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My Chemical Romance Face Legal Action From Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Over Stage Costumes

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Owner of the cheerleader brand files injunction to stop band from having dancers wearing Cowboys-inspired outfits during violent "Teenagers" sequence

My Chemical Romance is facing legal action from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders over outfits that dancers wore during the band’s recent Hollywood Bowl concert .

The group opened their residency at the Los Angeles venue on Wednesday, with the band modifying their performance of “Teenagers” to now include dancers in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) outfits who then, according to the legal documents, “armed themselves with rifles in a staged firefight, only to be depicted being shot.”

Pro Silver Star Ltd., the owner of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand, quickly sprung to action over the performance, filing for a temporary restraining order and injunction against My Chemical Romance to prevent them from using the DCC costumes onstage; Pro Silver Star at first requested that the band “to stop the infringing use of the DCC Uniform,” but they…

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