Spare a thought for My Chemical Romance fans who could only make one of their shows in Singapore.
The band’s return to Singapore Indoor Stadium on 10 and 11 November gave both audiences The Black Parade in full, but the second half was a different proposition. Seven songs appeared exclusively on the second night, giving fans plenty of reasons to debate which show had the better setlist.
The concerts formed part of the band’s The Black Parade 2026 Tour, celebrating the landmark album’s 20th anniversary. Singapore’s originally scheduled April show had been moved to November, with a second date added. That extra night ultimately offered more than another chance to catch the same songs.
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The shared centrepiece was an elaborate staging of The Black Parade. The opening night transported audiences into the fictional authoritarian world of Draag, complete with military-inspired costumes, theatrical characters and pyrotechnics. After performing the album, the band returned following a costume change for a second set drawing from across their catalogue.
That was where the two nights took different paths. On 11 November, ‘Thank You for the Venom’ kicked off the second set, followed by ‘Vampire Money’. Fans were also treated to ‘It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Fucking Deathwish’ and ‘The Ghost of You’, giving the evening a generous helping of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
The second night’s additions reached further into the band’s catalogue, with ‘Surrender the Night’ representing Conventional Weapons and ‘Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us’ revisiting their debut, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. Closing song ‘The Kids from Yesterday’ rounded out the seven tracks absent from the first night.
There was still common ground beyond The Black Parade: ‘Helena’, ‘I’m Not Okay (I Promise)’ and ‘Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)’ appeared in both nights’ second sets. Their placement changed, however, with ‘Helena’ closing the first show before moving earlier in the running order on Night 2.
Before Night 1 attendees start regretting their ticket choices, their show had seven exclusives of its own: ‘Someone Out There Loves You’, ‘This Is the Best Day Ever’, ‘Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back’, ‘The World Is Ugly’, ‘Cemetery Drive’, ‘Desolation Row’ and ‘Party Poison’. The first two were also listed as tour debuts by setlist.fm, giving the opening-night crowd its own bragging rights.
For fans who attended both shows, the switch-up meant two distinct journeys through the band’s catalogue after the shared spectacle of The Black Parade. For everyone else, it leaves a difficult question: would you trade ‘Cemetery Drive’ and ‘Party Poison’ for ‘The Ghost of You’ and ‘Vampire Money’?
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