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Madonna video breakdown identifies unwelcome “diva bitches”
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 17 December 2015
Madonna has branded fans who complained that she was an hour late on stage in Manchester on Monday night “diva bitches”. The late start also resulted in the show being cut short, though the singer said that technical problems with her video backdrop were actually to blame.
Explaining herself when she did finally arrive on stage, the singer said: “I’m not back there eating chocolate and filing my nails and getting my extensions done, alright? Tonight our video crashed and we had no video. And our back up card file was… I dunno, it was compromised, let’s put it like that … so we had to wait until we could reboot it, and it just so happens that the head of the company that created the machine is right here in Manchester. So praise the Lord and thank you God, but that is why we’re late”.
Those technical issues clearly and fully explained, there were still some boos from the audience, prompting Madonna to announce: “If you diva bitches want to keep complaining about it, then don’t come to my show”.
Some people latterly suggested that the show could have gone ahead without the video, but those people are wrong, as Madonna said in a later Instagram post: “The video lights 75% of my show. We can’t play in the dark”.
You probably can, but I suppose some people might not think that was a great show, just having to listen to Madonna sing. She added: “We were rebooted and ready by 9.30pm even though we planned to go on earlier. I had to make cuts in show before show started … This still brought us past the 11.00pm curfew! But we went on and the venue was kind enough to extend till 11.39pm! It was their choice not mine to end the show! [I] always want to finish. So we all missed the last three songs! And I’m sorry about that … We did our best! And we still had to pay a fine! That’s life. You still got to see an amazing show! And only missed twelve minutes!”
So let that be a lesson to you, diva bitches.
