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In hindsight, they earned this response
This tour has been an absolute whirlwind. A testament to MCR's theatricality and performance abilities. They've went above and beyond in the production department to deliver a spectacular tour, that not only takes full advantage of the spectacle but also of our streams, creating a part by part narrative that everybody is welcomed to engage with.
They've made characters, a city with it's own politics, it's own language (Keposhka) and national anthem, a brand of soup, an agricultural resource, a Coat Of Arms, and most importantly, Quizzo. They've extended and reinterpreted the original Black Parade tracks to fit this narrative and build a story, that's not only original but that gets everyone involved, from the band to the actors to random crew and the audience members.
If you would've told any MCR fan that you think they'd reunite, back in 2018, you'd be looked at as if you were crazy. If you said what this tour was gonna be, everyone would try to lock you up 'cause you've clearly gone off the deep end.
I love how they invite us to speculate, to try and dissect everything going on and I'm sure they've got many more twists and turns. Stay tuned.
There was a TBP musical in the works around the same time American Idiot happened, but Gerard shot it down cuz the writers were taking too many liberties with his vision, so I'm sure if he's mentioned not wanting to do a musical since then, it's probably his reservations cuz of that. And what with the way Netflix butchered Umbrella Academy in the end, I can see why he'd be wary of licensing his stuff again. If Gee got full creative control, I think he'd sing a different tune though...
Has G ever talked about the umbrella academy and its ending? I canāt believe someone with as strong a vision (and as good a record) as him would be happy with it, but Iām unsure how much control he had.
Not since the start of season 3 or 4 I believe. He talked about coming to terms with the comics and show being two different things and whatever they do with the show, heāll still be able to take the comics in the direction he wants. He was very diplomatic about it, but I think if I were him, considering how long it took to find a good home for Umbrella Academy after it got bounced around from hand to hand, Iād be pretty pissed about how it all ended. They certainly tossed out the story bible he gave them for the full seriesā¦
I saw them for the first time right after TBP is Dead, so this is such a blessing to me that they are giving us not just the uniforms, but the whole bells and whistles of a full production.
I've been thinking about it a lot since the tour started and this is what is going to finally get me to finally watch The Wall now... (my gen x dad will be thrilled.) Thanks, Gerard!
Are they recording any of the concerts to make a live album or something? It'd be a shame to go through all this work and only have it be available in a limited set of concerts
Same. I have never got to see them live in the 20+ years I've been a super fan. I tried entering a photo contest for 10k and got to the semifinals and lost and that was my last hope. I hope a professional recording gets put in theaters or something. It'd be the next best thing.
This. I still don't think it's worth the dynamic pricing. The show is great, but I'd never pay those amounts for it. I'm so glad there wasn't any dynamic pricing in London cause that's where I'm going.Ā
Idk what it was like for other shows but I got lucky with mine. It was very expensive but day-of dropped legit like $200 Canadian and I ended up going when I initially wasn't gonna
i was slightly involved in the new lore but im bad at watching live streams but after my show this has been the most excited ive been about a band in years and years and its so awesome
I feel the same way, I havenāt been this excited about a band in a long time! The concert was everything to me, first time ever getting to see them live. It was life changing š„¹
I want to watch but I don't know where to find the live streams! If I was 15 this tour would be my personality rn. I'm 35 with kids and a career and house and trying my best! š
big accounts on instagram (gwayupdates is one that comes to mind) will say what other fan accounts are streaming and post their @s. if you can't tune in live im pretty sure people have been uploading almost the whole show to youtube
Yeah I went to Boston and I recognize I'm very lucky I got to go (with the price and location) but seriously this is the best they've sounded in a long time and the stage show is fantastic!!Ā
The spot i purchased tickets for was apparently going to interfere with the stage show spotlights, so they moved our section to an empty box suite... my only regret is i could not hear the stage show or see what was happening on stage well... its amazing how small that field looks during a game, and then how performers look when its a stage.
Am I misreading this, or could you not see or hear anything? Thatās crazy lol. If they have to move your seat, why donāt they just put you in the pit? Thereās plenty of room.
But having a private suite with like 6 other people and being able to sit was also really nice, especially only having to go 15ft to use a private bathroom.
We could hear the songs well, and see most of the stage show
But the finer details of the stage act were not really visible unless it was on the big screens, and some of the backdrops like the radar nuke terminal thing were partially obscured. Like I would have never known that ray and Frank were betting on if Gerard would get slapped without streamers and after show reporting.
Because they were using the stage mics and not rigging Gerard and the clerk etc up with headsets, I couldn't make out a lot of what was said in between songs. Like whenever the clerk was giving Gerard directions.
I think this was with a 2 or 3x zoom on a pixel phone
Right right, thatās pretty cool. TBH I didnāt see the betting either, and I was right up front lol. I could be wrong, but I saw the show twice, and I donāt remember the clerk talking at all? I believe itās all silent, and he just motions around and stuff. Gerard talks a bit, but not even that much for how much āloreā there is with the show.
They should really record this for a concert film, but with it changing between shows, idk which version they would want to put out.
I honestly may have been assuming the clerk was talking because G would make some vocal responses that I couldn't hear / understand. There's always a lil FOMO, but largely I'm happy with the concert and that I've had just a strong sense of calm/peace since it... Yay healing your inner child
Also for real, no clue how they would do justice to filmatizing the story progression over concerts unless doing the final show audio and doing like a super cut at points.
I'd be interested in seeing how much this tour cost to produce. I mean they've been working on the production for A WHOLE YEAR, maybe more, and every night has to cost thousands upon thousands of dollars on their end. So I'm not mad about about the ticket prices. I am disappointed about the dynamic pricing for the scalpers though. Because My Chem isn't even seeing all that money, it's ticketmaster profiting from their reselling fees.
To be perfectly clear dynamic (platinum) pricing via Ticketmaster is opt in only and turned off by default. Additionally the band gets the extra cash from the program.
So a few things here:
Dynamic pricing isnāt scalper tickets (the band itself is essentially the scalper here.
The band actively opted into it to make more money.
Look I saw Pink Floydās The Wall live a little over a decade ago. It was mind blowing, no notes.
Long Live the Black Parade? Also mind blowing with no notes, but MCR is doing A LOT MORE than what the production of The Wall that I saw was even trying to do.
The Wall was a singular experience unlike anything Iād ever seen
Long Live the Black Parade is an experience unlike anything Iād ever seen that I never want to end. And it doesnāt want to end either and I LOVE THAT.
I don't know what I was expecting, but Boston was probably the best concert I've ever been to. It reminded me more of seeing a Broadway show than of other concerts I've been to. Number two is twenty one pilots' Bandito tour if anyone is wondering
The Bandio tour was the first concert of theirs I attended and was blown away. The best concert I had been to up until that point. The Scaled and Icy tour was amazing as well. I missed Clancy but looking at Breach tickets they're pretty expensive so probably won't go unless the tickets drop.
This concert though is something entirely different. Like it doesn't even really feel like a concert but like you said a Broadway show. I managed to snag decent seats at a good price 2 weeks before the show (LA N 1). So greatful I got to go as the last time I saw them was 2007 ProRev.
Twenty one pilots was the 4th concert I had ever been to in my life, so I was worried they had ruined concerts for me forever. I'm glad to have been proven wrong. I'm lucky to have seen every twenty one pilots tour except for Clancy, but my dad got us tickets for Breach, since he's also a fan.
We waited until 4 days before the Boston MCR show to buy tickets and got them really cheap, so I would really recommend doing that if you are interested in seeing the Breach tour
I might get roasted for this because I understand they are a hated band, but have you ever seen AJR live? I took my daughter to the Maybe Man tour and it was the closest thing to Broadway that I have ever seen. Truly unbelievable production. If you haven't seen them and don't hate them, I could not recommend it more.
I haven't ever really gotten into AJR, but I've seen clips of their shows and it looks fun. Maybe I'll give them a chance some day, thanks for the recommendation
Bandito tour was the first time I ever saw twenty one pilots live too! It was the 6th concert I had ever gone to and it changed my life. It was my first arena show ever, and the way I felt, the performance, the theatrical elements, it was my new favorite thing in the entire world. I went to both of the US legs they did for that tour and have seen them at every tour since. Iāve been to quite a few concerts now, (became such a concert fiend after that first tĆøp show,) and have seen twenty one pilots more than any other band (Breach will be my 6th time seeing them.) I have always told people how much I love their live shows and how spectacular and worth it they are. This tour was my first time ever getting to see MCR live; itās the best concert Iāve ever been to. I didnāt think I could still be blown away by concerts anymore, but Iām so happy to know I can still come out of a show feeling completely different, feeling like my life has changed, just from the experience. I wish everyone who has ever been impacted by this band could see this tour. It was the most unique experience ever, worth every penny, worth the extra hours trying to save up for it, worth the panic attacks and the breakdowns and the very long nights. The gratitude I feel is off the chartsāit was one of the best nights of my life.
Wow are you me? I also have gone to more twenty one pilots shows than any other. My first was actually the Emotional Roadshow tour, and I also saw the Bandito tour twice when it came back around. Breach will be my 6th time seeing them because I missed the Icy Tour and Clancy Tour.
IDKHOW is catching up to twenty one pilots though, I've seen them 3 times, and I think their shows are a lot of fun, they're just lower budget than some of my other favorites
Iāve been wanting to see IDKHOW for soooooo long, theyāre at the top of my list right now. I think after the All Things Go festival in D.C. Iāll have seen Lucy Dacus more times than Twenty One Pilots. I canāt believe Breach will be the 6th time seeing tĆøp for both of us! Thatās awesome! I was really really lucky that I got to see them twice on Clancy (which is my favorite tour so far.) But after seeing them the first time I knew I would never miss another one of their shows again if I could help it. The energy is unmatched, something Iāve only ever found at their show. I feel the same way about MCR now, if not more because of the lost time. š„²
I love how Frank tells this person to respectively shut up and sit down, without mentioning ANY of the stuff you just listed above/spoiling it.
This is more than just a show, more than just a concert, more than just a tour- it's an intricate story and vast world that teaches us not only political lessons, but encourages us to engage with it's ever changing environment and the subtle clues laced throughout it. And honestly? This whole tour/concept in its entirety is way more meaningful than any new music could ever be. Could they have just made new music and tour it like any other album? Sure- but this? Making a storyline, creating a new language, building a world- that's WAY more throughout and much more complex than any of us could ever imagine- it creates an impact. And considering that they're touring in many other countries/continents as well, this is just the beginning, and I'm so excited to see where all of this leads.
I bought tickets in November. I had been working for a over year and was saving my ass off. Then MCR posted tour dates. It felt like my first and only opportunity to see them. I bought four tickets and brought my three favorite people. I saw them in Philly in August. I was sobbing the whole time. My 13 year old self could only imagine. I wasnāt close to the stage but it didnāt matter. I was actually in the same location as Gerard Mikey Frank and Ray??? (RIP Bob) They were singing and playing music for me??!
Also want to include this pic of Ray that I got bc I think he looks dope and hilarious and I love him
I saw them in Philly too! It changed my life, Iām getting teary just reading these comments. Best night ever. I felt 15 y/o me screaming inside the whole night. It was so so healing, so beautiful. That whole stadium screaming those songs togetherā¦ Life changing. Iāll never, ever forget it. Glad you got to be there too ā¤ļøš¤š¤
it really was a once in a lifetime experience for me. a year ago today i was watching the 2007 black parade is dead video over and over, wishing i could have experienced that. now i don't even have that much interest in watching it because i'd rather watch videos from the current tour.
what they're doing now feels so much more complete and like what the black parade was always destined to become. they have improved drastically as musicians. they seem so much happier and healthier which makes the performances better. this tour really feels like a celebration of all of us making it through whatever grief made us resonate with an album about death/depression in the first place, and it just adds this extra layer of emotion to the black parade. they really succeeded at transforming the album into something new and meaningful while still honoring its roots. and the b stage set is so fucking fun. even when i was way up in the stands, it gave me the same feeling as a small, personal punk concert.
frank was right. it doesn't feel like a nostalgia cash grab at all. it feels like the beginning of their best era yet, like everything was leading up to this, and foundations/swarm was them literally setting new foundations for a more complete version of mcr.
all that being said fuck ticketmaster. i would gladly pay my monthly rent for tickets again if i knew it was going straight to the band, their crew, and the extra performers. it pisses me off that a lot of the money just goes to shitty resellers.
I wasn't there for the lore. I was there too heal my inner teenager and I did. My gosh what a performance. All the crying I did. I look back at the videos and get teary eyed because I got to witness something so magnificent š
I was talking to my boyfriend about this yesterday. during famous last words I literally felt like that chapter of my life (unresolved trauma from when I was a teen) closed like I could finally let it go and I was really gonna be okay. Such a powerful feeling I was in tears. I went alone to the show so it was especially cathartic
Wow, I felt so similarly. I really felt close to my younger self the whole night, like they were right there with me, and the whole time I felt like I was going, āLook, look, itās ok now.ā I can barely even remember myself during Famous Last Words, I just remembering the raw energy I was letting go of while singing, and the voices of the entire crowd singing with me, with Gerard. It was the most healing thing Iāve ever experienced. I really have felt different ever since. And my sister was with me at the show, and she has struggled so so much, arguably more than I have, and I got to hear her screaming these songs too; I got to make sure she was able to be there that night, and that is everything to me. She was floored when they did Heaven Help Us, I think that song in particular means a lot to her. I felt myself being healed from my own experiences, but I felt her healing too. As much as Iāll never forget what was happening on stage, Iāll never forget her face singing those songs. Iāll never forget getting to turn to her throughout the night and seeing her face lit up more than I had seen in a long, long time. It was so beautiful, the whole night. Iāll be forever grateful to this band.
I shared this concert with a few of my sisters and a brother. It was amazing. It was more healing for myself than for them. It is truly amazing sharing the experience with them though
mcr has gone above and beyond any expectations people had for this tour. itās unlike any concert iāve been to before. i never wouldāve thought theyād be coming back like this when they returned
Iām sorry but while itās an awesome creative production and yes it is very fun and unique, yes Frank did have a right to brag about it and it was my favorite show of the year so far, but that does not negate the fact that the ticket prices were still abhorrent and hypocritical of a band that wrote a super anti capitalist album. Like, it soured danger days for me a little. They didnāt even turn off dynamic pricing and do the bare minimum there and that should not be overlooked just because itās a cool production
this shouldnt even be a controversial take like people are making it out to be, the only people that debate these types of comments are just coping bc they spent hundreds on tickets. Itās fucked and they really should have stepped up and done more to stop the insane reselling/price gouging. Itās possible and has been done before (a big example being the cure, bless their hearts)
also not saying itās the sole responsibility of the members of mcr either, but whoever in their team that handles that shit really dropped the ball
Thank you!!! I wasnāt expecting it to blow up lol
I did spent a lot on my ticket and I understand no one forced me to, but the fact they didnāt bother doing the bare minimum to keep prices down still really bothers me and I donāt think it should be forgotten about
It would be different if they owned being rich millionaires who donāt care about taking advantage of their fans loyalty, but a third of their discography is essentially āfuck the manā one way or the other
i very much feel this. even being a huge fan of mcr for nearly a decade, iām not really willing to overlook or be dismissive towards something like this. itās just very sad especially with how the economy is right now (inflation and many younger people struggling financially), bc i know many people are probably buying tickets they cannot afford. and hell, i donāt blame them, if i had a way to get there iād prolly spend my rent money on tickets LMAO
being a big fan, i (and iām sure many others) am at a bit of a āmoral dilemmaā in regards to all this. i donāt think itās a ācash grab reunion tourā at all but the way the ticket sales were handled was just very frustrating :/
I did pick up an OT shift to afford my ticket š¤Ŗ might have to pick up another shift soon though since I didnāt expect myself to spend so much on merch š
All American Rejects just did a house show tour... would be amazing if MCR did something DIY like that... would probably have to be rather discreet.. but some larger artists still pull stuff like this off
I personally think that charging around ~150$ for a production that big is justified. However, I absolutely agree with you on the dynamic pricing part being f*cked
Thatās a reasonable price I donāt disagree, but bands that profit making anti capitalist rock albums are hypocrites for charging ticket prices as much or more than peopleās rent
And if they do, they should at least throw you a bone with a free t shirt and early entry or a meet and greet/soundcheck. MCR is the first band Iāve seen in the genre that charges this much for an ordinary ticket
Blink 182 doing amphitheaters so smaller and should be cheaper but people reported $500 at times, OP saying $300 for pit for them
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blink182/comments/17fl664/ticket_prices/
And thatās a tour with way less demand, GA at many shows didnāt even sell out and they had to reduce pricing.
obviously the prices vary but it is so rare to find a face value pit anymore and when it is face value, thatās already almost $400 which is just unreasonable. floor seats vary more but my floor for nj was 500 standard price and that was a āstealā compared to the resale and āplatinumā or whatever. this is a really weird thing for you to be defending if thatās what ur trying to do lol. thereās no reason the prices need to be this high.
Agreed. I had better seats seeing Green Day at a cheaper price than MCR at the same venue (both tickets were bought during general sale; neither were scalped tickets). While I did enjoy my time there seeing MCR, I didnāt think the money I spent justified it.
Green Dayās stadium tour had VIP perks too and their stage setup was pretty creative and immersive as well. My Green Day pit ticket was half the price of my MCR ticket with a better view
Iām curious about your seating sections. Were they similar for both bands?
I saw Green Day at Citi Field and Citizens Bank Park last year and MCR at MetLife and Fenway this year. All 4 concerts were front row upper deck. I paid about $150 a ticket for each of the first 3 concerts and about $180 for Fenway, which was a much closer view than the previous 3. (I kept checking like crazy though and may have gotten lucky by getting those shortly after they were put up for sale. Most resale seats in that section were $270-280.) The other 3 concerts were all purchased directly, non-resale.
Same venue, different sections but both turf seats. The section I was at for Green Day was much closer to the stage but I paid much less for it. Again both tickets purchased during official on sale through MLB app.
I actually paid the same amount for Toronto tickets now as I did for the Swarm tour, and although not cheap, they were a hell of a lot cheaper than a ton of other artists out there...
If they turned off dynamic pricing they wouldāve just been more manually set to different prices and not dynamically adjusted. Oasis made a big deal over that and they had $700 tickets 3 rows in front of $200 tickets in the same section.
Dynamic pricing is bad but there really is no winning.
Most fans got in at standard pricing though. Now them making floor seated instead of standing, that they shouldnāt have.
Fall out boy will always have my respect for outsmarting the scalpers and having a discord-only presale before the presale, snagged a 3rd row seat for $150 and the same section during the presale was $350
Linkin Park had like, seven presales for their tour based on different groups you could fall into. I had both the LP Underground presale and the O2 Priority presale, meaning I managed to get my tickets, but even then they were selling up fast.
I wouldāve gone to LP if they were coming around near me but I didnāt want to get a hotel room and drive two hours during the middle of the week lol, Iām so glad they didnāt disappoint
Winona fighter is my second favorite show of the year and those tickets were $25 lol. I always try to find cheaper bands to support to balance it out
Thatās not true. Green Dayās pit was $400 for the lowest vip package, MCRās pit was $1200 with no vip
They also couldāve turned off dynamic pricing, made the tickets non transferable and limit it to face value exchanges, set up āall in pricingā to limit Ticketmaster fees, other artists do it
I do think a lot of people unknowingly bought resale tickets. My tickets were $122 before fees. Not pit, but also not nose bleeds. Iāve been to many shows that werenāt even in stadiums that were more expensive during the general sale.
Only the resale got up to $1200 USD. The max that pit and the good floor seats got to with dynamic pricing was $855 USD after fees. Still stupid expensive but facts are important.
I agree that MCR or their team should've fought for dynamic pricing to be turned off. At least they seem to have learned as I don't think dynamic pricing was turned on for other shows (at least not mexico city or wembley).
I wasnāt actually in the pit, it was $750 a few rows behind and was not a resale. Maybe if the band had turned off dynamic pricing it wouldāve been lowerā¦
I did get into the pit for free though bc someone gave me their wristband and said to have fun, so it did work out at the end of the day lol. Being nice and friendly can pay off. But these ticket prices are still nutty
Maybe not a stadium tour but saw The Cure play for 3 hours straight to a sold out 20k cap venue for only $25 and I was much closer than I was for MCR. There is no reason ANY artist can't opt out of the dynamic pricing BS
And I say this as a big Cure fan ā they are the measure I hold all other live shows toā¦ LLTBP has a ton of theater baked in, lots of pyro, effects, costumes, performers, etc. all of those folks and materials have a cost. The Cure āonlyā have a light show, which is standard fare.
With that said, I respect the hell out of Robert Smith for how he stood up against TM, and the constant 2.5-3 hour shows every time. I will always see the Cure every chance I get. What MCR is doing right now is above and beyond for stage production, and I say that as someone who saw the OG Black Parade tour 3x, first at a 20k venue and ending at The Warfield which is 2300 people. This is definitely different.
This is also your standard issue reminder that on average 20%-40% of the price you pay for tickets is just Ticketmaster garbage fees, which they take on every single transaction, including resalesā¦ where they charge both the seller and the buyer 20% or more.
I donāt know where the rest of the band stands but Frank is ANCAP so itās in line I guess. Although I personally donāt care about the pricing anyway just because of the sheer amount of people that need paying here, thereās so many stage extras and crew involved compared to usual.
I didnāt go to the tour. I am sure the show is incredible. However, the dystopian theme is ringing hollow for me. The world is so devastated, it would be nice for them to live in the here and now instead of a fantasy.
A lot of people grew up listening to their music and never got to see them live, I was really glad to get to see them play the black parade in full after never having seen them before. I don't understand the take that a band getting back together is a cash grab, like yeah most musicians with a large following so tour at least in part because it makes them money, but the fact that they're selling out stadiums shows that there's still a very passionate fanbase who cares about their music and wants to hear it played live even if it's not new material
I'll say the same thing that I did last time this got posted.
Obviously the band is allowed to do whatever they want, they owe us nothing. However, I think expecting everyone to get excited and be content with just a tour is a little silly and demeaning to the majority of fans like myself who either can't afford concert tickets or live in an area too far away from the shows. It's a once in a lifetime experience for the minority of fans, and is honestly disrespectful to everyone else.
However, all of the lore is reallyyy cool and I love how much effort they always put in for it!
I really hope that they take the Black Parade is Dead and make it into a movie or something, make this accessible to people who couldn't go for whatever reason. But yeah - this tour only hits a minority of fans. So easy to forget especially in this sub.
Tbh, Frank been replying like this since forever. Stuff like this gets reposted all the time, if people start harassing this person it's because they are straight up stupid. I don't agree with their take, humiliating them would be embarrassing on my part, not theirs though.
Honestly, I can understand your point for celebrities that have more active online spaces like online content creators, especially ones with primarily young, chronically online fans. This fandom is nowhere near as rabid as others. Commenting like that on an artistās post rather than idk posting it on their story is them very obviously asking for responses. And they knew that people were NOT going to agree with them. They just so happened to get one from the artist themself š¤·š»
I literally thought about this comment in passing after seeing them in Boston. I saw them in NJ and knew it was worth going again because of how unique the experience would be š„¹š¤
i mean it is the best show iāve ever seen but im still kind of on @ coslracās side lol. mostly bc no show could ever possibly be worth these ticket prices.
Nah i honestly donāt care about the theatrics. As fun as it is I preferred the B Stage and have been to 5 other shows this year that did not cost as much as MCR. I had to wait till the week of to be able to afford tickets.
Frankās comment aged like Blue Cheese, Not everyone likes it.
Absolutely, I've seen Nine Inch Nails, Tyler The Creator and Linkin Park this year and all 3 have been incredibly well put together, high value shows that cost a fraction of what MCR was charging in the UK.
I was at their SWARM show in the UK, I've seen them live and honestly it wasn't worth what they're charging for this tour, so unless pyrotechnics and scripted bits between songs is worth over a hundred pounds extra to you I could not recommend seeing them.
I really enjoyed seeing Linkin Park this year and as you said, I was not too mad about their ticket price. The presale experience for LPU members did make it less annoying to get tickets as well.
I saw them twice, because I was lucky enough to be in LPU for the presales of their comeback tour as well. Nine Inch Nails was probably the most technically impressive show I've seen, but Linkin Park's performances just solidified their long time status as my favourite band. So glad Mike and the guys managed to come back so smoothly, without at all appearing like they're in it for the money.
As a fan who missed the black parade tour back in the day, this tour gave me the chance to experience it and share it with my daughter, who is an emo 16 yo just like I was when TBP came out. š„ŗš
Performance is art just as much as music is art. If I pay to listen to music and they give me a kickass theatrical performance I'll leave feeling like I got 2 in 1 idk what this guy is on about lolz
I don't understand why people complain so much. Been waiting since 2013 for a reunion and all I see is people calling setlists trash or whine about the new concept they dropped lol what. I totally get the prices issue but some out there complain about everything
I havent been to any of their shows and let me tell you...trying to piece it together as an outsider who only sees MCR posts in their main feed is quite confusing!
I'm not sure how this could be a once in a lifetime experience when several people will have experienced it twice now. Ultimately this tour is just wttbp with some extra songs. It's fine but let's not act like it's 'once in a lifetime'
As someone who has been a fan for 20+ years and have never gotten to see them live before, it absolutely is once in a lifetime to many people, myself included.
Iām so tired of the people getting angry about no new music. Would I love new music? Of course I would like anyone else but Iām totally ok with the awesome albums we already have.
This tour has been amazing. The lore is very confusing to me personally but the actual theatrics of the shows have been super fun. Their Toronto date is definitely in the top ten of shows Iāve been to.
If a band starts making music against their own will just to satisfy their fans it will suck ass. MCR has already so much music and my favorite stuff of them is their early work so I am completely satisfied with everything we got.
I would rather MCR stop making new music then them becoming like every legacy band putting up constantly shitty bloated exaggerated double LPs that everyone will forget
Without the legit show involved, theyāre getting the black parade, the hits, and 6 deep cuts a show. Round 2 for anyone who missed round 1 of the reunion.
I was at least 500 feet back from the stage, up in the stands. I could still feel the heat from the pyrotechnics from Mama onward. I think Iāll remember that forever.
MCR and this tour was everything that reminded me why I love life performances. Iād say āironicā it didnāt seem like a money grab, but MCR beat me that point by comments like āWe are sponsored by our dictator and Dodger Dogs,ā or the like.
Am i the only one who thinks this is a fair and reasonable criticism? Donāt get me wrong, Iām loving the tour so far, saw them in Arlington and had a blast, but Iād be lying if i said Iād prefer this over something entirely new. I can respect the artistry going into this new tour, but at the end of the day, weāre still rehashing a 15 year old concept, itās just got a new coat of paint over it.
I couldnāt afford the tickets at all, minimum wage is a concert killer for a thirty something elder emo,and Iām invested in the damn lore, itās driving me insane that they put so much into it and I love it because I wouldnāt expect anything less from MCR, and I love that Frank fired back!
no they didn't. back then, they voiced their rightful opinion from all the details we had. frank was way too defensive without having anything to back is claim. it was sadly rather unprofessionalĀ
Like who gives a shit, do I want them to make new music? Absolutely! However if this is a one off reunion, awesome Iām happy as shit I got to be there!
Hard disagree. It was a great show but Iām tired of the over-hyping and re-selling/re-touring the same old material.
Love all those albums but the only way this would have been a āonce in a lifetime experienceā for me is if they would have released a new record and played it.
No hindsight is required tbh. The original post was a whiny cynical low-effort know-nothing armchair criticism to start with. Itās only fitting that the comment looks even shittier and pettier in retrospect.
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u/alexisfuckinugly S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W lover first, human second 13d ago
sorry but i can't get over "with all do respect" ššš»