So this past Saturday Pierce was celebrating their annual Alumni weekend and a friend of ours was having a going away party. Add those things together and what do you get? A wild night that had Jo Jo’s busting at the seams!

The funny thing is that this is not unusual at Jo Jo’s! They always seem to be the site for some great parties. We were glad we could be there and add to the good times.

On a side note, we debuted another new original Mr. Hand song called “On Your Own.” We have studio time booked for the end of April so we continue to prepare for that by playing these new songs for you. We’ll be debuting several more new songs over the course of April, so we hope you get the chance to make it out to an upcoming show and hear the new songs!

What a weekend! After 4 years we made a return to Dougherty’s Pub to rock the O’Neill St. Patrick’s weekend celebration. And what a crazy 3 nights it was!

O’Neill is the Irish capital of Nebraska, in case you didn’t know, and if you’ve ever attended their celebration it’s obvious why they hold that title. They simply throw a St. Pat’s party that can’t be matched. The fact that revelers will travel to O’Neill from all over Nebraska (and beyond), is proof.

This was our 7th or 8th St. Pat’s (depending on which band member you ask) and it was equally as memorable as the others. Great crowds and our first attempt at live webcasting a show made it a very interesting time for us. If you didn’t happen to catch any of our video streams from the weekend, you can view the archived videos.

We’re planning to do more live webcasts as we refine our process and also deal with different venue capabilities. But we’ll be sure to give you a “heads up” when we plan to do it again. Now on to the pictures…enjoy!

Last night we successfully streamed our show from Dougherty’s Pub in O’Neill, NE. And we’re gonna do it again tonight!

We play a short set starting at 5pm, followed by our full set starting at 9pm. Saturday night is usually the craziest night of the St. Pats celebration weekend in O’Neill. We can’t wait!

To view the show, go to the TV page on our site which will be the home for this and any future live streaming events.

This past Saturday was a great night at the Pheonix Room in Norfolk, NE. Awesome crowd, ice cold drinks and just a really good time. We were able to debut a new song too, which for now is titled “20 More Ways.”

We’re going to continue to play that new song and start adding a few others to our setlist at upcoming shows. Please let us know what you think of the new songs, we love to hear your feedback!

Thanks to everyone that made it to the Phoenix Room this weekend! It was good to see you all and we hope you had as much fun as we did! We have this weekend off but next weekend we’ll be in O’Neill, NE for their big St. Patrick’s celebration. Hopefully we’ll see some of you there!

We received word this week that we’ve been selected as the openers for Summerfest at Divot’s in Norfolk, NE on June 26th! Some of you may remember that we played at this show last year as well opening for Ivory Star, Eddie Money and Heart. This year is another great lineup with Night Ranger, Loverboy and Rick Springfield! The Rude Band will close the show. It’s gonna be a concert that you won’t want to miss!

We’re going to be playing 1 longer set to start the day off, then we’ll return to the stage after Night Ranger’s set to do a short set before Loverboy.

Tickets are on sale online or by phone at 1-888-355-0553. You can also visit Norfolk Lodge and Suites or Lou’s Thrifty Way in Norfolk to purchase tickets.

The band schedule looks like this:
Mr. Hand – 3 pm (Jagermeister Stage)
Night Ranger – 5 pm (Summerfest Stage)
Mr. Hand – 6 pm (Jagermeister Stage
Loverboy – 6:30 pm (Summerfest Stage)
Rick Springfield – 8 pm (Summerfest Stage)
The Rude Band – 10 pm (Jagermeister Stage)

Here’s a video from last year’s Summerfest:

Kennedy’s was the scene of the latest Mr. Hand Rocktopia! It had only been about a month since our last stop there, but it was good to be back. There was a great turnout that included many friends, so you know we had a great time!

We must thank all those friends who came out! Some even drove as far as Sioux City!

We’ll be eagerly awaiting the return trip to Kennedy’s which will be on April 17th. See you then!