Madonna sued by fans after starting concert two hours late
Fans have filed a lawsuit against Madonna over the delayed start of her New York City concert.
In a report by Entertainment Tonight, concert attendees Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden sued the Queen of Pop for engaging in "unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices" after she started the Brooklyn leg of her "Celebration Tour" on Dec. 13 two hours late.
The show was advertised to start at 8:30 p.m. However, Fellows and Hadden allege that Madonna did not appear on the stage until "between 10:45 p.m. and 11:00 p.m." and that they weren't informed ahead of time of the concert's late start time.
Because of the delay, the show lasted longer than expected and ended only after 1 a.m., causing Fellows and Hadden to experience "limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs" while heading home.
The concert also happened on a weeknight, which meant that the pair "had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day" with limited sleep.
The two fans explained that the singer has a "long history of arriving and starting her concerts late, sometimes several hours late," which is why they have decided to seek damages against her as she is allegedly promoting an "exercise in false advertising" and "negligent misrepresentation."
Madonna has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
The pop icon's ongoing twelfth concert tour began in October last year and is set to conclude in April 2024. It is considered her first retrospective tour, highlighting her more than four-decade-long recording career.
The tour initially faced complications before its run as Madonna had fallen ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days. The dates of her concert shows were later rescheduled after her recovery.