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Fans sue Madonna, say they got late for work day after concert

By Our Correspondent
January 21, 2024

LOS ANGELES: Two Madonna fans in the United States are suing the American singer and songwriter for starting her concert late, claiming that they “had to get up early to go to work” the next morning. According to the BBC, the two fans, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. In the lawsuit, they state that they bought tickets to a 13 December show at Barclays Center as part of Madonna’s Celebration tour. They said the concert was meant to start at 20:30 EST but did not begin until after 22:30, ending around 1:00.

US singer Madonna speaks onstage during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023. — AFP
US singer Madonna speaks onstage during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023. — AFP

The two concertgoers said that they “would not have paid tickets” had they known it would finish so late, the outlet reported.

In the lawsuit, they state once the concert was over, they were “left stranded in the middle of the night” and “confronted with limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs”. The case also said, “many ticketholders who attended concerts on a weeknight had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day”. The two fans are now suing Madonna, tour promoter Live Nation and Barclays Center for “false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices”.