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Gerard Way Pauses My Chemical Romance’s Wembley Show to Talk Baldur’s Gate 3 and Honor John Blanche
7/13/2026, 7:58:55 PM
Show Overview & Context
My Chemical Romance concluded the European leg of their “Long Live The Black Parade” anniversary tour with a third and final headline performance at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday, July 11. The set featured the band playing their classic emo album in full, followed by a second set on a central B-stage. The concert marks the last of two remaining European dates before the group heads to the United States for a series of high-profile shows.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Interruption
Mid-set, vocalist Gerard Way responded to a fan’s banner that asked whether he had ever played the fantasy role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3. Way’s brother Mikey pointed out the banner, prompting Way to address the crowd. He admitted he had never played the game, then turned the question back to the fan, expressing curiosity about its quality and recalling the original Baldur’s Gate as “the closest thing at the time to playing Dungeons & Dragons.” A fan later posted a TikTok video capturing the exchange from their point of view.
Tribute to John Blanche
Later in the performance, Way paid homage to British illustrator John Blanche, who died the previous month. He described Blanche as “an amazing painter and artist, all across the board,” noting Blanche’s influential work for Games Workshop and the Warhammer franchise. Way added that recent years had finally brought broader recognition to Blanche and dedicated a “really, really horrific, nasty, spooky” song to his memory before the band performed the debut-album track “Vampires Will Never Hurt You.”
Verbatim Quotes
- “That’s a sick sign. You know why we answered that? Because we didn’t think to write that. Did you play Baldur’s Gate 3,” — Gerard Way, vocalist, My Chemical Romance
- “Is it good? I would assume so. That first one was a lot of fun. It was the closest thing at the time to playing Dungeons & Dragons.” — Gerard Way
- “He was an amazing painter and artist, all across the board. He was responsible for so much of Games Workshop and Warhammer,” — Gerard Way
- “Towards the end, the last couple of years, people really started to recognise this guy and it was amazing. I want this really, really horrific, nasty, spooky song to go out to him,” — Gerard Way
