Madonna Sued Again Over Delayed Concerts: ‘Total Disrespect For Her Fans’

[Askeroff 8,155]

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.”

[A. A. Aardvark 4,850]

I'm not rich enough to sue Grace Jones.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30360468.html 

[proxy 2,577]

Those people are really sad, they literally want an easy money so much, get a job losers  

[Brendanlovesu1 12,103]

I wonder if they gushed over how wonderful the show was like the last unemployed fan who tried to sue did

 

[LongIslandTea 1,593]

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.

 

[Frank 42,592]

[Askeroff 8,155]

they can choke on their dicks 

[sara94 2,277]

Americans are such crybabies omg. You would never see something like this from latin fans or even europeans

[lalalagirl 41]

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)

[Anapausis 5,920]

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)

[Ian 2,271]

56 minutes ago, Askeroff said:

they can choke on their dicks 

they can't

they too small

[RUADJAI 15,071]

[lalalagirl 41]

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 

 

[WokeUpInMedellin 1,607]

I hope Madonna's lawyers just handle it and don't even bother to tell her about this nonsense.

[Donna 16,647]

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.

[Cyberraga 663]

What delays? Queen is never late. 

[DiegoLCL 5,126]

 

[Would You Like To Try 8,360]

Not again! Are they using a alternate name this time?

[Honey Little 4,069]

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.

[Magic Pussy 227]

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)

[Pootz333 2,702]

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.

[Magic Pussy 227]

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.

[Gonzus 1,669]

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.

[Roland Barthes 5,868]

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.

[Honey Little 4,069]

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.