Madonna has hit back at a lawsuit brought by two fans who were unhappy that she took the stage two hours later than the scheduled start time at a concert in New York in December.
In a court filing obtained Wednesday by Fox News Digital, Madonna’s attorney said the plaintiffs’ claim that she “had to get up early to go to work” after the concert ended just after 1 a.m. They argued that the claims did not amount to “injury” and asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed. Compensation for damages.
Madonna’s motion to dismiss states, “Plaintiffs argue that ticket holders who left the venue after 1 a.m. either had a difficult time getting a ride home or had to get up early for work the next day. I am guessing that.” “It’s not a visible injury.”
two concert goers, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden; filed a class action lawsuit In January, “Defendants failed to provide any notice to ticket holders that the concert would begin significantly later than the start time printed and advertised on the ticket, resulting in ticket holders being unable to wait until the concert began at the venue.” I had to wait for hours,” he said. .
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In January, two fans filed a lawsuit against Madonna for delaying the start of her show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center by two hours. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)
“Ticket holders leaving the venue after 1 a.m. faced limited public transportation, carpooling restrictions, and/or increased public and private transportation costs at that late hour. Additionally, on weeknights. Many ticket holders who attended the concert wake up early the next day to go to work or attend to family responsibilities.
“Reasonable concertgoers would expect venue doors to open at or before ticketing time, with one or more openings open while attendees arrive and head to their seats, and before the headline act takes the stage. They’ll understand that the acts can perform.”
The motion alleges that “nowhere” for tickets to a concert in Brooklyn did the defendant advertise that Madonna would be on stage at 8:30 p.m., and that no proper concert-goer, and certainly no Madonna fan, Moga said he would not expect to be a headline act at a major arena. A concert where you go on stage at the event time for which you purchased a ticket.
“Rather, if you’re a decent concertgoer, the venue doors open at or before ticketing time, and one or more will understand that the opening act will be able to perform. Acts will take to the stage later in the evening.”
Madonna’s lawyers wrote that Barclays Center concertgoers “got what they paid for: a full-length, high-quality show by the Queen of Pop.” (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)
Madonna’s lawyers wrote that Barclays Center concertgoers “got exactly what they paid for: a full-length, high-quality show by the Queen of Pop,” adding that Hadden posted a Facebook post after the show. He added the following post:[i]Unbelievable as always! ”
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The complaint further states that “Madonna fans like Mr. Hadden acknowledge that they did not expect Madonna to appear on stage at the printed event time of 8:30 p.m. He claims to have a “long history” of “arriving over time”.” “Plaintiffs were late for a previous concert, including that they knew or should have known that the concert would not begin at 8:30 p.m.”
Madonna’s lawyers argued that a “reasonable” fan would know that the headliner would perform later than the printed start time. (Getty Images)
Madonna performed the concert as part of her Celebration Tour, which she postponed from July due to illness.
The motion goes on to say, “Reasonable concertgoers also know that the length of a concert depends on a variety of factors, including the length of the undercard and the set list of the artists that night.
So you can’t reasonably expect the night to end by 10:30pm unless the ad or ticket says so, and no one here did. ”
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Live Nation and Barclays Center are also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Madonna’s representatives for comment.
