My Chemical Romance Faces Legal Fight Over Cheerleader Costumes
My Chemical Romance’s Hollywood Bowl production has sparked a dispute over something other than the setlist: the dancers’ outfits.
Pro Silver Star Ltd., the company behind the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand, is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop the band from using costumes resembling the squad’s recognizable blue-and-white uniforms. The legal action also names concert promoter Live Nation.
The dispute follows MCR’s October 21 Hollywood Bowl performance, when dancers appeared during “Teenagers” wearing cheerleader-style outfits. The performers carried prop rifles and participated in a theatrical combat sequence as part of the show.
Pro Silver Star argues that the uniforms created confusion, alleging that some concertgoers and social media users believed the performers were actual Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Those claims are the company’s allegations in the dispute.
The company says its objection concerns the costumes—not the band’s music, choreography or storyline. It wants the production to use different outfits for the dancers.
According to FOX 4’s October 25 report, Pro Silver Star also alleges that it previously asked the band to stop using the uniforms. Representatives for My Chemical Romance and Live Nation had not publicly commented when that report was published.