Black Parade Tour 2026: Pick Your City by the Opener

August 1, 2026 · By StubOrder

My Chemical Romance spent 2026 turning The Black Parade into a stadium ritual, honoring the 20th anniversary of the 2006 album that taught a generation to grieve in marching-band formation. The North American leg resumes August 9 at Citi Field in New York and wraps with a three-night run at the Hollywood Bowl, October 21 to 24. Here is the wrinkle: the support act changes from city to city. Every stop is a different double-bill, so the smartest way to browse My Chemical Romance tickets is not "closest venue wins." It is pick your city by the opener. So we ranked the marquee dates on the rest of the run.

The class of 2006 throws itself a homecoming

The routing tells you how big this anniversary has grown: NFL stadiums, MLB ballparks and iconic amphitheaters across major US markets, with earlier 2026 stops including Nashville's Nissan Stadium and Detroit's Comerica Park. The anchors of the remaining run look like this:

• August 9, Citi Field, New York. The leg resumes at ballpark scale, the first date of the home stretch.
• September 6, Chase Field, Phoenix. Jimmy Eat World take the opening slot at the ballpark.
• September 12, Alamodome, San Antonio. The Mars Volta bring their art-rock chaos to the dome.
• October 21 to 24, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. Three nights at one of America's most storied amphitheaters to end the run.

First place: the Hollywood Bowl finale

A three-night close at the Hollywood Bowl is the emotional endgame of the tour. Amphitheater nights hit differently than stadium ones: the sky goes dark behind the stage, the crowd feels close, and a band that built its legend on theatrical grief gets a room made for drama. If you want the night where the tour says goodbye to The Black Parade, this is it, and three dates from October 21 to 24 give you flexibility a single stadium stop never can.

Second place: Jimmy Eat World in Phoenix

September 6 at Chase Field is the purest class-of-2006 pairing on the calendar. Jimmy Eat World were writing the blueprint for earnest, enormous choruses before most of this crowd had a driver's license, and hearing them warm up a ballpark is the kind of undercard that becomes everyone's favorite story from the night. Expect singalongs long before the headliner.

Third place, but barely: The Mars Volta in San Antonio

The September 12 bill at the Alamodome is the contrarian's pick. The Mars Volta do not do warm and nostalgic; they do sprawling, volatile, technically dazzling sets that scramble your brain right before MCR resets it with a marching drum. If you like your double-bills built on contrast instead of comfort, Texas is your stop.

How to call it if you can only pick one

Travel and budget will decide for plenty of people, but if the map is open to you, weigh it like this:

• You want the definitive night: Hollywood Bowl. A finale run is where a tour empties the tank.
• You want the feelings: Phoenix. Two bands your teenage self loved, sharing one field.
• You want the musicianship: San Antonio. Nobody leaves a Mars Volta set indifferent.
• You want it soonest: Citi Field on August 9, your earliest look at the production.

Openers keep rotating city by city, so if your market's undercard has not hit your group chat yet, watch the full slate. You can browse other concert tickets while you deliberate.

Whichever double-bill wins, seats at this scale reward shopping around. Compare listings across the remaining dates on our My Chemical Romance page, and buy with confidence knowing every order on StubOrder is backed by our 100% Buyer Guarantee.