I knew it would happen…

The Atlanta Braves pitcher, Tommy Hanson, had a nice outing last night. As I was listening to the sports on SNY last night, I was wondering how many google alerts I would get for “mmmbop” that would be about the pitcher.

The first one just came through: “MMMBop! Hanson stifles Yankee batters” is the title of the blog post on Subway Squawkers.

In other news, the Strong Enough To Break presale is now well under way. Head on over to hanson.net to reserve your copy of the DVD, which includes a bonus CD of demos (where Never Love Again was originally listed as being include, and now is not, what gives?) and a complimentary copy of Underneath – the album that resulted from all the record label drama that Strong Enough To Break shows.

Tour dates are still planning on being posted “this week” which could mean, well, anything. HansonTickets.com’s revamp will most likely NOT be premiering before the dates are out – but should be debuting before the start of the tour, at least. Currently, the Tour Talk forum is the only place with an up to date list of what I am looking for, but expect an update to the “help” page soon, which will either also be posted here, or linked here.

If there’s anything else you think should be added to the site – let me know!

Tour is coming / SETB pre-order

Seems like tour details will be released shortly. Perhaps as early as next week. The plan (according to HNet newsletters) is that the tour will begin on the west coast in Bakersfield,California on September 28th. The tour will then run until mid-to-late November.

Rumors are still flying that this will be a “co-headlining” tour, and apparently Taylor had mentioned to someone that hello goodbye will be the other band – but posts mentioning this have been deleted from hanson.net so take that to mean what you will.

Strong Enough To Break is supposed to be released for pre-order on Hanson.net at some point today. Pre-orders will get an instant download of a Piano version of “Get Up And Go”. Hanson.net members who pre-ordered at the members only event should be getting information on how they can get their download at some point today as well.

The new layout for HansonTickets.com was put on hold as I was super busy this weekend, but I hope to get more work done on it over the next couple of weeks. It will be done by the time tour starts, but of course I’d like to have it done before then if at all possible! A list of ticket stubs and set lists that are still needed will be posted on here and various other outlets shortly. (I’m a bit backed up with people who have submitted things so I have to sort through all of that first!)