In August 2006, they were booed and bottled at Reading. In August 2026, exactly 20 years later, culture eventually caught up to the band’s central argument: that caring visibly is embarrassing, but no
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When I was a young boy, my father took me into (London) city to see a marching band. Ok, he technically didn’t take me, but he helped pay for the trip from São Paulo to England so I could go to Reading Festival in 2006, when My Chemical Romance played on an extremely hot afternoon on August 27. It was brutal.
For those who don’t know the story, the band…
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