My Chemical Romance Have Delayed Their First Aussie Tour in a Decade to 2023 and Added Extra Shows

The black parade is coming back to Australia — eventually. After their last attempt to head to our shores in 2020 was thwarted due to the pandemic, the reunited My Chemical Romance announced earlier in 2021 that they'd tour the country's east coast in 2022. However, those gigs have now been pushed back to 2023 — but extra shows have also been added.

Hopefully the third time will prove the charm for Gerard Way and co, and for music lovers eager to grab their eyeliner, don every black piece of clothing in their wardrobe, relive their angsty emo teenage years and let out three cheers. The new tour will mark more than a decade since MCR last came to our shores for the 2012 Big Day Out — and comes after the US group went their separate ways in 2013, then reformed in 2019.

Fans will be pleased to know that MCR are headlining their own shows on this tour, too, rather than leading a festival bill as they were slated to do in 2020. And, they'll now be playing two gigs at each of their stops in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney — with their rescheduled 2023 tour doubling down on stints at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena and Qudos Bank Arena.

While waiting an extra year to see MCR isn't quite the end-of-2021 development anyone wanted, being able to snap up tickets to new shows if you missed out in the first round is clearly much better news.

Back in late 2019, when MCR announced that they were literally getting the band back together, they sold out their first reunion gig in Los Angeles quick smart — and tickets to their Australian gigs have already proven mighty popular. The group has been trying to take its new show on the road ever since they reformed, but, thanks to the pandemic, that has obviously proven much trickier than anticipated.

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR:

Monday, March 13 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane — NEW SHOW
Tuesday, March 14 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane — SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 16 — Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne — NEW SHOW
Friday, March 17 — Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne — SOLD OUT
Sunday, March 19 — Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney — SOLD OUT
Monday, March 20 — Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney — NEW SHOW

My Chemical Romance will tour Australia's east coast in March 2023. For further information — and for pre-sale tickets for the just-announced new shows from 3pm on Tuesday, December 14, and general tickets from 12pm on Wednesday, December 15 — head to the tour website.

Top image: My Chemical Romance performing by NBSTwo via Flickr.