My Chemical Romance Agree to Drop Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders-Inspired Costumes After Legal Dispute

My Chemical Romance have agreed to stop dressing performers in costumes resembling the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ signature blue-and-white uniforms during their remaining Hollywood Bowl shows, resolving at least one part of the legal dispute that erupted over the band’s latest bit of stagecraft. According to TMZ, the agreement between MCR and Pro Silver Star Ltd., which owns the DCC brand, was reached before going to court. As previously reported, the issue began during the first night of MCR’s five-show Hollywood Bowl residency on October 21st. During “Teenagers,” dancers dressed like the Cowboys cheerleaders first performed a routine before taking up prop rifles and joining the band’s larger onstage battle against the militarized forces of its fictional dictatorship. Several of the performers were eventually depicted being shot and crawling from the stage. Get My Chemical Romance Tickets Here The dispute has also revived a bizarre bit of legal history: the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders successfully sued over a lookalike uniform in Debbie Does Dallas in 1979, though trademark attorneys told Consequence that the precedent may not mean much under modern First Amendment law. Pro Silv...