Jimmy Eat World Join My Chemical Romance Australian Tour

Emo icons Jimmy Eat World have been announced as the main support for My Chemical Romance's feverishly-anticipated 2023 Australian tour. 

One of the most celebrated and influential bands in their genre, Jimmy Eat World will bring nearly three decades and ten albums worth of emotive rock tunes to the stadium environment in support of My Chemical Romance, when MCR's reunion tour finally reaches Australia in March.

Lead by vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, and completed by rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind, the Mesa, Arizona quartet are no strangers to Aussie audiences, having made countless visits over the years, inspiring big emotions and big ovations with each tour down under. 

Revered by '90s emo kids for their 1999 genre-staple Clarity and embraced by the rest of the world thanks to the crossover success of early-'00s records Bleed American and Futures, Jimmy Eat World have a catalogue of anthems the envy of most acts. 

Fans attending the My Chemical Romance tour can expect to hear Jimmy Eat World playing the likes of Lucky Denver Mint, The Middle, Sweetness,  Bleed American, Pain, Work, Futures, Big Casino, Chase This Light and more.  

June 2022 saw Jimmy Eat World return with their first independent release, the single Something Loud. 

My Chemical Romance’s March tour will be their first return to Australia since their appearance at Big Day Out festival in 2012. The addition of Jimmy Eat World should be a nostalgic trip for Aussie audiences, who witnessed both bands open for Green Day on their American Idiot tour, with the two groups heading back to the stadium environment to celebrate My Chemical Romance's ascent to the top of the emo pile.

My Chemical Romance released The Foundations of Decay in May. Their first new music since returning from a long hiatus, The Foundations of Decay offers the first signs that the band's creative minds are once again focused on My Chemical Romance. 

Tickets for the tour are on sale now, with second shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney already added, following an instant sell-out of the first shows in each city.  For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au.