Back in the States.
After a long stint in Europe, Zach Bryan has returned home to Tulsa, Oklahoma. But while Zach Bryan was singing about missing dive bars in his new single, “Streets Of London,”
“The boys are breakin’ bottles out here on the streets of London
The women here, they look like movie stars
Things I’d do to be back in Oklahoma
Kickin’ around at a hometown bar…”
It seems that a dive bar wasn’t the first documented place he went after returning to U.S. soil. He headed to The All-American Rejects show.
Zach posted a video to his Instagram story singing along with the band’s hit “Gives You Hell.” And given all of the drama that’s erupted between himself and his ex-girlfriend Brianna Chickenfry this week, naturally fans were wondering whether the video was a message to his ex who said yesterday that she was still “living rent free” in his head.
@zachbryanarchive Zach Bryan at the All-American Rejects show 👊🏽 #ZachBryan
Yeah, that one sounded personal. Let’s take a look at some of the comments – aside from the many comments tagging his ex-girlfriend:
“Oooo you know it does!! lol love it!”
“that had to be therapeutic after the morning he had lmao”
“Eat your heart out chicken fried or whatever her name was”
The Stillwater, Oklahoma-founded pop punk band, The All-American Rejects, has been gaining quite a bit of attention with their latest House Party Tour. The group travels to different cities and performs surprise pop-up shows at random houses. The tour has been amazing, yet chaotic at the same time. Of course, a band as big as AAR playing in somebody’s backyard is bound to cause some problems.
In Columbia, Missouri, the show got shut down by police after a few songs, but luckily, the officers let them play one more song before they had to pack it up
@lindsayyyrose Security called the lieutenant and he’s ended up being a fan so we got to hear Gives You Hell! Thank you @All-American Rejects for everything! #givesyouhell #theallamericanrejects #columbiamo ♬ original sound – lindsayyyrose
In Nashville, the show had to be canceled after the address of the venue was leaked, and 16,000 (yes, you’re reading that number right) people had RSVP’d to the concert. The band announced they were trying to come up with a backup plan to find another venue that would accommodate more folks and keep everyone safe. However, when they were unable to do so, they ended up playing in the backyard anyway. It seemed that many of the people lined up never made it inside for the show. There were even reports that people were on the street renting ladders so that folks could look over the fence into the yard.
@maddyynk This is starting to get crazy back here đź’€ #nashville ♬ original sound – Maddy Kellogg
While these shows were fun yet an unorganized mess, it appears the group has had better luck as the tour has progressed, scouting houses that can accommodate a larger number than the average backyard.
Bringing us to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The group sent out texts with tickets to the undisclosed location, which appeared to be an abandoned warehouse of sorts. The venue was packed to the brim, with one attendee being Zach Bryan. ZB was hanging in the crowd like your average Joe, and it appeared that most people didn’t give him the time of day or recognize who he was at first glance. Not too much of an AAR and ZB fan base, eh?
In one video, an attendee took off filming Zach Bryan, who was asking those around him where a girl had gone. According to the comments section, he had just helped a woman crowd surf and was concerned that she had been dropped, so he was trying to locate her to ensure she was safe. After being pointed in the direction she was last seen, he begins making his way to her, hilariously saying:
“So sweaty, so gross, so sweaty, so gross.”
As he pushed through the mass of people.
You love seeing famous faces out and about, being treated like regular folks. While I’m sure ZB got stopped once or twice throughout the night, for the most part, folks online shared they were all living in the moment fully and enjoying AAR too much even to notice the “Oklahoma Smokeshow” singer standing in their vicinity.
And shout out to ZB for expressing concern for the crowd-surfing fan.
@sblake12 Zach Bryan made an appearance at @The All-American Rejects ♬ original sound – Sara Blakley
@sblake12 @The All-American Rejects back on #TulsaTime ♬ original sound – Sara Blakley
@alittlemadattimes The All Marricna Rejects show in Tulsa #AAR #theallamericanrejects #tulsa ♬ original sound – madison
And ZB seemed to be living his best life, too. It appears that the Brianna Chickenfry drama is not causing him too much stress.
