News / Published 2026-10-31

My Chemical Romance Plan a New Album for 2027 and a 2028 Return

Gerard Way told the Hollywood Bowl crowd that My Chemical Romance will spend 2027 making a new album, with no shows planned, and hopes to be back on stage in 2028.

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THE SHORT VERSION

  • Gerard Way said from the Hollywood Bowl stage on 30 October that My Chemical Romance want to make a record in 2027 and would probably not play shows while they do it.
  • He added that the band hoped to see the crowd again in 2028; NME reads that as a year away from touring to record a fifth studio album.
  • A new album would be their first since Danger Days in 2010; the band split in 2013, reunited in 2019 and released one new song, The Foundations Of Decay, in 2022.

The plan, from the Hollywood Bowl stage

My Chemical Romance plan to spend 2027 making a new album. Gerard Way told the crowd at the band's Hollywood Bowl show on Friday, 30 October, that the group would come off the road to record. Consequence reported the comments on Saturday and describes the night as the fourth of five sold-out shows closing what it calls The Black Parade Tour. The run falls in the year The Black Parade turns 20.

NME frames the same night differently. It calls the concert the band's Devil's Night show, the first of two Halloween-weekend performances at the venue, and reports that the five-night run made My Chemical Romance the first group to play five consecutive nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Both accounts trace the announcement to remarks Way made from the stage that night, and neither adds a statement from the band's management.

What he said about 2027 and 2028

Consequence quotes Way saying: “Next year, we want to go make a record…” before explaining that the band would probably not do any shows. He went on that there was no secret code to it, that the band wanted to do it, and that they would hopefully see the crowd again in 2028. The crowd reaction is NME's detail; Consequence does not describe it.

NME has a shorter version from the same night: “So yeah, next year, we wanna go make a record,” which it reports drew screams and cheers. It adds that Way followed with “Hopefully we'll see you guys in 2028,” and reads that as a sign the band could take next year away from touring to record their long-awaited fifth studio album. The two transcripts diverge in wording rather than in substance: one has Way wanting to go and make a record, the other has him saying the band want to make one next year.

The hint he dropped in San Antonio

The Hollywood Bowl remarks were not the first. NME reports that at the closing night of the North American leg of the Long Live The Black Parade tour in San Antonio last month, Way told the crowd: “Just know that, like, we've kind of really always wanted to make another record, so we hope that life allows us to do that.” Consequence reported those San Antonio remarks at the time as an on-stage hint at a new album.

NME also quotes him saying the audience had kept the band alive for so long and deserved another record, and that he did not know when it would arrive but that it would be awesome. Consequence carries a version of the same speech and quotes him saying that “we kind of really always wanted to make another record”, that the audience deserved one and that the band would love to make it.

Why the fifth album has waited since 2010

A new album would be the band's first since Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys in 2010. NME records that the group split in 2013, reunited in 2019 and has released one new song since, The Foundations Of Decay, in 2022. Consequence lists the same album and the same 2022 one-off, and adds that the band recently marked the 20th anniversary of The Black Parade with a reissue.

NME also gives a reason for the wait. It reports that Way, speaking in San Antonio, reflected on the death of the producer Doug McKean, who worked on The Foundations Of Decay before he died later that year, and said the band had been excited about making more music until that death and other circumstances disrupted the plan.

The run the announcement lands in

NME reports that the Hollywood Bowl residency made My Chemical Romance the first group to play five consecutive nights at the venue. The band returns for the final show on 31 October and then continues its world tour in Asia next month, the paper adds. Consequence describes the Hollywood Bowl dates as the closing shows of The Black Parade Tour.

NME also reports that the same day the band scored its first UK Number One album with The Black Parade, 20 years after release. The record first peaked at Number Two; it reached the top after an expanded 20th anniversary reissue on 23 October. Consequence, meanwhile, reports that the Friday show included a reunion with The Used's Bert McCracken, who joined the band for You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison. Consequence adds that Way had first joined The Used for Buried Myself Alive during their opening set, and that the two had been publicly estranged for nearly two decades after Way got sober before reconciling over the past year. NME adds that the set included the first live performance of We Don't Need Another Song About California, a bonus track from Danger Days that was made more widely available this year on an expanded 15th anniversary edition.

What is confirmed, and what is not

Neither report carries a title, a release date, a label or a producer for the record. Neither quotes a manager or a publicist, and neither says whether the 2027 sessions have begun. Both pages were published on Saturday, the morning after the show, and both are built on the same stage remarks. NME builds its report around the 2027 album and the 2028 return; Consequence builds its own around a confirmed album. What the two pages establish is the intention, the year and the rough shape of the touring gap: no shows while the album is made, and a hoped-for return in 2028.

NME presents the remarks as a hint and reads them as a possible year away from touring; Consequence presents them as a confirmation that 2027 will be spent on the album. Neither outlet reports a studio, a contract or a release window beyond 2028. Related coverage on this site includes Noah Kahan's 2027 tour, Powderfinger's 2027 reunion dates, Cheap Trick's touring break and Redbird Sound Ventures' new fund.

Sources & reporting limits

  1. My Chemical Romance Confirm Plans for New Album — Consequence
  2. My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way reveals plans to make new album in 2027 and return to touring in 2028 — NME
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