1. Something Going Round
2. Higher
3. Been There Before
4. Where’s The Love
5. Follow You Lead
6. Great Divide
7.River
8. Song to Sin
9. Lay Me Down
10. Fire On The Mountain (Tay On Drums)
11. Blue Sky
12. A Minute Without You
13. Get Up And Go
14. Penny And Me
15. Crazy Beautiful
16.MMMBop
17. Hey
18. If Only
encore
19. Watch Over Me
20. Oh Darlin’
Monday October 27 – off
Tuesday October 28 – Falls Church,VA
Walk – 3PM at venue
Wednesday October 29 – Philadelphia,(Glenside) PA
Walk – 3PM @ venue
Thursday October 30 – Asbury Park, NJ
Walk – 3PM @ venue
Friday October 31 – off
Saturday November 1 – Montclair, NJ
Walk – 3PM @ venue
Categories: tour · week at a glance
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Popsters Hanson are returning to the Chameleon Club in Lancaster for the second time this year this Sunday.
Apparently their April show at the Chameleon sold out quickly, so try to get tickets as soon as possible. Tickets are $27.50 in advance and $30 the day of show.
Mississippi rock-R&B singer-songwriter Dave Barnes will be opening the show.
1. Something Going Round
2. Been There Before
3. Higher
4. If Only
5. Follow Your Lead
6. Great Divide
-acoustic-
7. Never Been To Spain (started off by Ike solo)
8. One More
9. Lay Me Down
10. On The Rocks (Zac solo)
11. Love Me (Tay solo)
12. Fire On The Mountain
13. Dancing In The Wind
14. Blue Sky
15. Where’s The Love
16. You Never Know
17. Penny & Me
18. Your Illusion
19. Crazy Beautiful
20. Oh, Darling
21. MMMBop
22. Can’t Stop
23. Hey
24. Watch Over Me
-encore-
25. Coming Back For More
Remember Hanson? Here’s a clue: MmmBop.
That’s right, the three brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma who exploded onto the music scene in 1997, when they were mere lads, with a pop song so catchy that now, after 11 years, I can still remember it as well as my own phone number.
If you’re not a teenage girl, nor were you one in the late Nineties, you might think Hanson simply evaporated like so many teen sensations do after their 15 minutes of fame have passed.
But you’d be wrong. They may have grown up, but they aren’t retired. In July, 2007, the three Hanson brothers — Isaac, Taylor, and Zac — released a new studio album, The Walk, and with it, they launched a concerted effort to raise awareness and funds to curb poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Now in its second year, “Take The Walk” has traveled around the world.
Prior to each concert of the tour, which began in September last year, the Hansons lead their fans on a mile-long walk — shoes are optional. For each person who walks, the band donates one dollar to improving the quality of life in Africa, from drilling wells to building hospitals and feeding people. This fall alone, Taylor Hanson says between the band’s own pre-concert walks and those organized independently, about 9,000 miles of pavement have been traversed. And as you know, that kind of cash can go pretty far in an impoverished continent.
Thumbnail image for Z_barefoot with bull horn-1.JPGTaylor Hanson, of the longish blond hair and boyish looks, both of which have caused more than a few girls to swoon, says the idea began around 2006, when he and his brothers went to Africa for the first time. Inspired by a company in their hometown that uses cell phones and the Web to connect doctors and patients, Docvia, they realized the same idea could be of tremendous use in Africa.
“We have to start using what we have,” Taylor says. “The needs are there, especially with AIDS, but also with poverty and the children who are struggling with those issues. And with technology the way it is now, there are so many ways for us to go direct, to go one-on-one.”
While The Walk may be relatively new, Taylor says he and his brothers have long supported charitable causes. “It’s hard for me, when I see things clearly, not to act on it,” he says, adding that Hanson’s popularity as a band could be used as leverage. “We realized that we could speak honestly and not just be a bunch of talking heads.”
The walks have grown in number, from just 100 fans or so at first, to as many as a thousand in cities like Chicago and Los Angeles. On Monday, Hanson led a walk through Midtown before the band’s concert at the Nokia Theater in Times Square, and many more are scheduled this fall.
Lest you think that Hanson isn’t really behind this, but rather a boardroom full of suits scheming new ways to make money and using the three brothers as pawns, this is the real deal. Now fully independent — Hanson even has its own label — the brothers are sincere, and this effort is truly grassroots.
As Taylor sees it, small, community-based efforts is the way to get things done now, and to do it with high-technology. “We’re trying to activate individuals,” he says. “There’s no reason the Facebook world can’t help create positive change.”
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Hanson is set to perform Saturday night at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. The band is also set to walk a mile in the city with fans, starting Saturday afternoon at 3, to raise money and awareness for several charities they support.
The walk starts at 3 p.m. at The Chance. Doors for the concert open at 8:30 p.m. To read more about both, click on the link to the right.
Are you planning to attend either the walk or the concert? Perhaps you will attend both?
If you go to either or both, the Journal would be interested in your thoughts on these events. Please send written reviews of the walk and/or the concert to jobarry@poughkeepsiejournal.com. Also, please send in your photos.
Everything will be considered for publication, in print and online.
And have a great time!
Hanson
If you were a pre-teen in the 1990s, you were probably a Hanson fan.
The trio of brothers named Isaac, Taylor and Zachary Hanson took the country by storm with the 1997 No. 1 single “MMMBop.” They followed that success with the No. 27 hit “Where’s the Love” and the No. 9 song “I Will Come to You” from their debut disc “Middle of Nowhere,” before they fell on deaf ears in the next decade.
The Hanson brothers managed a No. 20 chart hit with 2000’s “This Time Around,” but the pop group (which was only in its teens then) became an industry joke. That gave the guys time to grow up and improve upon their teen, boy-band appeal.
Hanson should have done what Donny Osmond did when he tried to shake his teen idol image in the 1990s. Osmond released his comeback single anonymously and listeners loved it. They didn’t recognize his voice, but enjoyed the material. Likewise, Hanson’s sound has matured during the last 10 years, as the boys have become men, gotten married and raised children of their own.
If you listen to the Hanson albums “Underneath” (2004) or “The Walk” (2007) without knowing who is performing, you would categorize them as roots rock with a pop edge. Try it. You might just like “Georgia,” “Fire on the Mountain,” “Your Illusion” or “Great Divide” from last year’s release.
And if you are still one of those doubters, check out the group’s 1997 holiday CD “Snowed In” (now reissued as “Christmas Collection”). It is one of the best pop/rock Christmas albums you will ever hear.
Catch the trio performing Wednesday at the Keswick Theatre.
Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $43.50.
