By DAVID FILKINS, Staff writer Tuesday, January 8, 2008
ALBANY - Parts of some streets will close to traffic Wednesday as Hannah Montana mania hits the city.
Miley Cyrus, who portrays the popular Disney TV show character, performs a sold-out concert at Times Union Center at 7 p.m. Beginning at 4 p.m., South Pearl Street between Beaver and Howard street will be closed to traffic. At about 5 p.m., or when traffic volumes dictate, South Pearl Street between State and Beaver streets will become one-way southbound. Traffic will form into two lanes. The left lane will be directed to Beaver Street eastbound, then to southbound Green Street where public parking will be available. The right lane will be directed to Beaver Street westbound to public parking. Motorists who are not heading to the event can continue past the parking areas. The following route will be followed at the end of the concert: South Pearl Street between Beaver and State streets will become one-way northbound. Traffic will form into two lanes. Both lanes will be directed east onto State Street from South Pearl Street. As the two lanes approach Broadway, the left lane will be directed north on Broadway to either Route 32 or to I-787. The right lane will be directed south onto Broadway to either I-787 north via Quay Street or south at Madison Avenue. Albany police will assist at major intersections to aid in the traffic flow. From 4 p.m. until completion of the outbound traffic plan, all CDTA buses that would use South Pearl Street northbound or southbound in the area of Times Union Center will be rerouted. CDTA staff will notify patrons on the affected bus lines of the changes in the stops and routes.
My granddaughters would have loved to see her in concert. But the tickets were not only expensive, but they were sold out!! Of course I would have bought the tickets and 'lovingly' gave them to their parents and let THEM take the girls. TOO CRAZY FOR ME!! Guess I'm getting old, huh?
Traffic will be rerouted and some streets will be closed to vehicles later this afternoon for tonight’s sold-out Miley Cyrus concert at the Times Union Center. Cyrus, 15, star of the Disney series “Hannah Montana,” will perform at 7 tonight, and hordes of young fans and their parents are expected to arrive early for the concert. Beginning at 4 p.m., South Pearl Street, between Beaver and Howard streets, will be closed to all traffic. Southbound traffic on South Pearl will have to turn east onto Hudson Avenue to Broadway, then north on Broadway to State Street, west on State Street to North Pearl Street. Police said northbound traffi c will have to turn east, or west, onto Beaver Street. Traffic that turns east will proceed to Green Street, then turn south on Green Street to Hudson Avenue. At Hudson, traffi c can go east, west or continue south around the road closure. Traffi c that turns west onto Beaver Street must turn north on Lodge Street and back to State Street. At about 5 p.m. police will direct inbound arena traffic as follows: South Pearl Street, between State Street and Beaver Street, will become one way southbound. This traffic is directed by signs to form two lanes. The left lane is directed to Beaver Street eastbound then to southbound Green Street, where public parking is available. Through traffic, not bound for the event, can continue south on Green Street away from the event. The right lane is directed to Beaver Street westbound to public parking. When the event is over, S. Pearl Street, between Beaver Street and State Street, will become one way northbound. All traffic will be directed by signs to form two lanes. Both lanes are directed east onto State Street from South Pearl. Albany police will assist at major intersections. From 4 p.m. until completion of the outbound traffic plan, all CDTA buses that would use South Pearl Street northbound or southbound in the area of the Times Union Center, will be rerouted. CDTA Staff will notify patrons on the affected bus lines of the rerouting.
Hannah Montana caught using body double Associated Press Friday, January 11, 2008
NEW YORK -- It was ever so brief, but the use of a body double by Miley Cyrus on her best-selling "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus 'Best of Both Worlds'" tour is creating plenty of buzz.
A video posted on YouTube shows the 15-year-old entertainer as "Hannah" dancing onstage with a group of dancers and the Jonas Brothers, also on the tour. During the song, someone ushers her offstage via a trap door. Immediately, another girl dressed like the character "Hannah" in the same pink trench coat with blonde hair covering her faces dances around, runs up the stage set, and then quickly leaves. While the double is holding a microphone for her less than a minute, the girl motions like she is singing. However, a rep for Miley said the switch was only for costume purposes. "To help speed the transition from Hannah to Miley, there is a production element during the performance of 'We Got the Party' incorporating a body double for Miley," according to statement Friday from the public relations firm PMK. "After Hannah has completed the featured verse on the duet with the Jonas Brothers, a body double appears approximately one to two minutes prior to the end of the song in order to allow Miley to remove the Hannah wig and costume and transform into Miley for her solo set. Other than during this very brief transitional moment in the show, Miley performs live during the entirety of both the Hannah and Miley segments of the concert." Miley's "Hannah Montana" tour is one of the nation's hottest tours, selling out within minutes when tickets went on sale last fall. Some people have been reselling tickets for thousands of dollars. Miley has released two albums under the "Hannah Montana" brand, both of which have sold more than two million copies. The "Hannah Montana" is an offshoot of the Walt Disney Co. TV show.
I'm sure kind of thing happens all of the time! I don't think too many people mind, as long as they are being entertained.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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