Overview

• The Smashing Pumpkins frontman appeared as a surprise guest during My Chemical Romance’s Aug. 29 show at Chicago’s Soldier Field to perform the 1995 hit.
• Gerard Way introduced the song with a pandemic-era anecdote about a fan video and called it “the best rock n’ roll song ever.”
• My Chemical Romance has recently made the cover a recurring feature of Long Live the Black Parade dates, with other local one-offs like Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” in New Jersey.
• Corgan praised the collaboration afterward on social media, saying the band “just killed it in front of a massive Chicago crowd.”
• The tour is scheduled to wrap its U.S. run on Sept. 20 at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival, with international dates beginning Jan. 25 in Lima, Peru.