She didn’t get on stage until after 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2023, leaving concertgoers with”limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing” options, the civil complaint says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two Madonna fans filed a federal lawsuit against the iconic performer on Wednesday, accusing her of showing up hours late at a show last month and needlessly inconveniencing concertgoers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fans Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden expressed themselves\u2002<\/a>about the Material Girl’s<\/a> Dec. 13 show at Barclays Center when she didn’t take the Brooklyn stage until after 10:45 p.m., according to the civil action filed in the Eastern District of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The show was ticketed to get into the groove<\/a> at 8:30 p.m., but the show’s late start meant fans were ready for a bedtime story<\/a> by the time they got out at almost 1 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That late finish left fans on the borderline<\/a> of being stuck in Brooklyn with “limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing” options or “increased public and private transportation costs at that late hour,” said the civil complaint written by attorneys Richard Klass and Marcus Corwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dec. 13 last year was a Wednesday night, so fans who cherish<\/a> weekday sleep were allegedly out of luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “In addition, many ticket holders 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 plaintiffs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lawsuit lists Madonna Louise Ciccone and various iterations of promoters at Live Nation and the Barclays Center as defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Madonna’s camp conceded that the Dec. 13 show was late due to a “technical issue.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMadonna\u2019s just completed, sold out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe received rave reviews,” according to a statement from Madonna’s representatives. “The shows opened in North America at Barclays in Brooklyn as planned, with the exception of a technical issue December 13th during soundcheck. This caused a delay that was well-documented in press reports at the time. We intend to defend this case vigorously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Representatives for Live Nation and Barclays Center could not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These late starts appear to be in vogue for Madonna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She played five shows in Boston, Toronto and Detroit this month with her taking the stage between 9:50 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., according to the Setlist.fm<\/a>, a crowd-sourced site that keeps track of songs played and show times of major concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SetList recorded Madonna’s start time on Dec. 13<\/a> at 10:50 p.m. and she took the stage at 10:20 p.m. in\u2002her next two\u2002<\/a>shows at Barclays.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The civil action did not name a dollar amount sought by plaintiffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fellows, Hadden and other potential plaintiffs “suffered actual harm” because of Madonna’s tardiness that include, but are “not limited” to, “annoyance, harassment, time, frustration and anger,” according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaintiffs wouldn’t have purchased tickets “had they known that the Concerts would start after 10:30 p.m. and end” after 1 a.m., forcing them to live to tell<\/a> about an early morning in Brooklyn, the lawsuit claimed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n