Everybody has their own list of favorite MCR songs, now’s the time to share yours. Every week we’ll pick new playlists created by fans and change the My Chemical Romance MySpace player to feature the songs you’ve chosen. Want to submit your dream playlist? Here’s how:

1. Choose your 5 to 10 favorite My Chemical Romance songs that you want to see in the Myspace player
2. Post your list as a comment to this blog
3. Check back each week to see if your playlist was chosen and to listen to the new one

Each week when we post the new playlist, the name of the fan who created the playlist will be posted as well.

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After a tumultuous year, Frances Bean Cobain is starting to hear the sound of music. The 17-year-old daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love is preparing to make her singing debut with Evelyn Evelyn, featuring members from Dresden Dolls, My Chemical Romance and more.

The musical DNA coursing through Frances Bean Cobain has finally revealed itself as NME reports she has been enlisted to joing a “gang” of artists on an upcoming side project from Dresden Dolls. Frances Bean will be making her singing debut on a track that will feature Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Andrew WK and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

The track, titled “My Space,” is part of the collection from the debut album of Evelyn Evelyn, who are comprised of Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer and Seattle-based musician Jason Webley. Twentyfourbit.com also reports Tegan & Sara, ex-Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay, mutli-media artist Margaret Cho, Eugene Mirman and members of Mindless Self-Indulgence are also participating.

Los Angeles music fans can expect the eponymously titled album Evelyn Evelyn to drop on March 30.

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Organizers have confirmed that My Chemical Romance has cancelled its upcoming performances, including those scheduled for Australia’s Soundwave Festival this year.

A full refund at the point of purchase has been offered to those who bought tickets for MCR’s February 25 performance at the Big Top, Luna Park. Soundwave organizers have lined up emo-rock band Jimmy Eat World in their place instead. The band is set to join the likes of Motion City Soundtrack, RX Rabbits, Sunny Day Real Estate and Glassjaw for the festival.

According to their press release, MCR front man Gerard Way has been sidelined by “severe vocal problems” and was “advised by doctors to get treatment”.

The band released its own statement as well, saying, “We are really sorry that we’ve had to cancel this tour, and apologise for any inconvenience it has caused. The last thing we ever want to do is cancel shows, but we’ll be back to Australia to make it up to the fans as soon as possible.”

The band was once described as an “emo” band, although Way publically rejected the description, calling the emo genre “… garbage”. The band considers the music it plays to be simply termed “rock”, or “violent, dangerous pop”.

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The upcoming “How-To” issue of VMAN magazine, features five of the hottest pop stars on the scene. Tween sensation Justin Bieber, Adam Lambert, Gerard and Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance and Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship all take part in VMAN Issue #17. Each pop star was shot by Mark Abrahams, including Bieber, who arrived on shoot after the VEVO launch party still sporting the now famous lipstick mark he received from Rihanna. VMAN #17 hits the newsstands Thursday January 28, 2010.

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Remember the full body 24×36 inch promotional posters from The Black Parade? Right now, MyChemicalRomance.com is giving away a full set, one of each band member, to one lucky registered member. One more thing – all of the posters are signed by the band members.

Here’s how to enter the contest:
1. Register here for MyChemicalRomance.com if you haven’t already. (Use a real email address or we won’t be able to contact you if you win.)
2. Post a comment to this news post explaining in three sentences or less why you want to win the contest.

On February 4th, we’ll pick the winner at random and announce it on the site so make sure you check back.

Good luck.

It seems as though MCR are no longer playing at The TweetHouse at Sundance this year -

We had mentioned a few weeks back that we’d be seeing several big-name bands appear at the SHOP Yoga Studio, the location of the Tweet House. This was based on information provided to us by an event promoter who had contracted to use our space in the evenings. The agreement they signed stated that our attendees would be granted passes to the concerts they were booking.

We had been provided with copies of agreements made with the band’s talent agencies, and had been cc’d on emails with band managers, etc. In addition, one of our teammates had a face-to-face conversation with at least one of the contracted musicians who said they had anticipated seeing us all in Park City.

Regrettably, the promoter who had made these contractual commitments was unable to meet his scheduled financial obligations to the musicians. The result was those contacts lapsed, and the bands are now no longer scheduled to appear.

We are still trying to decipher what actually happened and why, and are digging for more information. We will inform our partners as more specifics become clear.

As a result, the Tweet House has been extended to the evenings on both Saturday and Sunday. The insanely good DJ Menelik will be spinning in the evenings, Mike Relm will be performing live on Sunday at the Hitachi Cocktail Reception, and we’re poised to announce fantastic parties on both Saturday and Sunday night.

We’re looking forward to it and hope to see you there.

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