HANSON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, TO BE RELEASED JUNE 18
WORLD TOUR, ALBUM PRESALE, SINGLE RELEASE ON APRIL 9
ITUNES PRESALE FOR NEW SINGLE ‘GET THE GIRL BACK’ STARTS APRIL 1st
VIDEO TO DEBUT ON VH1 ON APRIL 6TH
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 9TH
April 1, 2013 – NEW YORK – Pop-Rock trio HANSON are excited to announce the release of their new album and world tour. Titled ANTHEM, the new record will be released on June 18th. The North & South American leg of the ANTHEM WORLD TOUR begins July 18th in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and ends November 20th in Charlotte, NC. Tour dates are below.
On April 9th the band will release their debut single, “Get the Girl Back”, along with the presale of the highly anticipated album, and the onsale of the North and South American leg of their World Tour including deluxe album and ticket bundles. Pre-orders for the single and music video are available on iTunes starting today. The rest of the band’s international tour schedule and album release dates are set to be announced in May.
The infectious new single “Get the Girl Back”, which features the band’s signature soulful pop-rock sound, will be introduced to fans through the buzzworthy music video featuring Kat Dennings (Two Broke Girls) and Nikki Reed (Twilight/Thirteen). The video is set to premiere online on VH1.com on April 4th, and on-air on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown on April 6th. HANSON will perform on the tonight show with Jay Leno on April 9th.
The video is a narrative tale which features the band performing in a packed club backed by an old-school brass section that accentuates the retro aesthetic of the song. ANTHEM was produced and written by the band and was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge. It features more guitar-driven sound, pulling from a series of harder hitting rock and R&B influences from James Brown to early Michael Jackson, and AC/DC.
2013 marks the 21st anniversary of HANSON. They have been nominated for multiple Grammys, released five studio albums, spawning a string of hit singles, including their 1997 #1 smash MMMBop and have sold over 16 million albums worldwide.