Madonna has furiously accused the London Palladium of trying to ‘censor’ her by pulling the curtain down after she ran over her curfew on Wednesday.
The singer, 61, is currently performing her Madame X show at the theatre, but was outraged when she was cut off for running over her 11pm end time.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Madonna shared a video of the moment the curtain came down, which she then pushed through to continue performing with her backing dancers.
Fuming: Madonna has furiously accused the London Palladium of trying to ‘censor’ her by pulling the curtain down after she ran over her curfew on Wednesday
In a video she can be heard screaming: ‘F*** you, motherf****er’, as the curtain comes down, before returning to the stage to perform, I Rise.
She captioned the clip: ‘Artists Are Here to Disturb the Peace…………….
‘It was 5 minutes past our 11:00 curfew–we had one more song to do and The Palladium decided to censor us by pulling down the metal fire curtain that weighs 9 tons.
‘Fortunately they stopped it half way and no one was hurt………….. Many Thanks to the entire Audience who did not move and never left us. Power to The People!!’
Not slowing her down: The singer, 61, is currently performing her Madame X show at the theatre, but was outraged when she was cut off for running over her 11pm end time
Here she comes: Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Madonna shared a video of the moment the curtain came down, which she then pushed through to continue performing
Fuming: Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Madonna shared a video of the moment the curtain came down, which she then pushed through to continue performing
Madonna was scolded about the incident by a follower, who commented: ‘Bravo to the theater. This should of been done in the states. You need to learn to not be super tardy.’
Unrepentant, Madonna hit back: ‘you should stay home and rest!! This show is not for you.’
MailOnline has contacted a spokesperson for The London Palladium for comment.
Loving life: Madonna’s fans looked delighted as she burst through the curtain to keep performing, despite the fact she’d been cut off
Not impressed: Madonna was scolded about the incident by a follower, but she was quick to hit back by stating ‘this show is not for you’
The incident comes after it was reported that Madonna is being sued by two fans for reportedly being late on-stage.
The Vogue hitmaker is the subject of a class-action lawsuit from Antonio Velotta and Andrew Panos, who claimed they waited hours past the advertised start time of her Madame X shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 21 and October 1.
TMZ reports the pair also allege the iconic songstresses’ tardiness reduced the value of the tickets and that concert promoter Live Nation denied a refund on the tickets.
Drama: The incident comes after it was reported that Madonna is being sued by two fans for reportedly being late on-stage (pictured performing in Las Vegas in May 2019)
The pair pointed to similar delays at other shows in the suit, in which they have named both Madonna and promoters Live Nation.
Legal documents stated: ‘By the time of the concerts’ announcements, Madonna had demonstrated flippant difficulty in ensuring a timely or complete performance.
‘And Live Nation was aware that any statement as to a start time for a show constituted, at best optimistic speculation.’
The advertised start time was 8.30pm but the September show allegedly didn’t begin until three hours later, while in October, Madonna took to the stage at 10.40pm – more than two hours late.
Lawsuit: Madonna, 61, is the subject of a class-action lawsuit from Antonio Velotta and Andrew Panos, who claimed they waited hours past the advertised start time of her Madame X shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 21 and October 1 (pictured May 2016)
The pair claim the delays left them stranded when the shows finished in the early hours of the morning because they missed scheduled trains or other rides home,
They also said the unannounced hold-up – which they maintain Madonna admitted was her fault – ruined their plans for the following day.
And due to a ban on phone usage at the concerts, the men say they were unable to arrange alternative ways of getting home.
The pair are seeking damages and lawyer fees and are suing for breach of contract, loss of value, false advertisement and negligent misrepresentation.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Madonna and Live Nation for comment.
Delays: The advertised start time was 8.30pm but the September show allegedly didn’t begin until three hours later, while in October, Madonna took to the stage at 10.40pm – more than two hours late (pictured May 2019)
In November 2019, a fan in Florida named Nate Hollander, sued Madonna after the singer changed her set times for her gig on December 17 in Miami Beach.
He explained in court documents he had bought three tickets for a December gig back in August, which was scheduled to begin at 8.30pm.
However, after she later switched her start times to 10.30pm, he claimed that made the tickets much less valuable and he had been denied a refund on the $1,024.95 he had paid.
Uh oh: In November 2019, a fan in Florida named Nate Hollander, sued Madonna after the singer changed her set times for her gig on December 17 in Miami Beach (pictured performing in Brooklyn)
Madonna had been arriving late to shows on her current Madame X tour, which takes its title from her latest studio album.
Her gig in November at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was meant to start at 10:30pm, but she did not manage to hit the stage until past midnight, FOX5 Vegas reports.
The show did not wrap up until 2:45am and a Wonderwall insider said that ‘over 500 refunds’ were given to disappointed concertgoers.
Trouble: The pop icon reset the start time of multiple tour dates from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, to the fury of Hollander; pictured onstage in Chicago
Her previous tour brought a raft of similar stories – including that she was more than four hours behind schedule arriving to a concert in Melbourne in March 2016.
Madonna appeared onstage at 12:50am for a show that was supposed to start at 8:30pm, and she eventually wrapped up slightly shy of 3:00am, according to CBS.
When she got to Brisbane she was so late to her show that by the time concertgoers got out of the arena they had missed the last train, Billboard reported.
There she is: Madonna is pictured onstage during a 2012 concert in Tel Aviv, for which she was 45 minutes late according to The Hollywood Reporter