My Chemical Romance brought out Billy Corgan as a surprise guest during their concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Friday night, welcoming the Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman to join them for a performance of “Bullet With Butterfly Wing.”
In introducing Corgan, MCR frontman Gerard Way said seeing Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour inspired his own pursuit of music. “We saw that and was like, ‘We would love to do this, it would be real fucking amazing.” Speaking specifically of Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie anthem “Bullet With Butterfly Wing,” Way added, “This song is the ultimate rock defiance to me, it’s like searing an imprint on the universe in pure fucking defiance. It is the best rock n’ roll song ever fucking made.”
Stay tuned for our full review of MCR’s concert at Soldier Field. The band has two more dates on its “Black Parade” at Boston’s Fenway Park and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa taking place in September (get tickets here).
