San Antonio is getting a one-night-only rock spectacle: The Mars Volta is set to join My Chemical Romance at the Alamodome on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, for a stadium bill that mashes up prog wizardry and emo theater. Artist presales open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, with the general public sale following at 10 a.m. on Friday. The booking links an El Paso-born prog-rock mainstay with one of the era's most theatrical stadium productions, and fans can expect a mix of Mars Volta deep cuts alongside the full Black Parade staging from MCR.
The bill and the venue
My Chemical Romance will headline The Black Parade 2026 stop at the Alamodome, with The Mars Volta listed as the special guest for the San Antonio date, according to Warner Records. The announcement pins the Alamodome show on Sept. 12 and notes that the stadium run features rotating special guests. Live Nation confirms the lineup and venue details on its event listing.
What The Mars Volta will play
Fans heading in should be ready for a career-spanning Mars Volta set that pulls from the group's nine studio albums and folds in material from their ninth LP, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío, which was released in April 2025. The record's release and track listing are documented on the band's Bandcamp. Recent shows have seen the group weaving newer songs into sets alongside older epics, giving longtime listeners and newer fans plenty to dig into.
Back in Texas
The Mars Volta's Texas roots make the Alamodome stop feel like a homecoming, since the band formed in El Paso, and they were back on the regional radar when they opened for Deftones at Frost Bank Center in March 2025. Coverage of that Deftones run noted that The Mars Volta sometimes performed their then-new material in full during support sets, highlighting how the band has been experimenting live, as reported by The Mosh.
Tickets and practicals
Artist presales begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, with the general public sale set for 10 a.m. on Friday, according to San Antonio Current. Once sales open, tickets will be available through primary partners, including the Ticketmaster event page. The Alamodome visitor information page includes seat maps, accessibility details and parking rules. Fans are encouraged to set up accounts and save payment details before the on-sale windows to improve their chances of landing seats.
Why this matters locally
Between My Chemical Romance's theatrical Black Parade production and The Mars Volta's genre-blending live intensity, the Sept. 12 bill gives San Antonio a standout late-summer concert that other Texas cities will not see. Local outlets have flagged the Alamodome show as the only Texas stadium stop on the tour's stadium leg, making the night a one-off regional draw, according to KSAT.
