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Fans sue Madonna for starting concert more than two hours late
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By Hugh Fort in US business news, posted January 19, 2024
Pop legend Madonna is facing legal action over a concert in Brooklyn where she arrived on stage more than two hours late.
The Queen of Pop is being sued by two men after she did not appear on stage until 10.45pm at a performance in Brooklyn that was due to start at 8.30pm.
The men, Michael Fellows from Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden from The Bronx, went to the gig at the Barclays Center on December 13.
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The concert did not finish until 1am, which led to them facing issues getting home on public transport.
They say the late finish affected their work and family duties the following day.
The men are suing Madonna, concert organizer Live Nation, and the Barclays Center.
They accused them of "unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices."
The suit also claims the organizers and the singer herself knew the concert would not start on time.
There is no information available on the damages sought.
"Madonna had demonstrated flippant difficulty in ensuring a timely or complete performance"
The suit does highlight the singer's history of arriving to her performances hours late, which continued throughout the tour.
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However, her lawyers argue this reputation means fans should not have expected the concert to start on time.
The suit says: "Madonna had demonstrated flippant difficulty in ensuring a timely or complete performance, and Defendants were aware that any statement as to a start time for a show constituted, at best, optimistic speculation.
"Based on the years-long history of Madonna arriving several hours late to prior concerts (and which conduct continued at concerts in other cities after the Concerts at the Barclays Center, including concerts in Washington, D.C. and Boston), Plaintiffs knew or should have known that the Concerts would not start at 8:30 p.m., and that Madonna would not take the stage until several hours after the start time, causing Plaintiffs and all Class Members to have to wait several hours."
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