Watch Gerard Way perform unreleased songs “Don’t Try” and "Kid Nothing"
Gerard Way has been performing a previously unreleased song titled “Don’t Try” and a brand new song titled “Kid Nothing” during the encores of his European shows, which began last week.
Way commented on “Don't Try,” which didn’t make the cut for Hesitant Alien, saying it has has received such a positive response from fans that he might revisit it.
I hear y'all been loving the encore song,”Don't Try”.It never made the cut for the album but it is fucking BANGING live-will have to revisit
— Gerard Sleigh (@gerardway) January 18, 2015
“Don't Try” is an unreleased Hesitant Alien song.Unfinished studio version exists, along with some others. Figuring out what to do with them
— Gerard Sleigh (@gerardway) January 19, 2015
As for “Kid Nothing:” Way just updated fans on Twitter that it is one of two brand new songs he is expected to debut at his London show on January 23:
When I write new albums I tend to write the first 2 songs and see where the rest takes me.So there is a song that is supposed to come(contd)
— Gerard Sleigh (@gerardway) January 19, 2015
(contd) before Kid Nothing, which is pretty much all ready to go, just finishing lyrics. Expect to hear these in London
— Gerard Sleigh (@gerardway) January 19, 2015
That revelation comes as even more fuel for an excited fire he sparked among listeners last night when he hinted that a new album cycle “will come sooner than you think.”
Watch Way’s performances of the two from his Paris show on January 18 and tell us what you think:
In case you missed it: Way also performed an unreleased song titled “Dasher” and Japanese B-side “Television All The Time” on his U.S. fall tour.
