The All-American Rejects house party tour looks like the most fun show you could imagine
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Less than 30 hours after the show was announced, hundreds attended the All-American Rejects' surprise show in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The All-American Rejects are playing house shows, bowling alleys, and barns across the country. Everyone, but especially the band, is loving it.
AAR is a band that formed in 1999 and some of their biggest singles (e.g. "Dirty Little Secret" and "Move Along" and "It Ends Tonight") released in 2005. They provided songs for soundtracks from the early aughts in movies like She's The Man or TV shows like One Tree Hill and Smallville.
Their cultural footprint is one rooted in nostalgia (like when they headlined the When We Were Young festival in 2022) not just for their own music but for a sound and feeling of decades past. That's why their recent shows are especially cool: It's making fans feel young again.
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All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter said that they're the "best shows" they've ever played in their lives. Here is more (via Rolling Stone):
"It feels great to flip the bird to the giant titanic music industry. I only hope young bands can see this as an inspiring way to disrupt this market. People are tired of being force-fed everything. Music is seen before it's heard. We're in the age of celebrity-defining success. If you're a popular artist, you could literally fart on a microphone and have a hit song. That's a shame."
Inspired by their early years of playing student-promoted backyards and basements, they wanted to connect back to their roots and DIY origins back when they were sleeping in their van. They have played in front of 5,000 people in Iowa and as intimate as 400 people in suburban Chicago.
Ritter added that while his band has an upcoming tour with The Jonas Brothers and will soon play MetLife Stadium, he already knows that it won't "hold a candle" to the house show in Nashville.
The band is reportedly using footage from these shows to make a music video for an upcoming single. You can RSVP for one of their house parties by clicking here.
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