Madonna lawsuit over late concert start time dismissed by fans

Two Madonna fans have dropped their lawsuit against the singer for starting her show two hours late, having previously argued they had to get up early the next day. In January, Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez filed a class action case against the singer, Brooklyn venue the Barclays Center and her tour promoters Live Nation after she came on stage at 10.30pm at the Barclays Center on 13 December. The plaintiffs had argued they would not have bought tickets to her Celebrations tour if they had known that her performance would not start until 10.30pm, saying that leaving the venue at 1am had left them “stranded” with “limited public transportation” options and increased costs due to surge prices on ride-share apps. Madonna and Live Nation later claimed the late start was due to a technical issue. But in court documents filed on Wednesday, Fellows and Alvarez voluntarily dismissed their suit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be tried again. Madonna has faced similar lawsuits before: in 2019 a Florida fan argued that her lateness on her Madame X tour was a breach of contract, and again in 2020, in a lawsuit filed by two New York concertgoers. Both lawsuits were later voluntarily dismissed.