The All-American Rejects Share Classic ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Live Footage
The 2005 performance, excerpted from their ‘Live At The Wiltern’ video album, arrives online ahead of the ‘Move Along’ anniversary reissue.
“Dirty Little Secret” is always a highlight of All-American Rejects shows, but seeing the band perform the song in 2005, while it was breaking out and becoming one of their signature hits, was a special occurrence. The Rejects are offering fans a chance to tap into that magic with an archival performance from Live At The Wiltern, freshly uploaded to YouTube today as the band ramps up to their anniversary reissue of Move Along.
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The four-song Live At The Wiltern video album captured the Rejects’ performance at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on December 2, 2005. Jason B. Bergh directed the footage, which was originally released through American Eagle Outfitters in April 2006. Two previous songs from the collection, “Move Along” and “It Ends Tonight,” previously made their way to YouTube. They’re now joined by “Dirty Little Secret,” which at the time of the Wiltern show was weeks away from becoming the All-American Rejects’ first top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Dirty Little Secret” was the lead single from Move Along, the release that cemented the Rejects’ place among the most popular musical acts in the world. The band has been celebrating the album’s 21st anniversary in the months leading up to the deluxe reissue’s Sept. 4 release date. In addition to the original 12-song tracklist, the new deluxe edition includes the B-sides “Kiss Yourself Goodbye,” “Bite Back,” and “Eyelash Wishes.” It’s available in a variety of formats including limited edition glitter vinyl.
While revisiting the past via the Move Along festivities, the All-American Rejects have been pushing forward into the future with a fun, unpredictable guerilla tour supporting Sandbox, their first new album in 14 years. The tour took the band to unexpected venues including a USC house party, a Minneapolis bowling alley, a Missouri college graduation party, the International Church of Cannabis in Denver, and a Savannah Bananas game at Boston’s Fenway Park.
“The first thing we wanted was: I just wanna get eye level with an audience and connect,” the band’s Tyson Ritter told Rolling Stone of the guerilla tour. “My favorite shows were like 150-, 200-seaters. ‘Cause you could look at everybody and see if you were getting everybody off. It was this beautiful umbilical between you and the audience.”
Listen to the 21st anniversary deluxe edition of Move Along here.
