Update:
This story has been updated with information about the pop-up show.
The All-American Rejects are swinging through Dallas for a pop-up show and an album signing.
On Sunday, the alt-rock band teased a “Texas house party” on social media, encouraging fans to post TikTok videos using its recent single “Easy Come, Easy Go” for a chance to attend.
Fans who submitted videos were contacted on Tuesday night if they won the ticket giveaway, the band wrote on TikTok yesterday. The band also revealed that the show would be in Dallas.
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The venue and time were unknown until Wednesday afternoon, when the band shared on TikTok that the event would take place at 8 p.m. at the 4DWN skatepark in South Dallas. Three hundred and 50 tickets were given out, the band said, and the rest were “first come, first serve.”
The All-American Rejects have been promoting their upcoming fifth studio album, Sandbox. Due out in early 2026, Sandbox will mark the band’s first full-length project in nearly 14 years.
The band will sign copies of a limited tour-only vinyl edition of Sandbox starting at 1 p.m. Thursday at Good Records in East Dallas.
“First come, first served. Don’t miss it,” the record shop captioned a post on Instagram.
A headline-grabbing impromptu backyard show at the University of Southern California in April launched the band’s comeback.
Fans waxed nostalgic in the comments section of clips that surfaced online, hearing the band perform early aught hits like “Move Along” and “Give You Hell.”
The band has since capitalized on the virality, staging intimate live shows in backyards and unconventional venues (e.g. a gas station and a farm) across the country.
In May, frontman Tyson Ritter told Vulture the house party tour was spurred by a bad gig in Los Angeles where the band played to a room full of industry folks.
“The guest lists on those things end up turning into a bunch of suits,” he said. “So we played this pop-up at USC and tapped into a crowd that wanted to come to a free show. The night was so cinematic.”
Later in the interview, Ritter said “we’re fired up on new music more than we’ve ever been, because now there’s actually some resonance, soul, and an energy that’s very feral from being kept in a burlap sack for over a decade.”
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