By Alfred Branch, Jr.
Organizers of Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana tour this week emailed shut out fans that 45,000 tickets were now being offered for the remaining 21 shows on the tour, beginning with the Dec. 6 show in Grand Rapids, MI. These are tickets that were apparently withheld from the public by the promoters and venues during the first round of sales.
The shut out fans names were obtained through the MileyWorld.com fan club, which emailed the following letter to those members:
“You are receiving this e-mail because you have been identified by the MileyWorld Fan Club as a MileyWorld member who obtained a Ticketmaster code to purchase tickets to a concert during the pre-sale offer period, but who did not actually purchase any tickets using your Ticketmaster code. MileyWorld is committed to doing everything in its power to see that as many of its members as possible have a chance to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour.
We have now made arrangements with the concert tour producer and promoter to make a LIMITED NUMBER of additional tickets available for purchase FOR A LIMITED TIME, to those of you who previously obtained a Ticketmaster code but did not use your code to purchase tickets in the pre-sale period. A total of approximately 45,000 additional tickets allocated among the remaining concerts listed below, beginning with the December 6 show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be made available for sale through this Special Offer, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. These are additional tickets that have recently been released by the concert venues and which were not previously available for sale.”
The special offer ends Saturday, Dec. 1.
For months, tour organizers kept mum about the availability of additional tickets and only parceled out a few thousand only after parents and politicians clamored for more tickets. The lack of tickets also prompted a class action lawsuit against MileyWorld alleging that the site virtually promised access to tickets for people who signed up for a membership. In October, the National Association of Ticket Brokers called on tour organizers to release more tickets.
The email goes on to say that it doesn’t guarantee access to tickets, “Please be aware that MileyWorld and Ticketmaster have no control whatsoever over the number of tickets that may be available to any specific concert, MileyWorld is not involved in the sale itself, and neither MileyWorld nor Ticketmaster can guarantee that you will be able to obtain tickets if you attempt to do so.”
Meghan Prophet, publicist for Miley Cyrus and MileyWorld.com, did not reply to messages seeking comment. Bonnie Poindexter, spokesperson for Ticketmaster, declined to comment.
The email concludes with another warning about the tickets, and hints that more tickets might be released in the future, “THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEE THAT ANY MILEYWORLD MEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN CONCERT TICKETS. As you probably know by now, the demand for tickets to the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour has been unprecedented. However, MileyWorld members were able to obtain more than 200,000 concert tickets during the pre-sale periods as a result of their MileyWorld membership. Through this Special Offer, you now have another chance to become one of the lucky members who are able to experience Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus live. If you are still not able to obtain concert tickets as a result of this Special Offer, we understand that you may be disappointed. Please know that MileyWorld will continue its on-going efforts to create more opportunities for you to connect with Miley Cyrus and her web community and other activities.”
(The image accompanying this story is from MileyCyrus.info)
Last Updated on March 17, 2009
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I AM IN NEED OF A FAN CLUB MEMBERS PRESALE PASSCODE. THE TOUR JUST ADDED A CONCERT IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND PRESALE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY AT 10AM. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LET ME USE YOUR MEMBERSHIP PASSCODE TO PURCHASE 4 TICKETS FOR MYSELF AND MY TWO WONDERFUL, DESERVING CHILDREN?
Please help!! I need the presale password to buy tickets today at 10:00.
Hello – If you are not going to use your email for the Philadelphia show, my 2 daughters would love to get tickets. If you could, please forward the Post sale password.
Thanks
So ticketmaster a billion dollat company wanted everyone to beleive that some tiny software company was to blame for the price gouging that went on with the selling of those overpriced tickets, both disney and ticketmaster should be investigated for price gouging, walt disney once said that his beloved disney was there to make children smile it seems the new disney is there to make some pin suited scamster some extra money, disney exectives think there so important, there just legends in their own minds.
I was shut out for tickets in the first round, and I was IRATE. To go on Ebay and see on person with 14 tickets and I couldnt get 1! You can’t tell me that while a limited number of seats were withheld that the brokers didn’t scarf most of them. Anyway I received the above email, and was thrilled to get 4 tickets to the pittsburgh show right at the corner of the stage, better seats than I probably would have gotten If i got them the 1st time around. So HA HA ticket brokers……
well DUH! the email sends you your original code, and states that it’s for fans who were shut out before. It doesn’t say tell all your friends so they can join for a code and we can do the pissed off people thing all over again. Don’t hate Miley, hate yourself because you didn’t read!
I’m beyond amused that the promoter “found” 45,000 tickets. They must have fallen between the couch cushions!
The next time you go to a concert and see huge empty sections, think twice before blaming brokers for hoarding piles of tickets. If brokers have them, they’re going to get rid of them. It’s the promoters holding back seats! They held back so many for Hannah Montana, you’d have better luck finding Jesus than finding a ticket for her show.
What a scam Miley cyrus is.
Gee, and they wanted the public and all the attorney generals to think the brokers bought them all with their fancy computer programs.
There were 6 full rows in FLR 1 totally empty & the last 2 Rows of Flr 2 totally empty,none of the brokers had these tickets.These tickets were not on any of the websites.
I’m so pissed right now. My friend told me about this, so I paid 30 bucks, just to find out I wasn’t eligible for a code, because I wasnt *shut out*
45,000 is a “limited number of seats?”
Disney! they were in on the screwing, not brokers
http://disney.go.com/index
What is the motivation to withhold tickets so that there will be big batches of empty sections of seats at concerts? How is that beneficial to the promoter? There are probably other explanations that the average person doesn’t know about.
Disney, ticketmaster, and ticket brokers are all in this together. No doubt. They are all conniving to make this happen. Who else would that be? It’s them!
lets here from one of the 45,000 please
I was able to get 4 post sale tix. They seem like good seats, but ticketmaster says they are limited view. We will see. I go on Saturday. Anyway, if they really are limited view that would probobly be why they were not originally for sale.
I also purchased 2 post sale tickets and the seats are going to be great no limited view and to think I almost didn’t open the email in time! Only problem is I have to drive an hour and a half away to Newark NJ when I live right near Philadelphia and just today I got the same email that more post sale tickets will be available to fan club members for the December 17th show in Philadelphia which was the show I had origional wanted. Oh well.I think I probably got better seats at the Newark show anyway. I’d like to know was this the game plan all along or was this a result of the law suit that was filed and if not who would have had the opportunity to get the good seats I got for the Newark show that was supposedly SOLD OUT!
The website is misleading at best. They state the benefits are immediate when you purchase the membership, but they are not. Don’t be fooled into the membership. They disable new members until after the pre-sale, however they charge your credit card immediately. My daughter and I are very disappointed.
The practice of “Ticket Brokering” or re-selling needs to be illegal. For all concerts, shows, and sporting events. It is nothing more than a way for scammers to line thier pockets with excess money from hard working people who shouldn’t have to pay double plus face value for some entertainment.
miley is the best she is not a scam she tries her best but alot of people just keep trying to push her down