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velvetdestroya · 1 year

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Ever get the feeling that you're never all alone? Day 1, Rod Laver Area, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March 2023.

[photo credit; mwhiteshelley]

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bentwolioo · 1 year

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Ok so why did Gerard wear the same costume for 6 shows???

Like a lot of people, I noticed the Aotearoa (NZ) & Australia tour drum head messages seemed to be about 9/11. The costume also tells a very specific story that lines up with this--and there was more to Melbourne Night 2 than Gerard deciding it was casual Friday. I'm gonna go through my personal interpretation and explain why I think MCR did this at the end of their tour.

TLDR: This Is Not The End.

I will include image credits in the reblog since there are a lot!

AUCKLAND, March 11 2023

Based on the skirt suit and drumhead ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’, Gerard is dressed as an office worker. For simplicity I will refer to the costume as the Secretary, I see it as both a character and a metaphor. Auckland establishes the monotony and repetition of daily life prior to 9/11, ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’ showing an attitude of boredom unaware of the events to come.

BRISBANE 1, March 13 2023

The main difference between Auckland and Brisbane 1 is the briefcase. This indicates the point in time--Auckland is the days before 9/11 and Brisbane 1 is the morning before the attacks begin. The secretary travels to work, thinking ‘Everything under Control’.

BRISBANE 2, March 14 2023

The drumhead message ‘Here Comes the AIRPLANE’ marks this as minutes or even seconds before the towers are hit. Brisbane 2 is the first time Gerard wears the coat, representing everyone taking cover.

MELBOURNE 1, March 16 2023

I unfortunately could not find a good photo of Gerard wearing the coat from this show but you can see it on the floor behind him!

The Melbourne shows are as the towers collapse. Pretty straightforward from the Melbourne 1 drumhead ‘TERROR’. This show also had the only appearance of the umbrella, which I interpret as representing the rubble and destruction raining down. The umbrella is closed, showing the secretary is unprotected and ultimately killed when the towers fall.

MELBOURNE 2, March 17 2023

It seemed odd at first that Melb 2 was the only show that Gerard didn’t wear a costume for, but I actually believe he still did. This is the key to my interpretation: Gerard is dressed as himself witnessing the towers collapse, on his way to work at Cartoon Network. This the only show on the Oceania leg where they played Skylines and Turnstiles*, the song Gerard wrote immediately after 9/11. The drumhead ‘BARK BARK BARK’ makes you picture, a chained dog, representing the powerless horror of only being able to watch as the destruction unfolds--the deeply personal experience that drove Gerard to form MCR.

SYDNEY 1, March 19 2023

Blood!!!! At Sydney 1, we see the continuing aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The secretary has died but keeps moving, picking up her briefcase and carrying on. This could be showing how a lot of people’s faith in the US government and in the world died, but life had to find a way to move on.

SYDNEY 2, March 20 2023

At Sydney 2, the addition of Gerard’s white contacts shows the Secretary decaying--but she has not stopped. Frank changed the drumhead message from ‘UNKILLABLE’ to ‘UNKILLABLES’, expanding the meaning from the context of his accident in Sydney to include the band, the fans, and on a wider level everything MCR represents.

I think all of this is a metaphor for the band’s career in multiple ways. Firstly, the Secretary being undead of course reflects MCR’s return, and her zombified appearance aligns with the imagery of their new era (decay, swarm, the destroyed buildings of the stage set). Secondly, it is very interesting to me that they did this sequence of costumes and drumheads at the end of their headlining tour, rather that at the start. The story they told seems to imply a rebirth--MCR was ‘born’ out of the trauma, pain and confusion of 9/11, so the fact that they represented the start of the band on stage signifies a second beginning.

(Thank you for reading to the end and if I got anything wrong please let me know!)

*EDIT 1 (23/03/23): They actually also played Skylines at Brisbane 2. I do think the position of Skylines in the Melb 2 set is still significant. They played it as the first encore song which mirrors it being the first MCR song and written shortly after 9/11.

EDIT 2 (30/03/23): So actually 8 shows of Secretary Gerard when you include Japan! Tokyo and Osaka analysis here

#mcr australia #mcr new zealand #mcr auckland #mcr brisbane 1 #mcr brisbane 2 #mcr melbourne 1 #mcr melbourne 2 #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney 2 #mcr tour #my chemical romance #my chem #gerard way #unkillable #unkillables #fix fax fuck you #everything under control #here comes the airplane #mcr

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killthefuhkinglights · 1 year

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SOMEONE SEND HELP

GERARD MELBOURNE NIGHT 1 FROM BEEMERS IG FIND ORIGINAL POST HERE

#GOOGLE HOW TO BECOME MIC CORD #mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #frank iero #ray toro #mikey way #mcr australia #mcr melbourne1 #mcr melbourne #mark beemer

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deathchic · 1 year

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the story behind the world is ugly + frank saying “fuck a radio!”

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #frank iero #mcr 2023 #mcr australia #mcr melbourne #ruby rambles

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mygenderenvyromance · 11 months

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professional photo vs my photo. bet you can’t guess which is which

#my chemical romance #mcr #my chem #gerard way #mcr melbourne #mcr melbourne 1 #mcrmelbourne1 #mcr march 16 #photography #mcr 2023 #mcr return #mcr reunion #return era #decay era #the foundations of decay #mcr australia #mcr australia 2023

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sixstringpansy · 1 year

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images be upon ye (melbourne 1 via xocylia stream)

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #my chem #mcr lb #mcr return #gimages #mcr melbourne #mcr melbourne 1 #mcr australia #gerard #secretary gee

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royalvalkyrie · 1 year

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MELBOURNE NIGHT 2 // GERARD WAY BEING MOTHER 😩

I took this at night 2 Melbourne Australia, I feel like I’ve seen no one post videos about it. I didn’t know where to post this one BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.

Your so welcome in advance.

#MCR #my chemical romance #Gerard way #mine #my video #frank iero #mickey way #ray toro #emo #reunion tour #danger days #black parade #the black parade #MCR Melbourne #MCR Australia #my chemical romance Melbourne #my chemical romance Australia

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ifknlovenicodiangelo · 1 year

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My Chemical Romance. Renewal. Return.

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mwhiteshelley · 1 year

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My Chemical Romance and the foundations of an endless night

It’s over…for now.

We knew it would have to end, we even knew the date, but who’s ever ready for the best things to end? After some of the greatest moments of our lives over the last year, we’re left to cling to our memories, replay our videos, scroll through every photo and wait with held breath for the next crumb of information from the band we love so much.

This tour was a journey for all of us, the band, the fans, the crew, the friends, families, everyone in its wake was traveling it together. The postponed dates for over two years, three years for some connected us through that passage of time, the wait for the thing we wanted so much to start, the delay of the inevitable end, the start of something new. It meant something at the beginning back in 2019 and 2020, it meant something even more after those that survived the pandemic made it to the other side and could count down to their first show. We waited for so long then, we can wait for a while now, right?

We weren’t sure the journey would continue, kept hoping to just see the word postponed instead of canceled on our tickets, and somehow, the first shows finally started to happen, and the return was in full motion, and we just had to wait for our turn. It was all so different even when some things were so much the same, but so much was different, and only in all the best ways. We saw them all reach for and gain their footing over the first set of shows. It was a learning experience, get back on the wheel, get it turning and fitting into the grooves again. And they all did it with so much more ease than seemed possible after so much time away, the best friends that you can connect with after years have passed, and it somehow feels like no time has passed at all.

Yesterday is today, today is the present and the past, and those kids were back, not the ones that ended their 12 year journey with the feeling of crushing pressure and lack of joy and the final parting gift of “Fake Your Death” lyrics that represented everything they felt back then. But those kids that started in the basements with only handfuls of people paying them any attention, the kids who put their hearts together after experiencing tragedy and wanted to do something right in the world, the kids who never dreamed they would be the anthem for so many and so much, those kids were back, but they were the grown up versions that knew better what life should be now. We saw these kids of today that beat their demons, marched beyond their fears, battled the addictions, held on for everything they had and came out on the other side to show all of us that it’s possible, and it’s very much real, and you can do any of it just like they did.

There was a new found joy that we hadn’t seen for years, maybe not ever because how is there ever real joy if you’re not fully free to be yourself? And that’s what this tour was if nothing else, it was being their true selves, being everything they all wanted to be, no matter when, no matter what, no matter who was watching. It was freedom, and they gave us the gift of watching that unfold and curl around the entire world as we looked on with an element of pride and absolute relief at the happiness that radiated from their faces.

That might be the biggest reason why it’s so hard to let this go…for now. Happiness of that amount is irresistible and infectious, and it didn’t matter if you were a new fan or a long-time fan, we wanted to hold on to that shared joy for just a little longer, forever if we had our way. So, in a turn of absolute surprise, even with ever-changing setlists and encores, they gave us an ending that was such a shock and so perfect that we all held our breaths even tighter, even longer together for those few moments after that last song. “Vampires Will Never Hurt You” was never something that had ended a show before, and yet, how could there have been a better way to end something that we ultimately didn’t want to have an ending at all? This full circle last parting gift of this tour was to leave us with the very first single they ever released over 20 years ago rather than something else in their catalog that was full of pain and goodbyes. And this band that delivered us a tour of being free, of being happy, of being yourself, gave us a perfect finale with no parting words and no goodbye group hug, the actual antithesis of an ending, complete with the words “Endless Night” emblazoned across the drum one final time.

It’s over…for now (if you want it), but we’re no longer waiting in the rubble of decay. We’re standing in the foundation of what’s to come, and our whole hearts will be ready for what’s next.

All photos shot by me (Twitter & Tumblr: mwhiteshelly / IG: @jmfstopimages https://www.instagram.com/jmfstopimages/) and cannot be reposted without credit

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loser-monologue · 11 months

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My Chemical Romance melbourne night 2 ~ 17/3/23

#frank iero #mikey way #gerard way #ray toro #my chemical romance #mcr #mcr melbourne #mcr australia #mcr 2023 #mcr return

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c0smicd4ncer · 1 year

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hEhEHe i forgot about this one

I want to cry it’s already been like two weeks dAmn

Melbourne night one (1)

#mcr #mcr melbourne #MCR Melbourne night 1 #my chemical romance #gerard way #mcr australia #my chemical romance 2023 #frank ireo #ahhhhh #mikey way #my chemical romance melbourne australia 2023 #ray toro #im losing my mind

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velvetdestroya · 9 months

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I am here to make you beg! Gee looking hot in a skirt at the Rod Laver Arena, March 17, 2023, Melbourne, Australia.

(photo credit) Joshua Braybrook

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #gerard way dark hair #my chemical romance reunion tour 2023 #gerard way melbourne australia 2023 #gerard way reunion tour 2023 #gerard way skirt suit and heels 2023

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mrmiseryy · 1 year

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NO ONE TALK TO ME I SAW MCR i cried sm

ALSO I got like no photos of frank cuz the cameras were all on gee & ray Im so disappointed 😭😭

#my chemical romance #mcr 2023 #mcr australia #mcr tour #mcr #mcr melbourne #gerard way #frank iero #ray toro #mikey way #melbourne #pop punk #concert #rod laver arena

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killthefuhkinglights · 1 year

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EVERYBODY HATES THE EAGLES 2023 NIGHT 1 MELBOURNE

from xocylia ‘s live stream

#LIKE WHAT THE FUCK #EVERYBODY DIES IN THE CATHEDRAL #mcr #my chemical romance #frank iero #ray toro #gerard way #mikey way #everybody hates the eagles #mcr australia #mcr melbourne #mcr melbourne1

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deathchic · 1 year

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gerard talking about fucking up a verse + weird noises

#ruby rambles #gerard way #mcr #my chemical romance #mcr 2023 #mcr australia #mcr melbourne

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miatring · 1 year

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I know the Sydney shows are still to come but I just had to get this piece out to commemorate this past week since my shows are now done and dusted 🥲

gonna do a bit of a recap/emotion dump about the Naarm (Melbourne) shows below for those interested:

these weren’t my first MCR shows, I’d seen them before in 2012 at Big Day Out and while it was an amazing set it was absolutely blown away by the last 2 days. My dad came with me for Thursday nights show (16/3), I’d been the one to introduce him to MCR and over the years he’s fallen more and more in love with them. MCR is one of the things we bond over and getting to experience my first PROPPER show with him means the fucking world.

And for Friday’s show my two best friends in the whole world came with me, I cannot even begin to describe the feeling of singing “I see you lying next to me” as loud as humanly possible and being able to look over and see two of the people who mean the most in the entire world to you screaming it right alongside you like in that moment we were both the only 3 people in the world and yet surrounded by 1000s of people feeling the exact same feeling... I’m tearing up again just thinking about it now.

Across the 2 nights I think I got just about what would be my dream setlist (minus demolition lovers unfortunately but I don’t know if I could’ve actually handled that, emotionally). What I did get though HOOO BOYY. Disappear, EAGALES X2, sorrows, FASHION STATEMENT, Vampires, BURY ME IN BLACK, prison, vampire money, VENOM with THAT FUCKING OUTRO, SLEEP, SKYLINES and KIDS were all on my list and I GOT TO HEAR THEM ALL.

the crowd overall was pretty good both nights but our section for Thursday was a bit of a bummer as literally everyone spent the whole time sitting, pretty much ((and some rude middle aged woman yelled at me to sit down because her friend “couldn’t see anything” even though I’d already told said friend that I WOULD BE STANDING FOR THE WHOLE THING and she said she didn’t have a problem. So that was a bummer because I basically had to stand/dance halfway in the aisle and be constantly worried that I’d be yelled at again))

Friday however! was MUCH better, everyone was super energised and friendly, I had this really sweet girl next to me but she ran out pretty fast at the end (so if you sat S25 in row EE seat 620 something and you cried at ghost of you, s/o to you, you helped make my fucking night <3)

I think that’s about it for my thoughts, honestly still hovering between numbness and a total buzz with the occasional bouts of crying when I remember that its over now :(

But there is still the Sydney and Tokyo shows to go so I’m super excited to join back in with the livestreams, I did miss it a little bit this week!

And then form there who knows! Literally anything could happen from now but for me My Chemical Romance will always be forever <3

#mcr #mcr melbourne #mcr nz #mcr new zealand #mcr aotearoa #mcr australia #mcr 2023 #my chemical romance #mcr brisbane #mcr brisbane 2 #gerard way #ray toro #mikey way #Frank Iero #Fanart #beware big slab of text under the cut #peace love and my chemical romance forever and ever and ever

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