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13 artists whose solo career was the best decision they ever made
Being in a band was just holding them back
Gerard Way: Former frontman of the equally adored and detested My Chemical Romance, Way returns to the UK this summer to perform his first UK solo show at Reading and Leeds festivals. Out with the emo, in with some seriously dark, dirty sounds, breaking up the band for this was Way's wisest move to date. He might not get bottled.
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by Alexandra Pollard | Photos by WENN.com
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It was announced this week (29 May) that My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way is to make his live solo debut at this year's Reading and Leeds festivals. His band's last appearance in front of the notoriously unforgiving Reading and Leeds crowd did not go down well - the band were on the receiving end of bottles, cans, warm piss and boos. To their credit though, they stuck it out, and made it to the end of an uncomfortable set.
Thankfully, if the brief snippets of music Way has revealed so far are anything to go by, his solo career is taking him in a completely different, fresher and arguably more credible direction. His decision to go solo may well prove, like with many acts before him, to be the best decision he ever made. Here's 13 artists who bravely decided to go it alone, and never looked back.
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