Just WHAT does this title mean? I can’t understand it without knowing if punctuation is missing, especially commas.
It means:
What was purported (by Madonna's press agents) to be a crowd of eager Madonna fans was, in fact, merely a chance group of random tourists who happened by.Regards,
to be fair Madonna’s more popular abroad than here.
if any of them are in NY for the World Cup, it makes sense that there is cross over appeal...