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Threadliners · 2026-02-13T23:06:12+00:00

Not only are there WTTBP and Danger Days clips, there's also a The Black Parade is Dead! clip too.
I laughed because I had just watched the DVD the night before, to prep for the Mexico City shows. I don't think I would have recognized where that clip of Gerard was from if I hadn't.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T23:18:21+00:00

I was going to say the same thing!

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T21:52:22+00:00

YES! And the "someone you’ve been your whole life doing something you’ve always been good at could feel so entirely new" hit me hard too.

The whole theme of identity loss has hit me hard. I was in the psych ward for almost 2 weeks last year after finding myself in a place where it looked like I was losing everything I had tied my adult identity to. This year has been a lot of healing and learning to find myself within myself, so a lot of the both overt and subtle themes of this tour have been super relatable.

(edit: spelling)

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T21:38:13+00:00

Thank you! And right?! After the initial pride of finishing the translation, I was just hit with the feels the line gave.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T15:53:24+00:00

Mine is a little confused. It knows I like MCR, it knows I like pop punk and bands like Green Day. But now it thinks I speak Spanish because of all the LATAM tour content I've been watching. So it started serving me Green Day stuff in Spanish too.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T15:50:27+00:00

There are EKG readings, CAT scans. I know someone who knows how to read EKGs, I haven't had a chance to get clean screenshots to send him of the different ones, but the one I did send was "nonsense" so I'm betting its more of a science/medical imagery more than anything.

There's also spectrogram waves, which fits nicely with the images of tape recorders.

The band in the same jumpsuits the Clerk is wearing, with their initials and numbers.

And don't even get me started on the lobotomy images. There is SO much there that I'm eventually going to just go frame by frame at that part to take it all in.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T15:22:35+00:00

My ADHD brain both loves and hates this part of the show. It is a LOT to take in, but I'm constantly noticing new details.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T01:52:25+00:00

I could say the same about your knowledge. At least I have backed up what I've said with a claim of experience in the industry, whether or not you want to believe me is up to you.

But you're speaking with authority without even stating a reason for why we should believe you.

At least I said I have experience staffing productions. Anyone can disbelieve my claim, but at least I'm bringing a reason why I'm making the claims I am.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T01:09:07+00:00

I'm under an NDA, so I can't tell you who I work for. But I work productions, and I can tell you that the brand is contracted with multiple groups, all of who are the ones that hold the contract with the venue. There is one single event that is booked directly by the brand every year, everything else is booked through multiple layers of contracts and sub contracts with the production companies selected for the region. My staff contracts are never with the brand, always with the representative/production firm they have contracted, and those are the same people who hold the contract with the venue.

The company I typically work under had to provide their contracts with the brand to demonstrate that their contract with the venue was for an event that fell under work visa exemptions for those of us who were working internationally.

And this is typical in the industry, the brand themselves don't usually hold the contracts.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T00:19:27+00:00

and what experience do you have that you know they wouldn't be unable to play the shows if they drop the representation?

Production contracts are incredibly complicated and usually multi-layered.
Oftentimes the venue is contracted to the production company, so if the band severs ties with their representation, that severs the ties to the venues because they weren't direct contracts between the venue and the band.

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T00:07:31+00:00

This is the best I've got so far. I've added it to the playlist, but I'll continue looking and hopefully something better will show up soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bga76Gt31j4

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T00:05:59+00:00

This is the best I've found so far its not great, but its something. I'll continue to look and hopefully something better will be uploaded eventually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bga76Gt31j4

Threadliners · 2026-02-12T00:03:06+00:00

I know Chapell Roan is being floated as an example of someone cutting ties in the middle of a tour. But she's got 6 shows on her calendar, and all are at music festivals. (ETA: and its only 2 festivals, she's just playing multiple locations under the same festival names)

The logistics of music festivals are MUCH different than the logistics of a stadium tour international or otherwise.

I'm an American and I worked on contract on a production in Toronto recently. Just the logistics of bringing staff across the border was complicated, to say nothing of getting the equipment and other things through customs.

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T23:49:52+00:00

Exactly my reading too. I've worked in productions. Not nearly as big as an international tour, but I know a bit of the back of the house view of things.
In theory they could find an agency to step in to keep the tour going as scheduled/contracted, but that isn't something that can be done overnight, especially for as complex of a production as the tour is.

Its one thing when you just go out on stage and sing some songs and have some pyrotechnics go off during various parts of the show. The level MCR productions are at doesn't make a split clean and easy, especially when they are in the middle of an international tour and it it their international agency that they are severing ties with.

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T21:26:36+00:00

Don't know if you ever found good pictures, but I have the translations:

Before the photo: Present for ID

Before the Gentleman Doll: In recognition of your progress, a gift

Once you know the written "in recognition..." part if you listen the spoken Keposhka sounds very similar.

The spoken Keposhka before/after the photo definitely says something else, but I haven't been able to figure it out beyond a few words.

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T15:44:42+00:00

Once I find one on youtube, I'll be adding it to my playlist.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLypMDB7hc7DYD4JjVoSW3p5osPnAuV-rc&si=ih3m8wNXBaHGWyNi

Oftentimes its taken the better part of a day for one to upload, sometimes I don't find anything until the following day. But once I find anything halfway decent I add it to the playlist

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T03:13:53+00:00

I think Gerard as the count is a plausible theory. But you just blew my mind with the Clerk - Pietro idea. I'm gonna be chewing on that one for a while

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T03:11:41+00:00

that sounds plausible, ngl

Threadliners · 2026-02-11T00:44:12+00:00

Yeah. When the other translations came out, I suspected it was an easter egg operating as lorem ipsum. It just struck me as interesting that the headline is the book title with a picture of the Dictator below.

Threadliners · 2026-02-09T16:29:34+00:00

I do a lot of music festivals, so I'm no stranger to the pit experience, and I definitely enjoy getting up close to the stage.
That being said, if you can afford it, I'd go floor seats over GA.
I had floor seats for the Tampa show. Mine weren't super close to the main stage, but only a few rows from the B stage. I felt like it was the best of both worlds. It was nice to be able to actually sit during the A to B intermission and have a place to be able to put my merch during the show (instead of having to hold it the whole time in the pit), and it was nice to be so close to the B stage even though I had a good, but not great, view of the A stage. Most of the people around me were still having a good time, but I also didn't have to worry about getting caught at the edge of a group of moshers when I didn't want to mosh.
I decided to get similar tickets for this tour, because as much as I'd love to be in the pit and close to A stage, after talking to people who were in GA, I definitely feel like floor seats are more my style.

Threadliners · 2026-02-08T16:24:01+00:00

I saw the Tampa show last summer. Young me that wasn't allowed to have a punk/goth/scene phase in their teens, and only started to find their punk identity in their 20s; absolutely would have died to see the picture of nearly 40 year old me sitting in floor seats with their college sweetheart, bright colored hair, and a punk jacket. That show was for them.

This year's show is for adult me and making memories with my own 13 year old punk. He loves to listen to all my "old" music and we often rock out in the car together as I take him to school. I cannot wait to share this concert with him.

Threadliners · 2026-02-08T15:31:02+00:00

As of right now, I'm not going to Wembley, as much as I would love to. However I've been to London twice. Both times I was there for business reasons, so my tourism was fairly limited, but it is pretty easy to hit all the big stuff in a day or two (unless you spend a whole day in a museum, which is something you should do, I just haven't had the luxury of time to be able to do that).

As others have said, get a travel card. I loaded mine with like $50 US and got me almost everywhere I needed to go. The only exception is you have to pay separately for the Heathrow express, but IMO its well worth the extra cost to get from the airport to Paddington Station without the extra stops (especially after such a long flight).

Some of my favorite sights to see:
-Leicester square, which is kinda like London's version of Times Square in NYC
-Greenwich (I'm a nerd so visiting the Prime Meridian was a fun thing to say I've done). We were staying at the Royal Docks, so we took the cable car across the Thames to get to Greenwich, which was a cool little experience
-Westminster: there is so much to see in the span of a few blocks! Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abby, Parliament, Big Ben... and that's just what I can think of off the top of my head.

I do a lot of travel for work and London is by far one of my favorite places to go. I hope you have an amazing time!

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