Emo nostalgia alert: My Chemical Romance, Armor For Sleep, Chiodos & more announce album tours

As we get deeper into the mid 2020s, the 20-year nostalgia cycle is bringing more and more mid 2000s emo bands out of the woodwork to perform classic albums in full. My Chemical Romance announced today that they’ll perform The Black Parade in full in 10 North American cities with different openers at every date, including the Pixies, Devo, IDLES, Garbage, Violent Femmes, Alice Cooper, 100 gecs, the double bill of Death Cab/Thursday in New Jersey, and more, but that’s not all.

Also today, fellow NJ emo vets Armor For Sleep announced that they’ll play their 2005 concept album What to Do When You Are Dead in full on a 2025 tour with support from fellow mid-2000s emo vets Boys Night Out and Hellogoodbye. For Boys Night Out, this is their first tour announced since singer Connor Lovat-Fraser re-activated the band with a new lineup with his former bandmates’ blessings (and also the blessings of fans).

The tour begins on March 6 in Boston and hits Brooklyn on March 8 at Warsaw before wrapping back up in the Northeast, including a show at Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theater on April 5. Tickets go on sale Friday (11/15) with presales beforehand. Here’s all dates:

Armor For Sleep — 2025 Tour Dates
MARCH
06 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club *
07 — Philadelphia, PA – TLA *
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Warsaw *
09 — Pittsburgh, PA — Preserving *
11 — Cleveland, OH — The Roxy *
12 — Columbus, OH — The Bluestone *
13 — Chicago, IL — House of Blues *
14 — Detroit, MI — St. Andrew’s Hall *
16 — Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater *
17 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s *
19 — Denver, CO — Summit *
20 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex *
22 — Seattle, WA — The Crocodile *
23 — Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theater *
25 — Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post *
26 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues *
27 — Mesa, AZ — Crescent Ballroom *
29 — Dallas, TX — Echo *
30 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center *

APRIL
01 — Atlanta, CA — The Masquerade *
02 — Orlando, FL — Beacham *
03 — Greensboro, NC — Hangar 1819 *
04 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Soundstage *
05 — Montclair, NJ — The Wellmont Theater *
06 — Albany, NY — Empire Live *

* — w/ Boys Night Out, Hellogoodbye

Also today, Anberlin and Copeland announced that they’ll play their respective 2005 albums Never Take Friendship Personal and In Motion in full on a 2025 tour together for their 20th anniversary, and fellow emo-pop vets Spitalfield are on part of that tour too. Tickets go on sale Friday (11/15) for this run as well. All dates:

Anberlin — 2025 Tour Dates
Feb 25 – Memphis, TN at Minglewood Hall*^
Feb 26 – Nashville, TN at Brooklyn Bowl*^
Feb 26 – Austin, TX at Come and Take It Live*^
Mar 01 – San Antonio, TX at Vibes Event Center*^
Mar 02 – Dallas, TX at Granada Theater*^
Mar 03 – Houston, TX at Scout Bar*^
Mar 05 – Albuquerque, NM at Revel*^
Mar 07 – Tempe, AZ at The Marquee*^
Mar 08 – Pioneertown, CA at Pappy + Harriet’s*^
Mar 09 – Las Vegas, NV at Brooklyn Bowl*^
Mar 11 – San Diego, CA at House of Blues*%
Mar 13 – Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory*%
Mar 15 – San Francisco, CA at Regency Ballroom*%
Mar 17 – Portland, OR at Hawthorne Theatre*%
Mar 18 – Seattle, WA at The Crocodile*%
Mar 20 – Boise, ID at Treefort Music Hall*%
Mar 21 – Salt Lake City, UT at The Depot*%
Mar 22 – Denver, CO at Summit*%
Mar 24 – Kansas City, MO at Madrid Theatre*#
Mar 25 – Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater*#
Mar 28 – St. Louis, MO at Delmar Hall*#
Mar 29 – Milwaukee, WI at The Rave*#
Mar 30 – Detroit, MI at The Majestic Theatre*#
Mar 31 – Columbus, OH at Athenaeum*#
Apr 02 – Charlotte, NC at Neighborhood Theatre*#
Apr 03 – Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade*#
Apr 05 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Revolution Live*#
Apr 06 – Orlando, FL at House of Blues*#
* with Copeland
^ with The Dangerous Summer
% with Spitalfield
# with Madina Lake

Last but not least, Chiodos just recently announced a 20th anniversary tour for their 2005 debut album All’s Well That Ends Well with mid-aughts emo hitmakers Hawthorne Heights, metalcore vets Emmure, and mathcore experimentalists The Callous Daoboys, and now they added two more dates to that tour in Royal Oak, MI and Pittsburgh, PA. Chiodos and Hawthorne Heights were also both added to Welcome to Rockville today.

As previously mentioned, the NYC show is on April 21 at Webster Hall and that show has since sold out. Here’s updated dates:

Chiodos / Hawthorne Heights / Emmure / The Callous Daoboys – 2025 Tour Dates
03/20 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theater
03/21 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theater
03/22 Chicago, IL – Vic Theater
03/23 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
03/25 Denver, CO – The Fillmore
03/26 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
03/28 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
03/29 Portland, OR – Roseland
03/31 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
04/01 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
04/02 San Diego, CA – Soma
04/03 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
04/05 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
04/06 Houston, TX – House Of Blues
04/07 Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
04/09 St. Louis, MO – Pageant
04/11 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
04/12 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
04/13 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
04/15 St. Pete, FL – Jannus Landing
04/16 Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
04/17 Raleigh, NC – Ritz
04/18 Richmond, VA – The National
04/20 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
04/21 New York City, NY – Webster Hall
04/22 Worcester, MA – Palladium
04/24 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
04/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theater
04/26 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
04/29 Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theater

05/15-18 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville (no Callous Daoboys)