My Chemical Romance members DJed at a Wembley fan party last night, with Gerard Way closing his set with an unlikely choice – watch footage below.
The event, ‘Battery City Underground: Danger Days A Release Party’, took place at BOXPARK Wembley yesterday (July 9), one day before the release of the deluxe edition of MCR’s 2010 album ‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’.
The night had been billed as featuring DJ Sean Smith, as well as special guest appearances from DJ Kobra Kid and DJ Party Poison – the ‘Danger Days’ alter-egos associated with Mikey and Gerard Way.
In footage circulating online, Gerard can be seen behind the decks as DJ Party Poison, with the clip going viral thanks to his striking choice for closing song: ‘When The Toad Came Home’ from The Wind In The Willows.
The jaunty track is about as far from ‘Danger Days’ as you could imagine, making it a suitably strange way to round off the night. Check out the footage here:
The release party fell during My Chemical Romance’s sold-out run of three Wembley Stadium shows. They opened the London residency on Wednesday (July 8), with further shows set for tonight (July 10) and tomorrow (July 11).
BOXPARK Wembley is also hosting a My Chemical Romance Fanpark event today (July 10), around the band’s second Wembley show – find out more here.
The band are currently on the UK and European leg of their ‘Long Live The Black Parade’ tour, which sees them perform their 2006 classic ‘The Black Parade’ in full before returning for a second career-spanning set.
They opened the UK leg at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium last week, where Way paid homage to Liverpool FC by revealing a Liverpool shirt onstage. The band also dusted off ‘Danger Days’ track ‘Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back’.
At their Glasgow show at Bellahouston Park, meanwhile, they played deep-cut single ‘Ambulance’ live for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TePCGDnsW4
In a five-star review of the Anfield show, NME described My Chemical Romance as “prodigal sons of emo” and said they delivered “an assured performance that highlights how much more is being offered here than pop-punk nostalgia, the grit of Way’s vocals always remaining the main attraction.”
The ‘Danger Days’ deluxe edition was first announced in May and includes the original album alongside bonus material. They previewed the reissue by sharing their 2010 BBC Radio 1 cover of Pulp’s ‘Common People’.
‘Danger Days’ was the band’s fourth studio album and won them two prizes at the 2011 NME Awards. It would turn out to be their final full-length release before their 2013 split.
They reunited in 2019 and released comeback single ‘The Foundations Of Decay’ in 2022. Earlier this year, it was also reported that My Chemical Romance were working on a secret theatre project, after playwright and actor John Cameron Mitchell said he had a “project for theatre” in development with the band.