All-American Rejects play House Parties to help fix live music

The All-American Rejects play house parties to help fix what’s broken in live music. Their backyard concerts and pop shows come during a summer when the band is also opening for the Jonas Brothers in major venues.

All-American Rejects play House Parties to help fix live music

“My first concert was sitting on my porch listening to a band that was playing at an outdoor pavilion because I couldn’t afford tickets,” said Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter.

“The spirit of where we started was we were four kids that weren’t cool and got to play at a high-school party…” said Ritter about the band’s recent house party shows and pop-ups.

“My wife’s getting ready to bring our second child into the world, and she’s due in a week and a half. I told my manager, ‘What if we do as many as we can in this week-and-a-half space? Let’s do it the same way we did when we started out. Let’s reach out to college radio stations and local businesses. Let’s ask for a $5 donation at the door.’ It was that simple.”

At a time when major concerts are more expensive than ever, scalpers are making things worse and independent venues are struggling, these shows brought The All-American Rejects back to their roots and closer to their fans.

Ritter continued: “The other night we popped up in a bowling alley because the house party got rained out and we needed to be indoors. We called this local bowling alley in Minneapolis on Friday night. The owner was like, ‘Nobody’s here, yeah, you can do it.’ … At the end of the night he told us with tears in his eyes, ‘You made our summer and you saved our bowling alley.’ This is the energy that’s gone into the whole thing. It’s all positive. Whatever happened at USC was this pure, driven spirit of why we started.

The All-American Rejects play house parties again in July.

“Where should we hit next?” the bands asks with a form for fans to answer. “The next round of shows starts up in again in July! Share your phone number + city and we will text you when we come your way!”

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, a Berklee College Of Music professor and founder of the Skyline Artists Agency

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