First North American dates for My Chemical Romance surface

My Chemical Romance kicked off its world tour in Stockholm, Sweden last Wednesday (November 8th), while initial North American dates began surfacing over the weekend. According to Tunelab Music, the band will begin a U.S. run on December 1st in Norfolk, Virginia, with shows confirmed through the 15th in Chicago. Most of the gigs are radio festival appearances, as the group promotes its newly released concept album, The Black Parade. The band expects to mount a full-fledged American tour in February and March, and guitarist Ray Toro told us they're already thinking about how they want to present The Black Parade in concert: "Depending on the success, I guess, of the record, we would love to play it front to back, and do The Black Parade first, and then maybe do a My Chem set like a smaller, stripped-down thing. I guess it's all dependent on how well the record does and also what people want and what they want to see."

The band's opening night set in Sweden included a healthy amount of material from The Black Parade, along with a number of earlier favorites.

The day before the gig, the band did an autograph session that was so well-attended it took four-and-a-half hours to accommodate every fan.

The Black Parade has sold 327,000 copies since arriving in stores on October 24th.

My Chemical Romance tour dates:
Dec 1 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
Dec 2 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Dec 3 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
Dec 7 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
Dec 8 - Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
Dec 10 - San Diego, CA - iPayOne Center
Dec 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Arena
Dec 14 - Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
Dec 15 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
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