Frank Iero Responds to Yankees Using 'Black Parade' in Video

It’s formally baseball season, and should you’re a rock fan who roots for the New York Yankees, you in all probability acknowledged the track they used in their hype video for opening day yesterday (March 30) — My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade.” In a social media put up, guitarist Frank Iero shared his response to the group utilizing his band’s track in the video.

My Chemical Romance had been shaped in northern New Jersey, making their two native baseball groups both the New York Yankees or the Mets. According to Iero’s social media put up, being a fan of the Yankees runs in his blood, so it was a particular honor for his music to be featured in the video. The group performed the San Francisco Giants yesterday, and gained 5-0.

“Waking up to see the mighty N.Y. Yankees using ‘Black Parade’ in their opening day hype video was a dream come true!” Iero wrote in the caption for the picture, which he posted from Tokyo, Japan. “I have such amazing memories of going to games as a kid with my dad and my grandpa… and I can just feel my grandfather smiling down on me, proud as can be, shouting, ‘Let’s go Yanks!'”

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See his put up, in addition to the Yankees video, under.

My Chemical Romance simply wrapped up a tour in Japan that began in mid-March. The run was the one set of reveals that the band had booked for 2023 thus far, and Iero wrote “the end” in the caption of one other current picture, so it is unclear whether or not they’ll hit the street once more this 12 months or not. They spent nearly all the second half of 2022 touring, after taking part in a one-off reunion gig in late 2019.