The Oklahoma group arrived in Manchester fresh from their Saturday slot at Download Festival in Leicestershire, with a sold-out London O2 Forum Kentish Town date to follow two nights later. The UK leg marked The All-American Rejects‘ return to touring the country for the first time in over ten years.

The shows landed in the wake of Sandbox, released on 15 May 2026. It is the band’s fifth studio album, their first as an independent act and their first full-length record in 14 years, following 2012’s Kids in the Street. Produced by frontman Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler and Scott Chesak, Sandbox spans themes of reconciling youth, standing on your own two feet as an adult and facing the outside world. Speaking about the record, Ritter said it had “helped me survive in this modern age”, grounded in the band’s identity as a self-described “blue-collar rock band” that never quite fit a scene but persevered anyway.

The Manchester set drew right across the band’s catalogue alongside material from Sandbox, opening with ‘Swing, Swing’ and closing the encore on ‘Gives You Hell’, by way of staples including ‘Dirty Little Secret’, ‘Move Along’ and ‘It Ends Tonight’. The night also featured three songs the band would drop from the following London show: ‘King Kong’, ‘Fast and Slow’ and ‘I’m Waiting’.

Photos by Kelsey Thomson.

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The video features Kong skipping around town getting up to all sorts, and honestly it’s a vibe. ‘King Kong’ is a nice summer track that’s going to sound enormous when the band bring it to Download Festival in June. And those lyrics? So true. We all know someone like that, right?

It’s their first album in 14 years, and on the evidence of the singles so far, the wait has been worth it. Their upcoming UK summer shows have all sold out, and the band also announced last month that they’ll be resurrecting their wildly popular House Party Tour, building on the viral success and fan-driven energy of the first run with even more intimate, chaotic outings than ever before.

The All-American Rejects are one of those bands that defined a generation. From ‘Dirty Little Secret’ to ‘Gives You Hell’ to ‘Move Along’, their catalogue is packed with songs that an entire generation grew up screaming in their bedrooms. The fact that they’re back with new music and it doesn’t feel like a nostalgia cash-in is something worth celebrating.

A lyric video for ‘King Kong’ is available now.

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Fresh from an arena run supporting the Jonas Brothers, the Oklahoma four-piece are leaning into their indie-pop roots with this one. There’s an undeniable echo of ‘Gives You Hell’ and ‘Move Along’ in the track’s DNA.

Frontman Tyson Ritter puts it well: “Little hooks will sit in your pockets like a lead weight that won’t shake out in the dryer. ‘Get This’ was a song born on a drive. It was made in the sunshine on the back porch of our family home. Pure fun like the company it was written around.”

The accompanying video finds the band hamming it up across five different sets lifted straight from classic holiday films. It’s playful, slightly daft, and entirely on brand.

2025 has been nothing short of a renaissance for the group. Their viral House Party Tour became a genuine cultural moment, earning coverage from CNN, NPR, Kerrang!, and more. Breakout single ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ alone has racked up hundreds of millions of views across three music videos and landed them a spot on Jimmy Kimmel.

With Sandbox already sitting at 10 million pre-release streams and previous singles ‘Eggshell Tap-Dancer’ and ‘Search Party’ building momentum, they’re closing the year with a headline slot at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas and a performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.

Sandbox is available for pre-order now.

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