Best of Both Worlds Tour
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| Best of Both Worlds Tour | ||
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| Tour by Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus | ||
| Supporting album | Hannah Montana Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus Jonas Brothers Insomniatic Home at Last Everlife |
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| Start date | October 18, 2007 | |
| End date | January 31, 2008 | |
| Legs | 3 | |
| Shows | 71 | |
The Best of Both Worlds Tour was a 2007-2008 North American concert tour featuring singer, songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus of the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, performing both as a solo artist and in character as Hannah Montana. The tour is named after the theme song for the series, "The Best of Both Worlds", which reflects the dual nature of the series' character. The tour had the most in-demand concert tickets of 2007. The concert tour was choreographed, created and directed by Kenny Ortega,[1] the director and choreographer of High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and The Cheetah Girls 2.
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[edit] Itinerary
The tour followed the June 2007 release of Cyrus's double album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus. The tour began on October 18, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri and was initially scheduled to end on January 9, 2008 in Albany, New York.[2]
One dollar of each ticket from the tour went to benefit the City of Hope Foundation, which helps in fighting against cancer. [3]
The Jonas Brothers were the opening act for the first leg of the tour. They played a total of 54 shows on the tour.
In December, An additional 14 concerts had been added to the tour, beginning in Detroit on January 11 and ending in Miami on January 31. After the Jonas Brothers decided not to continue on the tour, Aly & AJ were chosen as the replacement to be the opening act from January 11 to January 24. [4][5] The opening for the last leg of the tour was Everlife. The last leg of the tour included six dates, ending on January 31 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.
[edit] Tickets controversy
Tickets for the Best Of Both Worlds Tour have been selling out for every show,[6] with many shows selling out in just five minutes or less.[7] Many tickets for the shows can then be found almost immediately after purchase on eBay, StubHub, or other secondary markets selling for well over the face value of the tickets.[7] The Arkansas Attorney General's office said, “All hell broke loose with Hannah Montana. The tickets were gone in 12 minutes and when people turned around, they were selling at online sites for sometimes as much as 10 times the face value.”[7] They promised an investigation, as did authorities in Missouri.[8] Some of the tickets were selling for over $1,000.[8]
The shortage of tickets for the Cyrus/Montana tour became so pronounced that it gained national attention, with The New York Times using it and the concurrent Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Magic Tour as examples of how the general public is losing out on ticket sales and how some ticket brokers have cracked Ticketmaster's defenses to gain a stranglehold on tickets.[7] The Times, The Los Angeles Times and the Houston Chronicle all profiled several families unable to get tickets and balancing the cost of the secondary market against their child's disappointment.[7][8][6] For their part, a Ticketmaster official said, "Hell hath no fury like the parent of a child throwing a tantrum. People who have been in this business for a long time are watching what's happening, and they say there hasn't been a demand of this level or intensity since the Beatles or Elvis."[8] A vice president for tour promoter AEG Live said that, "The tickets are priced and sold as fairly as possible. I can assure you this is no conspiracy. We do everything in our power to stop brokers from getting tickets, but it's impossible."[6]
On November 13, 2007, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of frustrated fan club members unable to get tickets, against MileyWorld (the Miley Cyrus fan club) and its agents.[9] In late November, MileyWorld had a special offer to give MileyWorld members a chance to buy tickets. For the Lexington, Kentucky show, Ticketmaster stated they would sell "will-call" tickets on the date of the concert;[10] such date-of-show "ticket drops" have been a common anti-scalping practice for years on Bruce Springsteen tours. When tickets for the added January itinerary shows went on sale on December 15, patterns repeated; only a few lottery-style winnings at Ticketmaster outlets were able to purchase tickets,[11] while Ticketmaster phone banks were tied up across multiple states and did not provide many buying chances either.[11]
[edit] The Ultimate Miley Party/MileyWorld
MileyWorld members could join "The Ultimate Miley Party" at the MileyWorld bus two hours before the concert at each venue. Members needed to bring their membership cards, but members had access to raffles that included winning a signed guitar, getting clothes that Cyrus wore, getting a tour of the tour bus, and getting 'Meet & Greet' passes. Many of the raffle prizes, however, were posters and temporary tattoos.[12]
[edit] Critical and commercial reception
The tour garnered $36 million in ticket revenues in 2007/2008,[13] making it the 15th highest-grossing concert tour in North America for that year;[13] its ticket prices were lower than many other tours.
[edit] Set list
[edit] Jonas Brothers Opening
National Ledger at Atlanta Concert
- "Kids of the Future"
- "Just Friends"
- "That's Just the Way We Roll"
- "Hello Beautiful"
- "Goodnight and Goodbye"
- "Hold On"
- "SOS"
[edit] Hannah Montana
From Denver Concert.
- "Rock Star"
- "Life's What You Make It"
- "Just Like You"
- "Old Blue Jeans"
- "Nobody's Perfect"
- "Pumpin' Up the Party"
- "I Got Nerve"
- "We Got the Party" with the Jonas Brothers (first leg)/"Rock and Roll All Nite" with Aly and AJ (second leg) or Everlife (third leg)
- Note: When Aly and AJ started the extension leg of the tour, on January 11th, 2008, they sang a cover of KISS's Rock and Roll All Nite with Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. When Everlife continued for the last leg of the tour, they also sang the song. This served as a substitute of the song "We Got the Party".
[edit] Jonas Brothers Interlude
National Ledger at Atlanta Concert
[edit] Miley Cyrus
From Denver Concert.
- "Start All Over"
- "Good and Broken"
- "See You Again"
- "Let's Dance"
- "Right Here"
- "East Northumberland High"
- "G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)"
- "The Best of Both Worlds" with Hannah Montana
[edit] Miley Cyrus Encore
- "Ready, Set, Don't Go" with Billy Ray Cyrus and Brandi Cyrus on guitar, if they are present, OR
- "I Miss You", in dedication to her grandfather, who passed away, OR
- "Clear" done with "I Miss You" on 1/31
[edit] Tour dates
[edit] Concert film
The concert tour was filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah and St. Louis, MO for presentation in Disney Digital 3D as a limited theatrical event originally scheduled for one week, February 1-7, 2008, in the U.S. and Canada and later in numerous other countries. Because of popular demand, the movie's run was extended indefinitely. The film was directed by Bruce Hendricks and produced by Art Repola (who also directed and produced ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie).[1] Filming started on October 26, 2007 in Salt Lake City. [15]
[edit] Live Album
Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Concert is a live album by Miley Cyrus recorded in 2007 during her Best of Both Worlds Tour.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Walt Disney Studios (2007-10-17). "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Headed to Digital 3D Movie Theaters". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ Best of Both Worlds Tour News Release
- ^ http://www.cityofhope.org/Media/ehope/07_0830/mileycyrus Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour- City of Hope
- ^ Tim Nudd (2007). Miley Mania Continues: Cyrus Extends Her Tour. People Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ a b c Walt Disney Records & Hollywood Records (2007). The Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus ``Best of Both Worlds Tour Confirms 14 New Dates to Sold-Out Nationwide Tour. Business Wire 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ a b c Westbrook, Bruce (September 17, 2007). How much would you pay for Hannah Montana tickets?. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-09-17. “... every show in every city, no matter how small, has sold out in minutes.”
- ^ a b c d e Ellen Rosen. "In the Race to Buy Concert Tickets, Fans Keep Losing", The New York Times, 2007-10-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ a b c d Geoff Boucher and Chris Lee. "'Hannah Montana' stirs a U.S. tizzy", The Los Angeles Times, 2007-10-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ "'Hannah Montana' fan club sued over tickets", Associated Press for CNN, 2007-11-13.
- ^ Lexington Herald-Leader
- ^ a b "Fox Valley's Hannah Montana fans needed to act fast", Appleton Post-Crescent, 2007-12-16.
- ^ Miley Cyrus is Hannah Montana. High Voltage magazine (2007-10-22). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
- ^ a b "The Police Lock Top 2007 Tours Spot", Pollstar, 2007-12-26. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
- ^ http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1149434?tm_link=tm_home_g2&hot_ticket_brand=home Best of Both Worlds Tour Ticket Listing
- ^ a b Hannah Montana adds second Salt Lake tour date. Deseret Morning News (2007-10-19). Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ http://www.houstontoyotacenter.com/events/event_609.php Houston, TX Concert
- ^ http://www.knoxvilletickets.com/index.asp?view=showall Knoxville, TN Concert
- ^ http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/calendar.php?view=event&eventID=1492 Toronto, ON Concert
- ^ http://www.ticketsnow.com/TicketsList.aspx?PID=527461 Philadelphia, PA Concert
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