GIGI Overture Causes Boston Pops Balcony Brawl
Will Mass. lawmakers call for an all-out ban on classical music performances after last night's balcony brawl during the Boston Pops opening night performance at Symphony Hall? (Light classical fans: they're a rough crowd.)
According to eyewitnesses, conductor Keith Lockhart had to silence the orchestra -- and guest performer Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five -- during the overture to "Gigi" as two men came to blows in the balcony. (MSNBC has video of the fight, which is particularly alarming because the balcony rail is so low in front.) No arrests or injuries were reported.