Madonna Sued By Concertgoers For Starting NYC Concert More Than Two Hours Late

Two Madonna fans have filed a lawsuit against the pop star for starting her New York gig more than two hours late.

Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden attended Madonna’s concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in December. They accused her of “demonstrated flippant difficulty in ensuring a timely or complete performance” and that the 8:30 p.m. start time was “optimistic speculation.” The concert began around 10:45 p.m., they claimed. 

The duo said that due to the concert being on a weekday, starting and finishing the performance late would be an issue for concert-goers. “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 document said.

They also named the Barclays Center and Live Nation in the lawsuit.

Madonna has had a recent history of starting her concerts late. She told a Las Vegas audience in 2019 that “a queen is never late” in response to a similar lawsuit leveled against her, alleging breach of contract for the 10:30 p.m. start time.

At one recent concert, Madonna revealed that she had been in a coma for two days during her medical emergency last year, which led to the delay of her tour.