Texas loves two things: the Dallas Cowboys and rock music. So when the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and iconic band My Chemical Romance (MCR) landed in a legal dispute, fans of both were torn. However, the legal battle between the two may be coming to an end.
Pro Silver Star Ltd., the company behind the cheerleaders, filed for a temporary restraining order and injunction against My Chemical Romance and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of concert promoters Live Nation and ticketing site Ticketmaster. The petition was filed on October 26 in Collin County after viral videos showed backup dancers in costumes strikingly similar to the Netflix-famous cheerleaders as part of a mock firing squad.
MCR’s latest tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of its massive album, The Black Parade, features a fictional dictatorial regime and plenty of staged violence in an active storyline that progresses night to night. Nearly 50,000 fans packed the Alamodome to see the tour when it stopped in San Antonio in September.
The concert that prompted legal action happened at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on October 21 as part of MCR’s historic five-night run there — making them the first band to hit that milestone with the venue. The fake cheerleaders can be seen on stage doing a routine during the song “Teenagers,” later holding cardboard guns and getting in a mock shootout. Many videos from the event were captioned in a way that suggested the dancers were actual members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad. According to KTLA 5, Pro Silver Star alleged that the performance confused people into believing it was the NFL cheerleaders on stage and tarnished the squad’s brand.
According to Collin County court records, a temporary restraining order hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28. However, the records show the hearing was canceled because of an “agreement reached.” The California Post, a newly minted tabloid sister publication of the New York Post, said a lawyer for the cheerleaders told the court that MCR has effectively “waved the white flag.” TMZ also reported that MCR agreed to ditch the costumes.
The California Post article reads, “On October 26, 2026, I received an email from David Byrnes stating that Defendant My Chemical Romance ‘will not be performing any remaining shows on its current tour with dancers in the cheerleader costumes your client objects to.”
Court records still list the case as pending. Meanwhile, the band only has two scheduled performances left at the Hollywood Bowl: October 30 and 31.