Madonna risks £300,000 fine after breaking major O2 rule during second show of comeback tour

MADONNA faces a fine of £300,000 after she breached a strict gig curfew at the weekend.

The Papa Don’t Preach star was forced to cut her set short on Sunday night after technical issues.

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Madonna faces a fine of £300,000 after she breached a strict gig curfew at the weekend[/caption]

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Queen of Pop Madonna was forced to cut her set short on Sunday night after technical issues[/caption]

But she still overran the 10.30pm curfew by 30 minutes at the O2 Arena and could be hit with a £300,000 penalty.

Queen of Pop Madonna, 65, performed a 140-minute set on Saturday night as she launched her Celebration world tour.

But on Sunday she didn’t make it on stage until 9pm — with the concert ending at 11pm amid warnings fans may miss the last Tube trains.

Hits including Like a Virgin and Celebration were axed. leaving gig-goers gutted.

One posted: “How dare the b******s at the O2 cut Madonna short.”

Curfew rules drawn up by the arena’s operators AEG and Transport for London include fines of £10,000 a minute.

Greenwich Council said its midnight curfew wan’t broken.

A spokesman said: “We do not intend to investigate.”