My Chemical Romance pronouncing The Black Parade dead

My Chemical Romance will release a three-disc live set, titled The Black Parade is Dead, on April 22nd, according to MTV. No other details on the package are available yet, including whether it will be a CD/DVD combination or what exactly will be included on it. The New Jersey-based act spent most of the past 14 months on the road in support of its 2006 concept album, The Black Parade, and actually performed as a fictional act called the Black Parade on many of its shows. The official Black Parade web site now displays a heart monitor that has flatlined, indicating that My Chemical Romance is putting its alter ego to rest.

Singer Gerard Way recently said that the group plans to strip down its sound for its next album, although he told us that following up The Black Parade will be a momentous task for the band: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "We knew going into this one that we were basically painting ourselves in a corner. And moreso than that, we were putting ourselves in a straightjacket and jumping into the river. I think that's actually what you should do every time, so I think next time we have to make something that goes even further with that. I think it's the only way to create great work."

My Chemical Romance is slated to appear at Bamboozle Left, the West Coast version of New Jersey's popular spring punk festival, which takes place on April 5th and 6th in Irvine, California. This will be the band's first U.S. show since last year.

The group will head to Indonesia for one show on January 31st in Jakarta, before going on a two-week South American trek in mid-February.
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