New York, June 22-26, 2007 – With all of the breathless news about Kelly Clarkson canceling her summer tour due to poor ticket sales, and her battle with music industry guru Clive Davis over the artistic direction of her new album, My December, we don’t know what to believe. But even early in the morning, we sure noticed that when Clarkson performed on Good Morning America’s summer concert series this week, the crowd gathered in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center plaza was sparse, even though the concert was free of charge and open to the public.

Just a few days before, fans packed Bryant Park when Miley Cyrus, star of Disney’s Hannah Montana, performed for GMA.

The GMA staff noticed too – a snarky stagehand looking out at the small audience during Clarkson’s show muttered, “Just last week it was 7,000 [people] for Miley Cyrus, and today it’s 75 for Kelly Clarkson.”