MTV Newsroom By Jenna Shulman It seems like just yesterday I was sporting my “I Love Taylor Hanson” T-shirt and singing along to “MMMBop” in the back seat of my mom’s mini-van. The Hanson brothers were all my nine-year-old friends and I could talk about in the late ’90s. As a young fan, I can… Read More »
emusic.com Shout It Out by Hanson Yes, the Hanson brothers are still making music. And yes, the chipmunk voices are gone — after all, the guys are well into their 20s and all married with kids. After late-’90s Hanson mania died down, they continued to put out music, ended a years-long struggle with Island/Def Jam,… Read More »
Because there is so much coverage on this topic, and most of the articles seem to have the same info, I’m going to make another link post. Free NYC concert canceled after crowd gets unruly Police Stops Free Concert Drake’s Free NYC Concert Cancelled After Near-Riot Chaos Reigns at Riot Over Canceled Drake-Hanson Concert (VIDEO)
Here are a few writeups on the Sounds Like Paper event which was canceled tonight in NYC by the NYPD “Near Riot”: NYPD Shuts Down Drakes Seaport Concert Near Riot Breaks out at Hanson/Drake concert at the Seaport Drake NY Show Shut Down
AbsolutePunk For years Hanson has been stuck with the stigma that they are a bunch of teen boys singing “MMMBop” and that’s it. In reality the guys have grown up and left their top 40 hit in the dust. They have only gotten better at their craft and have tightened their abilities to as good… Read More »
DecaturDaily Unless you’re a fan of the show it’s based on, not a lot of familiar faces appear in “In the Loop.” There’s Sid’s dad from “Skins” and Tony Soprano, and you might recognize Lord Beckett from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, but the cast is largely made up of British actors you’d have… Read More »
Ask Billboard Hey Gary! Hanson has received a bit of mainstream attention for their latest single “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’,” whose video features an appearance by “Weird Al” Yankovic, but it hasn’t yet translated into substantial radio airplay. I also find it odd how huge the act was in its heyday and what relatively little attention… Read More »
Popeater When ‘MMMBop’ hit the airwaves in April 1997, everyone got their first introduction to a young trio of brothers with long blond hair and high-pitched voices called Hanson. While many pop acts disappear as quickly as they rise, these bright-eyed boys from Tulsa, Okla., have continued to produce a number of albums, start their… Read More »
Reality Rocks Siobhan Magnus was arguably the most compelling contestant on “American Idol” Season 9, so it was only a matter of time before she came to the attention of her own personal idols, Hanson–and not just because she’d spoken glowingly about them in almost every one of her interviews (Hanson were her dream “Idol”… Read More »
Idolator Taylor Hanson ditched the Blues Brothers shades while performing on Lopez Tonight last night, but the band of brothers didn’t skimp on any of their energy. How come no one is nominating the incredibly catchy “Thinking ‘Bout Something’” as the potential song of the summer? Every time we hear this tune—which is a lot… Read More »