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THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS


                 VENUE: GALLAGHER SQUARE (SAN DIEGO, CA)

                                       DATE: OCTOBER 6, 2023
                                   WRITTEN BY: ROME THORPE



                Opening up their set with Swing, Swing, the All-American
                Rejects brought tons of early-2000s nostalgia route to the
                heart of San Diego on their Wet Hot All-American Summer

                Tour, performing downtown at Gallagher Square-PETCO
                Park. Fans of all-ages came and embraced the emo-pop
                group with many dressing as if it was the era of the band’s
                beginning, giving a blast-from-the-past feeling with what
                fashion once was during the Rejects upbringing.



                As the performance went on you could feel the energy of
                the crowd rise in anticipation for certain songs with

                familiarity of the opening hooks of hits including Dirty Little
                Secret and Gives You Hell.


                The fans' unification gave a wholesome experience as the
                crowd moved in unison singing along throughout the night,

                screaming and yelling with excitement, feeding off of the
                energy of the band. The Rejects brought out the young
                teenager out of everyone in attendance and brought back a

                time period that felt like it was present even though it very
                much is from the past.
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