Police in Missouri college town let All-American Rejects play one final song before shutting down backyard gig

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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN

(CNN) — Like a plot out of an emo band music video, The All-American Rejects’ joyfully hectic house party tour made a stop in a Missouri college town over the weekend only to have their show shut down by the police, who turned out to be familiar with the music.

The band – particularly known well and loved by Millennials and likely played daily over the speakers at your grocery store of choice – have swung through cities in the midwest this month and made some unlikely stops along the way, like backyards and, in one instance, a bowling alley.

On Sunday, the band performed in the backyard of a house near the University of Missouri in Columbia. According to a video posted to the band’s official TikTok page, the show was ultimately shut down by the police, wh