Madonna asks decide to toss lawsuit over late live performance begin time: “Followers acquired simply what they paid for”

Madonna’s attorneys on Thursday filed a movement to dismiss a lawsuit towards the pop celebrity for beginning a live performance two hours late, arguing the plaintiffs did not exhibit any clear accidents, courtroom paperwork present.

Plaintiffs Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed the lawsuit earlier this 12 months after attending one in all Madonna’s world Celebration Tour reveals in Brooklyn in December, alleging they have been “misled” by the 8:30 p.m. marketed begin time.

In addition they sued Barclays Heart and Reside Nation for “wanton train in false promoting, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and misleading commerce practices.”

The plaintiffs argued they would not have bought tickets in the event that they’d identified the live performance was going to start out at 10:30 p.m. In addition they claimed the present’s finish time of about 1 a.m. presumably inconvenienced or injured concertgoers because of restricted transportation choices and being pressured to remain up later than deliberate.

Madonna’s legal professionals argued that concert events not often begin on time, and that hers particularly are well-known for his or her late begins. In addition they identified that Hadden posted on Fb the day after that live performance that he had “by no means missed a Madonna Tour” and that he later advised CNN he had “been to each Madonna tour since 1985,” making it clear the late begin time could not have come as a shock, the movement learn.

In accordance with the courtroom paperwork, Hadden additionally praised the present on Fb, calling it “[i]ncredible, as all the time!”  

“Mr. Hadden’s press interviews at finest recommend he could also be irritated that one in all his favourite acts takes the stage later than he would favor,” the legal professionals stated, arguing that this was not enough grounds for a declare of harm.

Madonna’s legal professionals additionally alleged there was no proof the late begin time injured any concertgoers, together with the plaintiffs, who they argued stayed to look at the entire present as an alternative of leaving early.

“Followers acquired simply what they paid for: a full-length, high-quality present by the Queen of Pop,” Madonna’s legal professionals stated.

January’s lawsuit wasn’t the primary time followers tried to take motion over Madonna’s late begin time. In 2019, a Florida fan sued over Madonna’s delayed begin in Miami Seashore.

“There’s one thing that you just all want to know,” Madonna advised her followers throughout a Las Vegas live performance in 2019. “And that’s, {that a} queen is never late.”

—Aliza Chasan contributed reporting.