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"You want to sue Madonna for being late on stage? She’s an artist not a service industry worker There’s something about the terms in which their discontent is expressed that feels faintly pathetic." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/19/you-want-to-sue-madonna-for-being-late-on-stage-shes-an-artist-not-a-service-industry-worker?CMP=share_btn_twYou Some music fans seem afflicted by a sense of entitlement, and to have forgotten that inconvenience used to be part of the gig-going experience. Mind you, with today’s ticket prices, is it any wonder? At first glance, the news that two New York concert-goers are suing Madonna for arriving on stage two hours late for a show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is hard to read without an involuntary roll of the eyes. There’s something about the terms in which their discontent is expressed that feels faintly pathetic. Hang on, you went to a gig and got upset because it finished late, you “had to get up early to go to work the following day” and, worse, faced “limited public transportation” en route home? It is not an argument destined to cut much mustard with anyone who – like the claimants – is old enough to remember a time before golden circles, cordoned-off glamping areas at festivals, corporate packages, VIP suites, lounges and viewing platforms, “ultimate bars” and all the other latterday additions that have turned gigs into a branch of the hospitality industry. A time when a degree of discomfort and inconvenience was part of the gig-going deal. It seems to speak rather loudly about an entitlement on the part of the audience; a tendency to treat artists as though they work in a branch of the service industries: “I’ve paid my money, you had better do exactly what I want or else.” So there’s a certain irony about the fact that a considerable chunk of the Madonna show that occasioned the lawsuit involves a recreation of the arty, post-disco early-80s New York demimonde from which the singer sprung, complete with a dancer in character as Jean-Michel Basquiat and a mockup of the entrance to the Paradise Garage club. It seems doubtful that anyone who attended a show by Basquiat’s noise-rock band Gray, or turned up to hear the Garage’s genius but drug-addled resident DJ Larry Levan, ever considered getting the lawyers in because a late start meant they faced “limited public transportation” home. Then again, no one who attended a gig in the days when discomfort and inconvenience were standard paid the astronomical sums people are expected to cough up for tickets these days. The cheapest seats for Madonna’s London shows were £50, the most expensive were £432.25, and that is assuming you didn’t miss out on the hugely oversubscribed initial sale and end up taking the resold tickets route: one site, Viagogo, was advertising tickets at £1,870 each. And this, it should be added, is not uncommon pricing for big arena shows. Nothing generates a sense of entitlement like spending the best part of a grand on a couple of gig tickets, and if attendees have to leave before the end to catch the last train home, they’re going to feel short-changed and angry. There, one suspects, lies the nub of the problem: it isn’t really a matter of latterday gig-goers not knowing they’re born or making unreasonable demands on an artist, it’s a simple question of economics. Alexis Petridis

well UK Official Singles Chart Top 100 19 January 2024 - 25 January 2024

they were lucky that delay was only 2 hours

Madonna sued for ‘false advertising’ after starting Brooklyn concerts 2 hours late https://pagesix.com/2024/01/18/entertainment/madonna-sued-for-false-advertising-after-late-concerts/ https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/18/madonna-sued-start-brooklyn-concert-late/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12980215/Madonna-SUED-fans-New-York-concerts-started-TWO-hours-late.html https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/madonna-fans-lawsuit-delayed-concert-start-times-1235584585/ Madonna and Live Nation have been sued by two fans for “false advertising” after the Queen of Pop started her shows late. Concertgoers Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden argued in their class-action lawsuit obtained by TMZ Thursday that Madonna, 65, was not punctual during her “Celebration” tour stops at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The performances were supposed to start at 8:30 p.m. ET, but the “Like a Virgin” singer did not take the stage until 10:30 p.m. Fellows and Hadden claimed Madonna showed up late to all three of her shows at the New York venue, which took place on Dec. 13, 14 and 16, 2023. In the suit, the plaintiffs said the late starts constitute a “wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.” Madonna is facing a federal class action lawsuit because she allegedly started three New York City concerts later than scheduled, a delay that her accusers say caused real legal harm to ticket buyers who “had to get up early to go to work” the next day. “Defendants failed to provide any notice to the ticketholders that the concerts would start much later than the start time printed on the ticket and as advertised,” attorneys for the two men write. Leaving Barclays Center after 1:00 a.m., the two men say ticket buyers were “left stranded in the middle of the night,” some “confronted with limited public transportation” options and others with increased prices for ride-share services. They also point out that the concert took place “on a weeknight,” meaning they “had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day.” The lawsuit also includes a claim of so-called negligent misrepresentation, saying the concert organizers “knew or should have known” that the concerts would not start at 8:30 because of alleged past instances of Madonna taking the stage late — and should have warned fans. “Madonna has a long history of arriving and starting her concerts late, sometimes several hours late,” attorneys for Fellows and Hadden write. “This history occurred throughout her 2016 Rebel Heart Tour, her 2019-2020 Madame X Tour, and prior tours, where Madonna continuously started her concerts over two hours late.” They are suing for unspecified damages. Reps for Madonna and Live Nation did not immediately return requests for comment. However, a source close to Madonna told Page Six last month that the tardiness was due to technical issues that took place during her sound check. In October, the “Vogue” singer kicked off her tour — which celebrates the four decades she has spent in the music industry — in London. It was originally supposed to start in July 2023, but Madonna had to postpone it after being hospitalized for a “serious” bacterial infection.

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Diablo Cody Has ‘Zero Regrets’ About Her Lost Madonna Movie: ‘It Didn’t Work Out For Purely Logistical Reasons’ – Exclusive https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/diablo-cody-zero-regrets-madonna-movie-exclusive/ For years, Hollywood had a Madonna movie in the works. Not just a biopic of the legendary artist, but one which Madonna herself would direct. It was in full development at Universal, with Julia Garner expected to play the singer, multiple reports of ‘Madonna bootcamp’ auditions taking place, and none other than Diablo Cody – the writer behind Juno, Jennifer’s Body, Tully and more – on script duties. But ultimately, it never came to be, with Madonna instead going on a world tour. While the biopic didn’t make it to the screen, Cody says she has “no regrets” over the time she spent working on the project, which saw her spend considerable time with the star. Speaking to Empire in a major new career-spanning interview, Cody reflected on her experience of working with a music legend. “Nobody in this world gets to say that they spent this surreal summer of 2020 basically in lockdown with one of the biggest stars in the world, sharing stories and creating,” she says of the project. “I have zero regrets about that experience. It didn’t work out for purely logistical reasons. For me, to have an experience like that, especially as a woman who grew up when I did… I still have trouble comprehending it.” Instead, Cody’s latest film is Lisa Frankenstein – an ‘80s-set horror-comedy starring Kathryn Newton, in which teenager Lisa forms a romantic connection with the revived corpse of a Victorian aristocrat. Read Empire’s full interview with Diablo Cody, on sale Thursday 18 January.

Abel ahead of new era so i think they move on extended and instrumental really could help that #11 peak ... twice ! damn

he can keep that ugly trash to himself i guess it's time to admit there will be no tour book

nothing? She did remix with Tokischa be happy and forever grateful for it and maybe..maybe we will get another one

i believe if Madonna wanted make some duo with GagaMileyArianaKylieTaylorRihannaBeyonce she would have did that a long time ago

does somebody really wants duet with Katy Perry now we not in 2013

u mean this? "Madonna and Katy Perry spotted yesterday leaving the studio" in reality it was not Katy Perry and it was bar on upper east side just another day another fantasy

not reductive just love and respect

now i hear some beats parts from this already nice mash up

the power of Fortnite the way it's explode again if only Republic release a EP with some verses like they did with "Some Of The Girls" or did some physicals it could help it to re peak

its fake nothing about AG7 has been revealed yet

yeah i see it now

OMG it look similar never saw it before

music video i see some reference from vogue and blond ambition

Great pop record! Ari always delivered. And as expected no direct sample from Vogue but u can hear it all over the song and as elements of early 90s house. Crazy that Ariana was in studio just a couple months ago but Madonna who was in studio also with Max Martin almost a year ago keep her silence.

a sample is kind a different than a interpolation and Ari worked many times with Max and Ilya on her previous records wait and see it will be only solo without samples or M vocals

CELEBRATION, Madonna EUROPEAN TOUR DATA $77.46M Revenue (Europe) 429,094 (100%) Tickets Sold 27/27 Reported Shows O2 Arena, London: 90,667 (100%) - $22,294,455 (6 shows) Madonna earns her highest grossing boxscore report of all-time, with $22.3 million from 90,667 tickets sold at the O2 Arena in London as part of the "Celebration Tour" (6 shows) Accor Arena, Paris: 62,781 (100%) - $10,722,553 (4 shows) Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam: 32,104 (100%) - $6,344,416 (2 shows) Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona: 35,324 (100%) - $5,574,504 (2 shows) Sportpaleis, Antwerp: 34,307 (100%) - $5,477,001 (2 shows) Lanxess Arena, Cologne: 30,049 (100%) - $4,959,322 (2 shows) Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin: 25,426 (100%) - $4,826,375 (2 shows) Altice Arena, Lisbon: 28,946 (100%) - $4,807,755 (2 shows) Royal Arena, Copenhagen: 27,422 (100%) - $4,343,987 (2 shows) Mediolanum Forum, Milan: 22,895 (100%) - $4,095,015 (2 shows) Tele2 Arena, Stockholm: 39,173 (100%) - $4,019,448 Madonna extends her record as the highest-grossing female act in Europe history, with $690 million from 6.8 million tickets sold in 241 shows.