All-American Rejects, Something Corporate will headline Clearwater’s 97X Next Big Thing this winter

With two hurricanes in a row in the last month, Tampa Bay has been left wondering if 97X’s annual Next Big Thing would even happen this year. This morning, Tampa Bay’s darling alt-rock radio station announced the long-awaited lineup.

The one-day festival (a return to its original form, trotted back out at last year’s iteration) will see the All-American Rejects serve as headliner, along with Andrew McMahon’s newly reformed rock outfit Something Corporate, and Dayglow, an up-and-coming indie-pop project with singer-songwriter Sloan Struble at the helm. And as per usual, the winner of an annual, locals-only Battle Of The Bands at Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock and Casino will kick the day off.

Tickets to see the 23rd annual 97X Next Big Thing at Clearwater’s The BayCare Sound on Saturday, Dec. 7 are now on sale, and start at $37.50.

The last time Tyson Ritter and friends swung into town was an August 2023 stop at the ol’ Gary amphitheater for a shitshow of an opening night to the band’s Wet Hot All-American Summer tour, which also featured New Found Glory and The Get Up Kids. Luckily, knowing how well-organized and planned out Next Big Thing is year after year, there’s really next to no chance that the Rejects’ return will be any sort of cringefest.

See the full 97X Next Big Thing 2024 lineup below.

All American Rejects
Something Corporate
Dayglow
Judah & The Lion
Gigi Perez
Jonah Kagen

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This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2024.