German Fans Outraged As Madonna Concert Cancelled

German Fans Outraged As Madonna Concert Cancelled


BERLIN (Reuters) - German Madonna (news - web sites) fans were outraged Friday after organizers announced that the singer's opening concerts in Cologne for her first roadshow in eight years had been canceled due to technical problems.

The star's concert manager in Germany, Marek Lieberberg, said concerts scheduled for June 5 and 6 had been canceled, even though both sold out within minutes of the tickets being released last week.

``We don't have any more exact reasons for the cancellation of the two Cologne concerts,'' a spokesman for Lieberberg's agency said. He pledged the 17,000 ticket holders would get their money back.

Madonna fans in Germany, who had paid record prices of up to $110 were outraged.

``Madonna has one less fan now,'' said one disappointed fan on the German fan club's Web site (http://www.madonnafanclub.de).

``I'm fed up with this and am going to throw my Madonna CDs in the garbage,'' said another.

``Does she really think she can treat her fans like this?'' asked another fan.

Madonna's tour, which concludes in Los Angeles Sept. 9, will now start in Barcelona June 9. Madonna, 42, will also hold four concerts in Berlin between June 19 and 23.

The ``Drowned World Tour,'' Madonna's first roadshow since 1993, will also make European stops in Milan, Paris and London before moving to the United States in late July.