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Singer Madonna (at the London concert of the “Celebration” tour): “A queen is never late”

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If you go to the Madonna concert, you should bring a little more time.

Experience reports from the current »Celebration« tour say: In Berlin, the starting time on the tickets was 8:30 p.m., the show in the Mercedes-Benz Arena started at 10:15 p.m.

And in Cologne the audience became noticeably restless after an hour.

Two visitors to the concerts at New York's Barclays Center had a similar experience - and they now want to be compensated for their waiting time.

Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal district court for the Eastern Judicial District of New York against Madonna Louise Ciccone, tour promoter Live Nation and the venue owner.

According to the tickets, the three concerts in New York were supposed to start at 8:30 p.m., but the singer did not come on stage before 10:30 p.m. on any of the three evenings.

Unlike in previous cases, there was no prior notification of a delayed start to the concert.

According to the lawsuit, most of the show's visitors only left the hall after 1 a.m. - which would have led to limited options for public transport and carpooling.

In addition, many who went to Madonna during the week would have had to get up early the next morning to work and/or take care of the family.

The plaintiffs allege Madonna and her business partners breach of contract, false advertising, negligent misrepresentation and unfair and deceptive business practices.

They are demanding unspecified damages.

The current lawsuit points out that fans have complained about late concert starts on previous tours.

In 2019, a visitor to the concert in Miami Beach, which started two hours later than announced, filed a lawsuit.

Then, as now, the plaintiff's attorney was Marcus W. Corwin.

Madonna responded to this at a show in Las Vegas: "There's something you all need to understand," she said on stage, sitting on a grand piano: "And that is: A queen is never late." She shared the statement also on Twitter at the time.

However, there is apparently one way to train a queen to be punctual: if there is a curfew.

At the start of the “Celebration” tour in London, the delay was reportedly limited, as events were only allowed to take place in the hall until a set time.

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