Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are taking My Chemical Romance to court: Here is all you should know about the case

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have filed for legal action against the rock band, My Chemical Romance. Pro Silver Star, which owns the Cowboys Cheerleaders filed for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against the band on Friday, October 23, 2026.

This comes as My Chemical Romance is in the middle of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their studio album, ‘The Black Parade’. The band is marking the celebrations with five nights at the Hollywood Bowl. According to Live Nation, no other band has performed at the iconic amphitheatre in California.

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Why are the Cowboys Cheerleaders taking legal action against the band?

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are taking My Chemical Romance after the band brought out dancers dressed in costumes similar to the cheerleading squad’s uniforms. The backup dancers had been dressed in what looked like the Cowboys Cheerleaders’ iconic blue and white uniforms with stars on them, during one of their Hollywood Bowl concerts. Videos from the performance went viral, showing dancers in the costumes holding and pointing guns, according to The New York Post.

Now the organisation behind the cheerleaders have hired lawyer Alex Spiro, who filed for the injunction against the band to stop a major part of their performance. According to legal documents seen by the California Post, the Pro Silver Star organisation is accusing the rock band of degrading the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand with their performance.

What happened at the My Chemical Romance show?

At the Hollywood Bowl arena on October 21, 2026, the show was delayed about 45 minutes due to pouring rain. During the show the band went through ‘The Black Parade’ theatrically, they staged the dystopian nation of Draag, the Grand Immortal Dictator and masses trying to rebel with simulated gun battles.

During the performance, the backup dancers were dressed in costumes similar to that of the Cowboys Cheerleaders. According to the legal documents, “The performers armed themselves with semi-automatic rifles and joined a staged firefight, and were then depicted begin shot and crawling off the stage”.

After the stage performance ended, the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way went on to say, “Were those really the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders?…Thank you Dallas.” The organisation is now accusing the band of fooling the audience and social media users into thinking the performers were the real Cowboys Cheerleaders.

According to the legal documents, the organization is not asking the band to “change their setlist, narrative, politics, choreography,” further adding that they are also not against the dancers carrying guns during the performance. “Silver Star asks only that those performers not wear the DCC uniform while doing it,” the documents read.

The organization had also given side-by-side comparison of the costumes during the show and their uniforms. In the court filing they said, “The universe of alternative costume designs is effectively unlimited.”