My Chemical Romance Hit with Lawsuit by Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Over Hollywood Bowl Costumes

My Chemical Romance is facing legal action from the company that owns the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand after dancers wore replica uniforms during the band’s recent residency at the Hollywood Bowl.

The group drew attention earlier this week when they introduced performers dressed as the iconic cheerleading squad during the opening night of their five-show stand at the Los Angeles venue on Wednesday, October 21. The dancers appeared during “Teenagers” and later participated in a staged gunfight with soldiers during “Disenchanted,” wielding prop rifles and simulating injuries before crawling offstage.

Pro Silver Star Ltd., which holds the rights to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) brand, filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in Dallas County, Texas, on Friday, October 23. The company argues that the distinctive uniforms are legally protected and that their use in a violent theatrical sequence risks damaging the squad’s reputation.

My Chemical Romance performing “Teenagers” tonight in LA, featuring their cheerleader dancers. #MCRLA2 pic.twitter.com/vLDYocU6sf

— MCR Updates (@gwayupdates) October 24, 2026

According to court documents obtained by TheWrap, Pro Silver Star contends that “audience members and online commentators understandably believed that the performers were the real Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” with the confusion spreading rapidly across social media. The company also alleges it contacted My Chemical Romance requesting they cease using the uniforms, but the band refused.

The filing states that the continued use threatens “ongoing and irreparable harm to the reputation and goodwill Silver Star has cultivated in the DCC brand.” It clarifies: “Silver Star does not ask Defendants to change their setlist, narrative, politics, choreography, or even their decision to put gun-toting performers on stage. Silver Star asks only that those performers not wear the DCC Uniform while doing it.”

In addition to injunctive relief, Pro Silver Star is seeking unspecified monetary damages.

Despite the legal proceedings, fan-recorded footage from the band’s second Hollywood Bowl show on Friday, October 23, appeared to show the dancers returning in the same cheerleading outfits.

The Hollywood Bowl residency serves as the finale of My Chemical Romance’s “Long Live The Black Parade” anniversary tour, which features the band performing their landmark 2006 album in its entirety. They are the first act to play five consecutive nights at the venue, with the final two performances slated for October 30 and 31.

The group has also released an expanded 20th-anniversary edition of The Black Parade, including six bonus tracks and previously unreleased live recordings from a 2007 show in Hoboken, New Jersey. In its original 9/10 review, NME hailed the record as an ambitious reinvention poised to make them “the biggest band on the planet.”

Elsewhere, frontman Gerard Way recently hinted at the possibility of a new studio album. “We’ve kind of really always wanted to make another record, so we hope that life allows us to do that,” he told fans at their San Antonio show last month. “You guys deserve another record. I don’t know when it’ll be. But it’ll be awesome.”

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