My Chemical Romance mark 20 years of The Black Parade with expanded reissue and Hoboken live cut
My Chemical Romance will release The Black Parade (20th Anniversary) on 23 October via Reprise Records, gathering the original album with B-sides, previously unavailable live recordings and newly commissioned artwork from James Jean.
The expanded collection arrives two decades after the band’s landmark rock opera first reshaped the scale and theatrical ambition of mainstream alternative music. Alongside the original 14-track record, the anniversary edition adds six bonus cuts, including a long-circulating fan favourite, Someone Out There Loves You (Live), which is being officially released for the first time.
The band have also shared The Sharpest Lives (Live from Hoboken), taken from a 24 October 2007 hometown show at the now-closed 200-capacity Maxwell’s venue. Previously available only on the DVD component of 2008 live release The Black Parade Is Dead!, the performance is now streaming in audio form for the first time.
Listen to the live track here, or watch the Hoboken performance here.
New James Jean artwork accompanies the collection
In a statement, My Chemical Romance said: “Twenty years ago, we wrote what would become The Black Parade, our third record and the follow up to Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. At the time, we could never have imagined what the record would mean for the band. All we knew is that we had made something crazy, and something we couldn’t wait to get it out into the world.”
They added: “For the first time, we have included everything we finished during those sessions in a single collection.”
Artist James Jean, whose work was central to the original visual world of The Black Parade, has contributed three new pieces for the anniversary release. The band said: “James is truly a one-of-a-kind artist, and so important to how this record was presented to the world.”
The reissue will be available in several physical editions, including an autographed store-exclusive cassette, CD and Bloodline Red 2LP vinyl. Other versions include Baby Pink vinyl, an HMV-exclusive Black & Tan Galaxy edition in the UK, a Concrete Grey LP and a limited One Step 180g black vinyl pressing.
Pre-order or pre-save the collection here.
The expanded Black Parade tracklist
The original album remains intact, while the deluxe editions add three B-sides and recordings from the Hoboken show.
- The End.
- Dead!
- This Is How I Disappear
- The Sharpest Lives
- Welcome To The Black Parade
- I Don’t Love You
- House of Wolves
- Cancer
- Mama featuring Liza Minnelli
- Sleep
- Teenagers
- Disenchanted
- Famous Last Words
- Blood (A Brief Intermission)
- Heaven Help Us
- Kill All Your Friends
- My Way Home Is Through You
- Dead! (Live)
- The Sharpest Lives (Live)
- Someone Out There Loves You (Live)
Tour continues through the autumn
The announcement lands during the band’s ongoing The Black Parade 2026 Tour, whose staging sees the group perform the album in full before shifting to a second-set selection from across their catalogue. The remaining dates include a five-night run at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, followed by shows across South East Asia.
- 12 September – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
- 18 September – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
- 1 October – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
- 21 October – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- 23 October – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- 24 October – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- 30 October – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- 31 October – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- 7 November – Icheon, South Korea – Paradise City Culture Park
- 10 November – Singapore, Singapore – Singapore Indoor Stadium
- 11 November – Singapore, Singapore – Singapore Indoor Stadium
- 14 November – Manila, Philippines – Philippine Arena
- 17 November – Bangkok, Thailand – Impact Challenger Hall
- 19 November – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Bukit Jalil National Football Stadium
- 20 November – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Bukit Jalil National Football Stadium
- 22 November – Jakarta, Indonesia – Jakarta International Stadium
