In 2017, the trio of brothers who make up pop-rock trio HANSON are celebrating 25 years of playing music together, selling millions of albums and reaching fans from Tulsa to Tokyo. Doing anything for a quarter century is rare, even more rare when you include global fame at a young age, years of touring, writing and recording, founding an independent label, and balancing brotherhood and business. Consistent with their path thus far, instead of focusing on the improbable nature of their past success, they are only looking back long enough to get inspired for their future.

To celebrate this landmark year, HANSON is launching the “Middle Of Everywhere 25th Anniversary World Tour,” alongside a new greatest hits collection of the same name, which includes new single “I Was Born,” infusing a piece of the future into the year’s reflective projects.

Founded in 1992 at ages 11, nine and six, brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac spent their first five years building a fanbase as an independent band in Tulsa, OK, performing both classic rock ‘n’ roll and soul music and their own original material, to form their own unique blend of harmony-driven, soulful pop-rock. This unlikely focus was forged by an early introduction to music from the 1950’s and early 60’s, with the young brothers citing influences from Aretha Franklin to Otis Redding, The Beatles, Elvis, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. These influences formed the bedrock of their musical inspiration, helping to forge their signature sound which incorporated strong melodies and song craft, as well as reverence for their musical forefathers.

After five years and two independent albums, HANSON released their major label debut in 1997, and saw a meteoric rise with the international smash single “Mmmbop” from the album Middle Of Nowhere, which garnered multiple Grammy nominations and five consecutive top 40 singles, including “Where’s The Love,” “I Will Come To You” and “Weird”. Continuing the momentum with their critically acclaimed sophomore release This Time Around, more hit singles and extensive touring deepened the band’s connection with their fans, and helped to cement their place as one of the world’s leading artists. The group has sold over 16 million albums to date.

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Corona Theatre
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