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Madonna, two hours late to her own gig? Believe me, I’ve seen far worse | Simon Price

From Guns N’ Roses to Pete Doherty, turning up on time is far too lowly a concern for some artists – and there are limits to our patience, says music journalist and author Simon Price

The lawsuit from Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden included the argument that “many ticketholders who attended concerts on a weeknight had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day”. The Oasis documentary Supersonic includes the story that Liam Gallagher somehow forgot that they were due to perform two nights at Knebworth in 1996, and partied so hard after the first one that he was barely able to function for the second. I was present at The Worst Gig Of All Time when the rump of The Stone Roses headlined Reading in 1996, featuring Ian Brown honking tunelessly – even by his foghorn standards.

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