BOSTON - Concert-goers, and even Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, were caught off-guard on Thursday night when a fight broke out on opening night at usually sedate Symphony Hall. Television video of the fight showed two men struggling in the balcony — one having his shirt pulled off — as several people stood around them."Chardonnay should be oaked, dammit."
Lockhart briefly halted the performance, which featured Ben Folds, while the men were escorted out. Boston police spokesman David Estrada said police officers on security detail at the hall escorted the men off the property, and no charges were filed. No injuries were reported in the 7 p.m. incident, he said.
"Not oaked. Oaked sucks. Dilletante!"
A Boston Symphony spokeswoman did not immediately return a call for comment.
Witnesses said they heard a scream from the balcony, and the sound of chairs falling, then a second scream as the fight escalated.
He spilled my wine Argggh.