The singer was performing when the Palladium dropped the stage curtain and switched off the sound when she went past the deadline.
Friday, February 07, 2020
Madonna Vents Anger as London Palladium Cuts Off ‘Madame X’ Show
The singer was performing when the Palladium dropped the stage curtain and switched off the sound when she went past the deadline.
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It’s reasonable for Madonna to believe that the reason her set was cut off was due to the fact that her show is very politically charged, but I can’t help but feel that Madonna’s attitude towards the whole thing is a bit much. She does have a reputation for being a bit of a diva, so it would make sense that she would start the show late for her own reasons and then be upset when she gets cut off for going overtime. It feels a bit petty to do when you were given time that you didn’t use. That being said, if she only had one song left and the theatre knew that, it could’ve been possible for them to extend the performance for just a little longer. For me, it doesn't feel like it was done for being “too controversial”, but more as a way to tell Madonna that she was warned and she didn’t follow.
It is hard to choose a side on this argument. That being said, I think I would lean more on Madonna’s side. I understand that cities have curfews, noise related or not, and I understand and agree with these and the reasoning behind them. However, if the specific curfew that Madonna overran was a noise curfew, I believe that the dropping of the curtain was a bit rash. The London Palladium lies in the middle of a very much non-residential area, which is where noise curfews are the most effective. Running a little bit over such a curfew in a non-residential area should not be as big of a problem as it was made into. In addition, I have attended a handful of concerts which have ran well past 11:00pm with no such shutdowns. Shows such as raves, which would be much louder, often run much later, until the ungodly hour of the morning. All that being said, this is all based on my experience with concerts in the United States, and I don’t really know what regulations are in effect in the United Kingdom, nor how strict they are there. Regardless, especially with only one song remaining in her set, I believe that dropping the curtain to end the concert was a bit unnecessary.
Honestly, I find it a little difficult to sympathize with Madonna. Should the venue have kept the show going for the last few minutes? Yea. Probably. But not for her. For the paying customers and to avoid this. If I was the venue I probably would have said if you run over you’re going to pay a lot of money, rather than “you will not run over.” But this is, ultimately, %100 on Madonna. She was given a deadline, and she failed to meet it. She’s keeping likely hundreds of crew waiting on an already late show. That’s rude to them and very, very expensive for whoever’s paying them (I sincerely hope that she is). Her end time doesn’t just effect her and her fans. It effects the crew, and house management, and security, and depending on the venue, maybe even police or city workers if they’ve got traffic flow controls around the venue. Start when you’re supposed to. End when you’re supposed to. If you need more time, say that and arrange for it up front.
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