Madonna has angered fans by starting a concert in the Australian city of Brisbane more than two hours late and finishing the show early yesterday morning after the last train had left the venue.
The pop star had been due to start at 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday but did not take the stage at the Brisbane Entertainment Center until 11.22 p.m.
Hundreds of angry fans had left the venue by then and demanded refunds at the ticket office after a public announcement that the “Rebel Heart” show would not start before 10:30 p.m.
During the concert, she thanked the crowd that was near the venue’s 13,500 capacity for their patience, but joked they had arrived too early.
“We started late — that hardly ever happens,” she said. “You were here too early. You should have taken your time doing your hair and makeup. Then I wouldn’t have been late.”
The last train left the entertainment center in the outer suburb of Boondall at 12.15 a.m. — around an hour before the concert eventually ended. Long lines of concertgoers waited for taxis.
The venue and Madonna’s publicist did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Madonna played a second Brisbane concert yesterday night before ending the tour in Sydney.
A similar delay happened in Macau where her first concert at Studio City on Feb 20 started at 10.35 p.m. – 2 hours and 35 minutes later than schedule. But there’s no information of anybody leaving the concert hall.
Despite the late starts and other occurrences, the Queen of Pop’s “Rebel Heart” tour stands number one on the Top 20 Global Concert Tours list which ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows worldwide. Madonna racked so far USD2.7 million on an average price ticket of $117.85. Second in the list published this week is Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band ($2.2m; $77.08) while The Weeknd ($1.4m; $57.42) ranks third.
The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. MDT/AP
singer plays off drunk rumors in instagram post
Madonna says she would never perform at a concert “high or drunk” in an Instagram post this week.
The pop star played off the reported rumors that she appeared drunk onstage during her current world tour. She wrote “too bad people don’t know the art of acting and playing a character.”
During Madonna’s live set, she plays a character who drinks a shot onstage.
She wrote the post in response to a fan who was defending her on Instagram. She told the fan “thanks for supporting me.”
Madonna called the claims she was drunk sexist. She wrote: “Sexism is alive and kicking but i am #livingforlove.”
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