“Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful film premiere at Tribeca on Friday night was for the most part, a celebratory evening as the superstar basked in love from her fans as she unveiled one of her most ambitious Projects in Her Two-Decade Career. That is, except for a few rude outbursts from fans whos who didn’t seem to”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
That is, except for a few rude outbursts from fans who didn’t seem to know the event of they purchassed Tickets for Was A Film Screening, Not A Performance. “We Thought this was a concert, we paid $ 800,” one fan shouted. “Are you Actulaly Going to Sing?” Another One Yelled.
To be Clear, Yeling at An Artist to Perform Like A Court Jester in The Middle of Their Film Premiere Is Never Warranted, and Those Who interrupted the Discussion Should Learn Better etiquette. Since The Event, Miley Fans have come to her defense, calling out the behavior as disrespectful. Still, Beneath that Uncomfortable Exchange, Last Night’s Event Also Provides A Window Into How Confusion The Ticketing Industry Can of the Unaware Fan.
Account to Several Aggrieved Atendees Who Spoke with The Hollywood Reporter or posted online Since Last Night, The Issue Appears to Trace Back to Listings on Third-Party Resale Platforms, WHICH HAVE LITTLE Connection to Cyrus, The Beacons Theater, the Tribeca. Event. Following The Premiere, Several Fans Took to Social Media Saying they Saw Advertisements from Resale Platforms Like Stubhub and Vividseats that Said Suggested Cyrus Wound Be Perform. On X Friday Night, One Fan Posted a Screenshot of a vividseats Link that said “Miley Cyrus & 2025 Endless Summer Vacation Tour. Decade.)
It’s Unclear How Many Fans Were Unaware of the Type of Event They Were Actual Athing. Cyrus and Tribeca have bots consciatively marketed the premiere as a Film Event, not a performance or a concert.
Inside the Packed Venue, There Were Almost No Empty Seats, and Fans Responed Enthasiastical to Cyrus and the Film, Cheering As She Walked Into The Audence and Toka. Performance-Heavy Visual Album. Despite The Noticeable Interruption, Audence Members Seened Eager to Hear What Cyrus Had to Say, and there is a Handful of “I” s from the Crowd.
Still, extinging the venue, at least one slightly irritated audience member asked nearby Festivalgoers if they Knew Cyrus wouldn Meanwhile, Quite A FEW OTHERS POSTED Complaints Online Afterward. Three Atendees Who Spoke with Thr SAID they PURCHASED TICKETS after seeing stubhub and vivid seats ads on Instagram that suggested a full-fledged concert.
Repps for Stubhub and Vividseats Didn’s Respond to Requests for Comment. Repps for the Festival Didn’t Respond to A Request for Comment and Cyrus’ Rep Couldn’st Be Reached.
Kate Fiore, A 27-YEAR-ELD New York Resident, Tells Thr That her younger sister had flown out from houston to at the event tokener and that SPent a combined $ 1,700 for their tickets on vividseats. Fiore Says She’d Purchased The Tickets in April After Seeing a vividseats ad on Instagram, WHICH She SAID DIDNN’T’T GIVE Any Indication that It Was A Film Premiere.
“HAD I SEEN AnyWhere from that vividseats ad that this was linked as a tribeca film festival event WEREN’T ONLY ONES, ”Fiore Says.
Fiore Says They Realized What The Event Actual Was Once They Showed Up at The Beacon Friday Night and that Several of the Attdendees Next to Her Also Had Similar Seats and Thought it was a concert. She SAID SEVERAL ATTEENDEES AROUND HER LEFT EARLY IN FRUSTRATION. “No One Wuld’ve Spent This Much Money If We Have Known. She Doesn’T Tour, She Doesn’t Play Live Onthen.”
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“WHEN FANS ACQUIRING TICKETS from PEOPLE WHO HAD NOTHING to DO: The Ability to Communicate the Important Detactive of The Event of the Theater Future of Music Coalition, A non -profit Music Policy Group that Focuses on Reform in the Ticket and Live Music Business, Among Other Issues.
Erickson Says Part of the Issue is that State of New York Doesn’t ALLOW NON-TRANSFERABLE TICKETS, WHICH HE SAYS LIMITS The Festival’s Abality to STOP Reser: from Guing. That’s a Touchy Subject in the Business, As Critics of Non-Transferable Tickets of Argue that Policy Impedes Ticket Owners from Doing Whaty Wish Withs and Makes Ites Ites. Offload Tickets if they can no Longer Atend an Event.
Still, as erickson says, “you should be abut on a movie at a Film Festival Without Third Parties Coming in Trying to Extract All This Extra Profit.”
Another Attendedee, A New York Resident Named Tim (He Requested His Last Name Be With Withld, Citing Backlash He’s ALREADY RECIEVED FROM CYRUS FANS POSTING ABOUT THE EVENT) TOLD Thr that HE’D SPENT $ 1,200 FOR TWO TICKETS TO DAKE HIS SISTER TO THE EVENT AFTER SEEING A VIVIDSEATS Instagram ad that he said strongly suggested cyrus would perform.
“The Copy in Their ad samting the award of the Lines of“ One Night Only ”and Definitely Suggesting A Concert,“ Tim Says, Adving that Many of the Atendees ARONCER. “AS Soon as We Turned the Corner on 74th Street and I SAW the MarQuee Said ‘Tribeca Festival’ i Said ‘Wait, Is this A Fucking Movie?” I’d pay $ 600 to see miley cyrus perform a one-night show at the beacon, but definitely not that Much for a visual album. ”
TIM Called The Ad that Led Him to Buy His Tickets “False Advertising.” Like Fiore, He Aded that It Was “Almost Unanimous from at Least Everyone by Me Up in the Balcony, Who Were Expecting Somee Type of Performance.”
Neither HE Nor Fiore blamed Cyrus or Tribeca for the Issue. “I’m sure miley had no iDea whata was going on either, and she was there to deliver someting that she put a Lot of Heart and Soul Into,“ Fiore Says. “IT’s unfortunate that was the Ultimate Outcome.”
TIM ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HELED’V LOOKED CLOSER BEFORCHASING The TICKETS as HE WAS ON A Third-Party Ticketing Platform, But He Aded that Consumers Shouldn Tickets.
“I was sitting there cringing in the audience with my sister as the fans were Yeling at the stage,” Tim Says. “IT WAS VERY AWKWARD, BUT IT WAS OBVIUS THAT WAS A CLEAR MISALIGNMENT IN Experts Between the Event and the Fans, Which Is Uncomfortable in A Visceral Way.”