The Jonas Brothers dropped in on fans in State College on Friday night with a little help from Penn State football head coach James Franklin.
The three brothers, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas, who exploded on the scene in 2005 on the Disney Channel, recently released two new songs and a video and a new album is on the way after a long hiatus.
The trio announced their surprise show on social media and fan packed Champs Downtown, a bar near campus. The brothers debuted their new single “Cool” and bought drinks for everyone at the bar, according to the Daily Collegian.
Coach Franklin introduced the brothers and presented them with Penn State football jerseys, which the brothers quickly put on. Franklin welcomed the brothers as part of the Penn State family and announced “we gotta convince these guys to be on the sidelines for White Out” to the cheers of the fans in the bar. He then lead the school chant with “We are” and the fans responded loudly “Penn State.”
Pretty ? Friday night in Happy Valley, If you ask us. ?@jonasbrothers x @coachjfranklin #WeAre pic.twitter.com/Qirc9Wk78g
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 6, 2019
The Jonas Brother played old and new songs and shared photos and video on Twitter showing them with their new jerseys and thanking the community:
WE ARE PENN STATE ? Thanks for letting us stop by and play a few songs tonight @ChampsPennState! pic.twitter.com/i8Mn1Fizlj
— Jonas Brothers (@jonasbrothers) April 6, 2019
Safe to say last night was ?. Vote @champspennstate! #BarstoolBestBar pic.twitter.com/Pjd2lM1csb
— Jonas Brothers (@jonasbrothers) April 6, 2019
According to the Collegian, the band made the surprise performance at Champs, after the bar won Barstool Sports’ best college bar Twitter contest. Joe asked his followers to vote for Champs. Joe hinted that he had “something special up my sleeve” if the bar won. Apparently he spent his 21st birthday at the band and is a huge fan.
But Sophie Turner, the actress who stars in “Game of Thrones” and who’s engaged to Joe, almost stole the show. She posted a video to Instagram of the crowd chanting “Lady Stark.”
Coach Franklin also shared a photo of him with the brothers after the show.
The guys rocked Happy Valley tonight! See you at the White Out!#WeAre pic.twitter.com/kvID2x8Bo5
— James Franklin (@coachjfranklin) April 6, 2019
More photos were shared on the brothers individual accounts. Nick shared this one:
Tonight was very fun. Penn State thank you. ? pic.twitter.com/lC9ZJOBQl4
— Nick Jonas (@nickjonas) April 6, 2019
Another photo from brother Kevin:
WE ARE PENN STATE ? pic.twitter.com/F3Qy6ytSxb
— kevin jonas (@kevinjonas) April 6, 2019
The trio followed up the Penn State gig with a show at the NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
