celeb news Madonna sued again over lip synching and being late: 'Total disrespect for her fans'

[Tudors]

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.

 

 

 

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."

 

 

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Edited April 25 by Tudors

[James_Dean]

Imagine that car ride home and just saying to yourself... I'm gonna sue Madonna.

[pisuke]

Good luck to those so called fans 

[ImpressMeMuch]

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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."

 

[LoveA]

At this point you asking for it if you going to Madonna concert. She's rich and will always be late because she doesn't care, so only blame yourself for it.

 

That's been said, I really dislike those celebs who always late because they think they are better then the rest of people. 

[Absinthe]

Hope the lawyers collected payment up front!

[.Odyssey.]

They're so lucky they got to go see the QUEEN, even if they were a little tired the next day 

[xokuba]

She has been notoriously known to be late since forever and her autotuned vocals can be heard during every song. Shut up.

I would have died to go see her again any time.

[Anthinos]

The fans are right and I don't understand why pop fans always protect such pop stars. Almost 2 hours later would be too much for me too. She has no right to do that just because she's rich. People are paying for it so she should do her job. I can't just show up at my workplace 2 hours late either.

[spiritboy]

So what if they go to bed late one night? It's not the end of the world. Madonna's lateness is well known since 2012, they shouldn't have bothered to attend the concert. Hope she wins and counter-sue them for lawyer fees.

[KingWitch]

If enough of these lawsuits pile up, she'll become a liability to Live Nation and they'll have to distance themselves together with the huge settlements she'll have to possibly make. 

[.Odyssey.]

4 minutes ago, KingWitch said:

If enough of these lawsuits pile up, she'll become a liability to Live Nation and they'll have to distance themselves together with the huge settlements she'll have to possibly make. 

The lawsuits keep getting dismissed, and it's MADONNA, the best live music act, that's not going to happen 

[Uncatena]

5 minutes ago, KingWitch said:

If enough of these lawsuits pile up, she'll become a liability to Live Nation and they'll have to distance themselves together with the huge settlements she'll have to possibly make. 

[LOTF]

🥱

[fa77ot]

lock her up

[Archetype]

2 hours is ridiculous, all artists who do this regularly should be sued and forced to pay up.

[KingWitch]

29 minutes ago, Tudors said:

She gon be 2 hours late for her court date. Fans ears and neck will be red from anger and the reopening of the wound

Lol i actually wish she'd listen to stans like you and do that, once the judge sees she doesn't respect the law, they'll just award judgment in whoever's suing's favour like they did when The Game tried to act like he's bigger than the courts. There's nothing that judges love more than making an example out of rich celebs who feel like they're above it

[Tudors]

1 minute ago, KingWitch said:

Lol i actually wish she'd listen to stans like you and do that, once the judge sees she doesn't respect the law, they'll just award judgment in whoever's suing's favour like they did when The Game tried to act like he's bigger than the courts. There's nothing that judges love more than making an example out of rich celebs who feel like they're above it

The venues should ignore her request for no ac. Majority rules. If she doesn't respect people she doesn't deserve it back.

[IBeMe]

The fans are attending just to sue her at this point

but I guess it's fair? If you can't be punctual then don't tour

[Sun]

Get her ass!!!!

[prettyinpink940]

Stop spending money on her tickets and she will eventually show up on time. 

[spiritboy]

As much as i would love Madonna to be punctual as a longtime fan, i know she won't be and there is nothing we can do about it. People should stop buying tickets for her shows if her lateness would be a problem for them. All of her fans know she's getting on stage late so they have no excuses to buy tickets despite knowing this.

[dabunique]

from 8:30 - 9:30 she has a dj play a set

 

also the tickets specifically say she doesn't show up at 8:30 and might be later

 

both my tickets in Tampa and Miami had this warning 

[kishi]

At the show I worked at, we were told she would come on around 10:00pm or 10:30pm and she did that. We also were given bottles of water to hand out to audience members that were dehydrated. 

 

I don't think lateness is acceptable. But Madonna is not advertised as coming on stage early and then showing up hours later. 

 

She's requested that the air conditioning is turned off, so the venue should encourage people to drink water and hydrate before they enter the venue. If they can spend $20 on beer, they can spend $5 on water. 

 

The best they could do is make this transparent in emails and tickets (if people even read or pay attention to it). 

 

 

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[narid]

These lawsuits are from bottom of the barrel lawyers who put adverts on facebook saying "Did you attend a Madonna concert? Was she late? You may be entitled to compensation?" and then the gullible f**ks fall for it, pay the lawyers, and then don't get a dime back.

 

Do I feel sorry for them? No, I don't. This is smoke and mirrors and an easy cash grab for the lawyers. 

 

And to claim she doen't sing live, when she does for 90% of the show, with ample evidence attesting to that, even makes this more laughable. The only section where she lip syncs in during the spoken word Erotica bit.