Fans argue the lawsuit by saying they had to “get up early” the next morning.
Madonna is currently on her “Celebration” tour. After a few stops in Europe until the beginning of December, she is now doing shows in the USA. However, these seem to have been perceived as problematic so far, as two fans in New York City sued the 65-year-old because of the late start of her concert. The reason for this was that they “had to get up early the next morning to go to work.”
Fans were “stranded in the middle of the night.”
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday (Jan. 17) in federal court in Brooklyn, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden claim they purchased tickets to a Dec. 13 concert at Barclays Center as part of Madonna’s “Celebration” tour. The show was originally supposed to start at 8:30 p.m., but the pop star didn’t take the stage until after 10:30 p.m. This resulted in the two concertgoers not getting home until after 1 a.m. — a time when public transportation would have limited service, leaving them “stranded in the middle of the night,” according to the lawsuit.
The late start of the concert is also said to have led to inconveniences the next day. The show’s late end during the week also affected her ability to “take care of her family responsibilities the next day,” the lawsuit says. Additionally, Fellows and Hadden accuse Madonna, the Barclays Center and tour promoter Live Nation of engaging in “improper, unfair and/or deceptive trade practices” over the delayed start time. Consequently, in their opinion, there was a breach of contract and the presentation of “deliberate false advertising”.
The lawsuit filed was filed in the form of a class action lawsuit seeking participation from attendees of other delayed “Celebration” concerts.
A delay lawsuit is nothing new for Madonna. Back in 2019, a fan from Florida claimed that the singer had breached her contract by being late on the “Madame X” tour. A year later, a similar lawsuit came from two New York concertgoers. However, both cases were later voluntarily dismissed.