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A class action lawsuit has been lodged against Live Nation Worldwide and Madonna for starting a concert two hours later than originally planned.
Plaintiff Nate Hollander claims that he purchased three tickets for $1,024.95 to attend a Madonna concert during her “Madame X” tour. The plaintiff states that the start time for the concert, as printed on the ticket, was 8:30 p.m.
The class action lawsuit notes that Madonna “has a long history of arriving and starting her concerts late, often more than two hours late.” Hollander states that the late start happened during Madonna’s 2016 Rebel Heart Tour where Madonna delayed her concert for more than two hours.
The plaintiff alleges that on Oct. 23, 2019, the defendants changed future start times for Madonna’s concerts from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Hollander claims that the defendants did not offer refunds to ticketholders who could not, or did not, want to attend the concert at the 10:30 p.m. start time.
After the time change, ticketholders under the age of 18 were not legally able to attend the concert without an adult, and others had to go to work or go to school the next day, which kept them from attending a concert that would end at 1 a.m., the Live Nation class action lawsuit states.
Hollander claims that he attempted to obtain a refund for his tickets, but without any success. In addition, because of the time change of the concert, the tickets “suffered an extreme loss of value,” which prevented him from reselling his tickets at face value.
The Madonna class action lawsuit claims that the plaintiffs entered into a “valid and enforceable written contract…with defendants…for a concert that was promised to begin at 8:30 p.m. on December 17th, 2019, which promises were contained in printed representations on tickets sold for value consideration.”
An article in USA Today states that Madonna’s 10:30 p.m. recent concert at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace did not start until 12:30 a.m., which led the concertgoers to boo her when she arrived. That concert ended at 3:30 a.m.
In addition, the article notes that Madonna sent a message to her fans on Twitter, saying “Here’s something that you all need to understand. And that is, that a queen is never late.”
Also, an article on Fox Business notes that 500 refunds were issued after Madonna’s 10:30 p.m. show at the Colosseum in Las Vegas.
The Live Nation class action lawsuit argues that, “based on the history of Madonna arriving late to prior concerts, defendants knew or should have known that said concerts would not start at 8:30 p.m. but rather at 10:30 p.m. or later at the time they scheduled and sold tickets.”
The plaintiff has filed a claim for breach of contract, promissory estoppel, negligent misrepresentation, and violations under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices statute.
Have you attended a Madonna concert? Leave a message in the comments section below.
The plaintiff is represented by Marcus W. Corwin of Marcus W. Corwin PA.
The Madonna Concert Class Action Lawsuit is Hollander v. Live Nation Worldwide, et al., Case No. 2019-032614-CA-01, in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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24 thoughts onMadonna Class Action Filed Over Late Concert
I would like to join the class action suit. My friends and I attended the Madonna concert in DC-she was 2 hours late. We were subject to bad loud music for the 2 hours. She started at 10:30; unfortunately our car had to out of the garage by 12:30, so we had to leave the concert at 12:10 to ensure we got our car for the four of us to get home (1 hour). If she had started on time, as specified we would have been able to enjoy the whole concert
I as well want to be a part of this class action lawsuit. I bought my ticket from Ticketmaster. She started 2 hours late in Detroit. I had no knowledge of this late start until I got there. I arrived at 6:30 pm so I could get a good parking spot. The doors to Little Cesar’s didn’t open until 7:30 so I had to stand in the 10 degree temperatures for an hour only to find out I had tow wait an additional 3 hours inside the arena. . I have responsibilities with a job that I can’t afford to be out for a concert until 1 am. And to be honest, her performance was not stellar.
I am going to the December 11 concert but have work meetings early the next day so I will need to leave early. How do we enter in the class action suit? Or is there a way to get my money back prior to attending?
I would also want to be included in the class action lawsuit against Madonna! I was in Detroit Michigan during subzero weather and had to leave as one of our friends ds had to work the next morning and we would no longer get a shuttle back to the hotel.