Now, the fallout from her delayed performances has taken a legal turn, with two disgruntled attendees from the NYC concert filing a lawsuit. Their claims center around accusations of "wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices." Their argument? Madonna's late start extended the concert well into the wee hours, forcing attendees to shell out more for transportation.
Interestingly, this isn't Madonna's first encounter with legal repercussions for her punctuality challenges. Back in 2019, she faced a strikingly similar lawsuit. It seems punctuality remains an ongoing legal matter for the iconic singer.
From OK! Magazine:
The concertgoers, named Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, are suing the mom-of-six and Live Nation for unspecified damages after she began one of her NYC concerts at 10:30 p.m. despite a scheduled start time of 8:30 p.m.
Since the performance didn't end until after 1 a.m., the men were "confronted with limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing and/or increased public and private transportation costs."
In addition, Fellows and Hadden complained the late time interfered with them having to "get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day."
While they acknowledged the Grammy winner had a serious health battle last year — which caused her tour to be postponed by a few months — they don't think her illness contributed to the starting time issue.
According to the documents, Madonna has been sued in the past over late start times, something she addressed after a suit in 2019.
"There’s something that you all need to understand. And that is, that a queen is never late," the music icon declared at one of her Las Vegas concerts that year.
She then shared a video clip of her remark, captioning it, "F. A.C.T.S. 👑."
