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Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hugely popular 2000s band offering to play at YOUR house party this summer... here's how to sign up
They may have rejects in their band name, but iconic 2000s group The All-American Rejects are anything but with their latest tour. The band - known for hits such as Move Along and Gives You Hell - announced they'll be going on a 'House Party' tour - giving nostalgic fans the opportunity to sign up and have them play at venues of their choosing. The band, led by front man Tyson Ritter, have been popping up in gigs since April, with ecstatic fans taking to social media to share their delight over their resurgence. To host the pop-punk band at your place, fans can sign up via a link on their Instagram. Longtime listeners have taken to social media to share their enthusiasm over their marketing strategy and intimate concert setting - as well as the hopeful resurgence of the Millennial house party. 'The combination of 1) leaning into nostalgia and 2) going direct to fans makes for one of the best marketing strategies I've seen in a while,' gushed one fan, adding: 'They're doing this exactly right.' 'The amount of virality from user-generated content that they'll get will probably be more eyeballs than a stadium tour,' agreed another. 'Recession indicator,' joked another. In April, a video from a house party featuring a teenage-cover band went viral on TikTok, with the clip amassing 2.7 million views. In the clip, the cover band was playing the memorable opener of Move Along at the University of Southern California for a local college radio station at the start of the month, when the band walking though the backyard, much to the excitement of partygoers. Ritter explained the inspiration of the tour came from the 'inaccessibility' of concerts in 2025, with exorbitant ticket prices and lack of tickets stopping longtime fans from attending their favorite artist's shows. 'We took $50,000 out of our own pockets, booked a bus, put the crew salary on, and started this wild sort of ride,' he told Vulture. He continued: 'I recently read something about people financing festival tickets, the complete inaccessibility of the concert experience in 2025, and how it's juxtaposed against these wild and weird economic times. It blows my mind that our shows can still work.' Ritter added playing in pop-up house party scenarios is a 'full-circle' moment for them band. 'The spirit of where we started was we were four kids that weren't cool and got to play at a high-school party,' the singer explained to the publication. 'And that night at USC, we felt cool. Kind of like when kids would pass a tip jar around for us to be able to pay for gas to get there and back,' he joked. Longtime listeners have taken to social media to share their enthusiasm over their marketing strategy and intimate concert setting - as well as the hopeful resurgence of the Millennial house party They were an iconic band of the 2000s, and now The All-American Rejects are gaining a new generation of followers thanks to a clever tour idea Ritter added the band were making an effort to play in locations locals hang out in, declaring live music is dying due to social media. 'That language for gestating and creating a space for local live music is dead now because every young artist thinks they have to have a TikTok video,' he said passionately. 'Rock and roll was not born on TikTok. Music shouldn't have to be born in a social-media environment. It should be fostered in hometowns with local followings.' Earlier this month, the band stopped by a house party in Columbia for a surprise pop-up performance. Ritter made the announcement on social media hours before the band was set to play with fans rushing to get to the location in time. However, the musicians were halted in their tracks when police officers moved to shut down the impromptu show. Thankfully for fans, the group was allowed to wrap up the gig with one final song - the 2008 hit Gives You Hell. The band will be opening for the Jonas Brothers at their stadium tour later in the year, and released their latest single Sandbox, earlier in May.
Forbes
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Green Day's Music Is On The Rise As Fans Anticipate Something Exciting
Green Day charts three albums and three singles in the U.K. this week, with classics like Dookie, ... More American Idiot, and 'Basket Case' gaining momentum. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 14: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs onstage during the Harley-Davidson's Homecoming Festival - Day 1 at Veterans Park on July 14, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo byfor Harley-Davidson) Later this month, Green Day will release the deluxe edition of its most recent album Saviors. The full-length dropped in January 2024, and the band has been promoting it with a handful of singles throughout the past year-plus. In spring 2025, the group has been doling out new tunes from the upcoming re-release. The excitement surrounding just-dropped cuts like "Smash It Like Belushi' and 'Ballyhoo," as well as anticipation for what's next, appears to have reignited interest in the pop-punk pioneers' catalog. Green Day is currently experiencing a noticeable rise on the charts in the United Kingdom. This week, three of the band's albums appear on at least one ranking in the country. That same number of songs live on singles rankings as well — and in every instance, the group's music is gaining ground. It seems that interest is piqued not so much in the newer efforts, at least according to the U.K. charts, but in the classics that certified Green Day as superstars. Green Day performs best when it comes to albums. Two of the three projects the band has charting appear on multiple lists. American Idiot lives on three tallies, while Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band can be found on two. Dookie is only present on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, but that also marks the Grammy-winning act's highest placement this frame. This time around, the set jumps 11 spaces to make a home at No. 22 on that genre-specific list. Over on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart, Green Day sees three classic tunes appear. Unlike with the band's albums, though, none of the songs live on any other ranking, so the group is limited to just this one roster. "Basket Case" is both the highest-rising hit and the greatest gainer this frame. The cut jumps nine spots to No. 15. "American Idiot" sits just below that early career tune as it pushes up three spaces to No. 16. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," which is also featured on the American Idiot album, returns to the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart this frame. The ranking of the bestselling tunes in those styles in the U.K. welcomes the hit back at No. 37 — close to the bottom, but it is still a strong seller.
