Hanson Live On the Net

03/30/2000 1:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen

(3/31/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Hopefully by now you have downloaded Hanson's new single, "This Time Around," from the band's forthcoming album of the same name, on LAUNCH. Fans that have downloaded the single received a "secret" web address and password that gives them access to a live Internet listening party and celebrity-hosted interview tonight (March 31).

In a special Realvideo webcast beginning at 9 p.m. ET, Internet users will get to see and hear Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac as they discuss each of the album's new tracks online. This Time Around, due May 9, is the group's first proper studio album since its 1997 debut, Middle Of Nowhere.

The Hanson download (without the password) will remain available on LAUNCH through May 9, the day This Time Around is released. Hanson is scheduled to perform on CBS's The Late Show With David Letterman on May 8 and on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on May 9. The group plans to tour North America this summer in support of the new album.

-- Jason Gelman, New York

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