Fans and artists react to My Chemical Romance’s huge support acts for 2025 US stadium tour

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My Chemical Romance‘s diverse array of support acts for their 2025 US stadium tour has drew a polarised reaction online.Yesterday, the emo legends announced a US tour in celebration of their 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’, kicking off on July 11 2025 at the T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

From there, Gerard Way and co will make stops in cities such as San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Arlington, East Rutherford, Philadelphia, Toronto and more.

The tour will wrap up at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on September 13.Each show will feature a different hand-selected artist as opening support – Violent Femmes, 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Devo, IDLES and Evanescence.According to fans, some of the support acts make more sense than others, meaning certain bands ended up coming as a surprise.Alice Cooper was a notably divisive choice.

Some fans were critical based on comments the shock rocker made last year where he said that being transgender was mostly “a fad” which seemed at odds with the band’s inclusive values, as well as the large proportion of LGBTQ+ people in their fanbase.“i know everyone’s excited about mcr but it is unbelievably disappointing to see them putting alice cooper on one of the show considering his transphobic beliefs,” one fan wrote on X/Twitter.Others weren’t so opposed to it. “Gosh dang MCR with Alice Cooper.