Madonna has told fans who complained after she was an hour late on stage for a gig in Manchester that they can stay away in future. “If you diva bitches want to keep complaining about it, then don’t come to my show,” she said, after technical hitches delayed her arrival.
She added: “I’m not back there eating chocolate and filing my nails and getting my extensions done, all right?”
The comments came after fans criticised Madonna on social media following the gig, claiming there was no explanation for the delay. However, the singer sought to clarify the reasons for the delay: “Tonight, our video crashed, and we had no video, and our backup file was – I don’t know – it was compromised, put it like that … So praise the Lord and thank you God, but that is why we are late, all right? For no selfish diva-bitch reason.”
She later elaborated on this, posting to Instagram: “FACTS: It’s good to have them before you jump to conclusions! The entire video for my show crashed as I arrived for sound check. The backup file was corrupt. We had no choice but to reboot and pray for a good outcome. The video lights 75% of my show. We can’t play in the dark.”
Madonna is set to play two more UK dates in Birmingham and Glasgow as part of her Rebel Heart tour.
