a very special and personal scrapbook commemorating the shows i went to on MCR's return tour
to the best of my ability, picture credits are below the cut
mk1: (gerard in the metaman mask) @/allltherage on twitter, (gerard with no mask) abbie shipperly for alt press, (frank) @/maryamtbh on twitter, (gerard holding the flag) me
mk2: (gerard top left) anieck, (gerard bottom right) yas cowan
mk3: (gerard) sarah louise bennett for dork, (piss & vinegar) frank iero, pride flag @/desolationhoe on twitter
dublin 1: (bass drum) mikey way from his instagram story, (frank and gerard, mikey) me, (ray) @/katieshox on twitter
dublin 2: (mikey) @headfirstforheadshots on tumblr, (gerard) tony burke, (frank) from MCR's twitter
warrington: (both) me
cardiff: via @mcrbois on tumblr
glasgow: (frank) calum buchan for the modern record, (mikey) me, (gerard) jack geddes
paris: (crowd, mikey) nicko guihal, (gerard) chloé bunel for above the noise
rotterdam: (all) eva van den bosch
budapest: (gerard) @/allltherage on twitter, (mikey) alex toor
warsaw: (gerard) @/ze.omer.mizrahi on instagram, (mikey, frank) @/photos4masses on instagram
prague: (crowd) me, (gerard) jan nožička
berlin: (drumkit) @/__Youtai on twitter, (ray) @abcdefjay on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left) andrea friedrich for metal, (mikey) @/fihhlipi on instagram, (gerard, bottom right) cengiz aglamaz for loud live
raleigh: (gerard, top left) alexia blue, (drumkit) @sewerjewel on tumblr, (gerard, middle) scott sharpe for news observer, (ray) @/1eesa on twitter, (frank) @caintooth on tumblr, (gerard, bottom right) beemer for That
toronto: (gerard, top left; gerard bottom right, ray) @thelivingend on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left) angélica rincón, (mikey) @holdingonforever on tumblr
atlanta: (gerard, top right) @jacksmannequin on tumblr, (gerard, bottom left; frank; ray) alex toor
sunrise: (gerard, top left) @/MWhiteShelley on twitter, (mikey, frank) @kybercait on tumblr for ascribe, (gerard, middle) from MCR's instagram by mikey way, (gerard, bottom left) hannah howells, (gerard, bottom right) beemer
gerard's entire 4 minute speech about over-sharing online from sunday night (22nd may)
TRANSCRIPT:
"Because it feels like something's happening. This feels alive. You know that tour we were gonna do in 2020, that would've been a good fucking time. But in those two and a half years, something fucking changed.
And so it's alive. *meta-man voice* it's, so it's alive.
So anyway, I'm gonna talk here. So, um. I like to think. I know you like to think. I don't like explaining myself, fooling things or anything like that but I think this may be kind of important, so.
I guess one of the things I was thinking the other night with that outfit where I was making a mess up here with my friends, is that: we deserve to live, right? In a real world, with real things, and real people.
So. We don't want your meta-verse. We don't want you having every single detail of our lives, and CONTROL over it. So do you know how I feel about living your life on a screen, and giving everything- giving these corporations everything. And living in a new and beautiful and EXCITING, virtualistic fucking world.
I feel the same way that David Lynch feels about watching a movie on your telephone. Look it up!
You know, here's the thing. I'm not judging, there's no judgement. You do your thing on there, I've done my thing. Maybe in the future I'll do some more computer shit. [to audience] I fucking love you too.
Look, there can be great things to share on there. Your art! Your friends! You probably might've met your best friend on the computer-net. Just don't give those bastards EVERYTHING! Keep some for yourself and the people you love.
You know, people, y'know with fucking crazy ass outfits and whatevers and fuckin- people be like *deep voice* 'He's crazy! He's... unhinged! He's come UNGLUED!'
That may be the case... but I am free now. Do you wanna be free?!
EMBRACE THE WORLD! EMBRACE THE PLAGUE. EMBRACE THE UNFAIR. EMBRACE THE ABSURD."
Yknow, when people talk about Gerard’s Return Tour outfits they tend to focus on the North America leg, but we really need to talk more about the insanity that was the very beginning of the tour. Just
Tee shirt and jeans
Tee shirt and jeans
Blood-stained white suit, black gloves, and a blood-stained white ski mask with the Meta logo on it that covers his entire face except for his mouth one eye