#MCR tāmaki makaurau

[on-this-day-mcr]

On this day, March 11

In 2023: My Chemical Romance performed their 62nd show of the 2022-2023 Swarm tour (the first of their Asia-Oceania leg) in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand). At this show, Gerard Way wore a dark grey skirt suit and sunglasses, and "FIX FAX FUCK you" was written on the drums. (🖤)

Watch the show here!

David Watson

[gothwizardmagic]

HERE'S MY FOOTAGE FROM THE MARCH 11TH TĀMAKI MAKAURAU SHOW!!!!!

I was two from the barrier on Ray's side so I filmed pretty much the whole thing - the two main bits that are missing are Without You Is How I Disappear (filmed on my sister's phone so we MAY be able to retrieve it later but her phone has chosen NOW to brick) and Vampire Money (i hit the FUCKING volume button and didnt notice for like half of the song)

fucking best fucking night of my fucking life holy shit!!!!!!!! IN THE FACE OF EXTERMINATION SAY FUCK!!!! YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[saturnisfallingdown]

her ass is NOT working!!

[ID: Digital art of Gerard Way in the outfit from the Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland show, a grey women's business suit with a black scarf as a tie. He lies down on the floor, staring straight up. They hold a rotary phone receiver to their head, the cord wrapped around the fingers of their other hand. He's surrounded by scraps of paper, and they include as follows. A yellow sticky note reading "To Do: Set him FREE". A work termination pink slip. A cut off note with the words "You were– very special– thank–" visible in Gerard's handwriting. A sheet of paper with the heading "In face of Extermination:" and the text entirely blacked out. On top of that sheet, a sticky note with the words "SAY FUCK YOU" scrawled. The corner of a sheet of paper with the words "Costumes" and "–Are They" visible. The top of a sheet of paper with the words "–For His Life" visible. Overlaying text over the entire image reads "FIX FAX FUCK YOU". A version of the image without that text is included. End ID]

[ierotits]

also hilarious now seeing usamericans complaining that its too confusing working out the time zones for aotearoa like my bro, we had to do the exact same thing with literally no help for MONTHS, you get a million different posts showing the exact time the shows are gonna be for you

[towardsmodernism]

watching the stream of what should have been MY SHOW. I could have seen secretary gerard with mine own two eyes. covid how I hate u.

[rubbish78]

HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[honeythispodcast]

hi! i just listened to your affect theory episode and it reminded me so much of this beautiful review i read of my mcr show, and i wanted to share it! it so totally understood my experience of the show, as one of the 'fervently-devoted fans' up front, and it was really touching to have that understood from the perspective of an 'outsider'. this is the link to the full article in rolling stone australia, by conor lochrie (https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/my-chemical-romance-auckland-concert-review-45753/) but here is the section that i loved: '[For] all of their rock opera magnificence and exquisite conceptual brilliance, what, I think, really makes My Chemical Romance a generational band is the sense of intrinsic and invaluable community. At Tāmaki Makaurau’s Outerfields on Saturday night, that was there for all to see: a mass of worshippers arrived passionately but patiently, mostly gathered, unsurprisingly, in black garments, waiting to offer adoration to four people who meant the world to them.

And “waiting” was what they’d really had to do, with Saturday’s concert taking place after several years of COVID-induced delays. Many fans went so far as to camp outside the venue 24 hours before the concert in order to secure the best view. It’s a narrative that again lends itself to some semblance of “spirituality”, for many of the people I spoke to had approached the Outerfields site from the breadth and depth of Aotearoa. One girl, who later disappeared into the huddled masses near the front of the stage, described arriving on a flight from Christchurch that very morning alongside several dozen other MCR acolytes, all already wearing their concert clothing despite the youthfulness of the day. 

Huge screens beside the stage urged the crowd to treat everyone beside them with kindness, but it was a superfluous message, because this was thousands of people united by a shared purpose. Again, one is loath to use the word “spiritual”, but on Saturday night, as soon as Gerard Way took to the stage, he occupied the role of leader, healer, idol, whatever form each person in the crowd needed him to take.

He performed both within and outwith himself, silent at intervals, a shrieking mess during songs, a wholly unblushing artist committed to everything he was doing. On such a massive stage, in front of such an expectant crowd, Way’s way didn’t feel ingratiating; instead, this was a man seized by his music, overwhelmed by his mission. ...

I stood in the middle of the crowd as it all unfolded, behind what I thought were the truly fervently-devoted fans (a lesson from my late Catholic grandmother: always sit in the back at church if you know the people in front need it more than you) and ahead of those probably there for just a good time. Where I stood, looking at people of all ages on the verge of tears, singing lyrics like their life depended on it, I felt pangs of regret, visions of teenage years that could have been so much different if pretension and cultural constriction hadn’t forcibly collided. 

But mostly – I promise – I felt happier for those around me who had waited so long for this moment, and who would never forget this Saturday night. Because, really, it could be an inordinate amount of time until My Chemical Romance perform in Aotearoa again, even if the band themselves will still exist in the minds of those at Outerfields for a while longer: “How wrong we were to think / That immortality meant never dying”.'

I (EJ) remember reading this article when it came out. It kicked my ass then and it kicks my ass now. Absolutely gorgeous incredible music journalism that really honors the fanbase.

We talk more about this at 1:04:06 in the new episode!

[hiraya-sa-dilim]

March 11 Reunion Tour setlist at the The Outer Fields at Western Fields, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

[orpheusilver]

in line for mcr in tāmaki makaurau and i can hear the openers doing sound check over the fence im so hyped

[saliama]

[ID: Two sketches of Gerard Way from the Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau MCR show. The sketches are rough and indistinct, drawn in a warm graphite color with red accents. The sketch on the left is of them standing and holding the mic, face obscured and shaded in red; the sketch on the right depicts them with their foot up on a monitor, showing their heeled ankle boots and stockings.]

gerard. 🖨️📊📈🗂️🗄️ (more sketches here)

[gothwizardmagic]

fun part of getting covid from my mcr show is that it all feels like part of the fever dream now like. uhuh. suuuuuure you saw mcr. let me guess gerard way was there???? in a fancy little outfit??? of course they were. i bet you think you saw ray huh. bet you think you were right up close to him. you keep thinking that.

[saturnisfallingdown]

I'll never be able to retrieve it because it the streams went down so many times but I can't stop thinking about waiting for the concert to start and seeing someone comment "guys dont worry. theyre just late because gerards busy adjusting the thigh highs under the miniskirt they're wearing tonight"

[ierotits]

now that frank has used the name aotearoa no mcr fans have the excuse of not knowing so if I see anyone else using the colonial name im gonna start fighting <3

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID copied from alt: A drawing of Gerard Way from the Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau MCR show. They are wearing a gray business casual suit jacket over a white long sleeve, a dark gray skirt, and a black scarf/tie. They are looking back over their shoulder with a smile on their face. End ID]

was fully unprepared for the reality of experiencing New Gerard Way Outfits

[ierotits]

the very least USamericans going to see mcr in aotearoa could do is use the precolonial names for the country and city instead of encouraging colonisation lmao

[saturnisfallingdown]

Let it flood, let it flood, let it wash away,

And as you stumble though your last crusade, will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?

[ID: Two photos of the My Chemical Romance Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland show. The first shows Gerard in front of the backdrop, displaying a destroyed city and storm clouds pouring rain on it. The second shows exclusively the backdrop, and above the buildings is a starry night sky. End ID]