My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field : On the Grid

Hey guys! After a long summer break, we're back better than ever.

First "fall" concert this year was My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field on August 29th.

As a longtime MCR fan, the moment they announced their tour, I knew I had to get pit tickets (I've seen them before at Riot Fest in 2022). My friends and I all tried getting tickets through Ticketmaster when they dropped, and with some really shotty wifi, lots of hope, and being in the middle of a work shift, I somehow was able to get 3 pit tickets for my friends and me.

After seeing how people were showing up early to line up for general admission, my friends and I decided to show up at 6 am the day of and camp there all day. Here's a quick little video of the line.

This tour is a revival of The Black Parade tour they did back in 2007, but it is a whole storyline that involves a fictional country named Draag, and it shows a story of how the band "rebels" against the dictatorship but fails and gets killed off.

Our hard work paid off, and we got barricade for the main stage, and it was amazing. Gerard Way (the lead singer) even made eye contact with me. At the end of the show, they brought our Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins to sing "Butterfly with Bullet Wings".