2 Fans Sue Madonna For Performing Past Their Bedtime

You know a pop star's audience is getting old when they sue over the show's late start time. 

 

And that's what two exhausted Madonna fans are doing after they were forced to stay up past their bedtime. 

 

The two New York gentlemen, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden, showed up at Madonna's "Celebration" concert at Barclays Center in Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn on December 13, understandably expecting the show to start on time. Or at least reasonably close to its starting time of 08:30 PM. 

 

But, as the old adage goes, shit happens. As it did the night of the concert. 

 

After promoters sent a tweet out to the audience, warning that the show would be delayed and blaming Madonna's tardiness on the "intricacies" involved in the show, the 65-year-old punk-turned-diva (right) finally made her grand entrance at 10:45. Which didn't go over well with the two frustrated concertgoers, who complained in their lawsuit that the time change messed with their sleep schedule, among other gripes. 

 

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed they were "confronted with limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs" by the time the show let out at 01:00 AM. 

 

Perhaps encouraged by Madonna's urging to express yourself, Fellows and Hadden also complained the concert was no holiday because "they had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day". 

 

Fellows and Hadden are suing Madonna, Live Nation and Barclays Center for "unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices" for promising the public that the concert would begin at 08:30 PM, knowing full well that Madonna would not begin performing at the advertised start time. The pair is arguing there was a breach of contract. 

 

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, seeks class action status because the men said it is their belief other "Celebration" tour concerns began similarly late.

Aretha Franklin Tribute Becomes Madonna Monologue

The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards held on August 20, 2018 was meant to honor the best in the music video medium. 

[Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Super Bowl for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year]. 

Of course, this year, MTV naturally wanted to eulogize the legendary Aretha Franklin. Like it or not, Franklin’s death on August 16 has overshadowed the 60th birthday of another seminal artist, Madonna. 

MTV thought they were being very clever when they made the bizarre decision to take out two birds with one stone – they invited Madonna to present a paean to Franklin (left) while also presenting the Video of the Year Award. 

And what we got was a Madonna monologue about Madonna – not what we were expecting! 

I'd better not generalize – it should be "not what I was expecting".

You must GO TO THE BBC LINK below and check out the self-indulgent tribute to Franklin where the Queen of Pop gave herself massive airtime and the Queen of Soul only a passing mention:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-45263731/madonna-s-self-indulgent-aretha-tribute (Source: bbc.co.uk – © copyright 2018 BBC).

And give a listen to these two video clips – broadsides of barbs directed at Madonna for her “syiok sendiri” spiel at the 2018 MTV VMAs on Monday:

 

[Note: The Breakfast Club is a New York City-based American syndicated radio show]. 

Anyway, in case you wish to know, the Video of the Year Award went to Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug for “Havana”:

One of my fave artists, Nicki Minaj won the Best Hip-Hop Award for "Chun-Li":

The song which takes its name from the Street Fighter character of the same name is from her fourth studio album, Queen (2018).