My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way appears to have formed a new band called The Mock-Ups.
The 48-year-old rocker is listed as providing vocals and bass to a project “coming soon” called I Wanna Know Your Name.
The rest of the group is made up of Aimee Allen, Kevin Bivona and Jesse Bivona from The Interrupters, and Michael Schulz.
The Mock-Ups posted lyrics to Instagram with the caption: “The Mock-Ups: I Wanna Know Your Name. Coming soon.
“Vocals/Bass: @gerardway Guitar: @mschulz83 Keys/Production: @kevinsweatshop Drums: @jessebivona Backing Vocals: @aimeeinterrupter Engineering: Doug McKean.”
The surprise new project comes after My Chemical Romance swiftly sold-out a pair of shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.
The emo rock legends will play the huge gigs on July 10 and 11, 2026, marking their first UK dates since 2022.
The shows are part of the Long Live The Black Parade stadium jaunt celebrating 20 years of their acclaimed 2006 LP The Black Parade.
The band set tongues wagging that the UK would be next to join the celebrations in the form of a cryptic clip.
A fake game show called Quizzo was introduced in the video, with the host declaring: “Our two fine contestants will help us learn who will be the next lucky country to win the grand prize of one nuclear winter.”
Fans’ ears twitched when the winner was announced: “Congratulations, United Kingdom!”
The Instagram post was captioned: “Let’s show them what they’ve won.”
As well as playing the album in full, the Helena rockers having been performing the unreleased song War Beneath The Rain.
The tour has seen huge names open for MCR, including 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Death Cab For Cutie and Thursday, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Devo, IDLES and Evanescence.
Support acts for the Wembley concerts are yet to be announced.
Three years ago, MCR played shows in Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Cardiff, Warrington, and at Cornwall’s Eden Project.