The Troublesome Trio!

Thanks to Tessa for typing this up for me!

The Hanson boys- now surely they can't get into mischief? Hmm, that's what they'll have you believe, so it would appear that trouble just seems to follow them around. Perhaps! Three pairs of mischievous brown eyes look around the hotel room, their owners grinning. They appear to be plotting something destructive as they survey the swanky curtain drapes, china dinner sets and crystal chandeliers. After all, Isaac, Taylor and Zac are the hugest trio in pop. Why shouldn't they be chucking televisions out of windows and staining carpets in true rock 'n' roll style? Zac shakes his blond head and throws himself back into his seat "Nah", he sighs, "It would be just too hard to trash a place like this!" Worry not readers! Hanson haven't come over all Oasis-like, throwing settees and stuff about just for a laugh. "We're not exactly into trashing apartments" reassures Taylor, looking spookily angelic as he pushes his hair from his eyes. "Well, not at the moment" adds Ike, with a cheeky glint in his eye, "But, I guess sometime on tour we may become angry and erm, do something wild!" Zac and Tay fall about laughing at the thought of hotel furniture-throwing while Ike goes into an uncontrolable coughing fit, sparking off even more giggles from his younger brothers.

Tour Trouble

Talking of touring, the boys can't wait to set off on their global travels again. "We're going to start our first real proper tour this year" enthuses a recovered Ike. "Yeah, we're touring across the States and hopefully we'll be making plans to tour in europe after that" adds Tay, "And believe me, when you come to see Hanson on tour you can expect an extremely wild experience!" Crikey! Are they expecting stage invasions and mobbing scenes? "Well when we did a tour of shopping malls it was absolutely wild!" says Zac. "It caused so much trouble for the security guys." "Yeah, like when we turned up at a store in Melbourne" laughs Taylor, " And 25,000 people showed up!" " When we went outside we couldn't see an end to the crowd. They were squeezed in over the barricades, even hanging of the edge of the multi-storey car park!" adds an excited Zac, his eyes lighting up at the thought of what might happen the next time Hanson hit the stage.

Transport Trouble

It seems The Hanson Life is full of troubles such as these, as the shockwaves of their super-fame spreads out around them. There's the time they closed the Kansas highway: "We did a suprise 30- minute show and 30,000 people showed up!" explains Tay, still gobsmacked. "Fans were standing right across the road, loads of them." Don't forget the airport scene either in Australia again, where they couldn't even leave the plane without top cops beside them! "We could hear a humming when we landed," says Ike, "And it was the sound of a thousand fans waiting for us!"

Being Normal Trouble

But isn't it a tiny bit scaresome being chased all over the place, especially when you're back home trying to get on with being a normal teenager? "Well, when we're performing we do try to make sure it's safe" explains Zac, his eyes widening, "But you know what crowds that size can do when they crush forward. It is scary. They could crush a building!" "And things are different when we go home now, too" says Tay. " When we want to go to the mall or to a theme park there's lots of planning involved, and we always travel in groups- it's safer that way. We would like to put on pretend beard and mustaches, but I think we would attract even more attention!" Doesn't it ever bother the boys that they can't act like normal teenagers? "We rarely feel bothered by it" says Tay. "I mean, it just comes with the job. It hasn't changed where we can go, there's no way we're going to be restricted- we just have to plan going out more." " Yeah, it's not like we go around singing MMMbop, when we're walking down the street" giggles Zac.

Girl Trouble

Another problem that comes with the job is the whoopingly untrue Hanson stories that appear in the tabloids. Zac might have a good laugh about the most famous fib, reported in their local Tulsa newspaper: "Supposedly we were all in a car crash, and I was dead" he remembers, "They could have come up with something more original!" he moans, looking almost disapointed. "I mean they said that Tay had gotten some girl pregnant!" Uh-huh? "And that is definitely not true!" Phew, thank goodness for that! " It's usually our friends who tell us about these wild rumours" says Isaac, "We're hardly ever home, so we'll call our friends and they'll say: "You'll never guess what your supposed to have done this week!. They really get a kick out of doing it!" " It's weird for our friends," adds Tay, "I mean, we're just the same old Ike, Tay and Zac to them but they see us on the TV all the time and on the front pages of magazines, it's strange!" So don't the boys friends treat them a little differently now they're megastars? "They're really cool about it" says Ike, "It's just a shame we don't see them very often. There was this one time we were ment to go home for Thanksgiving and we had to work. We were filming a concert for our video in New York and it meant we couldn't see our friends at home." Was he unhappy about that? "Oh no" interrupts Zac, as he practically jumps over the table to tell the tale first, "cos that was when we flew our best friends to hang out with us before the show!"

Bike Trouble

Hmmm, Zac's going all quiet and thoughful. "Do you know what?" he ponders, " If you're disapointed over one thing, you'll be able to do something you've always wanted. "Eh?" Like, if you wanted a motorbike and you didn't get one, you'd get something else you really wanted to make up for it." Indeedy! But surely Hanson do get most things they want: No.1 records, MTV awards, worldwide adoration, even bikes! "We were all desperate for motorbikes last Christmas" says Tay, "And we all got them- they're brilliant." "Mine's a 200cc dirt bike and it goes 110km an hour! And there are loads of feilds and hills near our house to ride around on!" So have there been any accidents while wheelie-pulling and ramp-jumping? "Nah" laughs Zac, " But we're looking forward to trying a few stunts." "Trouble is we're never a home to ride them" adds Ike.

Travel Trouble

So is jetting off on another tour such a good idea for the boys when they haven't even had time to play with their Christmas presents yet? "We love traveling!" announces Tay. "When we're on tour we have a ball because everywhere is new to us. We've been all over South East Asia, everywhere in Europe, it's great; Italy in particular, cos the food is out of this world!" "Yeah, and the girls are really cute there too!" grins Zac. "And you see all the castles and churches and museums, historical artifacts" Hmm. So are we likely to spot you you brass rubbing some historical artifacts at St. Paul's Cathedral then? "You know" cuts in Ike, "I feel really bad cos we haven't been able to go out and see as much of the UK as we would have liked, although we did go to Oxford for the day once." Hmm. Did they do any brass rubbing while they where there, then? "No. We didn't even have the chance to go punting on those cute little boats. We had the Snowed In album to make!" Bah humbug!

Nappy Troubles

One last thing we need to know! When the boys do come home to Tulsa, what's the first thing they do? Catch up with their old friends, play on their beloved motorbikes? "Erm, well, we've been kinda helping out at home" admits Isaac. "It's good to do just normal stuff like that" chips in Zac. "I don't have a problem with it at all." A problem with what? "Erm, changing nappies, actually" announces Ike. Ah yes! Baby Zoe has now arrived, taking the total of Hanson children to seven. "We all lend a hand" says Taylor. "And as I'm the eldest I've had lots of brothers and sisters to practise on!" states Isaac authoritatively. "The smell can be unpleasent, though" adds Tay, wrinkling his nose. Pop's most famous trio burst into laughter once again. They may have troubles with constant travelling, being chased by fans and false rumours but, when it comes to nappies, Hanson have no worries- now that's definitely not to be sniffed at!