Watch: KING DIAMOND Joins MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE On Stage In San Antonio
Key Points:
- Danish heavy metal legend King Diamond made a special guest appearance at MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE's nearly sold-out concert in San Antonio, Texas, performing the song "Mama" alongside frontman Gerard Way and opera singer Marianne.
- During the performance, King Diamond knighted the MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE bandmates in a ceremony featuring flames, with Gerard Way praising King Diamond as "real royalty."
- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE is currently touring with their concept album "The Black Parade," which portrays a dystopian hellscape ruled by a "Great Immortal Dictator," and hinted at the possibility of releasing a new studio album for the first time in over 15 years.
- The band has focused on touring since reforming and released only one standalone single in 2022, with their next full-length album expected to follow 2010's "Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys."
- An expanded 20th-anniversary reissue of "The Black Parade," featuring six bonus tracks and new artwork from original cover artist James Jean, will be released on October 23 via Reprise Records.