Madonna's Australian tour isn't quite going as smoothly as planned.
The star's one-off Tears of a Clown gig in Melbourne last week saw her accused of being drunk or high after she got upset when talking about her son Rocco, and now she's managed to annoy a large number of people in Brisbane by taking the stage more than two hours late the other night.
What's more, when she finally arrived at 11.22pm, she said: "It’s you people that get here early that’s the problem. Stay home, do your hair and makeup, have a tequila. Roll yourself a fat one … no, I don’t believe in that shit. Just come late and I won’t have to come early. We’ve got three more shows and we want to fix the problem.”
Billboard report that hundreds of fans left the venue and asked for a refund, and that public transport to the venue in the suburbs of Brisbane had finished at 12.15am. The show apparently did not finish until 1.15am.
Promoters had allegedly warned fans beforehand that she may not take the stage until 10.30pm, despite being advertised to begin at 9pm.
Journalist Nathanael Cooper of the Brisbane Times described her comments as 'breathtakingly arrogant'. Not far off the mark there... we'd also add 'overprivileged diva with no respect for fans who have to get home or get up for work the next day', mind you.