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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): December 2015

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Wednesday, 30 December 2015. Once I Was A Rookie. My first Hanson tour. I was only going to go to one show - just the one, an easy trip to London, no big deal. I booked tickets for myself and for the friend who had got me into Hanson but who wasn’t a fan club member. She didn’t know any other fans. By then, I knew a few members of the UK and Ireland Street Team. I’ll be fine. 8217; and ‘what’s the wifi like? 8217; Someone at some point will say ‘We’re going to dinner, wanna come? They are your friends.

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): January 2015

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Sunday, 18 January 2015. Back To The Island Cancun 2015 - A First Timer's Account. The first day of the shows finally came and people began to gather by the pool area to watch the soundcheck, which was due to start at 6:00 PM. But of course, this band run on Hanson time and the guys didn’t turn up until after 7:00. It was a bit strange at first - the guys had to do the soundcheck with all their fans there, watching their every move. The sand got everywhere - all the photos I took from that night have a k...

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): June 2015

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Friday, 19 June 2015. It’s not often that a song actually inspires me the way 'World's on Fire' does, but the reason for it is quite simple: this is a song about making a stand and letting your voice speak out. 'WoF' encourages you to ‘stand up, stand up’. And it’s interesting how that phrase is repeated, as if to try and punch through the wall of apathy and reluctance in which we have retreated. 8220;Time is a price we can't afford”. The chorus keeps asking, "do they know that the world’s on fire? The &...

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): Two Months Later, It's Still Loud - a review of Hanson's 2016 Members EP

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Saturday, 6 August 2016. Two Months Later, It's Still Loud - a review of Hanson's 2016 Members EP. Oh La La La. Okay, I wasn’t too keen on this song when I first listened to it in my hotel room in Tulsa. It sounded a bit weak, and another example of Taylor trying to hit high notes when a lower note would serve the song better. The lyrics didn’t fill me with enthusiasm, either:. Damn good looking/Oh, you make me say/Ooh, la la la. 8216;Give a Little’. 8216;Cut Right Through Me’. 8216;Show me the Way’.

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): September 2015

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015. The Path to Hanson Nirvana or: The Art of Not Giving a Damn. It all started in 2012, when a friend sheepishly admitted to liking the band Hanson. ‘Really? 8217; I said. ‘I have one their albums too! 8217; My friend, who had braced herself for a negative reaction, was stunned. When I told her that the album in question was the indie release ‘Underneath’ and. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I didn’t think that, all of a sudden, even long-standing Facebook fr...But peopl...

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): October 2016

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Tuesday, 11 October 2016. A very personal review of Hanson's new EP. The Cover of Play - credit to HNET. Do You Believe in Love. Aka "The One Whose Title Is Perilously Close to Another Song’s". This is a Zac song, and Zac songs always seem to attract rave reviews. I get it - he’s got the hair, the moves, he hits all the high notes. Only last year Hanson recorded a cover of the Darkness’ I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Sorry if it’s not your thing! Aka “Not The Chic Song”. As some of you already know, I...

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): January 2016

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Sunday, 31 January 2016. Yes, They’re Real: Our Fandom Friendships Across Time Zones. If, like me, you've ever tried to explain to an ‘outsider’ how our fandom friendships work, you'll know that few people truly understand. Well, practically nobody. How do you explain that your friends are. Friends even if they live in a different continent and you only see them once a year (if you’re lucky)? Every fan knows that this is simply wrong. And I mean all fans - w. Hether it’s our band. Goth is a sub-culture.

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): April 2016

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Wednesday, 27 April 2016. Exploding Goats and Bike Seat Lickers: My Great Expectations as a MOE First Timer. It was only a couple of days ago when my membership pin flashed up as I logged on to HNET, reminding me that I was about to enter my fifth year in the fan club. Who would have known? Tulsa MOE sounded like complete mayhem, and I wanted to be there. Photo by Carolyne Isabella]. So what are my expectations for a week in the Hanson Mecca? Recording new songs as you play them ‘cold’ to an ...NB: I'll ...

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Tour Memories (and occasional musings): August 2016

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Tuesday, 30 August 2016. A Song to Grieve - June and Everything After. But don't forget the songs
. That made you cry
. And the songs that saved your life
. Yes, you're older now
. And you're a clever swine
. But they were the only ones who ever stood by you. The Smiths, "Rubber Ring". What about songs about breakups then? Should they avoid those too? What about songs about drinking - upsetting tee-totals? It was just a song, but for people like us, who live and breathe music every single day, there is a...