just a picture everyday with something extra special :P

I have a list of our forum regulars and some days you might get a PM with a link to a rare track from the band or they'll just be a funny interview or video or something MCR related here in the thread so check back everyday. :o

 

Also keep checking back for the MCR Secret Santa starting within the next week. :heehee:

Merry Christmas lykk <33333333

 

 

Day One

 

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I sent Gerard a Christmas present. :heehee: Doesn't he look fabulous?

 

My Chemical Romance's charismatic frontman singer Gerard Way explains why the Black Parade is finally over and he's planning a real Christmas this year.

You've just touched down for your Australian tour. Have you brought the full shebang with you?

 

We have, but we've brought a different shebang. We didn't bring Black Parade 'cos we stopped playing as Black Parade in Mexico (last month); we wanted to end it there. But we've brought a production, lights and pyro.

 

Was it a case of, if you put on the Black Parade suit one more time you'd scream?

 

That's pretty much what happened. The whole idea behind it was to make that record really come alive, really play as the band, put our money where our mouth was. To be quite honest with you, 10 shows of that would have proved our point. After a while it was like, we really don't wanna play as another band, we just wanna play as our band. And we don't necessarily wanna play this record front to back, we wanna play other stuff as well.

 

Without the Black Parade element, how will your Aussie shows work?

 

We play more of a mixed set. We play a couple of old songs too, and I'm pretty sure we'll be playing a song we've never really played live -- Desert Song -- which is an unreleased song off Revenge. We never had a chance at the time to record it.

 

My Chem have also had a few personnel problems recently. Who is missing from this tour?

 

Bob (Bryar, drums) is missing. Frank (Iero, guitar) is back. He went through some personal things at home, had a family emergency, so we lost him for four shows. Bob tried to come out, but his wrists hurt too bad. He flew all the way to LA from home. We met up at the airport before coming over here, and he said, "I'm gonna go home and go to the doctor again''. So we lost Bob. But Tucker, from our friends' band Thursday, is coming out.

 

You joined Linkin Park on the Projekt Revolution tour. Chester from Linkin Park says he sees a lot of similarities between his band and yours, particularly in the way people are finally coming to realise My Chem are the real deal.

 

That's an interesting thing to point out, because when a band comes out -- especially a band that has a large cultural impact, especially youth culture-wise -- people assume it's some weird new kind of niche music. But in actuality, kids have consistently throughout the history of music liked rock 'n' roll, and that's ultimately what it is. It takes a few years once a certain band has been out and had that impact for older fans to realise, "Hey, this is really no different from the bands I liked. It has different influences, it looks and sounds different, but it's rock 'n' roll''. There's almost like a hazing period.

 

Did you go into your shell at first, playing to Linkin Park's fans?

 

If anything it made us push harder, see how far we could really take 'em, especially with notions of sexuality. We're like, "Cool, they like us; now let's see if we push these sexual boundaries a little more how they're gonna react''. There was an extremely macho vibe in that crowd, and we were practically the biggest cupcakes on that tour, but they seemed to love it. I think they just needed a little razzle dazzle in their lives.

 

Why are you so big on pushing those boundaries of sexuality? You're a married man now.

 

Well, that's more of a recent thing (laughs). My wife totally backs the way I am on stage, that's one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I'm on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do. But she knows my sexuality, and I know mine, so there's no reason not to push those boundaries. It's with the most noble intentions -- it's to make certain people realise just because somebody is a performer or slightly effeminate, -- even that guy at work or that kid at school -- there's no reason to shove 'em around. So much testosterone has been in rock for so long -- that's why I'm so interested in pushing it. All it boils down to is treating women like second-class citizens, calling people faggots, being borderline racist, if not totally racist. A lot of things are ingrained in the stupidest rock 'n' roll we completely oppose. So one way we can push it is through our sexuality.

 

Your marriage to Lyn-Z was a bit of a shock. When you spoke to Hit in July, you had just broken off an engagement to another girl. Come September, you were married.

 

I know! It's one of those situations where you don't know how your life's gonna go, and the minute you actually stop looking for something is when you find it. When I met my wife I was at a point where I was completely OK with being alone for a very long time, free of lousy people. I was very content to spend time with my friends, to work on music, to work on my comics. I was about to pack everything up and move to Portland, Oregon. And literally out of nowhere someone who I'd met four years ago when the band was a baby band, opening for her band, comes back into my life. We just picked up where we left off. It's always when you're not looking for it -- I was totally fine, and then I get hit over the head! It was like getting hit by a truck.

 

Does marriage mean you're actually able to make a home now?

 

Completely. I turned basically into a functioning grown-up overnight. I came off tour and started to set up a life. I'm very excited about that -- I actually have a life now when I go home, and it's an amazing life. I love that I have a best friend I can share it with, who I can work with and hang out with.

 

You spent last December in a hotel working on your comic book. It sounds as though you might have a real Christmas this year.

 

Yeah, I holed up in a hotel. I flew home for New Year's . . . God, I don't even remember what I did at Christmas, I don't even remember where I was. I definitely wasn't doing anything Christmas-like.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...20-2902,00.html

 

 

He's such a little heartbreaker isn't he? :(

Thanks for posting lief <33

Day Two

 

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Our boys as animated characters drawn by a fan :o Plus a special video of Dead!

 

It's up and running :wub: Thanks for doing this Gramilief <333

 

What an odd first pic of Gee :lol: YO :smoke:

:wub:

:cheer:

Day 3

 

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Gerard watching Santa make a carnage of some mince pies :(

And for our video! Gerard :lol: Is he stoned or drunk? :o You must watch to find out :heehee:

 

He's dropping his pants :angel:

 

Just telling so people aren't unprepared when they watch the vid :kink:

 

Ohh and he claims he's not pissed but I think he's both -_-

love todays pic :lol:

Must've been before he quit his alcohoic/drugalicious ways :(

Does anyone think he looks like Jacko on occasion in that video? :lol:

 

I have some MRC songs for y'all 2moro :P

Looking forward to the songs Grami :wub:

 

I suppose it was at the time he still was addicted to those things :( He definitely looks very fit now :wub:

 

 

I liked him back then too <3 It was the blonde phase I didn't really like :lol:

 

My Chemical Romance return to New Zealand

 

Check out the video in the link and see how amazing fit Gerard looks in a short interview :wub:

 

http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/...41/Default.aspx

My Chem treat for rock fans

 

KUALA LUMPUR: With the success of its smashing album The Black Parade, American rock band My Chemical Romance (MCR) is set to take on fans tonight in what is said to be the biggest year-end concert for local rock fans.

 

Slated as the biggest selling current band next to Linkin Park, MCR’s show here is part of its Black Parade world tour, which has taken it to countries like Japan, Australia, Britain and Mexico, among others.

 

At a news conference here yesterday were band members Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and Mikey Way.

 

Gerard said: “It’s always been a big deal to be performing at a new place for the first time. We’re excited and looking forward to performing for our fans in this part of the world.”

 

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They’re here! (From left) Toro, Gerard, Iero and Mikey talking to the press in Kuala Lumpur Saturday.

 

Lead vocals Gerard added: “When the band first started in 2001, we never expected to go and perform in places we haven't heard of or even spelt. We never really thought our music would reach these parts of the world. It’s definitely a great feeling to know we have a following here.”

 

Toro said the band would go on recording albums and incorporating new and different styles and techniques to their music.

 

The Black Parade album was the best classic rock record of the year for MCR.

 

The band will perform in Singapore after Kuala Lumpur.

 

http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.as...6&sec=music