The Used have announced eight dates for October, capped by a Halloween Eve as support for My Chemical Romance in Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale now at theused.net!
10/1 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival 2026^
10/4 – Airway Heights, WA – Pend Oreille Pavilion+
10/5 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House+
10/7 – Reno, NV – Grand Theater+
10/8 – Ventura, CA – The Majestic Ventura Theater+
10/10 – Las Vegas, NV – Downtown Rocks 2026^
10/29 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium#
I turned 39 on the 10th. Eeek! Forty is creeping around the corner…
But I digress.
I took vacation the week of my birthday because we had big plans – a.k.a. a concert (of course). Before the headlining event, though, my best friend and her husband spoiled me for a couple of days.
Night one involved dolling up and going to Barnes & Noble and Spirit Halloween. We were going to take some pictures; however, a storm rolled in, so we headed back to the house and had a dinner that consisted of chicken fajita nachos and Mexican street corn pasta salad.
The second night we went to 2nd & Charles, then we had a mini photo shoot. We binged horror movies while having dinner.
Tiff and I spent the next afternoon in the pool. We both burned pretty badly, but it was a really good day with 90s music and ham sandwiches.
I headed home and slept for about 12 hours. I did nothing except laze around reading until I decided to hang out with my brother and sister-in-law for the evening.
And then, it was concert day! My brother and I drove up to Nashville to see Pierce the Veil and My Chemical Romance.
Back story: I saw My Chemical Romance in 2007 with Muse, touring for The Black Parade. My brother didn’t get to go. So as soon as I heard they were hitting the road for the 20th anniversary of The Black Parade, I knew we had to buy tickets.
Y’all…it was phenomenal! I mean, obviously they performed The Black Parade in its entirety, but their B set also kicked ass. Definitely worth the money, the drive, the heat, and standing in line for 45 minutes for a tour shirt.
I had another do nothing day before we loaded up for another show. This time, it was me, my brother, my sister-in-law, and their friend JD. We hung out with The Velcro Pygmies, and it was soooo much fun!
The last bit of celebrating happened on the 19th, when my brother and I went in for our heartagram tattoos.
Anyway, here are a bunch of pictures!
Night OneNight TwoMy Chemical Romance The Velcro Pygmies Mine is the watercolor; Rick’s is the embroidered patch
I am working on the Top 50 of 2025, and I realized that there were quite a few covers released last year. I don’t include cover songs on that list, so I thought I’d share them here.
Also – Crispin Earl of The Veer Union released Covers Collection, Vol. 2 on December 5th, which includes his renditions of “The Kill” by Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Even in Arcadia” by Sleep Token, and more!
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