October 23, 2015
Lisa Nutter, Philadelphia’s First Lady, is evidently a Madonna fan.
Mayor Michael Nutter’s wife got eight free tickets from the mayor's office to the singer's Sept. 24 Wells Fargo Center performance, the day before Pope Francis came to Philadelphia
At the performance seen by Lisa Nutter and her guests, Madonna said: “Since Popey-wopey is on his way over here, I want to dedicate this song to him.” Madonna then launched into a version of “La Vie en Rose,” a French love song.
Mayor Nutter’s press office referred a request for comment about the First Lady’s Madonna fandom to her. She did not immediately respond.
But in a release Friday, the press office said 428 – or 37 percent – of the tickets given away in the past three months were distributed to children from recreation centers, nonprofits and other groups who attended Wells Fargo Center, Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field events.
Those venues, plus the Eagles and Phillies, provide the free tickets to the mayor’s office, which gifted many members of City Council with free tickets during the time period.
Since the city began giving away the free tickets in April 2008 to "The Mayor's Box," more than 37,000 tickets have been distributed.
