The band dedicated the record, written prior to their breakup, to the late studio engineer Doug McKean during a recent concert in Los Angeles

The Black Parade” marched through Los Angeles over the weekend, as My Chemical Romance played back-to-back shows at Dodger Stadium on July 26-27. The shows come as part of the alternative emo rock group’s “Long Live the Black Parade Tour” - the band’s first stadium trek where it plays its era-defining 2006 album in its

Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities,

Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died.

His songs included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Old Dope Peddler,” “Be Prepared,” in which he mocked the Boy Scouts, and “The Vatican Rag,” in which he poked at the rites and ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church.