You want to sue Madonna for being late?

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Sorry, she’s an artist. Like Basquiat in the 1980s. Literally exactly the same thing, in fact. In my day artists were always late and we never complained. We were grateful.

Fuck me. There’s a lot of fairly reasonable takes to be had about the whole “actually suing Madonna” part of this, but “gigs are supposed to be shit, actually” is… not one of them.

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there writes a man terrified of being sued for being a shite writer

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He’s not a service industry worker.

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I don’t think “In my day we put up with being treated like shit” is the quite the punk rock take he thinks it is.

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How out of touch do you have to be to sneer at people for needing to go to work or relying on public transport

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Them sideburns need trimming

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Nobody in early 1980s New York cared about working or getting home. You just don’t care enough about art.

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Alexis Petridis cares so much about art that, despite being born in Sunderland in 1971 and going to grammar school in Buckinghamsire, he regularly hung out at Paradise Garage from 1978 to 1983 and never worried about getting the last bus home.

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quite a reasonable and balanced article tbh. (not that it was in any way interesting or worth reading)

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2 fucking hours?! Even on a weekend I’d be pissed.

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After Madonna began the concert at 10.30pm

Absolutely fuck that

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I’m sick of Madonna forcing people to watch topless women simulate sex, it’s about time someone did something about this.

Can get the distress but who likes Madonna enough to spend two grand on tickets to see her without knowing enough about her to know it is going to be racy, suggestive etc.?

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Tbh I agree on the lip syncing bit. I saw her on the Hard Candy tour in Cardiff many moons ago and she hardly sang anything live.

Same for Shakira in Manchester years ago too. I had an email conversation going with Live Nation for a few months about it, as she sang 4 songs and mimed the rest. It should at least be advertised.

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Maybe some people liked the big metal bra for its ample coverage and modesty.

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MADONNA (pointing at the jumbotron screen): absolutely fuck that

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Two and a half hours earlier

MADONNA’S MANAGER (MADANAGER): Madonna you’re up

MADONNA: Absolutely fuck that

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JUSTEN LIPELES: I’m hot and tired and there’s porn everywhere

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LOVELY LADY IN THE JOI VIDEO: finish quickly, I’m opening for Madonna tonight at the O2

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