Madonna is facing legal action from two fans who have filed a civil lawsuit accusing her of inconveniencing concertgoers after showing up more than two hours late for a show in New York.
Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden claim the 65-year-old didn’t take to the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center until 10.45 pm on 13 December 2023 – two hours and 15 minutes after the scheduled 8.30 pm start time,
lawyers Richard Klass and Marcus Corwin report that the delayed start meant the show didn’t finish until around 1 am, leaving fans with “limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing” options or “increased public and private transportation costs at that late hour.
Making it known, that the show was on a Wednesday evening, the lawsuit goes on to claim that many people who attended had to “get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day”.
The US outlet reports that Mr Fellows and Mr Hadden say that they “suffered actual harm” because of Madonna’s lateness which includes, but is “not limited” to, “annoyance, harassment, time, frustration and anger”.
Madonna is listed as a defendant under her full name of Madonna Louise Ciccone, along with event promoters Live Nation and the Barclays Center.
The show was part of the hitmaker’s Celebration Tour, which kicked off at London’s O2 Arena in October last year.
The tour marks 40 years of the singer in the music industry and was originally supposed to begin in Canada before it was postponed after the singer came down with a serious bacterial infection in late June.
In addition to rolling up late at her London shows, throughout the rescheduled tour, the star took to the stage between 9.50 pm and 10.30 pm, in Boston, Toronto, and Detroit during her January shows, according to the Setlist.
