#MCR sydney 1

[on-this-day-mcr]

On this day, March 19

In 2023: My Chemical Romance performed their 67th show of the 2022-2023 Swarm tour in Warrang (Sydney), Australia. At this show, an unreleased song (titled "Eagles" on the paper setlist) was performed for the 11th time ever, with new lyrics. Gerard Way wore a dark grey skirt suit, with fake blood dripping from the side of their head. "UNKILLABLE" was written on the drums. (🖤)

Watch the show here!

Josh Groom

#blood cw #this particular show had such an incredible level of venom injected through all the performances it was unbelievable #tour date #march 19 #2023 #MCR warrang 1 #MCR sydney 1 #ID in alt #swarm era

[rottid]

#UNKILLABLE #OUGH.HHH #frank i love you i love touu #mcr forever and ever #this might be one of my favs… #i want tattoo #mcr #mcr sydney #frank #mcr sydney 1 #m

[bentwolioo]

Ok so why did Gerard wear the same costume for 6 shows???

Like a lot of people, I noticed the Aotearoa (NZ) & Australia tour drum head messages seemed to be about 9/11. The costume also tells a very specific story that lines up with this--and there was more to Melbourne Night 2 than Gerard deciding it was casual Friday. I'm gonna go through my personal interpretation and explain why I think MCR did this at the end of their tour. 

TLDR: This Is Not The End.

I will include image credits in the reblog since there are a lot!

AUCKLAND, March 11 2023

Based on the skirt suit and drumhead ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’, Gerard is dressed as an office worker. For simplicity I will refer to the costume as the Secretary, I see it as both a character and a metaphor. Auckland establishes the monotony and repetition of daily life prior to 9/11, ‘FIX FAX FUCK YOU’ showing an attitude of boredom unaware of the events to come. 

BRISBANE 1, March 13 2023

The main difference between Auckland and Brisbane 1 is the briefcase. This indicates the point in time--Auckland is the days before 9/11 and Brisbane 1 is the morning before the attacks begin. The secretary travels to work, thinking ‘Everything under Control’.

BRISBANE 2, March 14 2023

The drumhead message ‘Here Comes the AIRPLANE’ marks this as minutes or even seconds before the towers are hit. Brisbane 2 is the first time Gerard wears the coat, representing everyone taking cover. 

MELBOURNE 1, March 16 2023

I unfortunately could not find a good photo of Gerard wearing the coat from this show but you can see it on the floor behind him!

The Melbourne shows are as the towers collapse. Pretty straightforward from the Melbourne 1 drumhead ‘TERROR’. This show also had the only appearance of the umbrella, which I interpret as representing the rubble and destruction raining down. The umbrella is closed, showing the secretary is unprotected and ultimately killed when the towers fall. 

MELBOURNE 2, March 17 2023

It seemed odd at first that Melb 2 was the only show that Gerard didn’t wear a costume for, but I actually believe he still did. This is the key to my interpretation: Gerard is dressed as himself witnessing the towers collapse, on his way to work at Cartoon Network. This the only show on the Oceania leg where they played Skylines and Turnstiles*, the song Gerard wrote immediately after 9/11. The drumhead ‘BARK BARK BARK’ makes you picture, a chained dog, representing the powerless horror of only being able to watch as the destruction unfolds--the deeply personal experience that drove Gerard to form MCR. 

SYDNEY 1, March 19 2023

Blood!!!! At Sydney 1, we see the continuing aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The secretary has died but keeps moving, picking up her briefcase and carrying on. This could be showing how a lot of people’s faith in the US government and in the world died, but life had to find a way to move on. 

SYDNEY 2, March 20 2023

At Sydney 2, the addition of Gerard’s white contacts shows the Secretary decaying--but she has not stopped. Frank changed the drumhead message from ‘UNKILLABLE’ to ‘UNKILLABLES’, expanding the meaning from the context of his accident in Sydney to include the band, the fans, and on a wider level everything MCR represents. 

I think all of this is a metaphor for the band’s career in multiple ways. Firstly, the Secretary being undead of course reflects MCR’s return, and her zombified appearance aligns with the imagery of their new era (decay, swarm, the destroyed buildings of the stage set). Secondly, it is very interesting to me that they did this sequence of costumes and drumheads at the end of their headlining tour, rather that at the start. The story they told seems to imply a rebirth--MCR was ‘born’ out of the trauma, pain and confusion of 9/11, so the fact that they represented the start of the band on stage signifies a second beginning. 

(Thank you for reading to the end and if I got anything wrong please let me know!)

*EDIT 1 (23/03/23): They actually also played Skylines at Brisbane 2. I do think the position of Skylines in the Melb 2 set is still significant. They played it as the first encore song which mirrors it being the first MCR song and written shortly after 9/11.

EDIT 2 (30/03/23): So actually 8 shows of Secretary Gerard when you include Japan! Tokyo and Osaka analysis here

#mcr australia #mcr new zealand #mcr auckland #mcr brisbane 1 #mcr brisbane 2 #mcr melbourne 1 #mcr melbourne 2 #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney 2 #mcr tour #my chemical romance #my chem #gerard way #unkillable #unkillables #fix fax fuck you #everything under control #here comes the airplane #mcr

[leahaart]

Occupational health and safety violation

Time lapse is available on patreon :)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/80424337?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

#my art #mcr #gerard way #mcr sydney #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney 2 #mcr 2023 #my chemical romance #secretary gerard

[z0mbiefrank]

FLW at Sydney 1: Ray's solo (feat. whatever the hell Gerard is doing)

#ray toro #mcr #mcrsydney #mcr sydney #gerard way #mcrsydney1 #mcr sydney 1 #my chemical romance #mcredit #userkam #my gifs #tw flashing

[sixstringpansy]

camera on gerard: my girl looks like they got dropped in a bucket of radioactive car oil and it drove them more than a little bit insane

camera on ray: oh so this is what it's like to gaze upon the face of god

camera on frank: laser-focus. maybe flipping his hair back and forth. looks kind of disgruntled.

camera on mikey: minky :)

#if they ever even turn the camera towards mikey :( #mcr lb #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney #mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #frank iero #ray toro #mikey way #callie.txt

[h3xactinellida]

can i say something super fucked up. they should play kill all your friends tonight :(

#mcr sydney 1 #live

[yourenotjoking]

im going insane

#mcr sydney 1 #mcr #Gerard #gerard way #my chemical romance #rae posts

[raytorotits]

Gerard Way performing at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, 3.19.2023

pc: Vasili Papathanasopoulos

#i feel ill. #credited photos #mcr sydney 1 #tag.txt

[cartilagexfluid]

the pedal board is the sixth member of mcr

#mcr lb #mcr sydney 1 #mcr sydney

[eucalyptgem]

frank writing UNKILLABLE on the drums when playing in the city he almost died in. gerard performing cancer for a lost friend. ending with famous last words. finally getting to see this band with my little brother, 7 years after first hearing them. man.

#mcr #mcr sydney #mcr tour #mcr sydney 1 #mcrsydney #i get emotional thinking about who i was when i found these guys #and who i am now

[revengeromance]

hey why are people saying gerard was scary tonight? what did they do?

they were covered in blood tonight and you could say that their stage persona was “scarier” than usual in the sense that they were a lot more growly and shouty tonight :)

also the intro to vampires was like genuinely kind of spooky because they were straight up laughing yelling growling so evilly and loudly it was really fucking cool (does anyone have a video?)

that being said it’s just their little stage character because gerard was also very attentive with the crowd tonight and took a lot of extra time to get people out of the pit and make sure everyone got enough water!!! on the paper set list I saw a couple songs were highlighted and had “water!” or “water check!” written next to them and they’d done a crowd safety check even more times than written on the list 😊

#leo’s asks #MCR Sydney 1

[killjoycunt]

fucking help

#mcr #gerard way #my chemical romance #my chem #ray toro #frank iero #mikey way #mcr sydney #mcr sydney 1

[apricotdeer]

sweaty

#mcr #mcr sydney #mcr sydney 1 #my show #my chemical romance #gerard way

[unkillobel]

smiley mikey way in sydney <33

#didn’t really take photos this time round. too busy fucking ascending #mcr #mcr sydney 1 #mikey

[sixstringpansy]

unkillable.

every lyric from tonight's setlist that preaches survival, and living on against all odds // the drumhead.

(+bonus:)

(x)

#been having Thoughts today #also I saw someone bring up the “now and always we love you frank” quote and I haven't been able to get it out of my mind all day. #he is relentless. he has never wavered and we do not think he ever will. #like. okay. I didn't need my heart anyway. #long post #frank iero #mcr sydney #mcr sydney 1 #mcr #my chem #my chemical romance #fiatx #frank bus crash #fiatp #parallels #webweavings #(sort of) #drumheads #mcr lyrics #lyrics #callie.txt #highlights