Shows
(Reviews of Hanson concerts and encounters)
Hey! These are some reviews from you guys who have gone to see Hanson!Send your reviews to to me at supaspy@hotmail.com!!!!
Jess's Review
This week's review is the spiffiest thing that I can think of. It is
the Hanson Concert at Detroit's Palace of Auburn Hills that happened
July 28. I got to go and as I was telling my freind, Kate (who was also
at the concert), "thgis is the greatest day of my life!"
We got to the Palace a good hour before the show started. So, Kat and
I went and got stuff from the merchandise booth. (I recommand the tour
book and the poster. the poster is a good 6 ft. tall!)Then we got out
dinner of pizza and went to our seats and wainted for Admiral Twin to
start.
Admiral Twin's set lasted for a half hour. Their music was okay. They
weren't the greatset performers, but they were enjoyable. The only thing
I really didn't like about their act was that I couldn't understand what
they were singing. As for Hanson, I knew the songs, so even if I
couldn't hear what anyone said, once the music started, I caught on.
But, since I am not too familiar with Admiral Twin, it was a little
difficult.
Once the opening act was over, we waited a half an hour for Hanson.
Kate bought binoculars and I was on "Hanson Patrol." The roadies had a
silver screen on the stage, but from where we were sitting you could see
around it.We didn/t see Hanson, but we did see Jason taylor and Scott
Hogan (Jason is the wacky bacy up guitarist and Scott is the bassist).
So we looked at then for a bit. The, the lights went out and "Gimme Some
Lovin" started. Kate and I stood up and rarely sat down during the
entire show.
Hanson takes breaks between the sets. So, for the first set, which
included "gimme Some Lovin", "Thinking of You, "Where's The Love", and
"Weird", was over the guys left the stage so the roadies could set up
fort the next set, which was the acoustic set placed in a "three car
garage." In there, the guys played "Stories", "With You In Your Dreams",
an old motown song "Money" (which I think was sung by Zac, and he did a
very good job), "Solier" and "Madaline". Taylor let the crowd pick
whether they wanted the guys to play "Money", "With You In Your Dreams",
or both. As you could expect, we picked both. After "Madeline", Zac and
Taylor left the stage. Isaac was on to play "More Than Anything" from
BOOMERANG. His performance was beatiful. He has an amazing voice,
espescially when he sang that song. I sat through the whole song with
the binoculars fixed on him. "I think I am going to cry,"I told Kate
when he was done. I guess I can't express how much I likes that song.
After the wonderful "More Than Anything", a set change was done and
out came Zac, Ike, and Taylor to give us some more reasons to scream.
They sung "Speechless" and "I Will Come To You" before they introduced
the back up people. Then they plyaed a song that I think they wrote, but
haven't recorded yet. I didn't get to hear the name, due to the loud
volume of the screaming, but it sounded cool. After the unrealeased song
they played "A Minete Without You" (Kate's Fav) which they dedicated to
the peoplewho were stuck on the second level, "Good Lovin", and "Man
From Milwalkee". And, as usual, they took a poll on how many peolple
there had MON, which was pretty much everyone. After that, everyone got
up because they thought that the show as over, but Zac said "You want us
back? Well, you'll have to scream!" So we did, loudly, and they came
back to do "Look At You" and "Summertime Blues", in which Ike did a very
interesting voice. They finally got the rest of the water out of their
Super Soakers and ended the show with an a capella choursus of "Weird".
After the show, we couldn't find the car, but that's beside the point.
The show was excellent. the screaming wasn't as loud as I exspected it
to be, and the guys all looked and sounded better on any TV braocast
possible. As kate described it,"That was wicked! I can not even put to
words how much fun I had!!" If you ever get a chance to go to one of
their shows, I recommend it whether you like them or not! You will find
a whole new respcet for Hanson and their music. So, thats all for me.
See 'ya on Albertane!
I went to Michele's house at about 1 in the afternoon, but we
didn't really leave until 2:30 because we had to do some stuff (i.e- get
flowers!) We met up with Lauren and Rachel and they got in the car with
us. We drove down the Hershey, and we went to Chocolate World. I was
feeling kinda sick, so I didn't stuff myself with chocolate! Then, we went
down to the sound check. I heard "Sunshine of your Love" by Cream, so I
didn't think it was Hanson....... But they also played Where's the Love,
thinking of You, and MMMBop (everyone there sang along to MMMBop!) Then we
left and got lunch. By the time we got back to the stadium, it was just
about time to go in. We got in, and we were amazed to see our seats! They
were so cool!!! Here's what it was like:
THE STAGE IS HERE
SECTION SECTION SECTION
A B C
We were in row 8 of section B!!!!!! It was so cool!!!
So, anyway, everyone started running over to the gates by the side of the
stage, so we did too. We waited there a little while, and then the HANSONS
walked by!! That was so cool!! Tay was wearing some kinda ugly
shirt....ewww....... Anyway, they waved, but not in our direction:( Then,
Admiral Twin came out to sign stuff! I got to talk to them, get their
autographs, throw flowers at them, and I asked Jarrod to give Ike a kiss
for me. He said he wouldn't, so I asked for a hug for Ike. He said he
wouldn't do that either, so I was like, "OK, how about a handshake?!" And
he was like "That, I can do! A handshake from Kate to Ike. Got it!" That
was so cool! I didn't get to see John, because he didn't come out. That
sucked.
Then we went back to our seats. We talked to some girl who were
behind us, and they got to go backstage! I was so jealous of them! They
said that the Hansons wouldn't sign anything (who knows why?!?) but they
got a picture with them, and Tay put his arm around one of the girls
shoudlers! That would have been too cool! So, then, after a while, Admiral
Twin came out! It was cool! They had on their matching suits, and they had
really colorful guitars. They were great! Michele and I were going nuts
for them, and they noticed! They kept smiling at us! We had "WE LOVE
ADMIRAL TWIN" signs, but the bitchy guard lady made us take them down. You
guys have to check out Admiral Twin! They are so cool! Go to their
webpage! http://www.admiraltwin.com
After Admiral Twin left, we went to the bathroom. That took a
while, but by the time we got back, their was just enough time to get into
our seats and get ready for Hanson. We could hear them behind the curtain
getting ready, and talking to each other. Then, the curtain dropped! And
they started singing Gimme Some Lovin/Shake Your Tailfeather. It was so
cool! I would say, Isaac was no more than 15 feet away from me, we were
that close! I can't tell you every detail of the concert, because that
would take up way too much room! But I'll tell you about the REALLY cool
stuff! After Gimme Some Lovin', they played "Thinking of You" and then
"Where's The Love." Of course, they played the long version of WTL. That
was really cool! It was hard to see Zac behind his big old drum set, but i
could tell he was having a much better time then at the last concert I
went to! Anyway, they played a couple of other songs, then, they left for
a minute while the crew changed the stage. They made the stage into a "3
Car Garage" with a littler drumset for Zac, a chair, and an acoustic
guitar for Ike, and a little keyboard and seat for Tay. It was so cute!
They played a few songs, including "Stories" which they messed up on a
little. See, Ike started singing too soon, and Tay put his hand up like he
was saying "Hang on a minute. We gotta start over." but Ike just stopped
singing, and started again at the right time. It was cute! Then, Zac and
Taylor left, and it was just Ike. He sang that great song "More Than
Anything." It was so amazing! He never looked up while he sang. (I wish he
had because I had a sign for him that said "IKE! I Love You More Than
Anything!") But it was nice that way, because he really looked like maybe
he really had the feelings he was singing about.
Oh yeah, and "Sunshine of your Love!" It was them playing! They
played it for the first time ever on the tour at our concert! They also
played the first song ever released by Mercury Records, but I don't
remember what it was! It was soooooooooooo cool! Near the end, while they
were introducing the back-up players, Tay jumped off the stage, and when
he tried to get back up, he couldn't! Zac had to kinda pull him up, but It
gave us a great view of his butt! They threw water balloons, and squirted
water guns. Once, Tay got his big old water bottle, and Dumped it on the
crowd, then threw the bottle! It was cool! And, boy can he ever throw
those water balloons FAR!! Oh yeah, another cute thing! When they were just
running around the stage, a BIG beach ball came up onto the stage, and Zac
grabbed it. He was like "Wow!! This is one BIG beach ball!" and he kicked
it into the crowd. Then Ike was like "Hey! Bring it back up here." so they
did, and Tay set it down in front of Ike, and Ike took some steps back,
ran forward, and kicked the ball. It was cool!! I had such a cool time
And I loved it at the end when the three of them stood in the middle of
the stage, and sang a capella "WEIRD," because I was standing on my seat,
and it was like they were looking right at me, and I was looking right at
them. It was so cool....................... BY FAR THE BEST DAY OF MY
LIFE!
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