Fresh off their headlining set that launched this year’s South by Southwest on Thursday (March 12), The All-American Rejects revealed plans to bring back their unconventional House Party Tour.
Frontman Tyson Ritter shared the announcement the following day during a SXSW panel, where he also introduced a new fan-powered campaign designed to help determine the tour’s next stops.
The band first introduced the House Party Tour last year, transforming living rooms and backyards into intimate concert venues. The unusual approach quickly gained viral attention and offered fans a rare chance to experience the group up close in small, personal settings.
A newly launched website invites fans to participate directly in the planning process. The page features a digital Ouija-style planchette gliding across a world map, tracking real-time RSVPs from supporters. As more people sign up, certain cities begin to “heat up,” showing which locations are gaining momentum as potential house-party destinations. Fans can also share personalized RSVP links to rally friends and increase their city’s chances. The platform goes a step further by allowing fans to submit their own homes as possible concert venues through Ritter’s Playhouse platform — an idea he highlighted during the panel discussion about expanding the tour concept.
Prior to the announcement, All-American Rejects shared their latest single, Get This, taken from the band’s forthcoming spring 2026 album Sandbox (the long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s Kids In The Street LP). Vocalist Tyson Ritter says of the song: “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 group also released the visualizer for the song, directed by Sarah Pardini and shot and edited by Andy Knight. See the video for ‘Get This’ – HERE.
‘Sandbox’ will be released in Spring 2026, and is available to preorder now.
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