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Updated at 4:39 p.m., Monday, October 29, 2007

My Chemical Romance plans Hawaii show in December

Advertiser Staff

New Jersey-bred neo-goth misfits My Chemical Romance are returning to Honolulu for a Dec. 14 show at Blaisdell Arena.

Tickets priced at $37.50 go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 877-750-4400 and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Blaisdell box office and all Times Supermarkets.

The concert is set for 7 p.m.

The band is currently wrapping up a world tour in support of its 2006 million-selling disc "Welcome to the Black Parade." The unapologetically over-the-top concept record about a terminally ill, deathbed-trapped young man gazing back on his unremarkable life debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart in November and was named Best CD of 2006 by Honolulu Advertiser entertainment writer Derek Paiva.

In his December 2006 review Paiva wrote, " 'Welcome to the Black Parade" is one of the most unabashed rock 'n' roll love letters ever written to rock fans by rock fans. ... Pick a track, any track. Then try to figure out which of its musical heroes My Chemical Romance is channeling — and sometimes outright stealing from.

Instead of falling face first on its classic-rock-geek CD collection, My Chemical Romance triumphs with a fearless sound fully embracing 'where'd-I-hear-that-before?' musical teases while keeping things wholly original."

My Chemical Romance's last Honolulu concert was at Pipeline Cafe on Feb. 15, 2005.