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Article: Hannah Montana And Her 'Sisters'; TV Character Wins Over Tweens, and Parents' Wallets
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- The Washington Post
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- October 22, 2007
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The frenzy has gone on for three weeks now.
The I-can't-believe-she's-coming squeals, the stampede for
tickets, the it's-sold-out panic. And, of course, the scalping
investigations, launched in three states, and the Ticketmaster
lawsuit.
Washington parents are still feeling the sting of shelling out
their hard-earned money for eBay tickets to the Hannah Montana show
Jan. 7 at Verizon Center, $250 to $300 a pop. That's if they were
lucky: One broker priced floor seats at $1,595 each. Elsewhere in
the country where the "Best of Both Worlds Tour" is headed, seats
were reselling for as much as $3,000. The national average hit $240,
reportedly more than for Springsteen or Beyonce.
This is big. ...