Vault: Was the Miley Cyrus Concert Too Adult For Kids?

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Vault: Was the Miley Cyrus Concert Too Adult For Kids?"

Podcast: The Bert Show
Date: May 20, 2026
Hosts & Contributors: Bert, Melissa, Wendy, Stacey (Bert’s wife), Callers (Susan, Casey, Heather)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into the hot topic of whether the recent Miley Cyrus concert was too adult-oriented for young children in attendance. Triggered by Bert’s own experience as his wife took their 7-year-old to the show, the hosts, callers, and guests debate where the line should be drawn when pop stars transition from child-friendly to more mature performances. The discussion covers parental perspectives, Miley's career evolution, and the challenges of bridging an evolving artist persona with a still-young fanbase.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Parental Discomfort at the Miley Cyrus Concert

• Bert describes his wife Stacey’s discomfort taking their 7-year-old to the Miley Cyrus concert, noting aspects that seemed more mature than expected.

  • “My wife was just... a little taken back. She thought there were some things going on on that stage last night that were more adult than they were for a 7 year old.” — Bert (01:31)

• Stacey elaborates:

  • “She was on a pole, but she was... when she would dance with some of the guys on stage, it was, you know, it was pretty sexy. And her outfits were not... too sexy, but they weren't clean cut either.” — Stacey (04:53)
  • She reiterates the conflict of seeing Miley as both Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: “I don't think you can separate that for kids. I mean, she is Hannah Montana. You know, they're one in the same person.” (04:12)

• Bert summarizes the rating:

  • “So she’s gone from G to PG really, is what she’s done.” (05:23)
  • Stacey replies: “Yeah. PG 13.” (05:26)

2. The Opening Act: Miley’s Brother

• Both Stacey and several callers found Trace Cyrus’s opening act inappropriate for young audiences:

  • “He was disturbing to look at. And then lifting his shirt up and telling kids, you know, that they want to take their clothes off and stuff like that, I thought was completely inappropriate.” — Caller Susan (05:57)

  • The issue highlighted is not just suggestive lyrics or outfits but the attitude and performance of supporting acts to a distinctly young crowd.

3. The Audience’s Age & the Pop Star Dilemma

• Observations point to a much younger crowd than perhaps Miley Cyrus (or her management) anticipated.

  • “It was like little, littles... we're talking four, five, six year old kids, average age.” — Wendy (07:03)

• Melissa reflects on the challenge for a pop star to grow up musically while having a fan base “getting to be in the teens now” but still associated with child-friendly content. (03:28)

• One caller offers a perspective:

  • “Seven year olds have no business at a Miley Cyrus concert. However, they can go to the Hannah Montana viewings. They’re two totally different things.” — Caller Heather (10:11)

4. The Blurred Line Between Child Star and Pop Singer

• The conversation repeatedly returns to the difficulty Miley faces in making a smooth transition into more mature music and performance.

  • “She's trying to... be Miley Cyrus now. You don’t really call her Hannah Montana anymore... I can see from her perspective how difficult it would be to change that.” — Melissa (03:32)

• Bert emphasizes the blurred perception for children:

  • “It’s a real... blurred line. It really is. Especially if you have kids that are seven and eight because they know Hannah Montana is a character but still Miley Cyrus on stage is one and the same person to them.” (11:38)

5. Should Concerts Have Ratings?

• The hosts muse about whether live shows should have a rating system like movies to signal appropriate audiences.
  • “I wonder why they don’t do it for concerts…” — Bert (10:39)
  • “They should.” — Wendy (10:46)

6. The Evolution of Child Stars

• Melissa summarizes the classic struggle for Disney and Nickelodeon alumni:

  • “We’ve said this about every Disney star... How do they make the transition to adulthood, you know, in their profession?” (11:54)

• On Miley’s transitional path:

  • “She's probably doing... Navigating it better than most but still trying to cut that loose. But yeah, Hannah Montana's still this huge franchise that she can't abandon.” — Melissa (12:07)

7. No Outrage, But Lingering Questions

• Stacey, despite her discomfort, is not upset with Miley:
  • “No, I’m not angry about any of it… I would take him again. Yeah, there were just little bits and pieces that were glimpses of what I think is going to happen...” (12:29)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Stay off the pole, Miley.” — Stacey, jokingly addressing Miley's stage performance (04:48)
• “What you guys need to understand is there's a big difference between a Miley Cyrus concert and a Hannah Montana show. There’s both, okay? Seven year olds have no business at a Miley Cyrus concert.” — Caller Heather (10:11)
• “But nowhere has Miley ever said in an interview that this is targeted for kids.” — Caller Casey, 18-year-old attendee (11:32)
• “She can't, you know, really make these parents angry to where they never want to see her or buy her stuff again.” — Melissa, on Hannah Montana’s franchise obligations (12:07)
• “I’ve been saying that about Taylor Lautner now for a couple of weeks.” — Bert, making a tongue-in-cheek aside (13:04)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [01:31] — Bert introduces the topic: concern over the concert’s appropriateness for kids
• [02:35] — Melissa relates her own experience at a Britney Spears show with kids present
• [04:00] — Bert’s wife Stacey discusses specifics of the show she found questionable
• [05:46] — Callers raise issues with the opening act’s appropriateness and stage presence
• [07:03] — Hosts and callers discuss the notably young audience demographic
• [09:34] — Stacey and Bert discuss their thoughts on the opening act’s suitability
• [10:11] — Caller clarifies the distinction between Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana concerts
• [10:39] — Suggestion to rate concerts like movies
• [11:19] — 18-year-old attendee provides a teen perspective, defends Miley’s intent
• [12:29] — Stacey notes she isn’t upset, but sees indicators of Miley’s evolving career

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Tone & Final Thoughts

The conversation is authentic and humorous but thoughtful, with real parental anxieties offset by empathy for the pop star's predicament. The tone swings between playful banter (“Stay off the pole, Miley”) and genuine debate about age-appropriateness and the struggles of growing up under the public eye.

Ultimately, the consensus seems to be that Miley’s concert is no longer suitable for very young kids, even if she hasn’t gone full “adult.” The episode closes without outrage but with an appreciation of the complexity faced by both parents and pop stars as audiences grow up and out of childhood fandoms.

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For listeners or parents considering taking young children to a Miley Cyrus concert, this episode is an essential, honest primer on what to expect and why that decision matters.

Transcript

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[Radio Host (Bert)]

The Bird show all right, if you were at the Miley show last night, will you give us a call here real quick? 404-741-Q100 My wife took our 7 year old Hayden last night and I talked a little bit about this earlier this morning and she, my wife was just, you know, she's a little taken back. She thought there were some things going on on that stage last night that were more adult than they were for a 7 year old.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

What like sexy dance moves or what was it?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

I'd have to get her on to talk about it because sometime those shows

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

like they'll have like videos on the screens on the stage or if it was what Miley was doing or what her dancers were doing or the Choreography

[Radio Host (Bert)]

or I don't know. 404-741-Q100 I asked her the question, I'm like, was it her clothing? Was it the way she was dancing? And she said, yeah, it just seemed a little bit at times. I wasn't expecting sexy at all. Now we've got a seven year old. So probably a couple of years ago it probably would have been like, what's the big deal? Like if you don't have kids, you'd probably be there going like, what's the big deal? You know, but. But now that you're there with your child, it really does change the way you view things. Yeah, yeah.

[Melissa]

The only time that I felt that way is when I went to one of the Britney Spears shows and this was not. This is probably, God, I think three tours ago, you know, like, or three. It's been about three or four years ago. And I noticed the little kids in the audience. So when you're standing next to a little kid and I'm, you know, enjoying the show very much because some of the songs are very adult and she was, you know, having, you know, you know, dances with the men on the stage and seeing this little eight year old girl next to me, that's the one time I thought, wow, this is, I, I don't think I would have brought a little kid to the show.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Yeah, and you really do. Like, I remember when I didn't have kids and I would hear like a radio guy talking about this very same thing, I would be thinking to myself, what are you overreacting about, dude? But when you do have kids and you're there with them, it does change things.

[Melissa]

Well, Miley Cyrus does have that younger audience though, so you would expect it

[Podcast Host]

to be a little more tame.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

But I think Melissa hit it on the head too. Is that younger audience is getting to be in the teens now.

[Melissa]

Yeah. My feeling is if she was out being Hannah Montana, because I'm thinking from her perspective, it's like, how do you make that change? Because she's trying to by being Miley Cyrus down. You don't really call her Hannah Montana anymore. And then, you know, she still has really poppy songs, I guess, where Britney Spears songs got a little more adult. But yeah, I can see from her perspective how difficult it would be to change that. Like, I want my original fans to still be my fans, but I'm not really looking for any new little kids, you know.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Here's my wife, Stacey. Hey, babe.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Hey.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Hey, how are you?

[Caller (Heather)]

I'm good.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

How are you doing?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Good. I'M trying to put my finger on exactly what you saw at that show last night that you thought not. Not for a seven year old.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Well, it wasn't. I don't know, I don't want to be like over the top about it or anything or crazy because, I mean, they see stuff every day. But when. When y' all made the comment about, you know, she's trying to move into being Miley Cyrus and not Hannah Montana and she's never. I don't think you can separate that for kids. I mean, she is Hannah Montana. You know, they're one in the same person. So I don't know if she'll ever be able to separate that. And if she decides to, then that that generation of kids is just gonna have to go away.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

But what was she doing? Was she like on the pole? I mean, what was she doing?

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Stay off the pole, Miley.

[Caller (Heather)]

She was on a pole, but she was.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

When she would dance with some of the guys on stage, it was, you know, it was pretty sexy. And her outfits were not. They weren't too sexy, but they weren't clean cut either. So there was just a fine line she was walking that I kept. Like there were just little times where little things would happen. I'd be like, I wish he didn't see that. Or, you know, I wish he. She didn't have to go that far, you know, in that. In that dance move or whatever.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

So she's gone from G to PG really, is what she's done.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Yeah. PG 13.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Here's Susan here.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

More than PG, I would think.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Hold on one sec, babe. Susan here agrees with you. Hey, Susan.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

Hi.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Hi. Were you at the show last night?

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

I was.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

And how old are your kids?

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

I have a nine year old that I brought.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Was there any time during the concert last night where you're a little. I don't know.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

Well, there were several things. I mean, number one, I thought her brother, the opening act, I thought was completely inappropriate.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Totally inappropriate.

[Melissa]

Why is that?

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

I.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

He was disturbing to look at. And then lifting his shirt up and telling kids, you know, that they want to take their clothes off and stuff like that, I thought was completely inappropriate. He looked like he was on drugs and he looked like he hadn't taken a shower. That was a little strange.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

You said he was disturbing to look at.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

He was disturbing. He was covered in tattoos. And I don't mind. I don't mind some of it, but it was just. I mean, his whole entire body was covered in tattoos.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Miley make some kind of point, like that to you guys about her brother, she was like, you can't really judge. That was the point. That sort of, he. That's why he does this.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

But you know what? He. I mean, getting on stage with a bunch of small children and talking about taking your clothes off and stuff like that, I don't think that that was appropriate in the least bit.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

And that is a young crowd. I mean, Wendy and I saw it from the kids that are gathering outside with their parents to go into Phillips arena and then the people through Q100 who won the passes into the soundcheck party to see her beforehand. Like, that is a young, young crowd. I mean, we're talking four, five, six year old kids, average age.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

There was not very many teenagers.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

Yeah, it wasn't like the tweens and the teens. It was like little, Littles.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Hey, Heather, Good morning. You're part of the Bird show.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

Hey, how are you guys?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Good, good.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

I took my 8 year old daughter with one of my friends last night and we had really high seats, but I think if we were closer, I would have been a little bit more shocked. But mainly on the screens, what we saw is her just shaking her booty on there. I'm not joking either. It was really a little too much for eight year olds.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Well, it sounds like this is the way that she sort of has to go though. If she. It almost sounds like it's perfect. Like if she's evolving now into Miley Cyrus. She hasn't gone completely R yet. And it doesn't even really sound like she's gone PG 13. It sounds like she's gone PG. And if you were there with kids like 7 years old, it was too much.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

Yeah.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Which is really what she's trying to do now.

[Melissa]

Cause I'm wondering if her. People are curious if they're surprised by that, the ticket sales for that audience. Like, I'm wondering if they expected to be more tweens and teens and end up being young kids. But you know, either she.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

This is the end of her tour. I mean, she's been out for a while, so I'd be surprised if the Atlanta crowd was in a younger, you know what I'm saying, than the other cities.

[Melissa]

But I know that she either has to make a decision on being Miley Cyrus, who I think she wants to be, you know, getting older, or the Wiggles, basically. And she doesn't want to go the route of being the adult performer for kids, you know. So how do you do it, Stace?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

When you looked around Phillips last night. Was it mostly like 6, 7, 8, 9 year olds or were there some teens there too?

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

No, there was a few teens, but it was. I'd say it was six years old to about eight or nine. It was young. It was really young. Her music's gotten harder. It's not as poppy. That dance Party in the USA song or whatever that is, that's the poppiest. She was. She was hard. Rock and roll. It was definitely rock and roll. And her brother. The comment that the woman was making about the brother, first of all, he couldn't sing at all. It was a horrible performance. I mean, it was. It was like you doing karaoke. It was horrible.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

What are you trying to say?

[Melissa]

She's probably talking to me.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

It was. He could not sing. The guy in his. The other guy in his band couldn't sing. And he was disgusting looking. He was just. It was just not something that little kids need to see.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

I don't know what disgusting looking means. Like, just. Just because he's all tattooed up makes him disgusting looking.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Babe, I'm telling you. I mean, I don't judge about tattoos, you know that I don't care. But this kid was. His hair was like greasy and dirty and he was really thin. And I mean, swear every inch of his body except his face was tattooed. And I just don't think 8 year olds need to see that. I mean, adults, fine. Rock and roll, fine. I totally get it. It's cool with me. I have tattoos. Doesn't bother me. But it was just weird. It was. It didn't make any sense that they were opening act and they were awful.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Hey, Melissa, Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Hey, good morning.

[Caller (Heather)]

How you guys doing?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Good, thanks.

[Caller (Heather)]

What you guys need to understand is there's a big difference between a Miley concert, Miley Cyrus concert, and a Hannah Montana show. There's both, okay? Seven year olds have no business at a Miley Cyrus concert. However, they can go to the Hannah Montana viewings. They're two totally different things. You know, one is her little stage show and one is her actual, you know, kind of grown up, more grown up self.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

And I mean, you guys, come on.

[Caller (Heather)]

She's dancing on a stripper pole on award shows. I mean, what did you really think you were gonna get?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

I wonder? You know, we put. We're putting all these ratings now. We've got this new rating system for movies. I wonder why they don't do it for. For concerts.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

They should.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Yeah, I mean, they could for kid only concerts, but I mean, Jonas Brothers, let's see the Miley Cyrus show. Britney, when she was making the transition,

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

Britney C should have had a rating,

[Radio Host (Bert)]

you know, but you know, it took in the game. No, obviously people did.

[Co-host or Producer (Wendy)]

I mean, some parents thought they were going to a pop show and people had to leave with their kids during the middle of that show because that was an overtly sexual performances and you know, that was the crux of the whole concept.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Now here's Casey, who's 18 years old. Hey, Casey.

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

Hi. Good morning.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

How are you guys?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Good, thank you. Did you go last night?

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

Yes, I did. I was 10th row on the floor.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Okay.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

And I thought it was a fabulous show. But I'm 18 and Miley's 17 and I mean it's definitely not a show

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

for kids at all.

[Caller (Susan or Casey)]

I would never recommend it for children. But nowhere has Miley ever said in an interview that this is targeted for kids.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Yeah, it's a real. For a 7 or an 8 year old my age, it's a real slippery slope. It's a real clouded, you know, like a blurred line. It really is. Especially if you have kids that are seven and eight because they know that Hannah Montana is a character but still Miley Cyrus on stage is one and the same person to them.

[Melissa]

And she's still gotta sell Hannah Montana. So she can't do things, you know, she can't, she has to squeeze out of that. And we've said this about every like Disney star and you know, how do they make the transition to adulthood, you know, in their profession?

[Radio Host (Bert)]

This is it.

[Melissa]

And yeah, she's, she is probably doing. Navigating it better than most but still trying to cut that loose. But yeah, Hannah Montana's still this huge franchise that she can't abandon. So she can't, you know, really make these parents angry to where they never want to see her or buy her stuff again.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

That said, that said, those days you're like not so unhappy with her that you're bummed that you took him last night though, right?

[Stacey (Bert's Wife)]

No, I'm not angry about any of it. And I'm not, I wouldn't not take him to a show again. I mean, I would take him again. Yeah, there were just little bits and pieces that were glimpses of what I think is going to happen. And I think she's going to do the Britney thing and I think she's going to change. And the thing that bothered me the most about it is I just wish she didn't have to. I wish he would just be okay with being Miley Cyrus. But Also this other person, Hannah Montana.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

Bert says that all the time. He just wants to keep Miley cyrus at age 16 forever.

[Melissa]

I think at 17, you're ready to grow up too.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

I've been saying that about Taylor Lautner now for a couple of weeks.

[Melissa]

Yeah, well, I think sometimes for women and everybody's in school, right? So this is a adult comment, but I think especially for girls, there is a significant change in how you feel about life once you've had sex. And, and I think that my interpretation of these women that are in this position and once they go to older, you know, more sophisticated music is because in their personal life, they have made a change.

[Radio Host (Bert)]

She's from Tennessee. She had sex years ago. Hey. The Bird show.

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