Filipino Fans celebrate Hanson Day! Celebrating 20 years of Hanson love! A huge thank you to everyone who made this video possible! Until next time! PS. Shout out to Taycel, I forgot to add her on the closing credits! ~laarni
The Real Reason Why You Never Hear From Hanson Anymore
Throwback Thursday: Kim’s Anthem Tour Photos
Some of Kim’s photos from the ANTHEM tour stop in Sherwood Park, Alberta on October 7, 2013.
Rewinding the Charts: In 1997, Hanson Bopped to the Top
C. Taylor Crothers
From left: Taylor, Zac and Isaac Hanson backstage in Chicago in 1998
The sibling trio’s debut single, “MMMBop,” became a No. 1 smash on the Billboard Hot 100.
FANS OF HANSON WHO REMEMBER the sibling trio’s debut single, “MMMBop,” as one irresistibly bouncy song may be surprised to hear that Zac Hanson, the youngest of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, brothers, calls it “pretty somber.”
A nod to the impermanence of most relationships — “In an mmmbop they’re gone,” Taylor Hanson sings — “MMMBop” originally was recorded as a ballad for the band’s 1996 indie album of the same name. But when Hanson, which formed in 1992, entered the studio to record Middle of Nowhere, its major-label debut for Mercury/PolyGram, producers the Dust Brothers (Beck’s Odelay) suggested redoing the song at a speedier tempo.
The result was a pop-music rocket fueled by the song’s hook and the boys’ teen-dream wholesomeness: Isaac was 16; Taylor, 14; and Zac, 11. The track topped theBillboard Hot 100 for three weeks beginning May 24, 1997.
Middle of Nowhere reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 4 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. But in 2003, after releasing two more top 10 albums, the brothers found themselves “on a rap label with nobody we had originally worked with,” says Zac, after Mercury was subsumed in two mergers. “It wasn’t that they didn’t care; it was that they weren’t even qualified,” he adds. “[We’d ask], ‘What do you think?’ [and they’d say], ‘Hold on, let me ask somebody … what I should think.’ ”
Hanson has since returned to releasing music independently. New single “I Was Born” drops May 26, before the band begins its Middle of Nowhere 25th Anniversary Tour on June 1. On May 21, Hanson staged the Hop Jam in Tulsa and added yet another honor: induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. Said Jim Blair, the Hall’s executive director, “They were all over the media back then, all over the world. We are pretty proud of them.”
News Roundup: Latin America Tour
Hanson has announced their Latin American leg of the Middle of Everywhere World Tour and various news outlets have been posting about it. Here are some of the articles mentioning it:
Hanson anuncia três shows no Brasil em agosto com ingressos entre R$ 125 e R$ 450
Mmmbop: veinte años de un ícono
Weas muy raras: Hanson vuelve a Chile y al Club Subterráneo
Hanson celebrará en Chile sus 25 años de carrera
Hanson vuelve a Chile para celebrar 25 años de carrera
Show dos Hanson em BH já tem data e valor dos ingressos; confira
Lembra deles? Irmãos da banda Hanson vêm ao Brasil
Hanson, banda conocida por el tema “MMMBop”, llegará a Lima
HANSON ANNOUNCES LATIN AMERICA LEG OF MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE 25th ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR
May 24th 2017 – In celebration of the band’s 25th Anniversary, multi-Grammy nominated pop-rock trio HANSON officially announced their extensive Middle Of Everywhere 25th Anniversary World Tour earlier this spring with concerts quickly selling out in Europe, North America and Australia. Today the group is announcing a new leg of the tour, which will take them across Latin America starting in mid August, including concerts in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The band kicked off the world tour headlining their own rapidly growing The Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival on May 21st in Tulsa, OK.
Coinciding with their benchmark 25th year together, over which the group has released 6 studio albums and sold over 16 million albums, later this year HANSON will also be releasing Middle Of Everywhere – The Greatest Hits, a comprehensive collection which includes hit singles “Mmmbop”, “Where’s The Love”, “Weird”, “This Time Around”, “If Only”, “Save Me” “Penny And Me”, “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’”, “Get The Girl Back”, plus their brand new single “I Was Born”.
“Making music together for 25 years is a milestone that we had to acknowledge, and what better way to do it than with an anniversary tour and greatest hits album,” said keyboardist Taylor Hanson. Added guitarist Isaac Hanson, “The response the tour so far has blown us away, and we are really looking forward to bringing the tour to fans Latin America to celebrate this important benchmark”.
Besides HANSON’s 25th anniversary, 2017 is also the 20th anniversary of their debut release Middle Of Nowhere, lead by the iconic single “Mmmbop”, which introduced the group to the world. The tour will feature performances of the group’s most widely known material alongside fan favorites encompassing their extensive catalog since their iconic debut.
Founded in 1992, the trio of brothers began performing classic rock ‘n roll and soul music, and writing original material, crafting a unique blend of harmonies and organic soulful pop-rock. The group took the world by storm with their debut major release in 1997, ushering in a string of top 40 singles and establishing them as one of the world’s leading artists
In 2003, the group founded their own independent 3CG Records, starting a new era for the band with their #1 independent album Underneath, featuring hit single “Penny And Me”, positioning them among the most successful independent bands to date. Since then, HANSON has released 3 studio albums under their label, toured the world cultivating a vibrant global fanbase engaged by their dynamic live performances, and released an ongoing stream of special products direct to their devout fan community.
In 2013, the group diversified its brand with the founding of their Hanson Brothers Beer Company, and in 2014 added The Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival based in their hometown of Tulsa, OK, which brings together artists and brewers from all over the world, culminating in one of the country’s leading Craft Beer and Music Festivals with 40,000 in attendance, occurring this year on May 21st in Tulsa. The Middle Of Everywhere Tour showcases more than two decades of music in a celebratory world tour, alongside new music that will be followed by a further release in 2018.
To find out more information on HANSON’s tour and music release go to www.hanson.net.
For further information on The Hop Jam Festival, go to www.TheHopJam.com.
For more information on Hanson Brothers Beer, go to www.hansonbrothersbeer.com.
Latin America Dates:
| Tue 15 Aug 17 | Guadalajara MEXICO | C3 Stage |
| Wed 16 Aug 17 | Mexico City MEXICO | Plaza Condesa |
| Fri 18 Aug 17 | Lima PERU | Barranco Arena |
| Sat 19 Aug 17 | Santiago CHILE | Club Subterraneo |
| Tues 22 Aug 17 | Buenos Aires ARGENTINA | Opera Allianz |
| Thu 24 Aug 17 | Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL | Km de Vantagem Hall Rio |
| Fri 25 Aug 17 | Belo Horizonte BRAZIL | Km de Vantagem Hall Belo |
| Sat 26 Aug 17 | Sao Paulo BRAZIL | Citibank Hall |
Full Tour Schedule:
| Thu 1 Jun 17 | Cologne GERMANY | Gloria |
| Fri 2 Jun 17 | Amsterdam NETHERLANDS | Paradiso SOLD OUT |
| Sat 3 Jun 17 | Hamburg GERMANY | Mojo |
| Mon 5 Jun 17 | Paris FRANCE | La Cigale |
| Tue 6 Jun 17 | Zurich SWITZERLAND | Komplex |
| Wed 7 Jun 17 | Milan ITALY | Fabrique |
| Fri 9 Jun 17 | Antwerp BELGIUM | Trix SOLD OUT |
| Sat 10 Jun 17 | London ENGLAND | O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire SOLD OUT |
| Sun 11 Jun 17 | London ENGLAND | O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire |
| Thu 15 Jun 17 | Perth AUSTRALIA | Metro City |
| Fri 16 Jun 17 | Adelaide AUSTRALIA | Thebarton Theatre |
| Sun 18 Jun 17 | Melbourne AUSTRALIA | Forum SOLD OUT |
| Mon 18 Jun 17 | Melbourne AUSTRALIA | Forum SOLD OUT |
| Wed 21 Jun 17 | Sydney AUSTRALIA | Enmore SOLD OUT |
| Thu 22 Jun 17 | Sydney AUSTRALIA | Enmore |
| Sat 24 Jun 17 | Gold Coast AUSTRALIA | Star Casino |
| Sun 25 Jun 17 | Brisbane AUSTRALIA | Tivoli SOLD OUT |
| Tue 27 Jun 17 | Auckland NEW ZEALAND | Town Hall |
| Tue 15 Aug 17 | Guadalajara MEXICO | C3 Stage |
| Wed 16 Aug 17 | Mexico City MEXICO | Plaza Condesa |
| Fri 18 Aug 17 | Lima PERU | Barranco Arena |
| Sat 19 Aug 17 | Santiago CHILE | Club Subterraneo |
| Tues 22 Aug 17 | Buenos Aires ARGENTINA | Opera Allianz |
| Thu 24 Aug 17 | Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL | Km de Vantagem Hall Rio |
| Fri 25 Aug 17 | Belo Horizonte BRAZIL | Km de Vantagem Hall Belo |
| Sat 26 Aug 17 | Sao Paulo BRAZIL | Citibank Hall |
| Tue 12 Sep 17 | Dallas TX | House Of Blues SOLD OUT |
| Wed 13 Sep 17 | Austin TX | Emos East |
| Fri 15 Sep 17 | New Orleans LA | Joy Theater |
| Sat 16 Sep 17 | Nashville TN | Wildhorse Saloon SOLD OUT |
| Sun 17 Sep 17 | Birmingham AL | Iron City SOLD OUT |
| Tue 19 Sep 17 | St Petersburg FL | Jannus Live |
| Wed 20 Sep 17 | Atlanta GA | Buckhead Theatre SOLD OUT |
| Fri 22 Sep 17 | Raleigh NC | The Ritz |
| Sat 23 Sep 17 | Norfolk VA | Norva |
| Sun 24 Sep 17 | Silver Spring MD | The Fillmore SOLD OUT |
| Tue 26 Sep 17 | Cleveland OH | House Of Blues SOLD OUT |
| Wed 27 Sep 17 | Pittsburgh PA | Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead SOLD OUT |
| Thu 28 Sep 17 | Philadelphia PA | The Fillmore SOLD OUT |
| Sat 30 Sep 17 | New York NY | Playstation Theater SOLD OUT |
| Sun 1 Oct 17 | Boston MA | House Of Blues SOLD OUT |
| Tue 3 Oct 17 | Montreal QC CANADA | Corona |
| Wed 4 Oct 17 | Toronto ON CANADA | Danforth Music Hall SOLD OUT |
| Fri 6 Oct 17 | Detroit MI | St Andrews SOLD OUT |
| Sat 7 Oct 17 | Chicago IL | House Of Blues SOLD OUT |
| Sun 8 Oct 17 | Grand Rapids MI | 20 Monroe Live |
| Tue 10 Oct 17 | Minneapolis MN | First Avenue SOLD OUT |
| Wed 11 Oct 17 | St Louis MO | The Pageant |
| Thu 12 Oct 17 | Lawrence KS | Granada Theater |
| Sat 14 Oct 17 | Denver CO | Summit Music Hall SOLD OUT |
| Sun 15 Oct 17 | Salt Lake City UT | Depot |
| Tue 17 Oct 17 | Seattle WA | The Neptune SOLD OUT |
| Wed 18 Oct 17 | Vancouver BC CANADA | Vogue Theatre |
| Thu 19 Oct 17 | Portland OR | Aladdin Theater SOLD OUT |
| Sat 21 Oct 17 | Anaheim CA | House Of Blues SOLD OUT |
| Sun 22 Oct 17 | Los Angeles CA | The Mayan SOLD OUT |
| Tue 24 Oct 17 | San Diego CA | House Of Blues |
| Wed 25 Oct 17 | Las Vegas NV | House Of Blues |
| Fri 27 Oct 17 | Houston TX | House Of Blues |
– See more at: https://hanson.net/news/hanson-announces-latin-america-leg-of-middle-of-everywhere-25th-anniversary-world-tour#sthash.o5MnlJm2.dpuf
Interview with Hanson idol
Shepparton News
A Tatura resident’s dream came true on Thursday when she interviewed one third of ’90s boy band Hanson.
HIT 96.9 selected Grace Angel as the Goulburn Valley’s biggest Hanson fan and gave her the chance to ask Isaac Hanson three questions.
‘‘The obsession began when I was about eight years old, I was living in Kilmore and Dad bought me a massive Hanson poster for my bedroom wall,’’ she said.
Since then Ms Angel, 29, has accumulated three band shirts, a sterling silver ring engraved with the word Hanson and a Hanson necklace.
‘‘I’ve owned one shirt since I was 10 years old and I wear it to their concerts,’’ she said.
‘‘There’s a group of four of us, we’ve been to four of their concerts since 2000.’’
Ms Angel was lucky enough to meet Hanson in 2015 at a meet-and-greet after a concert.
‘‘I didn’t cry when I met them but I did cry when I first saw them live when I was about 18, I literally bawled my eyes out,’’ she said.
Ms Angel asked Isaac about any weird stalker stories, whether the band had had any serious fights and what he would be doing if he was not a member of Hanson.
‘‘I feel that when you’re a child you have all these dreams and you think, ‘that’ll be awesome one day’ — but then you think that’s never going to happen, no way,’’ she said.
‘‘Then you get to your adult phase of your life and the next minute you’re on the phone to Isaac Hanson.
‘‘So there you go, dreams do come true.’’
Ms Angel has tickets to Hanson’s next concert on June 18 and said the countdown was on.
Tuesday Trivia
The toy Mark Hudson said Zac was playing with was Power Rangers.
What toy was Zac actually playing with during the recording of Middle of Nowhere that was brought up during the Inside the Album panel?
Hanson accepts Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame honor at The Hop Jam
The Hop Jam drew thousands of music and beer lovers to downtown Tulsa’s Brady Arts District.
What better time to honor the festival’s founders?
The Hop Jam was created by Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson, who, of course, perform together as Hanson.
Hanson was the headlining act Sunday at The Hop Jam. After Hanson took the stage amid screams, the group was joined by Jim Blair, executive director of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is headquartered in Muskogee. Induction ceremonies for the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame usually take place in Muskogee. But this was a special occasion, and Blair visited The Hop Jam to announce this news: “We’re honored to present Taylor, Isaac and Zac with induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.”
“Thank you so much for this honor,” Taylor Hanson said, adding that it’s great to join an “incredible” group of inductees who were honored in years past.
Hanson was selected a long time ago, and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame has been in contact with the band’s representation for “quite some time” in trying to determine when schedules might align for induction, according to Blair.
“And we thought, well, let’s take the opportunity to come to Hop Jam, to their event, and actually present the induction then,” he said. “And then at some point maybe we can talk them into coming and doing something special … (at a) different time of year.”
Blair said Hanson’s induction is probably long overdue, “but Oklahoma is so loaded with talent it’s just hard to get them all, and you don’t want to water it down. Our mission is to promote, preserve and honor.”
Hanson, founded 25 years ago, graduated from Tulsa band to international phenomenon in 1997 with the release of its Grammy-nominated album, “Middle of Nowhere,” which included the smash single “Mmmbop.”
“It was huge,” Blair said. “They were so young, and you saw them everywhere. They were all over the media back then, all over the world. So many times those bands kind of fade out and go into obscurity, but these guys, we are pretty proud of them. You see that a lot with the Oklahomans. They are hard workers. They have got a good work ethic, and they really developed something in Tulsa with Hop Jam and their brewery. And it’s thrilling for us to get to do it on the 20th anniversary (of ‘Middle of Nowhere.’). It’s almost perfect the way the timing worked out.”
Hanson, which operates an independent label (3CG Records) out of the Brady Arts District, has released five additional albums with sales of more than 16 million to date. In 2013, Hanson founded Hanson Brothers Beer Co., and, one year later, Hanson launched The Hop Jam. The event brings artists and brewers from all over the world to the Brady Arts District.
Hanson used the most recent Hop Jam to kick off a “Middle of Nowhere” 25th anniversary tour. Next stop: June 1 in Cologne, Germany. Eleven of the first 25 dates are sold out, according to hanson.net.
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame will induct other members of the class of 2017 during a June 14 ceremony at Hatbox Field in Muskogee. An induction ceremony and concert will feature performances by many of the honored artists. Inductees include pioneer of Red Dirt music Jimmy LaFave, country music singer and songwriter Carl Belew, musician and actor Rodney Lay, red dirt music torchbearers the Red Dirt Rangers, Grammy Award-winning musician David Teegarden Sr., and singer and harmonica player Jimmy “Junior” Markham.
The ceremony will precede the second annual G Fest Muskogee Music Festival, scheduled June 15-17 at Hatbox Field.
G Fest acts include Blackberry Smoke, Needtobreathe, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Candyland, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Mavericks, The Swon Brothers, Kentucky Headhunters, J.J. Grey and Mofro, John Fullbright, California Honeydrops, Becky Hobbs, Ricochet, Nicnos, Mike Hosty, Ben and Noel Haggard & The Strangers, Byron Berline Band, the Shakerz, Milton Patton, Carter Sampson, Jimmy Markham & The Caretakers, Jambalaya Jass Band, City Moon, Wild Card Band, Don & Steve White, Echelon and Leon: The Tribute.
How To Drink Beer According To Hanson
A lot has changed since the 90s. I’m no longer wearing JNCO jeans and Hanson t-shirts and Hanson is now making beer (yes, they are over 21). Though they are still producing new music (six albums in total) and celebrating their 25th anniversary with a world tour this year, they also became part-time brewers and created the Hanson Brothers Beer Company in 2013.
Now, while my 12-year-old self would have been thrilled to meet Zac, Taylor, and Isaac at a mall concert back in the day, I was just as excited to sit down with them ahead of their fourth annual Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival in Tulsa on May 21 to learn a thing or two about booze.
Here’s what they had to say.
Q: Ok, so where did the idea to start a beer brand come from?
Taylor: I am a total foodie and I love to cook. So, when we were traveling the world over years, we started to develop an interest in craft beer. We’d try one here and try one there, and then all of the sudden you’re one of those people that is bad to be around at a dive bar. You want more, you want better quality. So, we started talking about it as more of kitschy thing that we should make our own beer.
Isaac: It kind of began almost 10 years ago – we were getting more steeped in the local brewery culture when we were touring and started visiting all of these microbreweries. So, we were fans first. Then it’s a casual question of like can you imagine combining being a band and making great beer? That would be so cool.
Q: And what about the name Mmmhops?
Isaac: Well, we were kind of just goofing around asking each other what would the names of the beers be? Of course, one of the first ones was Mmmhops. It was just like the elephant in the room. And everyone is like that is stupid. That is a dumb idea, wait a second…
Taylor: It was so goofy that it works.
Zac: Let’s dissect the beauty of Mmmhops, It’s not Mmmhops, it’s mmmm, hops. Like, it would be a great beer name regardless of the ironic Hanson song that is associated with it.
Taylor: Then we were asked to speak at Oxford University in 2011 and Zac mentioned the idea in passing and we were like, ok I guess we’re going to start making beer!
Q: Something that started as just a random idea seems to have become more serious. Are you trying to take over the Oklahoma beer scene?
Zac: Oklahoma, unlike some states, has had more struggles because it has been a traditionally dry state.
Isaac: The laws just changed and now breweries will be able to actually sell their own product on premise.
Zac: There was certainly a secondary element of us looking at this very small community of brewers in Oklahoma and going, we need to find ways to make this grow. Brewers, in many ways, are similar to musicians where they are sort of like, we’d do it for free man!
Q: I don’t drink a ton of beer. What is your most important advice to someone who is new to craft beer?
Zac: The most important thing to understand about beer is if you don’t like beer, you probably just haven’t tried enough beer. There really is such a broad swathe going from a traditional English beer or German beer to sours and infused beers with peach.
Taylor: Try a range of beers because in dark beers alone you can get coffee notes, chocolate, fruit, etc. It’s diverse.
Z: In May, our amber beer will come out, so in between the four beers that we are just currently selling under our brand—a porter to an amber to a saison to a pale ale—there is a lot of difference in there, so don’t give up on beer.
Taylor: Don’t give up on beer.
Q: If you like certain elements like the chocolate or fruit, should you ask a bartender for beers with those notes?
Isaac: If you like chocolate, you’d be well suited to try some kind of dark beer like a stout or something or porter. People think of dark beers as being an intense flavor, but it’s not necessarily intense in that way.
Taylor: If you like chocolate, buttery things and rich stuff, you’re probably going to like porters and stouts and empirical stouts.
Q: What’s the best way to go about finding out what you like then?
Zac: Go into a good liquor store where they have that “pick six” option and pick six different beers. Get some darks and get some lights.
Taylor: I like this plan of action here. Start with light and then go dark. It doesn’t matter the brand because you’re going to find what brands you like eventually. But, what you’ll learn is if you tend towards darker or lighter styles, you’re going to go, man I really like the amber because it’s right in the middle somewhere. Then you go find out the other brands that make great ambers.
Zac: If all else fails, the best way to learn is to find someone who loves beer. Just ask your friend who is into craft beer what they recommend and they will almost certainly thank god you finally asked them. For them, it will be like the skies opened up and Jesus handed down a craft beer.
Taylor: Yeah, I’m pretty sure Jesus drinks beer.
Isaac: Yes, and it’s made from the tears of angels.