The same day, the band removed the album from streaming, stemming from audio quality concerns.
Regarding a potential eleventh studio album, the band confirmed in November 2024 that they had been writing new, improvised material during their 2024 tour, in a similar style to “Smoke Detector”, the near-eight-minute closing track to Laugh Track , which was created during a soundcheck on tour. The band expressed…
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Bryar died in November 2024.
Following the festival performance, the band announced the Long Live The Black Parade tour in November, where they would be touring in celebration of the album and playing it in full.
On October 10, 2024, CBS Mornings aired a segment featuring Matt and Brad where Matt opened up about his psychosis.
My Chemical Romance headlined the When We Were Young Festival in October 2024, where they performed The Black Parade in its entirety.
On 11 September 2024, Franz Ferdinand announced their sixth studio album, The Human Fear , to be released on 10 January 2025, and along revealed lead single “Audacious”.
In June 2024, the band released a stand-alone single entitled “Flirting Again”, marking their first new music since The High Life .
Their sixth studio album of the same name as the former was then released on May 17, 2024.
They debuted the third single “Rainbow” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 8.