Songs that have never been played live get their first outings amid the big hitters. Though there’s the occasional bum note and words that escape him, his screams are as anguished and as heartfelt as ever. Gerard Way’s voice has a kind of vulnerability to it, a slight wobble that suggests that it might break at any second. And, of course, in the music, which is still as melodramatic as it ever was. It’s been a long wait for fans but it all proves worth it on a Monday night in the depths of Cornwall when the band take to the stage in the gorgeous Eden Project.Ĭasually slinking out in jeans and T-shirts, they seem completely at home, the theatrics of their early videos nowhere to be seen except, perhaps, in the crashed bus and derelict buildings that make up their backdrop. It’s been 13 years since the band last played on British soil and these reunion shows were delayed by two years because – well, you know why. My Chemical Romance fans are all grown up, but creaking knees and kids in tow are not going to stop them rocking out.
