My Chemical Romance is facing legal action from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders over outfits that dancers wore during the band’s recent Hollywood Bowl concert. The group opened their residency at the Los Angeles venue on Wednesday, with the band modifying their performance of “Teenagers” to now include dancers in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) outfits who then, according to the legal documents, “armed themselves with rifles in a staged firefight, only to be depicted being shot.” Pro Silver Star Ltd., the owner of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand, quickly sprung to action over the performance, filing for a temporary restraining order and injunction against My Chemical Romance to prevent them from using the DCC costumes onstage; Pro Silver Star at first requested that the band “to stop the infringing use of the DCC Uniform,” but they refused. 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. The universe of alternative costume designs is effectively unlimited.” Trending Stories Stevie Wonder Files Lawsuit to Evict Woman Living on His Property Rent-Free for 38 Years The Dream of the Nineties Animation Boom Is Alive in ‘Wildwood’ Ethan Klein Confirms He'll ‘Remove Ownership’ From ‘H3 Podcast’ After Wife Accuses Him of Cheating Brad Paisley Says There Are More Verses to His ‘South Park’ Song My Chemical Romance’s Hollywood Bowl run continued Friday night and, according to video from the show, the Dallas Cowboys-esque cheerleaders were back with in their usual costumes despite the legal action: The band will also perform tonight at the Hollywood Bowl.
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