My Chemical Romance sold out all 365,000 tickets for their 2025 stadium tour in just a few hours. However, controversies are emerging around excessive ticket prices and resale practices.
A historic tour for The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance fans responded overwhelmingly to the call of nostalgia. The band announced the tour last week Long Live The Black Paradecelebrating his legendary album The Black Parade (2006). With 11 dates planned in North America, all concerts are sold out in record time. Faced with this enthusiasm, a second concert was added at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, scheduled for July 27, 2025.
In a statement, the group said: “My Chemical Romance would like to thank their fans for helping this tour sell out so quickly.” Each show promises to revisit the entirety of The Black Paradewith prestigious guests such as Evanescence, Alice Cooper and Pixies.
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Controversial ticket prices
Despite the tour's runaway success, ticket prices and ticketing practices caused outrage. Prices ranged from $65 to more than $1,000 (around $60 to $950), but many denounced exorbitant additional fees and Ticketmaster's use of dynamic pricing. On social networks, criticism has multiplied, with some fans calling this situation abusive.
A fan wrote: “The cheapest tickets to Fenway Park are $230. It’s really disappointing.” Others have highlighted more respectful practices, such as those of Linkin Park, which deactivated dynamic pricing to make its tickets more accessible.
However, some fans defend these high prices by citing the significant costs of a tour of this magnitude. One of them pointed out: “In an industry where streams make next to nothing, artists must compensate with expensive tickets to pay their teams and expenses.”
