Madonna fires back at ‘Celebration’ tour lawsuit over concert delay — will ‘vigorously’ defend herself

nypost.com:

hung up on a recent lawsuit filed by two fans after she took to the stage at her Dec. 13 “Celebration” tour concert not 4 minutes but closer to two hours after the promised start time printed on their tickets.The “Material Girl” and tour company Live Nation issued a statement following the complaint from Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of The Bronx, who were livid at her tardiness because they had to report to work early the next day.“Madonna’s just completed, sold-out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe received rave reviews.

The shows opened in North America at Barclays in Brooklyn as planned, with the exception of a technical issue Dec. 13 during soundcheck,” Live Nation and Madonna’s management said in a statement. “This caused a delay that was well documented in press reports at the time.

We intend to defend this case vigorously.”The plaintiffs, however, maintain that the show was advertised to begin at 8:30 p.m., but Madonna hit the stage “between 10:45 p.m.