As New Jersey locals My Chemical Romance returned dwelling with a headline present on Saturday evening (Aug. 9), the group paid tribute to one of many state’s different iconic acts, Bon Jovi.
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Acting at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey over the weekend, the ad view present within the group’s ongoing Long Live The Black Parade Tour wrapped with a particular cowl model of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
“We’re going to play you guys what will be the New Jersey state anthem,” frontman Gerard Approach defined, noting it was requested by guitarist Frank Iero after witnessing Approach carry out it throughout karaoke. “I f–king love this music,” he added.
Launched in 1986 because the second single from the band’s third album, Slippery When Moist, “Livin’ on a Prayer” turned the second consecutive single from the document to succeed in No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following “You Give Love a Unhealthy Title.”
As Approach recommended, the music’s lyrics and its give attention to the working-class from New Jersey have seen it obtain anthemic standing inside the state.
Earlier within the night, the band’s set was interrupted by Michael Melham, the Mayor of the group’s hometown of Belleville. Melham was available to shock the group by awarding them the important thing to the town.
“Belleville’s musicians have entertained thousands and thousands worldwide,” Melham told the crowd. “Their sound has formed generations.
“But even in our storied historical past in Belleville – Revolutionary Warfare troopers, Purple Coronary heart recipients, a Supreme Court docket justice, numerous skilled athletes – by no means as soon as within the historical past of Belleville have we handed out a key to the town and that adjustments proper now.”
Approach, who was reportedly unaware of the respect beforehand, accepted graciously, albeit remaining in character as The Black Parade portion of the band’s set required. “We can’t allow you to depart with out providing you with a token of our land, Draag,” he advised Melham in an Japanese European accent earlier than handing him a bundle of wheat and a “Gubric fish, from the Gubric River” in return.
Watch My Chemical Romance cowl “Livin’ on a Prayer” beneath.