Madonna again criticized by Australian fans for stage behavior
The 57-year-old pop star frustrated patrons when she began a performance in Brisbane.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Madonna has again been criticized by Australian fans for her on stage behavior during her first tour "Down Under" in 23 years, this time for appearing hours late for a concert and revealing a fan s breast.
The 57-year-old pop star frustrated patrons when she began a performance in Brisbane more than two hours late on Wednesday night.
"So many upset fans walked out," wrote concertgoer @Sally_Springs on Twitter. "If you can t show up on time or sing live, it might not be worth the effort."
Fans were further inconvenienced as public transport had stopped for the evening by the time Madonna s late concert ended.
At her next show in Brisbane, on Thursday, Madonna invited a 17-year-old female fan on stage and pulled on the young woman s corset, briefly revealing her breast.
The singer said jokingly: "She’s the kind of girl you just want to slap on the ass, and pull," before tugging on the girl s corset top, which came down, briefly revealing her breast, drawing gasps and cheers from the crowd and later a backlash on social media.
"Exploiting young people, taking advantage of them and pulling a sexual stunt like that is NOT OK," wrote Facebook user Pauline Ryeland.
Madonna s representatives could not be immediately contacted.
Fan Josephine Georgiou, a barista and part-time model, later told Brisbane s Courier Mail newspaper that she was not upset by her breast being revealed.
"Only I get to decide if I’m humiliated or not – why would people assume I am humiliated by my own breast, nipple or body?" she told the paper.
The incidents follow claims from audience members that the singer was drunk on stage at a concert in Melbourne earlier this month. Madonna denied she was drunk and wrote on Instagram that she "could never" do any shows "high or drunk".
