All-American Rejects backyard concert shut down by cops
It ends tonight — or does it?
The All-American Rejects' unorthodox concert in the backyard of a house near the University of Missouri in Columbia on May 18 was shut down by police.
But one of the officers who's a fan of the band let them play one last song to wrap up the night.
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8 Mike Kennerty, Nick Wheeler, Tyson Ritter and Chris Gaylor attend the Allstate Party at the Playoff in Houston in January 2024.
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In a 10-minute video of the concert, the band were performing their 2005 hit 'Move Along' when bandleader Tyson Ritter told his bandmates and the crowd, 'Alright guys. Whoa, whoa whoa. We've gotta stop it.'
'The cops just shut us down,' Ritter, 41, added. 'Sorry, y'all. We just got kicked off campus.'
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8 The All-American Rejects perform in a Missouri college town on May 18.
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8 Police shut down an All-American Rejects backyard concert.
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The crowd booed as the band stopped their performance and Ritter disappeared from the backyard.
As the audience chanted 'f–k the police,' Ritter returned and told everyone, 'They said we can play one more f—ing song! We get one more song!'
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After the crowd cheered, Ritter said, 'I haven't done this in a long time, but I'd really like to thank the local police for letting us f—ing keep carrying on.'
8 The All-American Rejects play one last song at the house party.
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8 Tyson Ritter performs at the Innings Festival 2025.
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'Holy s–t. How often do you get a blessing from an officer?' Ritter continued. 'Well, I guess we've got one more song for you, and I'll give you 1 million guesses to guess which one. You might recognize it.'
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The band then performed their 2008 hit 'Gives You Hell' for the final song of the night.
8 Tyson Ritter, Chris Gaylor, Mike Kennerty, and Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects at KIIS FM's 12th Annual Wango Tango 2009.
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'Thank you so much for coming out you guys,' Ritter told the crowd. 'Get home safely because the man let us keep playing. You take care, Columbia. Congrats on the graduations.'
Mark Fitzgerald, the Columbia Police Department's assistant chief of police, told CNN that the band, their security staff and the crowd were 'very cooperative' with officials — despite that the concert was 'in violation of several local ordinances.'
8 The All-American Rejects perform at the Hollywood and Highland Courtyard in 2008.
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Fitzgerald said that the officers who responded to the scene 'listened to a couple of songs' before the patrol sergeant told the band of the rules they were breaking.
But the sergeant also informed the band that they could play one more song before they ended the concert.
'The Sergeant told me that he knew exactly who the band was and listened to them a lot while he was in college,' Fitzgerald shared. 'The Police Department would be happy to have the All-American Rejects return and play in Columbia, hopefully with the proper permits and approval.'
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8 Chris Gaylor, Mike Kennerty, Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects in a portrait for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.
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The All-American Rejects — which includes Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor — have been on a house party tour where they've stopped at several college towns to perform at backyard parties.
They already visited the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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