Is Madonna tardiness lawsuit death knell to rock’n’roll behaviour?

Some music industry insiders think it’s time artists were more respectful of fans’ time and money

She once sang “time goes by so slowly”, so there’s no excuse for Madonna’s tardiness. So claim two of the queen of pop’s fans, who are suing the singer for taking to the stage two hours late, saying they “had to get up early to go to work” the next morning.

In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden say they bought tickets to a 13 December show at New York’s Barclays Center as part of Madonna’s Celebration tour. The lawsuit says the show was advertised to start at 8.30pm, but the 65-year-old musician didn’t appear until after 10.30pm.