It’s October 19th, 2024, day 1 of the When We Were Young festival. Gerard has just been lingering in his makeup trailer for awhile to get ready, even though the band performs at 10:30 PM, hours away. He told you to go have fun.

Suddenly, he sends you a text: surprise!

A photo is attached with the message. He took a selfie, he cut his hair! He hasn’t had his hair short in a long time, it’s been years. It’s just above his ears besides it going down his neck to just past his ears on the back, and he had dyed his hair to his natural color to hide the gray strands.