The Hanson that wants to do piloted paragliding is Zac.
Which Hanson says he is not a pessemist but an idealist?
HANSON RETURN TO STAGE FOR HOP JAM 2019
Oklahoma’s largest craft beer and music festival, The Hop Jam is returning this May 19th for it’s 6th year, and announcing it’s full music lineup for the all-ages free concert on two stages, plus the initial breweries from the 100 + breweries anticipated to participate. The 2019 music lineup will be lead by festival founders HANSON, returning to the Hop Jam stage after a world tour, where they performed with orchestras in North America, Europe and Australia including a sold-out appearance with the Tulsa Symphony which will take place on May 17th. Along with HANSON will be a much anticipated reuniting of indie rock powerhouse Phantom Planet. The return of celebrated indie rockers best known for their iconic track “California” follows nearly a decade on hiatus for the band, during which members of the group have found success with various solo endeavors. The Hop Jam 2019 is the band’s first show announced to mark their reassembly.
“It’s exciting to share the stage with our friends Phantom Planet, for their much anticipated return, along with an exciting lineup of high energy rock n roll,” said HANSON member and festival co-founder, Taylor Hanson. Added Isaac Hanson “This may be our favorite music lineup yet”.
Rounding out the main stage lineup is Southern rock outfit The Weeks, Tulsa’s own Wilderado, and Joshua and The Holy Rollers helmed by fourth Hanson brother Mac Hanson. Opening the main stage will continue to be the winner of the longstanding Awesome Music Opening Band Contest, hosted in partnership with Tulsa World, with the top runners up performing on the Park Stage at Guthrie Green. Submissions open March 25th at TulsaWorld.com/AwesomeMusicContest.
The craft beer portion of The Hop Jam is set to impress and excite new and old beer fans once more with an extensive list of new breweries and returning favorites from across OK, the US and more, including American Solera, COOP, Hanson Brothers Beer, Stone Brewing, Destihl, Toppling Goliath and New Belgium, along with many more landmark brands making up the over 100 anticipated participating breweries.
Tickets are available online, with a variety of offerings from beer tasting to VIP options including early entry, access to the Hop Talks panels and a VIP lounge offering food and select craft beers. Also on offer is a Music VIP ticket for the discerning music fan, which features a private viewing platform, indoor amenities, food and select craft beers. Information on special Corporate Tents is available upon request. All ticket options are on sale now at TheHopJam.com
The festival continues to raise funds to support the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma through it’s special Hop Guitar Raffle, where the winning ticket holder receives a custom-made Hop Guitar, personally autographed by bands and brewers. Raffle tickets are also available at TheHopJam.com now. The Hop Jam also hosts the annual Brewers Table fundraising dinner (further details TBA).
Since it’s founding in 2014 The Hop Jam Festival has brought together world-class music and craft beer to the heart of downtown Tulsa Oklahoma’s Arts District, acting as a catalyst to promote the downtown revitalization and helping to enrich the Tulsa community. The event is organized in partnership with regional restauranteur the McNellies Group and Hanson Brothers Beer. Media partners, Tulsa World and iHeart Media, have helped to support the monumental success of The Hop Jam since it’s inception.
Ticket and event information available at www.TheHopJam.com
Opening Band Contest info at www.TulsaWorld.com/AwesomeMusicContest
For tickets and further information, visit TheHopJam.com
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Tuesday Trivia
‘Been There Before’ started being written during Underneath.
Which Hanson wants to do piloted paragliding?
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Live Review: Hanson + The Million – Melbourne Zoo (01.03.2019)
The AU Review
I first saw Hanson back in 1997, when I, along with thousands of other tweens and teens, packed the car park of Westfield Southland during the Tulsa trio’s first promotional tour of Australia. Since then I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen them play, never missing an Australian show, so I’ve seen them enough times to know what kind of show they’re capable of putting on.
But first let me explain —
Hanson is an American pop rock band, formed by brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac. They’re best known for their 1997 hit song “MMMBop” off their Grammy-nominated album Middle of Nowhere. They’ve since released eight studio albums under their label, 3CG Records and have toured regularly for their loyal fan base worldwide.
But Wednesday’s show at the Palais Theatre felt flat. There was little talk or interaction, and no encore (even one song done acapella would have serviced). And although ticket prices were significantly higher than previous tours, it was the shortest show, at less than two hours with an interval or no opening act.
I understand the high costs of adding production value and needing to pay a large number of musicians – and don’t get me wrong, there were moments of pure genius – but few songs were enriched by the inclusion of the orchestra. Songs like “Tragic Symphony”, the heavily-percussion driven “Siren Call”, and the rarely performed “Yearbook” were transformed to extraordinary heights, but a lot of the time, the orchestra provided unnecessary noise.
At the beginning of the show, they spoke briefly about recently celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band and wanting to cross ‘performing with an orchestra’ off their bucket lists. I do commend them for trying something different, but where Hanson concerts are usually full of high energy; the audience here seemed bored, sitting idly in their seats for the next unknown song on the set list. The most amount of energy came from a rousing game of musical chairs, as the brothers took turns moving from drums to keys to guitars.
I noticed vocal improvements from Isaac and Zac, who took the reins for most of the second act. The set list was their 2018 release of the same name played from beginning to end. The album tells a lyrical story of aspiration, despair, fortitude and ultimate return to optimism. It’s beautifully biographical and emotionally poetic.
The second half slumped and I remember checking my watch to see if this already short show was almost over. I’m never against playing new songs, but I do believe there should be a balance – especially when the majority of your audience is unlikely to have listened past 1997’s Middle of Nowhere. I’m not trying to be facetious – but that’s truth for many of us. But even fan-favourites like “Where’s The Love” and “MMMBop” failed to capture the magic they normally do on the night.
Judging by the grumbles coming from the crowd on the way out of the theatre, clearly I wasn’t the only one perplexed by the String Theory show. Although a cool premise, to put it simply: I thought, “they’re better than this!”
So imagine my surprise when I arrived to discover that Hanson would perform sans-orchestra at Melbourne Zoo last night – and not surprisingly, they were incredible!
Die hard fans rushed to the gates at 5.30pm to secure their spot at the front of the stage. Families sat down their picnic blankets and eskies on the lush grass further back from the stage, while young singles hit the food trucks for an array of delicious food and alcoholic beverage choices.
As soon as Hanson hit the stage in this unique viewing space, the audience took to their feet. From the slow-to-fast clapping in “Crazy Beautiful”, singing the ‘na na nas’ in “Been There Before”, and teasing the audience during the lyrics: “do you love me?” in “In the City” – the fans revelled in every minute of it! There was enough audience participation and interaction to make fans of the biggest of haters.
This was Hanson at their best. Performing under a starless sky, with the added glow from zoo glow-in-the-dark wristbands, Hanson gave the audience what they wanted – the hits and other bits – something off every album. Choosing only fast tempo songs, the show was energetic from start to finish, but had a natural build-up of energy. They wanted a party; and the audience responded. With only an extra guitarist/keyboardist and bassist on stage, the show peaked during “In the City”, and continued into the encore.
Opening the show were Sydney-based band, The Million. Performing songs off their five-song EP, along with a cover of Maroon 5’s “This Love”, the young trio battled the rain and heat, as well as the problem of audiences generally having zero interest in an opening act, to do a decent job at warming the crowd. Though some of their lyrics were questionable (usually phrases or words chosen to rhyme over sense or reason), The Million were charismatic, funny and had good energy, and the crowd responded favourably to them.
The two shows were of vast difference, day and night, chalk and cheese. But last night, that’s how you put on a show – and what keeps me coming back every single time!
Set List:
- Shout It Out
- Where’s The Love
- A Minute Without You
- Waiting For This
- Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’
- Been There Before
- Madeline
- Strong Enough To Break
- Penny and Me
- Juliet
- This Time Around
- I’ve Got Soul
- Crazy Beautiful
- MMMbop
- Get The Girl Back
- Hey
- Fired Up
- In The City
- Lost Without You
- If Only
Our ’90s Crushes Hanson Joined Julia And Chris On ‘Sunday Night Takeaway’
Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson hit up ‘Sunday Night Takeaway’ as our special celebrity announcers!
Over 20 years have passed since Hanson first took the world by storm, and now this trio of brothers are facing their toughest challenge yet — reining in Julia Morris.
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Appearing on Sunday Night Takeaway ahead of their Sydney shows at the Opera House next week, Isaac, Taylor and Zac joined the crew as this week’s celebrity announcers, where they kicked off the night by introducing the show.
Fans (or Fansons, rather) went wild over the US rockers as they welcomed our hosts and introduced segments throughout the show, with Dr. Chris joking that he only just took down his Hanson posters (we reckon they’re still up, tbh).
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Or don’t, we can’t really control what you do hey… #TakeawayAU
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Following the hilarious ‘That’s Mine’ segment in which audience member Debbie had to pick out personal items — including a jacket, a hot water bottle and an apple wreath (???) that ~mysteriously~ appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, The Living Room and even The Bold And The Beautiful, the Hanson boys later appeared wearing each of Debbie’s items, including the apple wreath worn by Taylor as an avant-garde necklace. Fashion!
“Stop, that’s mine” and Debbie are our two new favourite things in the world
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Hanson will be performing shows for their ‘String Theory’ tour on Monday the 4th and Tuesday the 5th of March at Sydney Opera House.
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Hanson – String Theory – Sydney Opera House – March 4, 2019
‘It takes a lot of work watching our wives raise our children’: Hanson brothers joke about fathering 13 children between them as Taylor, 35, hints he’s considering a seventh child
The 90s teenage crooners of American pop rock band Hanson are now fathers to 13 children between them.
And on Tuesday, Taylor Hanson, now 35, joked about how the siblings raise their youngsters and hinted he could welcome a seventh baby in the near future.
Speaking to Today Extra, Taylor praised their three spouses in a playful manner: ‘It takes a lot of work watching our wives raise our children… we cannot take credit for the raising of those kids.’
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‘It takes a lot of work watching our wives raise our children’: Hanson brothers joke about fathering 13 children between them as Taylor, 35, hints he’s considering a seventh child (Pictured L to R: Zac, 33, Taylor, 35, and Isaac, 38)
Taylor, Zac, 33, and Isaac, 38, are originally from a large family of six children – four boys and two girls.
Taylor recently welcomed his sixth child – Claude Indiana Emmanuel Hanson – with wife Natalie in December.
The proud parents’ eldest child is 15-year-old Jordan Ezra. They also have Penelope Anne, 13; River Samuel, 12; Viggo Moriah, 9; and Wilhelmina Jane, 5.
Building their brood! Taylor recently welcomed his sixth child – Claude Indiana Emmanuel Hanson – with wife Natalie in December (Pictured with their other five children)
‘We cannot take credit for the raising of those kids’: Like Taylor, his brothers, Zac and Isaac also have big families. Isaac and his wife Nicole have three children, while Zac and wife Kathryn have four (Pictured on Today Extra)
On the program, he was asked whether he would be open to having more children.
‘You know what, this is not something we discuss on national television. This is something, believe it or not, that is between two people,’ he joked in response.
Like Taylor, his brothers, Zac and Isaac also have big families.
Isaac and his wife Nicole have three children, while Zac and wife Kathryn have four.
Hanson appears on Chris & Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway
Since Hanson’s debut album reached No.1 in 27 countries around the world in 1997, they have gone on to record a further seven studio albums.
This whole tour, although it is a 22 song album, String Theory Tour, it’s one big story, the lyrics all tie together.
Hanson are currently in Australia for their String Theory Tour, with concerts left in Sydney, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Brisbane this week.
Tickets are still on sale on Hanson.net
Blast from the past! Hanson are currently in Australia for their String Theory Tour, with concerts left in Sydney, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Brisbane this week (Pictured 2001)
Boy band Hanson respond to claims viral song ‘Baby Shark’ is a direct rip-off of ‘MMMBop’
If you haven’t been living under a rock since 2016, then chances are you’ve heard the song ‘Baby Shark’. It’s hard to miss — the annoyingly catchy nursery rhyme-like dance video has had more than 2.4 billion views on YouTube since it was released three years ago.
Some have said that the song is just as infectious as ‘MMMBop’, the pop anthem from ’90s boy band Hanson. So catchy are both tunes that it’s been widely speculated that ‘Baby Shark’ is a direct rip-off of the 1997 hit.
So what do brothers Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson think about this?
After trying to be diplomatic about it by saying the similarities are down to the “chords moving in the same structure,” the band then buckled and said they too could hear the likeness.
“Screw this guys, we’re suing them right now!” the boys joked during their interview with hit105’s Stav, Abby and Matt. “Not only is it the same core pattern, but they’re talking about the same thing.
“If you listen to the lyrics in ‘MMMBop’ it says, ‘You have so many sharks in your life, only one or two will last,'” they said. “There’s his Mama shark and Daddy shark and Baby shark and Grandpa shark. And in ‘MMMBop’ you’re hungry again and you eat a surfer. Same topic, oh my god.”
But it seems Hanson were more than happy to let this slide because this week they were busy performing their String Theory Project shows at the Sydney Opera House. Accompanied by an orchestra, the band reinterpreted their hits into orchestral pieces.
“Musicians who really love music want to do a symphony show,” Isaac told The Daily Telegraph prior to their first concert on Monday. “There are a lot of safer choices than the ones we’ve made — we love great pop music, yet we’ve made a lot of anti-pop decisions about our career.”
Well, now that they’ve gone classical, the pop floor is all yours, Baby Shark. As you were…
