Two Madonna fans have launched a lawsuit against the American singer for allegedly starting her show late.
Last year, the singer postponed her 40th anniversary tour from July to December due to a “serious” bacterial infection.
Madonna’s manager, Guy Oseary, has revealed that the 64-year-old singer spent several days in intensive care after contracting the virus.
Oseary also announced that all of the singer’s commitments will be paused.
However, during one of the concerts in December at the Barclays Center in New York, the plaintiffs, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, claimed Madonna began the shows two hours later than scheduled.
They further claimed that, unlike in the past, no advance notification was given as to when the event would take place once it was moved from July.
In the case, the plaintiffs claimed that Live Nation, the event organizer, and Barclays Center owed them significant damages for commencing the show at 10:30 p.m. instead of 8:30 p.m. (ET).
“By the time of the concerts’ announcements, Madonna had demonstrated flippant difficulty in ensuring a timely or complete performance, and Defendants were aware that any statement as to a start time for a show constituted, at best, optimistic speculation,” the suit reads.
“In addition, many ticketholders who attended concerts on a weeknight had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day.”
The plaintiffs also said they would not have purchased tickets if they had known the concert would start and end so late.
The suit also detailed accounts of Madonna arriving late for concerts, citing her shows in Miami (2012), Melbourne (2016), and Brisbane (2016).