Draag
Long Live The Black Parade was a concert tour by the American rock band My Chemical Romance in celebration of their third studio album, The Black Parade (2006). Spanning 12 dates across North America, the tour began on July 11, 2025, in Seattle, and concluded on September 20, in Atlanta. For the tour, the band played The Black Parade in its entirety, as well as multiple other songs on a separate B-stage set.
A theatrical-styled production, Long Live followed an overarching narrative centered around the fictional dictatorship of Draag. It saw the return of the band's Black-Parade alter-ego from the Black Parade World Tour in 2007, performing to appease Draag's leader, known as the Grand Immortal Dictator. Each show of the tour progressed the story, which was told through interactions between the band and multiple other characters, such as the Clerk (Charlie Saxton) and Marianne (Lucy Joy Altus). Multiple songs from The Black Parade were given modifications for the tour, ranging from new sections and introductions, to extended outros.
Long Live was met with positive reviews, with several journalists praising its production, the creation of a new story for The Black Parade, and the B-stage sets. The tour's political messaging, which is a parody of political authoritarianism, was also widely discussed; some viewed it as an analogy of real world politics. The tour grossed over $88,500,000, with a total attendance of 448,100.
In September 2025, the band announced The Black Parade 2026, a separate tour that also acts as a continuation of Long Live. Previously announced dates in Mexico City and London, which were originally declared part of Long Live, were rebranded to The Black Parade 2026. The Latin America leg of The Black Parade 2026 served as a prequel to the Long Live story.
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