No Shows

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"No Shows"
No Shows by Gerard Way.jpg
Single by Gerard Way
from the album Hesitant Alien
ReleasedAugust 18, 2014
RecordedLightning Sound (California), Sonic Ranch (Texas), 2013 [1]
Length4:12
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Doug McKean
Gerard Way singles chronology
"Professional Griefers"
(2012)
"No Shows"
(2014)
"Millions"
(2014)

"No Shows" is a song by American musician and My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. The song was released by Warner Bros. Records on August 18, 2014 as the first single from Way's debut studio album, Hesitant Alien . [2] "No Shows" was released to radio on August 25, 2014. [3]

Contents

Music video

A teaser for the music video was released on August 15, 2014, entitled "Pink Station Zero", was uploaded to Way's official YouTube channel. On August 19, the song's official music video was released and was directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford. The video depicts Way and his band performing the song on the fictional intergalactic music show, "Pink Station Zero".

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Billboard Rock Digital Songs [4] 42
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] 45

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