The Hanson Brothers walked barefoot for a charity called ‘Take The Walk’ tour in Time Square in New York City. The three Hanson brothers Isaac, Zao, and Taylor Hanson did the charity walk happily and you can see how they had fun in their pictures.

The Hanson Brother’s new album is called The Walk, while they worked on it in 2007 reports have said that the band took trips to Africa in order to better understand what it means for others to be poverty stricken and diseased on a foreign continent. The Take The Walk Tour was act to make the people of the United States more aware of the AIDs epidemic in Africa. They hoped the walk would get more people to understand and help those in need in Africa.

Taylor Hanson got the crowd pumped with a megaphone just before the one-mile walk began. Hanson stated that he would donate $1 for each person that walked. He and others walked barefoot and when questioned by those snapping pictures he stated that everyone’s bare feet were “totally in style” according to the Hanson blog. The goal of the walk is to actually walk 24,902 miles which is the earth’s circumference at the equator. Zac stated on the blog that “No matter how bad of an economic crisis we’re in, we’re still better off than the rest of the world,” he said. “For us, it’s just about the power of the individual — about the way we look at our own power to affect things.”

A very noble cause indeed, this writer gives two thumbs up to the Hanson brothers. (c) tPC

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The Hanson Brothers – Isaac, 27, Taylor, 25, and Zac, 22 – walk barefoot through Times Square in New York City on Tuesday for their ‘Take The Walk’ tour.

While working on their 2007 album, The Walk, the singing trio made trips to Africa in an effort to understand the poverty and disease that grips the continent. The Take The Walk Tour is a charity that brings attention to the poverty and AIDS epidemic in Africa through simple actions from individuals everywhere.

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Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson have traveled a long way in the decade since “MmmBop” hit the airwaves, and the most recent leg of their musical journey has taken them to Africa.
During the creation of their 2007 album “The Walk,” the brothers made several trips to Africa in an effort to better understand the poverty and disease that grips the continent.
In a recent telephone interview, Zac Hanson recalled a 2006 visit to Soweto, a destitute township outside Johannesburg, South Africa, where they met a chorus of middle school children with whom they recorded “Great Divide,” the second track on “The Walk.”
Singing in their native Zulu, the children chanted “Ngi ne themba,” which translates “I have hope.” At that moment, Zac could no longer distance himself from the truth of their circumstances.
“I think, as a way to protect yourself from the reality of the situation, sometimes you end up in denial,” Zac said. “But when we saw those kids singing the music we created, with the same passion and love of music we had at that age when we first started … something made me realize, this is just the same as the kids on the street in Tulsa, Okla. (his hometown), and I’ve got to do something.”

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Fanning out in Foxborough
Hardcore Hanson fans – known as Fansons – would follow “Mmmbop” brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac to the ends of the earth. Fortunately, they didn’t have to Saturday. Before Hanson’s show at Showcase Live in Foxborough, the band (Zac, above) led fans on a mile walk – barefoot – to raise awareness about the AIDS crisis in Africa.

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Hanson, now all grown up, plays a concert at the Nokia Theater in Times Square. Though best remembered for their mid-90s hit “MmmBop,” which became a global sensation, the three brothers are currently on their “Walk Around the World” tour to promote their latest album, a completely independent effort, “The Walk.” 7 p.m.; $35. 1515 Broadway. (212) 307-7171.

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