My Chemical Romance will embark on quite a lengthy parade in late February.

The New Jersey emo rockers are taking their concept album, The Black Parade, on tour throughout the US, bringing Rise Against and Muse on tour as opening acts.

My Chemical Romance kicks off February 22 in Manchester, New Hampshire, and then moving down the East Coast before heading west and concluding March 16 in Reno, Nevada. The band said it will announce more dates in the coming weeks.

The band is touring in support of the widely praised Parade, billed as "an epic theatrical concept album about mortality." The band will perform part of the show as the Black Parade, the circuslike alter ego it adopts on the new album.

"We're going to retain the essence of a rock show," front man Gerard Way told Billboard. "It's not going to be like seeing [Pink Floyd's] The Wall. It's going to bring the music and the band and the record to life. It's going to be theatrical without detracting from [the music]; it's not going to be surface over substance."

Fans will be able to buy a limited number of tickets in a special fan-club presale starting today. The official on-sale date for tickets will be Saturday, January 6, 2007.

Before hitting the road in the US, My Chemical Romance has a series of shows Down Under as part of the Big Day Out festival, which tours through Australia and New Zealand.

Here are My Chemical Romance's tour dates:

2/22: Manchester, NH (Verizon Wireless Arena)

2/23: Uniondale, NY (Nassau Coliseum)

2/25: Philadelphia (Liacouras Center)

2/26: Cleveland (Wolstein Center)

2/28: Detroit (Joe Louis Arena)

3/1: Chicago (Allstate Arena)

3/2: Topeka, KS (Kansas Expo Center)

3/3: Lincoln, NE (Pershing Auditorium)

3/4: Denver (Magness Arena)

3/6: Salt Lake City (E Center)

3/7: Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)

3/9: Phoenix (Jobing.com Arena)

3/10: Los Angeles (Forum)

3/11: Anaheim, CA (Convention Center)

3/13: San Diego (ipayOne Center)

3/14: Fresno, CA (Selland Arena)

3/15: Oakland, CA (ORACLE Arena)

3/16: Reno, NV (Lawlor Events Center)