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Flash Mobbing and Mmmbopping for Michael Jackson

By | August 5, 2010

Broward Palm Beach Blog What’s the best way to honor Michael Jackson’s birthday? With a flash mob, of course! Here at County Grind, we’d bet the King of Pop would roll over in his grave if he knew that the dancers won’t be grabbing their crotches in a “come hither” style. There will be no… Read More »

Hanson’s Shout It Out tour comes to Asheville

By | July 30, 2010

Mountain Xpress Pop band Hanson, who rose to fame in the 1990s, are still going strong. But now the three brothers — Isaac, Taylor and Zac — are all grown up (youngest, Zac was a pre-teen when the band’s hit “MMMBop” charted; this year he and his wife had their second son) and, though still… Read More »

The 'MMMBop' guys are all grown up

By | July 30, 2010

St Louis Today While you weren’t looking, the members of Hanson grew up. The brothers, who scored a hit in 1997 with the irresistible “MMMBop,” are all in their 20s now — guitarist Isaac Hanson is 29, keyboardist Taylor is 27 and drummer Zac is 24 — and are family men, to boot. They’ve continued… Read More »

All grown up, Hanson plays Orange Peel behind new CD

By | July 30, 2010

Citizen Times ASHEVILLE – “Waiting for This,” the opening track on Hanson’s new album, came to life in Asheville before the band’s 2008 show at The Orange Peel, according to guitarist and older brother Isaac Hanson. “I clearly remember starting to feel good about the song at that venue,” he said. “We played it during… Read More »

Concert Review: Hanson

By | July 30, 2010

Richmond.com Hey, you remember Hanson? You know … three brothers (who some say looked like girls) that “MMMBopped” their way into every 14-year-old’s heart back in 1997? Yeah, them. They’re back! This time they’re older, more musically diverse, and definitely look like boys (err, men). Their new 36-date-tour “Shout It Out” is piggybacking off the… Read More »

Hanson, Rooney

By | July 30, 2010

IndyWeek.com Earworm probably wasn’t yet a valid term, but Hanson’s international smash of a single, “MMMBop,” was nonetheless the earwormiest single of the late ’90s. It was a slice of jump-rope pop so perfectly constructed for dual captivation and aggravation you’d swear Super K Productions was behind it. Hearing how “MMMBop” sounds 13 years down… Read More »

>> EX-TEENYBOPPER TRIO'S LATEST ALBUM, 'SHOUT IT OUT,' A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR ROCK FANS HANSON BROS. ALL GROWN UP Read originial ==>> Fredericksburg.com – >> EX-TEENYBOPPER TRIO'S LATEST ALBUM, 'SHOUT IT OUT,' A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR ROCK FANS HANSON BROS. ALL GROWN UP http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/072010/07292010/564377#ixzz0v5jw8T9I

By | July 29, 2010

Fredericksburg.Com BY JESSE SCOTT FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR Listening to “MMMBop” in the late ’90s, you couldn’t help but wonder where Taylor, Isaac and Zac Hanson would be today. Would the brothers shed their polished image and become male versions of Lindsay Lohan? Would they retire into obscurity out in Oklahoma? Or would they somehow… Read More »

One on One: Isaac Hanson “Shouts It Out”

By | July 28, 2010

New Raleigh The majority of New Raleigh readers likely remember the Hanson brothers as being cute little tweeners mmm bopping their way to the top of the charts well over a decade ago. And a good portion of our readers were also probably old enough to not get caught up in that whole boy band… Read More »