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Hansen is back!
Venue/Date:
Avalon (Boston, MA)
Concert Date: July 21st, 2007
Reviewer: admin
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Hanson fans ‘Walk’-ing on air
By Lauren Carter
Monday, July 23, 2007
When Hanson is performing, there are certain things you can expect: killer
hooks and harmonies, an overwhelmingly female audience, crazed screams,
gifts being tossed onstage, and at least one fan throwing themselves at
the band and getting escorted out by security.
Saturday night at Avalon was no exception, as brothers Isaac, Taylor and
Zac spent two hours satisfying a capacity crowd ecstatic about the band’s
return from a three-year absence.
Not so predictable, however, was a stripped-down, acoustic version of the
band’s 1997 monster hit “MmmBop,” a host of material off its forthcoming
album, “The Walk,” and audience members being asked to perform vocal parts
originally recorded by an African children’s choir. It’s not that the old
Hanson didn’t peek through at various points in the show, such as on
“Strong Enough to Break,” “Yearbook” and the uncomplicated pop of “Penny
& Me” and “Runaway Run.”
It’s just that the band’s music has grown along with its members, made
clear from “Great Divide,” partially inspired by the brothers’ trip to
Africa to learn about the AIDS epidemic.
Though some fans may have been longing for a roster of songs off the
band’s first three albums, the warm reception for new material including
“Georgia,” “Something Going Around” and a brilliant, slightly funked-out
“Blue Sky” proved that Hansonites do their preshow homework.
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