The natural inclination, though, is to wonder if they could be reuniting. Fans have pretty much been hoping for it since that fateful break-up day on March 23, 2013, and it’s well-documented that the members of the band – Gerard and Mikey Way, Frank Iero, and Ray Toro – are still great friends. Other than their various projects away from MCR, there’s no reason they might not want to regroup after six long years apart.
By the same token, though, rumours of a comeback have been shut down constantly this year. Talk began back in February, when Gerard was asked that very question – to which he responded: “I don’t think so…”
Then, the internet blew up when Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers revealed that his group were rehearsing nearby to MCR, leading everyone to believe that they were reuniting. “I’ve got some dirt,” the pop star said. “My Chemical Romance were apparently rehearsing next to us in New York recently, which, I thought they broke up, so… that’s the gossip!”
Following that, Frank addressed the matter in the Asbury Park Press – with the publication prefacing the guitarist’s words by stating that he “denied the report”. “I survived a bus accident, so anything is possible,” Frank then went on to say, leaving the question incredibly open-ended.
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