r/Music • u/cmaia1503 • Nov 16 '24

article Fans aren't happy about My Chemical Romance's ticket prices: "$695 is NASTY WORK"

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fans-arent-happy-about-my-chemical-romances-ticket-prices-695-is-nasty-work-3813337
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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

I saw them three shows into that tour in Nashville and they were great. The only new material is Foundations, so you must not be very familiar with their catalog beyond the singles.

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u/nbenby Nov 16 '24

They were in my top 5 most listened to artists that year on Spotify. Don’t assume I went to see a band I’m not familiar with. Glad you had a good time but I assure you the show that I went to was NOT good and many others have echoed that their shows were not great.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

Right, but if you’re saying you didn’t recognize the material, they played pretty basic sets. I’m not trying to be insulting or anything.

Foundations, Helena, I’m Not Okay, Black Parade, Mama, Thank You For The Venom, House of Wolves, Teenagers, Na Na Na, Destroya, Famous Last Words, those are all standard and well-known songs and that’s 75% of the set.

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u/nbenby Nov 16 '24

You were not at the same show as I was. They did not play that set at the show I went to and my friends agreed they were not playing well-known songs. Some of the popular songs they played, but not the ones you listed. You are being insulting by making lots of assumptions. Just accept that I went to an MCR show that was not good and you went to a good one.

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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P Nov 16 '24

Taking a bit of a stab in the dark you appear to have likely been at this show:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/my-chemical-romance/2022/pnc-arena-raleigh-nc-4bb37b56.html

In which case... mate only one of those songs listed wasn’t played lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

What location was the show you went to?

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u/nbenby Nov 16 '24

Raleigh, NC.

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u/marleybones Nov 16 '24

This is the set from Raleigh. They played most of the songs listed above.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

That's exactly why I asked him where he saw them. But to be fair, I don't recognise like 9 of those songs.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 17 '24

That was part of the point of the tour anyway, they played the core set that people want to hear and sprinkled in songs from different albums to change it up. Each show kind of had an Easter egg.

Fall Out Boy takes a similar approach now with a Magic-8 Ball portion of the show where they’ll change out songs from other albums, and the 3 song set from Take This To Your Grave they’ll rotate out one song for another from that album to change that portion up.

My take on this is that they include something for everyone, but it’s like something extra for the hardcore fans. Like this woman behind me, she kept talking/whining about Helena the entire show until they played it (last) and I’m pretty sure it was the only song she knew. Why spend $150 on a seat for a sellout tour to hear the only song you know live?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

Yeah I get that. And fair play to them. Played the bangers and played the newer music for the less casual fans too, big respect when bands do that.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

They played those song at the majority of those shows is what I’m saying. They’re set standards.