By Alfred Branch, Jr.
The attorney spearheading the class action lawsuit against the MileyWorld fan club is wondering why the organizers of the Hannah Montana tour did not make more tickets available months ago.
Pittsburgh attorney Rob Peirce told TicketNews that he is scratching his head over the fact that the tour this week announced it has made 45,000 tickets available for the remaining shows. Peirce filed the class action lawsuit earlier this month against Mileyworld.com officials, alleging the organization misled members into thinking that they would have better access to tickets if they joined the $30 fan club.
“I do find it interesting that after the lawsuit was filed, and fans club members had complained about this for months, all of a sudden now 45,000 tickets are available,” Peirce said. MileyWorld publicist Meghan Prophet could not be reached for comment.
MileyWorld emailed many of its members this week telling them that 45,000 tickets were now available for a limited time to shows scheduled for between Dec. 6 and Jan. 9. Those who received the email had been shut out when tickets were initially put on sale.
“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 MileyWorld email stated.
The controversy over the lack of Hannah Montana tickets, and the high prices many of the available tickets fetched, has gripped not only the concert and ticketing industries, but also parents, children, state attorneys general and other politicians. In fact, the class action lawsuit Peirce filed is not the only one leveled by disgruntled parents.
“I find it curious that these tickets are now available two weeks after the lawsuit was filed,” Peirce said, adding he cannot comment as to whether this development would have any effect on the lawsuit. “Why didn’t they address these concerns months ago and release them?”
Hannah Montana shows for which additional tickets are now available:
December 6, 2007 Grand Rapids, MI
December 8, 2007 Rosemont, IL
December 9, 2007 Indianapolis, IN
December 11, 2007 Columbus, OH
December 13, 2007 Cincinnati, OH
December 15, 2007 Toronto, ON
December 16, 2007 Rochester, NY
December 19, 2007 Hartford, CT
December 20, 2007 Providence, RI
December 21, 2007 Worcester, MA
December 22, 2007 Worcester, MA
December 27, 2007 Uniondale, NY
December 28, 2007 Uniondale, NY
December 29, 2007 Newark, NJ
December 30, 2007 Newark, NJ
January 3, 2008 Cleveland, OH
January 4, 2008 Pittsburgh, PA
January 5, 2008 Atlantic City, NJ
January 7, 2008 Washington DC
January 8, 2008 Baltimore, MD
January 9, 2008 Albany, NY
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Sorry it was for fans who were shut out the first time around.
The tickets tat you bought we’re not sold to the public
Your are the elite of society that these were put away for.
they didn’t want to announce this because they are putting tickets on sale for the Hannah Montana theater show today. They are pulling the wool over everyones eyes
yours too
I think that means another lawsuit
just drop this hannah controversy. if you want to keep complaining, join the people crying about garth brooks tickets in los angeles… despite garth adding 500 extra shows, there will always be complainers. stop blaming everyone because you can’t make enough in life to buy tickets to see hannah montana. your kids shouldnt suffer because you’re broke as a result of picking the wrong profession…
all these small claims lawsuits are poor parents again trying to squeeze money from the system
“gee ma, if we cant get jess hannah tickets i guess we gon sue somebody so we can have a nice christmas”
please. enough already with you crying about hannah. blame yourselves for working at walmart making $7 an hour. no one told you to work there. you chose to work there.
First of all where the hell do you get off!?! I make over $20 an hour and was unable to get tickets because I’m not an IDIOT. Not because I can’t afford it. I would NEVER pay $200 a piece for tickets not to mention I would rather my child not go than promote ticket brokering. So before you lump everyone in your broke so thery’re not going pile, get of your damn high horse and realize some of us are a little smarter than that!
How did you get tickets on November 30? The presale did’t start until Dec 1 at noon?
We joined expecting to be able to get tickets but there was a weird snafu with the site when they originally went on sale. We got the email about the extra tickets, and I was just able to purchase 2 of them. The seats are basically behind the stage – not seats that would typically be attractive to concert-goers. I don’t see any conspiracy here, but I’m grateful if the lawsuit encouraged them to open up these seats. It’ll be a great 10th birthday surprise.
We got 3 tickets for Nashville that way. At the last minute, tickets suddenly became available and we sat basically behind the stage also. Not awful seats but definitely not the best. We couldn’t even see the big screens on stage.
I did not get the e-mail and I am a member. If anyone knows the password, please send it to [email protected]
The timestamp on the comments is off more than a whole day.
Wow… $20 an hour… Haha… how much is that per year? Like 40K? That’s below average. Of course you can’t afford it…
These concerts are for the rich. If you happen to be poor and get tickets then consider yourself lucky and enjoy it…
Other than that, there’s a reason why the US is the way it is. Some people were meant to be rich, some were meant to be poor. $20 is fine for a college student working part time, but a real adult with a real job?
Haha.. That’s like a homeless guy saying he can’t afford a hamburger.
“I make $20 an hour and I can’t afford Hannah Montana tickets”
Again, stop blaming others for you being poor in life. If you cant afford to go lie to your kid and say
“Mommy is not buying tickets because she doesn’t promote ticket brokering”
It’s better than telling them the truth
“Mommy isn’t buying tickets because she makes only $20 an hour and that needs to be used to pay the rent and buy groceries at Wal-Mart”
Mommy is a Registered Nurse in an EXTREMELY rural area so makin $20 an hour here is like making 80K in an urban area. So don’t start bashing me. And no I don’t support ticket brokering. I think it’s a horrible practice, and I hope all of this mess with these Hannah tickets helps to make it illegal!
You all need to get a life. Tickets were EASY to get the day of the onsale. You all were just too lazy to do it. Fight a fight for a good cause like lowering prices of gas if you want to ***** about something worthwhile
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This Hannah Montana thing is driving everyone crazy. Let’s move along with life and be happy with what we have. Geesh…
Seriously. Stop whining about the prices of Hannah Montana tickets and put the energy to good use — maybe write out a Christmas card to one of our soldiers about to spend the holidays in Iraq.
“Curious.” No kidding. Great article as usual, Alfred.