Scorned Madonna fans are feeling fairly “Hung Up” about their Celebration Tour concert experience in Brooklyn — a lot so that they are suing her.
Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn, Recent York, against Madonna, Live Nation, and the Barclays Center for “unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices” after the singer allegedly began the show two hours after she was set to start during all three nights of her Barclays stint on December 13-15.
The boys allege that the show began at 10:30 p.m. as a substitute of 8:30 p.m., and it ended after midnight, whch left them with limited options to get home and added expenses as ride-share and public transportation options were limited.
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“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,” the class-action lawsuit states, alleging that the singer has been known to indicate up late to shows on multiple tours.
The lawsuit also alleges that “many ticketholders who attended live shows on a weeknight needed to stand up early to go to work and/or maintain their family responsibilities the subsequent day” and that concertgoers were left “waiting for hours.”
The Celebration Tour, which celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Madonna’s debut album, was postponed from July to October after the singer was sent to the ICU following a harrowing bacterial infection in June that left her unconscious.
“On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection, which [led] to a several-day stay within the ICU. Her health is improving, nevertheless she continues to be under medical care. A full recovery is anticipated,” the singer’s long-time manager, Guy Oseary, said in an Instagram post, on the time. “Presently, we’ll have to pause all commitments, which incorporates the tour.”
Madonna has not responded to the lawsuit, though she infamously posted a clip on Twitter in 2019 that said, “A queen isn’t late.”
F. A.C.T.S. ? ……………….. #madamextheatre #thecolosseum pic.twitter.com/QBV99f1Y3I
— Madonna (@Madonna) November 9, 2019
Live Nation has also not commented on the pending suit.