Before the band took the stage, it was announced that My Chemical Romance were unable to play, but they would be replaced by The Black Parade.
Naslov albuma je bil oznanjen in okoli 20 ljudi oblečenih v črna pregrinjala s pod kapucami skritimi obrazi je paradiralo okoli Hemmersmitha, sledile pa so jim horde oboževalcev s plakati na katerih je večinoma pisalo "The Black Parade".