My Chemical Romance debuted an unreleased track song titled, “War Beneath the Rain,” during their “Long Live The Black Parade” tour stop at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 26th.
After the band completed their playthrough of The Black Parade and resurfaced on the B-stage for the second half of the show, frontman Gerard Way paused to dedicate “War Beneath the Rain” to the late producer Doug McKean, whose family were in attendance. McKean had produced My Chemical Romance’s scrapped fifth album The Paper Kingdom, which was recorded in 2012 but was never released due to the band’s breakup the following year.
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Introducing the song to the crowd, Gerard Way reflected on the time spent recording the long-shelved album “at a studio in North Hollywood,” describing “War Beneath the Rain” as “one of the songs we really loved from it.” The track is a power ballad not far from the arena-ready rock found on The Black Parade or its more colorful 2010 follow-up, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys; Though despite some flashy solo moments and an energetic performance from the band, “War Beneath the Rain” is less chaotic than its title might suggest. Watch a fan-captured performance of the song below.
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My Chemical Romance are only at beginning start of their “Long Live The Black Parade” run, and they’ve already rolled out a handful of surprises. They busted out a cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” in San Francisco and reprised the cover in Los Angeles on Sunday night. They also gave “The Foundations of Decay” its tour debut during their July 27th show, which still serves as MCR’s first new song since 2014. Check out our gallery of My Chem’s July 19th show in San Francisco.
MCR next heads to Arlington, Texas next, followed by stops in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Chicago, and more. See their tour dates below and get tickets to see My Chemical Romance here.
My Chemical Romance 2025 North American Tour Dates (Special Guests in Parentheses):
08/02 – Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field (Garbage)
08/09 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday)
08/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (Alice Cooper)
08/22 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre (Pixies)
08/29 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field (Devo)
09/07 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park (IDLES)
09/13 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium (Evanescence)
