Miley Cyrus @ The Ellen Show

Fri, 12 October 2007 at 12:28 am

Disney star Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, appeared on Thursday’s Ellen DeGeneres Show to address the scalpers that are selling tickets to her concert tour. Scalpers are asking for exorbitant amounts (up to $4,500 for tickets) to the concert, which also features the pop rock group The Jonas Brothers.

“It’s going to be a good show, but I don’t think it’s worth what it’s going for,” Miley, 14, told Ellen. “[But] for the people that do get to come, I’m going to make it the best show ever.”

Watch Miley, with her new veneers, on Ellen below! And catch atch Miley and papa Billy Ray Cyrus performce on Tuesday’s Dancing with the Stars here. They performed a duet to “Ready, Set, Don’t Go,” written by Billy Ray (DWTS Season Four alumnus).

And lastly, according to TVGuide:

$214 = Average resale ticket price for the Hannah Montana star’s sold-out tour, which begins October 18. Show sold out in as little as four minutes.
$209 = Average for the Police’s reunion tour
$193 = Average for Beyonce’s tour
$182 = Average for Justin Timberlake’s tour

Miley Cyrus & Dad Billy Ray - The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 10/11

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Photos: Chris Polk/Variety/Wireimage
Posted to: Billy Ray Cyrus, Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus
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73 Comments

# 1

Just me... @ 10/12/2007 at 12:35 am

She’s very cute

# 2

faith @ 10/12/2007 at 12:38 am

She’s cute and so tall. She looks better without her new veneers.

# 3

faith @ 10/12/2007 at 12:41 am

Nevermind, her new veneers actually look better. She’s still cute with or without the new veneers.

# 4

jh @ 10/12/2007 at 12:51 am

yikes! i think the veneers affect her speaking even more! Her lisp sounds worse. I knew she had crooked teeth but not bad enough for veneers! Take ‘em off Miley! You’re so much better without them!

# 5

Madi @ 10/12/2007 at 12:51 am

That is ridiculous, the price for the tickets. Sorry but this girl’s voice is merely average, and she obviously would not have a record label if it wasn’t for has been Daddy. I can’t believe little kids are buying into her crap.

# 6

swe3t23 @ 10/12/2007 at 1:06 am

First of all it wasn’t the scalpers that took all the tickets…it is called supply and demand. Just imagine if tickets go on sale at 10 am on a specified day…most households have one or more computers…so 10 am rolls around thousands of fans with their parents besides them logged on to ticketmaster.com of course tickets are gonna be sold out in minutes. It is called SUPPLY AND DEMAND people!!!! But i am just lucky i through ticketmaster.com and got tickets for my nieces because i was one of many that was lucky enough to buy them at face value.

# 7

Tim @ 10/12/2007 at 1:13 am

if there is no honor in being a disney star, at least there’s the money to look forward to

# 8

alexxxxxxxoxo @ 10/12/2007 at 1:28 am

lol
gosh
im suprised
tht fast
she’s nt even tht good of a singer
like her songs
the wrds are meaningful
but like
4 minutes
imagine zanessa in a show
lol 2 minutes
haha
xoxoxo

# 9

rachel @ 10/12/2007 at 1:30 am

are the vaneers on all of her theeth or just a couple?

# 10

alexandria @ 10/12/2007 at 1:34 am

miley is being so RUDE to her father. i understand that she’s a little embarrased, but really, she was just being obnoxious. if i were her father i’d be really annoyed and hurt. i mean, their doing this together so suck it up miley!

# 11

zzzz @ 10/12/2007 at 1:47 am

#8 how can zanessa have a good show, they both suck. and because of the vanessa’s mistake, i bet they lost half their fans

# 12

Bree @ 10/12/2007 at 2:17 am

I think Miley’s cool and really laid back and mature and wise for her age.Her and Billy work great together!

GO MILEY!

# 13

Nutty @ 10/12/2007 at 2:20 am

Quote:
$209 = Average for the Police’s reunion tour
$193 = Average for Beyonce’s tour
$182 = Average for Justin Timberlake’s tour

And Clay aiken has tickets for his Xmas concerts on ebay 2 for $1595.00
and then $380- $200 roughly. a few at the low price of $ 80.00!

# 14

the_original_nika @ 10/12/2007 at 2:26 am

she ain’t worth that.

# 15

Bitsy @ 10/12/2007 at 2:52 am

My nieces love her. My youngest niece who is 8, really likes Miley’s sidekick Emily.

I think she got the veneers because people were making fun of her. I didn’t think they were bad either. After all she is still just a child. I hope she does not end up like the some of these other young stars.

# 16

may @ 10/12/2007 at 3:43 am

i think she looks much cute wid her original teeth.

# 17

Lara @ 10/12/2007 at 3:50 am

wat are vaneers?

# 18

alexxxxxxxxxxx @ 10/12/2007 at 4:25 am

11#
um they dnt suk
thyre actually very popular
tell me
are u half there there fans?
cnt tk wen u dnt no da statistics
tell me
how did thy loose there fans?
cos of da pics?
shes gained a lot of fans as well
nt everyday does ppl apoligize 4 this
soo shpooosh up :d
x

# 19

person @ 10/12/2007 at 4:41 am

mileys awsome :]

# 20

zend @ 10/12/2007 at 5:00 am

thanks jared. now you put miley in your news list too..
so excited.
eventhough i’m not a kid nomore.. I Love hannah montana. she’s just so funny. and the shows really cracks me up. lol
I wish Im at the states.

# 21

Reader @ 10/12/2007 at 5:19 am

She’s got the same voice as Tara Reid.

Anyway, I don’t really get all the hype with all these Disney shows.

# 22

LoveLee @ 10/12/2007 at 6:05 am

she is sugar! just like a candy

# 23

sandrea @ 10/12/2007 at 7:18 am

her voice and music reminds me of shania twain…

# 24

MOVE B*TCHES @ 10/12/2007 at 7:55 am

That is high for tickets! She is nothing! I swear I didn’t know who she was until her dad was on “DANCING WITH THE STARS”

Who cares?

# 25

Regina @ 10/12/2007 at 8:04 am

One of the worst actresses ever.

# 26

Maria @ 10/12/2007 at 8:35 am

she’s so grounded , not to mention adorable. i hope she stays that way, although she’s still young. hopefully daddy Billy and mommy will keep her grounded.

# 27

tammy @ 10/12/2007 at 8:42 am

i think she is very cute always have been a fan of her dad,when okc had the bombing of the federal bldg.billy came right away after his concert and donated money love this child and her father.good people.

# 28

mallorie @ 10/12/2007 at 8:50 am

Hilary looked weird w. her veneers @ first!
And now she looks awesome. I’m sure they’ll
look un-weird soon enough. I think her teeth
look 475475340x better though! =) She’s cute!

# 29

warren @ 10/12/2007 at 8:57 am

Please teach this girl to NEVER EVER say that your own show isn’t worth what people will pay scalpers!

http://www.HowToStealFromCarBuyers.com

# 30

flowerpot @ 10/12/2007 at 9:56 am

SHE BETTER SAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR HER FUTURE REHAB STINT!!

# 31

Ticks @ 10/12/2007 at 10:29 am

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster is taking aim at what it says is a new obstacle for fans hoping to attend concerts by hot acts like Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen and Hannah Montana: computer software that enables brokers and scalpers to swarm the company’s Web site and snap up tickets faster than consumers can.

IAC/InterActiveCorp’s Ticketmaster earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against RMG Technologies Inc., a small Pittsburgh-based company that runs TicketBrokerTools.com. According to papers filed with the lawsuit, RMG rents to scalpers software that can inundate Ticketmaster’s computers with thousands of requests for seats, “in effect allowing them to cut in line,” according to Joe Freeman, a Ticketmaster vice president. Last month, Ticketmaster filed a motion for a preliminary injunction that would prohibit RMG from selling such software; Judge Audrey B. Collins is expected to rule on the motion this month.
In a court filing of his own, RMG’s lawyer, Jay M. Coggan, dismissed Ticketmaster’s allegations. “This may be the only time in the history of litigation that any seller sued its customers for paying them too much money,” he wrote.

The Internet era has brought speed and convenience to all sorts of consumer transactions. For concertgoers, however, it has also led to ever-faster sellouts for hot events. Ticketmaster deploys technology that is supposed to stop brokers from gaining access to large numbers of seats via online sales. But it says brokers’ software circumvents the company’s protections.

That has placed large numbers of seats in the hands of brokers who use eBay Inc.’s StubHub, Craigslist and other online venues to resell the tickets at a big mark up.

One situation roiling consumers involves the 54-concert “Best of Both Worlds” tour in which singer-actress Miley Cyrus is performing sets as herself and as her fictional alter ego, Hannah Montana. Parents and children have found finding tickets for the shows difficult and expensive. The issue is drawing the attention of government officials. On Thursday — in a rare Internet-age example of authorities enforcing antiscalping laws — the attorneys general of Missouri and Arkansas filed lawsuits against people accused of illegally reselling Hannah Montana tickets.

According to StubHub, tickets for “Best of Both Worlds” are currently selling for an average $237, making them pricier than seats for the Police ($209), Justin Timberlake ($182) and Beyoncé ($212). The highest face value for a ticket on the Hannah Montana tour: $63.

At the time Ticketmaster sued RMG, it also sued a group of brokers who allegedly used the company’s software to buy and resell larger quantities of tickets than would normally be allowed. As part of a settlement with Ticketmaster, one of these brokers, Chris Kovach, submitted to the court a sworn declaration in which he outlined the way RMG’s software works.

As detailed by Mr. Kovach, the software allows users, among other things, to search for tickets at specific price levels for particular events and to generate requests for tickets much more quickly than a human at a typical home computer could.

For instance, companies like Ticketmaster require customers searching for tickets online to replicate a set of the squiggly letters and numbers, known as a “Captcha.” Theoretically, only human customers can correctly identify the characters despite the odd fonts, screening out automated purchasing programs. But RMG’s software, according to Mr. Kovach, can also “figure out the randomly generated characters and retype them automatically.” Mr. Kovach said RMG employees also gave him advice on fooling Ticketmaster’s computers into thinking his requests were coming from different Internet addresses. Neither Mr. Kovach nor his lawyer could be reached for comment.

Ticketmaster alleges that the software is a violation of its terms of service, harms the ability of legitimate customers to get tickets, and thus ultimately damages Ticketmaster’s reputation and ability to do business. In requesting an injunction to stop RMG from doing business, Ticketmaster says that the millions of requests generated by such “bot” software represents as much as 80% of all ticket requests for some shows. (A “bot” is computer program that performs automated, repetitive tasks on the Internet.)

RMG employees couldn’t be reached. In a court filing, RMG president Cipriano Garibay denied that his company’s software is a “bot,” instead likening it to a specialized version of a Web browser like Internet Explorer.

RMG’s lawyer, Mr. Coggan, declined to address the specifics of Mr. Kovach’s allegations, other than to say they were not entirely accurate. “What my client does is no different from my generation, before the Internet, where one person would go sit in line and hold places for 10 people,” Mr. Coggan said.
Executives with the ticketing giant say they have no way of knowing how many companies are making similar software. But the increasing difficulty that the average consumer faces in trying to get their hands on concert tickets is becoming a hot-button issue.

Ticketmaster is a beneficiary of the spiraling costs in the aftermarket, thanks to its own secondary marketplace, TicketExchange, where seats for the tour’s Nov. 29 stop at Memphis’s FedEx Forum range from $243 to $363. The service’s Web site says it allows fans to buy tickets “without having to bid against other buyers, without having to coordinate delivery from anonymous sellers, and without the gamble that the tickets are legitimate.”

People involved in the tour say that tensions are running particularly high over the Hannah Montana tour because many of the parents who are trying to secure tickets for their children are buying their first concert tickets in years, and thus are unaware of how difficult the Internet has made getting tickets to hot concert tours. On top of that, many parents are wary of disappointing children to whom they have promised tickets.

The City Council of Kansas City held hearings last week on the issue, after councilman Bill Skaggs and others received “dozens” of complaints from frustrated constituents. Representatives of Ticketmaster and AEG were asked to explain local fans’ difficulties getting seats.

Mr. Skaggs says their responses were “not particularly” satisfying. “We’re not through with them yet,” he says. “I’m not sure what the fix is, unless you go back to selling tickets at the box office and it’s first come first served.”

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119153995723149557.html?mod=mm_hs_entertainment

# 32

HA @ 10/12/2007 at 10:33 am

She’s so cool and tabloid teflon. The tabloids couldn’t care less about her because they think people are ore interested in osome drunk or druggie like Britney.

Miley, cling to the country music side of things and you will escape the tabloids.

# 33

Ticks @ 10/12/2007 at 10:46 am

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster is taking aim at what it says is a new obstacle for fans hoping to attend concerts by hot acts like Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen and Hannah Montana: computer software that enables brokers and scalpers to swarm the company’s Web site and snap up tickets faster than consumers can

scalpers use software that can inundate Ticketmaster’s computers with thousands of requests for seats, “in effect allowing them to cut in line

Ticketmaster deploys technology that is supposed to stop brokers from gaining access to large numbers of seats via online sales. But it says brokers’ software bypass the company’s protections

One situation roiling consumers involves the 54-concert “Best of Both Worlds” tour in which singer-actress Miley Cyrus is performing sets as herself and as her fictional alter ego, Hannah Montana. Parents and children have found finding tickets for the shows difficult and expensive. The issue is drawing the attention of officials.

the software allows users, among other things, to search for tickets at specific price levels for particular events and to generate requests for tickets much more quickly than a human at a typical home computer could

For instance, companies like Ticketmaster require customers searching for tickets online to replicate a set of the squiggly letters and numbers, known as a “Captcha.” Theoretically, only human customers can correctly identify the characters despite the odd fonts, screening out automated purchasing programs. But RMG’s software, can also “figure out the randomly generated characters and retype them automatically.”

Ticketmaster says that the millions of requests generated by such “bot” software represents as much as 80% of all ticket requests for some shows. (A “bot” is computer program that performs automated, repetitive tasks on the Internet

People involved in the tour say that tensions are running particularly high over the Hannah Montana tour because many of the parents who are trying to secure tickets for their children are buying their first concert tickets in years, and thus are unaware of how difficult the Internet has made getting tickets to hot concert tours. On top of that, many parents are wary of disappointing children to whom they have promised tickets

# 34

Tesa @ 10/12/2007 at 10:55 am

29 warren : 10/12/2007 at 8:57 am
Please teach this girl to NEVER EVER say that your own show isn’t worth what people will pay scalpers!
….
Like it or not, she was just being honest, which is admirable, her parents obiviously have taught her to NEVER lie.

“The most important way to teach children to tell the truth is by not teaching them to lie.

# 35

P @ 10/12/2007 at 11:01 am

33 Tesa : 10/12/2007 at 10:55 am
****************************

She should have been taught that if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.

She’s young, she’ll learn.

# 36

R @ 10/12/2007 at 11:29 am

just 14 and with fake teeth already!!!! What is he going to do when she gets older? And those prices to watch her show? Her voice is not good, she can not reach high notes, not close as entertaining as Police or even Justin Timberlake. What is going on with this people. She is going to make it the best show ever!!??????????? She lacks the talent and maturity for that.

# 37

laur @ 10/12/2007 at 12:29 pm

I find it funny she said she liked nick the best and she dated him before.

# 38

maribel @ 10/12/2007 at 12:38 pm

miley and billy ray are awesome. like number 33 said if you guys dont have anything to say dont say it….that also goes to 33…

# 39

Tesa @ 10/12/2007 at 1:23 pm

35 and 38
This is a blog and people have the right to state their opinion whether you agree or not… so get over it! You have no right telling people what they can and cannot say! If you don’t like my comment, then skip it, it’s as simple as that! You two will learn!

# 40

carmen @ 10/12/2007 at 2:57 pm

My kids like her and watch her show Hannah Montana, but I wont spend $214 for ticket to see her I think thats way way too much…

# 41

rebecca @ 10/12/2007 at 3:49 pm

she is a bit of a b**** really. that story her dad was telling was really sweet and she just made fun of it. i dont like her.

# 42

Michelle @ 10/12/2007 at 4:03 pm

I can’t believe the cost for those tickets, I’m so glad I got them free from my local radio station’s contest.

# 43

Joanna [Poland] @ 10/12/2007 at 4:04 pm

AW, I’M PRETTY MUCH OLDER THAN HER, BUT I STILL THINK SHE’S SO CUTE!

# 44

Joanna [Poland] @ 10/12/2007 at 4:22 pm

AND THEY WERE AMAZING AT DANCING WITH THE STARS!

# 45

Mikaela @ 10/12/2007 at 4:25 pm

I NEED ZANESSA NEWS OR ZAC NEWS OR VANESSA NEWS OR HSM CAST NEWS EITHER ONE!!!!!!

# 46

Amy @ 10/12/2007 at 4:26 pm

I Love her outfit!

# 47

Amy @ 10/12/2007 at 4:27 pm

Note 2 Flowerpot…
Shut the hell up! She’s neva goin 2 rehab! EVER!

# 48

Diama @ 10/12/2007 at 6:58 pm

she is so pretty! i love her show and music

# 49

Izzy @ 10/12/2007 at 8:33 pm

oh wow she looks ten times better with the veneers…still ugly though..

# 50

juicee @ 10/13/2007 at 3:16 am

heard her on ryan seacreast’s show on kiis fm once and was really cocky and full of herself. after that interview, didn’t like her much.

# 51

Lauren @ 10/13/2007 at 12:55 pm

i don’t like her teeth !
i think they looked better before
it sounds like she has a lisp or something??
as her popularity grew.
i don’t like her as much as i used to :/

# 52

Olivia @ 10/13/2007 at 2:38 pm

Why the hell would anyone pay that much for Miley Cyrus? She’s not that good. She’s only gotten so far because her dumbass father pretty much landed her Hannah Montana, and anyone who thinks she has talent obviously lives a very sheltered life.

Someone needs to teach this girl the rules of Hollywood. One, never tell the press who you like. It always leads to disaster. Not to mention the pregnancy rumor that just spread about her, she should know better than to give the press anymore reasons to make up s*** about her.

Two, fake teeth already? Next thing we’re going to hear is that she got a nose job and is planning on getting breast implants. She’s only 14 and she’s already trying to change her body. Why does she feel the need to grow up so fast?

She’s such a ****. Ugh, I hate Miley Cyrus.

# 53

Lillyanna @ 10/13/2007 at 2:49 pm

She’s really cute!I like her hair curly. The tickets are 200,000 That is just crazy!

# 54

Jess @ 10/14/2007 at 2:34 am

I tried SO hard to get concert tickets.
I tried 4 different shows!

argggg

# 55

Jeanette @ 10/18/2007 at 4:44 pm

I don’t like Miley’s Teeth!

# 56

Nat @ 10/19/2007 at 7:18 pm

EEEK!
I think miley looked way better with her old teeth! And has anyone else noticed how chubby her face has gotten?

# 57

becky @ 10/24/2007 at 7:40 pm

she’s really not that photogenic aye.

# 58

becky @ 10/24/2007 at 10:58 pm

^ignore my comment. i feel mean. she;s much more photogenic than me. sorry miley.

# 59

aly @ 10/25/2007 at 12:43 pm

Well first of all miley is kind of pretty and her songs and her stlye is great o and also her shows “HAHHAN MONTANA” Is awesome! But the thing is that she went to far wid that price just to see her in concert or were ever you call it! And i sure would`nt pay that much to see her in concert! And for that much money that is so STUPIED! It an`t like your going to be backstage or go shopping wid her or even go and have a sleepover at her house. But i dont know about what other people say but i say that it is STUPIED WASTING MONEY ON THAT POPSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 60

Paul from 1-800-Free411 @ 10/26/2007 at 5:07 pm

Hey, if you couldn’t buy tix for the Hannah Montana show on November 1st in Oakland, CA, you can enter to win them with us. We’ve got four floor seat tickets: section A, row 10. For details on how to enter, check us out at http://www.free411.com/tickets.

Best of luck!

# 61

smiley @ 10/27/2007 at 9:39 pm

@36::miley is very mature for her age she’s tall she’s beautiful and the first time i saw her i thought she was 16 or something but she was just 14

@52::ok i am a miley fan and you know miley is a very awesome singer and actress i love her well maybe the reason why you thingk miley isn’t good is that you’re jelous maybe you like vanessa,ashley or whoever you like and that miley is more famous that that person.
and it was NOT HER FAULT that the rumors started it wasn’t the press who started it it was some MILEY AHTER who started it and i thingk its nice that she TOLD the TRUTH anyway she is young she will learn
and about the fake teeth maybe she just wanted to try it and see how we react,i think she looks gorgeous with or without them so miley you don’t need them and she was TOUGHT WELL she will NEVER be like the other yough stars who became none

# 62

Melanie rae @ 11/01/2007 at 12:09 pm

I cannot believe how fast those tickets sold out.
for her concert in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena
they sold out in less than 3 minutes. Luckily i was able to buy off Stub Hub and i cannot wait until the Concert i personally love miley and the Jonas Brothers

# 63

unknown @ 11/09/2007 at 6:12 pm

miley is very pretty:]]

GUES WHAT?
We all know there are a lot of miley POSERS. well i think if ound the real one. seh even webcammed with me

myspace.com/xoxomilezz

thats her:]]

# 64

Lauren!! @ 11/10/2007 at 2:34 pm

NILEY ROCKS!

# 65

mm @ 11/12/2007 at 5:05 pm

she is so funnyy !!

# 66

Abbey @ 11/21/2007 at 10:45 am

Miley Cyrus Rocks! And I am going to one of her concerts!!!! YEAH ME!!!!!!!!!

# 67

Diana NICOLE @ 01/03/2008 at 7:56 pm

HELLO MILEY OR HANNA JAJA your serie is so great i love your personality a im of panama city thad is my country and your?? my email is dinanicoledelgado@hotmail.com and the other is la_nena_nicole-27hotmail.com i love your close ok bye??

# 68

Alex @ 01/14/2008 at 12:07 pm

UGLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

# 69

payton @ 01/24/2008 at 7:45 pm

miley cyrus is awsome!!!!! =) My favorite song of hers is See You Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she’s the best!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 70

Maddie @ 02/10/2008 at 8:44 am

I think Miley Cyrus is the BEST celeb ever! I’m a HUGE fan. I’ve visited all her websites and i’m a part of Mileyworld. Rock on Miley!!!!

P.S. Her real name is Destiney Hope Cyrus. Not Miley Cyrus.

# 71

Maddie @ 02/10/2008 at 8:44 am

I think Miley Cyrus is the BEST celeb ever! I’m a HUGE fan. I’ve visited all her websites and i’m a part of Mileyworld. Rock on Miley!!!!

P.S. Her real name is Destiney Hope Cyrus. Not Miley Cyrus.

# 72

Lelle @ 03/05/2008 at 9:37 pm

she did the Ellen show on my birthday!!!

# 73

Marriedtomiley @ 04/10/2008 at 5:09 pm

She is so sexy. I want to marry her.Oh those large boobs.

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