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"Die-hard fans started lining up at 6 a.m. the morning of an evening Hanson concert in New York City. We were amazed at the dedication of these fans -- especially when the three brothers, Isaac, Taylor and Zac who make up the band, started telling us stories about the extremes girls go to for them.  From crazy posters asking the guys, &amp;quot;Will you marry me?&amp;quot; (sidenote: all of the guys are already married -- even the youngest, Zac, who&amp;#039;s 21!) to tattoos of the boys&amp;#039; faces on body parts, the fans are not afraid to show their love. But, why wouldn&amp;#039;t they? The guys are a phenomenon. Their hit single &amp;quot;MmmBop&amp;quot; from the late &amp;#039;90s is now a classic among our generation (c&amp;#039;mon, you know you still get a little excited when you hear it on flashback radio segments). And the band has gone on to make three new albums since the &amp;#039;90s, including their newest one, The Walk, which came out in late July. We got the chance to hang out with the guys backstage before their show in NYC. They were totally laid back, extremely humble and very sincere. They talked about their recent trip to South Africa for AIDS awareness where they produced a song called &amp;quot;Great Divide&amp;quot; with a Mozambique orphanage children&amp;#039;s choir. You can download it for 99 cents at iTunes, and all the proceeds will go to the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. We have to admit, these guys have come a long way since their &amp;quot;MmmBop&amp;quot; days. If you aren&amp;#039;t one of those current die-hard fans, we suggest you give their new music a listen (Go to their MySpace page myspace.com/hansonmusic to hear it!). Everything about them has matured, and we&amp;#039;re impressed. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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