{"id":881810,"date":"2025-08-25T16:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=881810"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:43:56","slug":"my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 20 Years Later, My Chemical Romance\u2019s\u00a0Black Parade\u00a0Carries On With L-Acoustics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on the band\u2019s latest tour<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

LOS ANGELES \u2013 August 2025 \u2013<\/strong> When My Chemical Romance released The Black Parade<\/em> in October of 2006, the album shot to Billboard<\/em>\u2019s number two slot in its very first week, further cementing the band as darlings of the emo genre. Four months later, the group embarked on a 36-date North American tour, with support acts Rise Against and Muse, carrying an L-Acoustics V-DOSC\/dV-DOSC concert sound system for its sound reinforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years since then, the popularity of that influential record has remained strong, prompting MCR to revisit those songs on the road with its current Long Live the Black Parade<\/em> tour, which will wrap its North American leg in mid-September before heading to South America, Mexico, Asia, and the UK in 2026. This time around, the band is carrying a much larger and more powerful system \u2013 a massive L-Acoustics K Series rig provided by Eighth Day Sound, a Clair Global brand \u2013 that can be configured and scaled for deployment at any of the major indoor and outdoor sports stadiums, arenas, and ballparks on the global itinerary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a loud rock show,\u201d reports System Engineer Andy Fitton who, in just the past year or so, has worked on L-Acoustics tours with Madonna \u2013 including the 2024 Rio de Janeiro show where she played to 1.6 million people \u2013 and Vampire Weekend. \u201cIt runs 101 to 102 dB, and the mains are throwing 120 meters, or 400 feet, maintaining consistent tonal balance from front to back where we transition sonically between the main and delay hangs. To my mind, that is quite impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"My
My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade<\/em> tour is carrying a massive L-Acoustics K Series rig provided by Eighth Day Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

L-Acoustics Earns a Repeat Performance<\/strong>
MCR FOH Engineer Jay Rigby says he directly credits his decision to use L-Acoustics to Fitton. \u201cWhen I took over mixing Vampire Weekend a couple of years ago, I fell into working with their System Engineer, Andy, and the K1 PA they had out. I was initially skeptical, but after the first show, it was hands-down the best PA I had ever been on. What Andy is able to do with both Soundvision and K1 is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn top of that, as this is a reincarnation of My Chemical Romance\u2019s original Black Parade<\/em> tour, which carried V-DOSC, I thought it would be nice to pay tribute, and keep it \u2018French,\u2019\u201d he adds. \u201cWe have consistent results where Andy is doing all of the tuning and timing while I am on the flight to the next gig, and when I show up, I turn it on and we are show-ready. It\u2019s been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"The
The current world tour is \u201ca reincarnation of My Chemical Romance\u2019s original Black Parade<\/em> tour, which carried V-DOSC,\u201d says FOH Engineer Jay Rigby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"MCR
MCR performing at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on August 2, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

K Series Delivers the Firepower<\/strong>
To accommodate the different venue configurations on the tour, Fitton\u2019s concert sound system design includes two main hangs of six K1-SB<\/a> subs over 14 K1<\/a> over four K2<\/a> cabinets each. \u201cThat\u2019s the largest hang of K1 that you can deploy,\u201d he says. Behind each of those line arrays there are hangs of 16 KS28<\/a> subs, configured in a three-to-one ratio cardioid array. Side hangs comprise 16 K1 over six K2, and, for venues where upper bowl seating coverage is necessary, the tour is carrying two additional upstage hangs each of 10 K2. Where delays are required, three to four sets of 12 K2 are available, while on the stage, one A15 Wide<\/a> and two KS28 subs per side provide side-fill for the band. Up to 108 LA12X<\/a> amplified controllers are used for the largest shows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the ground, we have 12 carts of three KS28 subs with a two-to-one cardioid ratio,\u201d he continues. \u201cWe have an A15 Focus<\/a> for front-fill stacked on top of each one of those carts. That gets wrapped and strapped together on custom carts and rolls in and out like that. Our PA crew has those carts ready to roll to the truck before I have my FOH drive rack turned off when we\u2019re loading out. It\u2019s crazy just how fast this PA system moves in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Long
Long Live the Black Parade<\/em>\u00a0tour production crew and friends at FOH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The tour has maxed out the line length of the main hangs to accommodate Rigby\u2019s sound design, Fitton says. \u201cHis mix is all about the low-mid. Obviously, you end up with a lot of sub with an array that size, but for him, getting the low-mid to sit in the mix, especially with this band, is absolutely crucial. If you listen to \u2018Welcome to the Black Parade,\u2019 there\u2019s a tom fill right before the chorus that\u2019s my favorite part of the whole song. So just making sure that people can feel that impact, even if they\u2019re 600 feet away from the stage, is why we went for that line length.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition from the main K1 arrays to the K2 delays is completely seamless, Fitton says. \u201cPanflex is an absolute godsend when working with delays. Being able to manipulate transition zones using Soundvision\u2019s coverage and delay modes is a real game changer. It\u2019s like having thousands of virtual measurement mics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur load-ins and load-outs have been flawless. It\u2019s so easy to hang the K1, even with such large box counts. Our PA crew is led by crew chief Tristan Johnson, and PA techs Colin Dodds, Katy Ruggiero, Chris DiLeo, and Albert Lim do an excellent job putting the concert sound system up. I don\u2019t think there has been a single incorrect angle the entire tour,\u201d adds Fitton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Left
Left to right:\u00a0Operations Manager Andy Turner (Eighth Day Sound), FOH Engineer Jay Rigby, and System Engineer Andy Fitton<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The tour\u2019s sound design includes two main hangs of six L-Acoustics K1-SB subs over 14 K1 over four K2, each backed by a hang of 16 KS28 subs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Soundvision is the Secret to Success<\/strong>
Fitton\u2019s secret, he reveals, is L-Acoustics\u2019 latest release of the company\u2019s 3D modeling and prediction software, Soundvision 2025.1. \u201cL-Acoustics has updated the calculation engine so you can look at how your mains and subs interact, how the low end propagates throughout the entire venue, and you can also look at more complex interactions between sources. Unlocking that feature in Soundvision is huge for me. I\u2019m making full use of those new additions to Soundvision, like being able to see the frequency response at FOH, what people in those tough-to-reach spots are hearing, or the transitions between multiple arrays. We also use L-Acoustics\u2019 P1\/M1 platform to tune the system. It makes it so easy to collect a large quantity of data very quickly, and it\u2019s a great tool for verifying the validity of the system deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, he says, \u201cThe import feature from Vectorworks [3D CAD software] into Soundvision allows me to have all of the scenic elements of the show drawn in. When I\u2019m working with scenic designers, creative designers, or production managers, it\u2019s so easy to visualize where things go, now that you can draw those detailed elements into Soundvision. Exporting my design to the new Soundvision Connect platform is a great way to share ideas with other stakeholders. And it just looks cool!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the incredible theatrics on stage, sound still takes precedence, he reports. \u201cTour Director Jon Dunleavy and Production Manager Andrew \u2018Juice\u2019 Werlick are both bona fide FOH engineers; Juice earned his Qualified V-DOSC Technician (QVT) certification in 2004. It\u2019s because of them that we\u2019re able to have such a great concert sound system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA huge amount of gratitude and appreciation also goes to Meegan Holmes, our longtime Eighth Day Sound account rep and maker of all things better,\u201d Rigby adds. \u201cWithout her, this tour never would have been as successful as it is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"System
System Engineer Andy Fitton\u2019s clever Soundvision design allows the band to perform a set on the B-stage out in front of the PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Solid Foundation of Education<\/strong>
All that said, \u201cThe boxes are the boxes, and we could talk about them all day,\u201d Fitton comments. \u201cBut something that\u2019s really worth mentioning, that gets to the core of my workflow, is the L-Acoustics education platform.\u201d Fitton was doing grunt work in the warehouse when he first saw the K2 roll through. \u201cIt was love at first sight. I was like, \u2018Man, I need to learn about this.\u2019 I\u2019ve gone through the entire L-Acoustics training program, from the in-person trainings to the online courses. I\u2019ve seen every single online webinar. I\u2019ve read every research paper that the company has published, which is really the secret sauce, because all of the underlying math and physics and research and development is there for you to read, for free. All you need to do is go look it up under the Education page on the L-Acoustics website.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has also been lots of in-person application support, he continues. \u201cApplication engineers like Chris \u2018Sully\u2019 Sullivan have really helped me out. Learning all this stuff from them has helped me unlock a level of system deployment with L-Acoustics products that has taken me from the basics of the industry all the way to these big stadium deployments, and all of their tools have been incredible to work with on each step of that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"MCR\u2019s
MCR\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade<\/em> tour is currently slated to run into June 2026 and will deploy L-Acoustics arrays for the full trek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more details on My Chemical Romance\u2019s tour, visit www.mychemicalromance.com<\/a>. Eighth Day Sound and Clair Global can be found online at www.8thdaysound.com<\/a> and www.clairglobal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release assets are found by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on the band\u2019s latest tour LOS ANGELES \u2013 August 2025 \u2013 When My Chemical Romance released The Black Parade in October of 2006, the album shot to Billboard\u2019s number two slot in its very first week, further cementing the band as darlings of the emo genre. Four months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":883326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"news_tags":"","tags_api":"","footnotes":""},"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-881810","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMy Chemical Romance\u2019s Black Parade Carries On With L-Acoustics Concert Sound System- L-Acoustics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade latest tour\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Chemical Romance\u2019s Black Parade Carries On With L-Acoustics Concert Sound System- L-Acoustics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade latest tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"L-Acoustics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T14:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-mcr-8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Chemical Romance\u2019s Black Parade Carries On With L-Acoustics Concert Sound System- L-Acoustics","description":"Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade latest tour","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Chemical Romance\u2019s Black Parade Carries On With L-Acoustics Concert Sound System- L-Acoustics","og_description":"Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade latest tour","og_url":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/","og_site_name":"L-Acoustics","article_modified_time":"2025-09-03T14:43:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-mcr-8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/","url":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/","name":"My Chemical Romance\u2019s Black Parade Carries On With L-Acoustics Concert Sound System- L-Acoustics","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-mcr-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-25T14:41:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-03T14:43:56+00:00","description":"Eighth Day Sound takes a massive K1\/K2 concert sound system out on My Chemical Romance\u2019s Long Live the Black Parade latest tour","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/#primaryimage","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-mcr-1.jpg","contentUrl":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-mcr-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":804},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/press-releases\/my-chemical-romances-black-parade-carries-on-with-l-acoustics-concert-sound-system\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Press Releases","item":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nearly 20 Years Later, My Chemical Romance\u2019s\u00a0Black Parade\u00a0Carries On With L-Acoustics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/","name":"L-Acoustics","description":"The Best Sound comes from one source","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#organization","name":"L-Acoustics","url":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo_tablet-1.jpg","contentUrl":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo_tablet-1.jpg","width":143,"height":140,"caption":"L-Acoustics"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/app-lacoustics-itd-prd.azurewebsites.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/881810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881810"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/881810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883330,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/881810\/revisions\/883330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tag?post=881810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}