From Billboard · Jessica Lynch · · 1m 20s
My Chemical Romance hint at album five
Gerard Way told a San Antonio crowd the band still wants to make another record, their first since 2010.
In brief
Gerard Way told a San Antonio crowd the band still wants to make another record, their first since 2010. It's a hope, not an announcement: no title, no timeline, but the clearest signal yet that MCR wants album five. Originally reported by Billboard.
A hint on closing night
At the Alamodome in San Antonio on Sept. 13, Gerard Way told the crowd the band hopes to make a new album. It would be their first in over 15 years.
He framed it as hope
Way was careful not to promise anything, saying only that the band has always wanted to do it and that he doesn't know when it might happen.
“We've kind of really always wanted to make another record, so we hope that life allows us to do that.”
Fans get the credit
Way pointed the moment back at the audience, saying they kept the band alive and have earned another record.
“You guys kept us alive so long. You guys deserve another record.”
Not an announcement
No title, no timeline, no release date. Still, it's the most direct the band has been about a fifth studio album since reuniting in 2019.
Fifteen years of near silence
The last full-length was 2010's Danger Days. Since the reunion, MCR has put out one standalone single, 2022's "The Foundations of Decay," and toured instead.
Black Parade keeps paying
The band is playing the 2006 album in full, with a 20th-anniversary reissue due in October and a global stadium run booked as The Black Parade 2026.
The essence
It's a hope, not an announcement: no title, no timeline, but the clearest signal yet that MCR wants album five.
