{"id":2037980,"date":"2026-07-10T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037980"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:42:23","slug":"watch-my-chemical-romance-dj-at-wembley-fan-party-with-strange-closing-song-from-gerard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037980","title":{"rendered":"Watch My Chemical Romance DJ at Wembley fan party \u2013 with \u201cstrange\u201d closing song from Gerard Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gerard_way_mcr.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch My Chemical Romance DJ at Wembley fan party \u2013 with \u201cstrange\u201d closing song from Gerard Way<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The frontman, appearing as DJ Party Poison, signed off with a song about as far away from their new \u2018Danger Days\u2019 re-issue as you could imagine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-10T14:42:23+01:00\">10th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gerard_way_mcr-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"My Chemical Romance\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">My Chemical Romance lead vocalist Gerard Way at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>My Chemical Romance\u00a0members DJed at a Wembley fan party last night, with\u00a0Gerard Way\u00a0closing his set with an unlikely\u00a0choice\u00a0\u2013\u00a0watch\u00a0footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1144\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>My Chemical Romance\u2019s \u2018The Foundations\u00a0Of\u00a0Decay\u2019 is a fierce, fearless return<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event, \u2018Battery City Underground: Danger Days A Release Party\u2019, took place at BOXPARK Wembley yesterday (July 9), one day before the release of the deluxe edition of MCR\u2019s 2010 album \u2018Danger Days: The True Lives\u00a0Of\u00a0The\u00a0Fabulous Killjoys\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The night had been billed as featuring DJ Sean Smith, as well as special guest appearances from DJ Kobra Kid and DJ Party Poison \u2013 the \u2018Danger Days\u2019 alter-egos associated with Mikey and Gerard Way.<\/p>\n<p>In footage\u00a0circulating\u00a0online, Gerard can be seen behind the decks as DJ Party Poison, with the clip going viral thanks to his\u00a0striking choice for\u00a0closing\u00a0song: \u2018When\u00a0The\u00a0Toad Came Home\u2019\u00a0from\u00a0<i>The Wind\u00a0In\u00a0The\u00a0Willows<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The jaunty track is about as far from \u2018Danger Days\u2019 as you could imagine, making it a suitably strange way to round off the night. Check out the footage here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaldHmugjdz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The release party\u00a0fell\u00a0during\u00a0My Chemical Romance\u2019s sold-out run of three Wembley Stadium shows.\u00a0They opened the London residency on Wednesday (July 8), with further shows set for tonight (July 10) and tomorrow (July 11).<\/p>\n<p>BOXPARK Wembley is also hosting a My Chemical Romance\u00a0Fanpark\u00a0event today (July 10), around the band\u2019s second Wembley show\u00a0\u2013 find out more\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>The band are currently on the UK and European leg of their \u2018Long Live\u00a0The\u00a0Black Parade\u2019 tour, which sees them perform their 2006 classic \u2018The Black Parade\u2019 in full before returning for a second career-spanning set.<\/p>\n<p>They opened the UK leg at Liverpool\u2019s Anfield Stadium last week,\u00a0where Way paid homage to Liverpool FC by revealing a Liverpool shirt onstage. The band also dusted off \u2018Danger Days\u2019 track \u2018Save Yourself, I\u2019ll Hold Them Back\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At their Glasgow show at Bellahouston Park, meanwhile,\u00a0they played deep-cut single \u2018Ambulance\u2019 live for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a five-star review of the Anfield show,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>described My Chemical Romance as \u201cprodigal sons of emo\u201d and said they delivered \u201can assured performance that highlights how much more is being offered here than pop-punk nostalgia, the grit of Way\u2019s vocals always remaining the main attraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Danger Days\u2019 deluxe edition was first announced in May and includes the original album alongside bonus material.\u00a0They\u00a0previewed the reissue by\u00a0sharing their 2010 BBC Radio 1 cover of Pulp\u2019s \u2018Common People\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Danger Days\u2019 was the band\u2019s fourth studio album and\u00a0won them\u00a0two prizes at the 2011 NME Awards. It would turn out to be their final full-length release before\u00a0their 2013 split.<\/p>\n<p>They reunited in 2019\u00a0and\u00a0released\u00a0comeback\u00a0single \u2018The Foundations\u00a0Of\u00a0Decay\u2019\u00a0in 2022. 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class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mcr@2000x1270-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mcr@2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">My Chemical Romance share classic Pulp \u2018Common People\u2019 cover ahead of \u2018Danger Days\u2019 reissue<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>My Chemical Romance\u00a0members DJed at a Wembley fan party last night, with\u00a0Gerard Way\u00a0closing his set with an unlikely\u00a0choice\u00a0\u2013\u00a0watch\u00a0footage below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1144\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>My Chemical Romance\u2019s \u2018The Foundations\u00a0Of\u00a0Decay\u2019 is a fierce, fearless return<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event, \u2018Battery City Underground: Danger Days A Release Party\u2019, took place at BOXPARK Wembley yesterday (July 9), one day before the release of the deluxe edition of MCR\u2019s 2010 album \u2018Danger Days: The True Lives\u00a0Of\u00a0The\u00a0Fabulous Killjoys\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The night had been billed as featuring DJ Sean Smith, as well as special guest appearances from DJ Kobra Kid and DJ Party Poison \u2013 the \u2018Danger Days\u2019 alter-egos associated with Mikey and Gerard Way.<\/p>\n<p>In footage\u00a0circulating\u00a0online, Gerard can be seen behind the decks as DJ Party Poison, with the clip going viral thanks to his\u00a0striking choice for\u00a0closing\u00a0song: \u2018When\u00a0The\u00a0Toad Came Home\u2019\u00a0from\u00a0<i>The Wind\u00a0In\u00a0The\u00a0Willows<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The jaunty track is about as far from \u2018Danger Days\u2019 as you could imagine, making it a suitably strange way to round off the night. Check out the footage here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaldHmugjdz\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The release party\u00a0fell\u00a0during\u00a0My Chemical Romance\u2019s sold-out run of three Wembley Stadium shows.\u00a0They opened the London residency on Wednesday (July 8), with further shows set for tonight (July 10) and tomorrow (July 11).<\/p>\n<p>BOXPARK Wembley is also hosting a My Chemical Romance\u00a0Fanpark\u00a0event today (July 10), around the band\u2019s second Wembley show\u00a0\u2013 find out more\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>The band are currently on the UK and European leg of their \u2018Long Live\u00a0The\u00a0Black Parade\u2019 tour, which sees them perform their 2006 classic \u2018The Black Parade\u2019 in full before returning for a second career-spanning set.<\/p>\n<p>They opened the UK leg at Liverpool\u2019s Anfield Stadium last week,\u00a0where Way paid homage to Liverpool FC by revealing a Liverpool shirt onstage. The band also dusted off \u2018Danger Days\u2019 track \u2018Save Yourself, I\u2019ll Hold Them Back\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At their Glasgow show at Bellahouston Park, meanwhile,\u00a0they played deep-cut single \u2018Ambulance\u2019 live for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a five-star review of the Anfield show,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>described My Chemical Romance as \u201cprodigal sons of emo\u201d and said they delivered \u201can assured performance that highlights how much more is being offered here than pop-punk nostalgia, the grit of Way\u2019s vocals always remaining the main attraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Danger Days\u2019 deluxe edition was first announced in May and includes the original album alongside bonus material.\u00a0They\u00a0previewed the reissue by\u00a0sharing their 2010 BBC Radio 1 cover of Pulp\u2019s \u2018Common People\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Danger Days\u2019 was the band\u2019s fourth studio album and\u00a0won them\u00a0two prizes at the 2011 NME Awards. It would turn out to be their final full-length release before\u00a0their 2013 split.<\/p>\n<p>They reunited in 2019\u00a0and\u00a0released\u00a0comeback\u00a0single \u2018The Foundations\u00a0Of\u00a0Decay\u2019\u00a0in 2022. Earlier this year, it was also reported that\u00a0My Chemical Romance\u00a0were\u00a0working on a secret theatre project, after playwright and actor John Cameron Mitchell said he had a \u201cproject for theatre\u201d in development with the band.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-my-chemical-romance-dj-at-wembley-fan-party-with-strange-closing-song-from-gerard-way-3956294&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gerard_way_mcr.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch My Chemical Romance DJ at Wembley fan party \u2013 with \u201cstrange\u201d closing song from Gerard Way The frontman, appearing as DJ Party Poison, signed off with a song about as far away from their new \u2018Danger Days\u2019 re-issue as you could imagine By Max Pilley 10th July 2026 My [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2037980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2037980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2037980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2037980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2037980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}