Askeroff 8,314 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Madonna Sued Again Over Delayed Concerts: ‘Total Disrespect For Her Fans’ Months after she was sued by angry New Yorkers, a group of D.C. fans say Madonna made them wait hours in a "hot, uncomfortable arena" before lip syncing her performance. BY BILL DONAHUE https://www.billboard.com/pro/madonna-sued-again-late-concerts-washington-dc-fans Madonna is facing another federal class action lawsuit over late starts to her concerts, this time filed by spurned Washington D.C. ticket buyers who are accusing her of showing “total disrespect for her fans.” In a complaint filed Friday in D.C. federal court, three fans claim that the Queen of Pop broke the law by taking the stage two hours late at a pair of December concerts at the city’s Capital One Arena. The lawsuit, which also named concert giant Live Nation as a defendant, says that the late starts amount to “a wanton exercise in false advertising.” “Forcing consumers to wait hours for her performance in a hot, uncomfortable arena is demonstrative of Madonna’s arrogant and total disrespect for her fans,” lawyers for the fans wrote. “In essence, Madonna and Live Nation are a consumer’s worst nightmare.” The new case comes three months after Madonna was hit with a similar lawsuit over delayed starts to December shows in New York City. That case made headlines because it claimed the fans “had to get up early to go to work” the next day – a claim Madonna’s lawyers have since argued is not the kind of “cognizable injury” that can form the basis for a lawsuit. In Friday’s complaint, which was filed by the same lawyers as the New York case, the fans seemed intent on heading off that same kind of backlash. “This complaint is not about unhappy fans who don’t want to stay up late, but instead, reasonable, responsible people who had commitments to babysitters, work, getting their vehicles out of parking lots that closed at 12:00 midnight, and realizing that public transportation would no longer be operating.” Like the previous case, the lawsuit is a proposed class action that aims to represent all fans who experienced similar problems from the late start. A rep for Madonna and Live Nation did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday. Filed by fans Elizabeth Halper-Asefi, Mary Conoboy, and Nestor Monte, Jr., the new case claims that Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 tour dates on Madonna’s Celebration Tour listed an 8:30 p.m. start time, but that the shows did not start until 10:40. When the star finally did take the stage, they say she offered no apologies: “I am sorry I am late… no, I am not sorry, it’s who I am… I’m always late.” In the earlier New York case, Madonna and Live Nation’s lawyers have argued that “no reasonable concertgoer—and certainly no Madonna fan—would expect the headline act at a major arena concert to take the stage at the ticketed event time” and that fans cannot sue over something they knew about when they bought their tickets. But in Friday’s complaint, lawyers for the D.C. fans called that argument “absurd.” “In fact, reasonable consumers have seen that concerts featuring Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, whose tours are also promoted by Live Nation, do start on the time indicated on the ticket and have similar experiences attending Broadway theater, NFL football and Major League baseball games,” the lawyers write. The new case includes notable new allegations beyond the delayed start. For instance, the D.C. fans also claim the venue was “uncomfortably hot” and that Madonna herself had insisted on the temperature. When fans allegedly chanted “A.C.” at her, they say she responded “f**k you! I’m cold!… If you’re hot, take your f**king clothes off!” The new case also claims that Madonna lip synched portions of the D.C. shows – another bit of alleged false advertising to fans who expected that she would “perform her music live” from the stage. “Had plaintiffs and other class members known that … the performer would be lip synching, they would not have purchased their tickets.” xrhaul, into the erotico, proxy and 5 others 1 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Aardvark 5,158 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I'm not rich enough to sue Grace Jones. https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30360468.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxy 2,941 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Those people are really sad, they literally want an easy money so much, get a job losers OceanBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendanlovesu1 13,503 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I wonder if they gushed over how wonderful the show was like the last unemployed fan who tried to sue did proxy and MPowered 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongIslandTea 1,902 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 41 minutes ago, Askeroff said: “In fact, reasonable consumers have seen that concerts featuring Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, whose tours are also promoted by Live Nation, do start on the time indicated on the ticket and have similar experiences attending Broadway theater, NFL football and Major League baseball games,” the lawyers write. Indirectly saying Madonna is unprofessional. OceanBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank 44,003 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Pretty Madonna, Voguerista, Ian and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Askeroff 8,314 Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 they can choke on their dicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sara94 2,547 Posted April 22 Popular Post Share Posted April 22 Americans are such crybabies omg. You would never see something like this from latin fans or even europeans Burroughs, love hurts, Frank and 10 others 10 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalalagirl 44 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, Askeroff said: Madonna Sued Again Over Delayed Concerts: ‘Total Disrespect For Her Fans’ Months after she was sued by angry New Yorkers, a group of D.C. fans say Madonna made them wait hours in a "hot, uncomfortable arena" before lip syncing her performance. BY BILL DONAHUE https://www.billboard.com/pro/madonna-sued-again-late-concerts-washington-dc-fans Madonna is facing another federal class action lawsuit over late starts to her concerts, this time filed by spurned Washington D.C. ticket buyers who are accusing her of showing “total disrespect for her fans.” In a complaint filed Friday in D.C. federal court, three fans claim that the Queen of Pop broke the law by taking the stage two hours late at a pair of December concerts at the city’s Capital One Arena. The lawsuit, which also named concert giant Live Nation as a defendant, says that the late starts amount to “a wanton exercise in false advertising.” “Forcing consumers to wait hours for her performance in a hot, uncomfortable arena is demonstrative of Madonna’s arrogant and total disrespect for her fans,” lawyers for the fans wrote. “In essence, Madonna and Live Nation are a consumer’s worst nightmare.” The new case comes three months after Madonna was hit with a similar lawsuit over delayed starts to December shows in New York City. That case made headlines because it claimed the fans “had to get up early to go to work” the next day – a claim Madonna’s lawyers have since argued is not the kind of “cognizable injury” that can form the basis for a lawsuit. In Friday’s complaint, which was filed by the same lawyers as the New York case, the fans seemed intent on heading off that same kind of backlash. “This complaint is not about unhappy fans who don’t want to stay up late, but instead, reasonable, responsible people who had commitments to babysitters, work, getting their vehicles out of parking lots that closed at 12:00 midnight, and realizing that public transportation would no longer be operating.” Like the previous case, the lawsuit is a proposed class action that aims to represent all fans who experienced similar problems from the late start. A rep for Madonna and Live Nation did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday. Filed by fans Elizabeth Halper-Asefi, Mary Conoboy, and Nestor Monte, Jr., the new case claims that Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 tour dates on Madonna’s Celebration Tour listed an 8:30 p.m. start time, but that the shows did not start until 10:40. When the star finally did take the stage, they say she offered no apologies: “I am sorry I am late… no, I am not sorry, it’s who I am… I’m always late.” In the earlier New York case, Madonna and Live Nation’s lawyers have argued that “no reasonable concertgoer—and certainly no Madonna fan—would expect the headline act at a major arena concert to take the stage at the ticketed event time” and that fans cannot sue over something they knew about when they bought their tickets. But in Friday’s complaint, lawyers for the D.C. fans called that argument “absurd.” “In fact, reasonable consumers have seen that concerts featuring Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, whose tours are also promoted by Live Nation, do start on the time indicated on the ticket and have similar experiences attending Broadway theater, NFL football and Major League baseball games,” the lawyers write. The new case includes notable new allegations beyond the delayed start. For instance, the D.C. fans also claim the venue was “uncomfortably hot” and that Madonna herself had insisted on the temperature. When fans allegedly chanted “A.C.” at her, they say she responded “f**k you! I’m cold!… If you’re hot, take your f**king clothes off!” The new case also claims that Madonna lip synched portions of the D.C. shows – another bit of alleged false advertising to fans who expected that she would “perform her music live” from the stage. “Had plaintiffs and other class members known that … the performer would be lip synching, they would not have purchased their tickets.” This is what you need to hear.. it's the same firm that promoted themselves on Facebook with ads saying you could sue madonna if she got on stage too late. everyone who went and put it on their fb (or fb found a way to know..) got the ad. Edited April 22 by lalalagirl (see edit history) MPowered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anapausis 6,711 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Poor little things... The saddest part is that they (the "fans") really want everyone to believe they didn't know anything of that prior to coming to arena... ...Well, as Flea Dip said (sorry but this name would have to be mentioned on a Madonna forum sooner or later), "bad press is good press" so... (actually they said "bad press is some press at all" but we know what they had in mind when having said that) MPowered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian 2,461 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 56 minutes ago, Askeroff said: they can choke on their dicks they can't they too small Sheridan1980 and maddy1111 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 16,026 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 zephyr in the sky at night, Velvet Rope, bitchimmadonna and 4 others 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalalagirl 44 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 they said in advance she may be late so they got no case.. but it's the same firm, so they're probably paying for fb ads as we speak MPowered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WokeUpInMedellin 1,745 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I hope Madonna's lawyers just handle it and don't even bother to tell her about this nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonna 21,552 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Good luck to them! They haven't a chicken's thigh in hell in winning this. There was a notice of a late start, and any competent lawyer would point that out to anyone trying to make a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burroughs 929 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 What delays? Queen is never late. Honey Little 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoLCL 5,746 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Would You Like To Try and Velvet Rope 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Would You Like To Try 9,519 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Not again! Are they using a alternate name this time? Honey Little and sara94 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Little 4,487 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 10 hours ago, sara94 said: Americans are such crybabies omg. You would never see something like this from latin fans or even europeans I feel like it could be a publicity stunt. Seems so absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Pussy 449 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) No matter if this suit has any traction, the loser attorney(s) living in their parents’ basement who filed this will always be able to say “I sued Madonna” as their claim to fame as they take on slip and fall supermarket clients. Apologies to any fans/ attorneys currently living in their families tastefully finished basement. Edited April 24 by Magic Pussy (see edit history) Blue Skies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootz333 2,947 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 This is silly. But so are the "She can show up at 2am, take a dump while miming Autotune Baby! Take my money, Queen!" crowd. Posth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Pussy 449 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 8 hours ago, Pootz333 said: This is silly. But so are the "She can show up at 2am, take a dump while miming Autotune Baby! Take my money, Queen!" crowd. I actually would pay to see that. Honey Little 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzus 2,849 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I remember when I attended The Girlie Show. We had to wait an hour for the show to start. I was 17 and the arena was really, really far from my house and I remember it was extremely difficult to find a transportation that late at night. We were thousands in the same situation. After 3 hours, 4 AM, I could finally get a very expensive cab. But I didn't care, I was so full of excitement, we all were. Of course at that age you couldn't care less. I attended many concerts and neither starts on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Barthes 6,238 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 So they are trying to use her for publicity. A judge can fine them for being abusively procedural. Do they know that ? They are a firm, they should. Would You Like To Try 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Little 4,487 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 11 hours ago, Magic Pussy said: I actually would pay to see that. Me too. I’m a late night person so at 2am to see that would be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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