Hanson at the Western Fair, London Ontario

It's no secret that Hanson are my favourite band, and have been since I was 9. You can imagine my excitement when finding out that they were coming to London, having lived in Australia most of my life their concerts were very few and far between before moving to Canada a few years ago. Another great thing about them playing at the fair was that I was allowed to take my camera with a 70-200mm zoom lens, something I had tried to do at previous concerts but had been made to leave it in coat check!!! As I could take the camera and as last summer I was front row at the Halifax show I wasn't too worried about being up the front, so was able to stand back, dance, jump and take lots of photos! Too many probably! Here are a bunch of my favourites in a slideshow to my favourite song from the new album Anthem.

And here are a couple of videos I shot of some old favourites! 

This time around

mmmbop

Memory Mondays Week 9

At the end of October last year I happened to see a link on Facebook that Hanson were doing a North America tour. When I realized where I was and that Detroit was 2 hours one way, Toronto was 2 hours another way or, if needed, New York was 8 hours another way I knew that the time had come and I had to see my 3 favorite singing brothers again.

The last time I saw them was in 2005 in Sydney for their Underneath tour and it was like a dream come true so I booked my Toronto ticket and got on a Greyhound at the end of November to go see them. I had a nice day walking around the city reminiscing about the last time I was there about 2 and a half years before with my best friend, I even went to the same sushi place for lunch. I checked out the new Lomography store there and one of my other favorites, Urban Outfitters.

At around 4pm Hanson made their way out of the buses and they held a 'walk' and I walked barefoot around the Toronto streets. A little later- after a very cold wait- we went inside and my camera wasn't allowed in because it was professional, so it was lomography to save the day and I took some film photos but also went on this crazy little thing called the internet after the show and watched any number of videos or saw photos that I wasn't able to take.

Hanson fans really are some of the most friendly people and it was fun talking to people around me, but like at most concerts at one point I had to go and sit down coz I felt faint but other than that it was an amazing show and I urge you to check out their new video 'Give a little' It really is one of the most upbeat songs i've heard in awhile and the video is awesome, check out their kids dancing! I've also written an article on the Lomography site about the new video!

We all get a little bit weird, sometimes..

Everyone has a dirty little secret, or at least something that they wouldn't usually disclose to people when first meeting because you know for a fact that they would judge you there and then.. Well, heres mine.

My favorite band is Hanson. Yes, the kids that looked like girls who sang mmmbop.

What alot of people dont realize is that that was 12 years ago, and honestly, how much have you changed in 12 years? Do you still collect pokemon cards, go to see Titanic 10 times at the cinema while wearing your cargo pants and rocking a 'rachel' haircut.. no, i thought not..

So, like all of us, these guys have changed alot since the mmmbop days. Their 2004 album underneath was a big departure from the cookie cutter world of pop and anthems like "Strong enough to break" got me through my last year of high school and I was even lucky enough to go and see them in concert (the best day of my life thus far.. but thats another story).

The Walk was released in 2007 and they have been doing alot of charity work and making babies with their wives (yes, they're all married with kids) since then. Taylor even did a side project 'Tinted Windows", which when i first heard their song on Triple J I almost ran my car off the road.

So, if you know and love me, or if you're at all interested, check out their new single. I know that this will be the one cd that i will actually go out and buy this year.

I have this photo as a poster on the back of my door back home, much larger than life size..

Hi, My name is..

what? my name is.. who? my name is.. chicka chicka chicka... Erin Woodgate...

Some things you should know..

-I'm Australian, and proud of it.

-I take photos

-I love art and have a bachelors degree in it.

-I LOVE cupcakes (and have a kick ass tattoo of one)

-I like old school.. vintage.. retro.. I watch movies based on the 60's and think i should have been born when my mum was at times.. but then again i rock out to Hanson and the Spice Girls.

-I have 4 tattoos and intend on getting more

-I'm an only child, My friends are like my sisters and brothers

-I'm outgoing, love adventuring and being stereotypical

-I like hip hop music and while i'm listening to

it I think i'm a gangster but i'm actually the complete opposite.

-and probably the most important thing about me right now, I'm living and working overseas currently in Halifax, Canada.