Madonna is in trouble, once again, for the late start of her concerts.
In a complaint, filed Friday in Washington, D.C., three ticket buyers accused her of violating the law by arriving two hours late to her two shows at the city’s Capital One Arena in December.
Her fans, Elizabeth Halper-Asefi, Mary Conoboy and Nestor Monte, Jr., alleged that while she was scheduled to take the stage for The Celebration Tour at 8:30 p.m., the Queen of Pop did not begin her performance until 10 .:30 pm
According to the file obtained by Rolling StoneDC fans said they felt “cheated” and had to “leave the concerts early before the concerts”, depriving them of experiencing the full concert they paid for.
Madonna is in trouble, once again, for the late start of her concerts; seen on October 15, 2023 in London, England
Additionally, they accused the Holiday singer of maintaining “a warm and uncomfortable temperature in the venue during her performance.”
They also claimed that she ‘lip syncs’.[ed] much of his performance.
Disgruntled concertgoers stated that these alleged actions represent “Madonna’s arrogant and total lack of respect” toward ticket holders.
“At their core, Madonna and Live Nation are a consumer’s worst nightmare,” the lawsuit states.
At her tour stop in DC on December 18, the plaintiffs recalled that the mother of six told the crowd: ‘I’m sorry I’m late… no, I’m not sorry, it’s just who I am… I’m always late. late. ‘
“Defendants failed to notify ticket holders that the Concerts would begin much later than the start time printed on the ticket and as advertised, resulting in ticket holders waiting for hours for the Concerts to begin at the venue. place,” the lawsuit states. .
According to Rolling Stone, ‘One of the plaintiffs, Halper-Asefi, spent $992.76 on tickets from StubHub, while the others bought theirs on Ticketmaster. Conoboy spent $537.70 on two tickets, while Monte shelled out $252.44 for two.
The lawsuit cited previous examples of Madonna’s tardiness.
In a complaint, filed Friday in Washington, D.C., three ticket buyers accused her of violating the law by arriving two hours late to her two shows at the city’s Capital One Arena in December (seen in November 2008).
Her fans, Elizabeth Halper-Asefi, Mary Conoboy and Nestor Monte, Jr., alleged that while she was scheduled to take the stage at 8:30 p.m., the Queen of Pop did not begin her performance until 10:30 p.m. ( seen in 2023)
“There have been countless articles in the media and on the Internet over the years from fans complaining that Madonna did not come on stage for several hours after the announced start time of her concerts,” the complaint reads. “Unfortunately, not all people who rely on concert publicity know this.”
The complaint also noted that “even if some ticket buyers are aware of Madonna’s unfortunate history of starting her concerts late, they do not know how late she will appear on stage at a particular concert, which is why the ticket buyers arrived on time. announced start date”. .’
Ultimately, the lawsuit calls it “deceptive business practices, breach of contract for not starting at 8:30, and misrepresentation, among other claims.”
The plaintiffs are seeking damages and “any other compensation.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to Madonna’s representative but has not received a response at this time.
Earlier this month, she responded to another group of fans who sued her for starting her concert three hours late at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on December 13.
According to the document, obtained by Rolling Stone, DC fans said they felt “cheated” and had to “leave concerts early before the concerts,” depriving them of experiencing the full concert they paid for.
The lawsuit filed in January by concertgoers Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden claimed the late starts constitute a “rampant exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive business practices.”
Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com show that Material Girl’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that it was illogical for them to expect her to start the show on time.
“No reasonable concert-goer – and certainly no Madonna fan – would expect the headline act of a major concert to take the stage at the scheduled time of the event,” the document said.
“Fans got just what they paid for: a complete, high-quality show from the Queen of Pop.”
Her lawyer also referenced a Facebook post by Hadden from the day after the concert in which she shared a photo of the tour poster and said: ‘I saw her at the premiere of her North American tour last night! A tribute to New York! Incredible, as always! I’ve never missed a Madonna tour!’
“In other words, the concert met or exceeded your expectations,” the document says.
In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that this was false advertising and that they suffered damages because the concert did not start at the time indicated on the ticket.
In addition, they accused the creator of Holiday of maintaining ‘a warm and uncomfortable temperature in the place during her performance’ (seen in 2022)
They said that because the show started much later than expected, it put ticket holders at risk due to “limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs at that late hour.”
“In addition, many ticket buyers who attended weekday concerts had to get up early to go to work and/or attend to family responsibilities the next day,” the lawsuit says.
Madonna’s team argued that they have nothing to support that and said that ticket holders having to stay up late and then get up early the next day “is not a recognizable injury.”
‘The complaint itself admits that Madonna fans, like Mr. Hadden, would not expect Madonna to appear on stage at the event’s printed time of 8:30 p.m., claiming that she has a “year-long history” of “arriving several hours late to the previous presentations”. “concerts,” so “plaintiffs knew or should have known that the concerts would not begin at 8:30 p.m.,” the filing says.
‘Reasonable concert-goers also know that concert lengths vary based on numerous factors, such as the length of the opening act and the artist’s set list for the night. Therefore, they wouldn’t reasonably expect the night to end at 10:30pm unless an advert or entry said so, and none here said so.’
Disgruntled concertgoers stated that these alleged actions represent “Madonna’s arrogant and total lack of respect” toward ticket holders; seen in 2023
“At their core, Madonna and Live Nation are a consumer’s worst nightmare,” the lawsuit states; seen in 2023 on the opening night of The Celebration Tour
The plaintiffs acknowledge that Madonna had health problems (last year she faced a life-threatening bacterial infection), which caused the original concert dates to be postponed from July to December, but they do not see that as an excuse for the night delays.
Despite the delay, he put on a very daring show and surprised his fans as he performed his 45-song setlist highlighting his record-breaking 40-year career.
The delay was later explained to be due to technical issues and had been delayed by just an hour when the opening act, DJ Honey Dijon, took the stage at 8:30 p.m.
The Queen of Pop finally took the stage and began her show at 10:45 p.m.
However, many of the music icon’s fans took to social media to complain about waiting for the Material Girl hitmaker to start her show.
One X user tweeted: “I don’t give a damn if you’re Madonna, if you’re 3 hours late you’re fucking rude.”
‘The concert is supposed to start at 8:30. Madonna started at 11 p.m. The entire ring chanting bulls at his delay. Great show but came too late,” another person wrote, adding that DJ Honey Dijon opened the show with “boring house music.”
‘2:30 hours late. I WANT A REFUND NOW,’ another X user demanded.
“I love Madonna but it’s really fucked up that she’s literally two hours late to her FIRST US show,” another tweeted.