Sturgill Simpson is solid at handling fights in the audience, but dickheads are still gonna be dickheads on occasion, especially during the holidays!

During Simpson's Halloween show at the Ryman, the second of his three-night headline run at the Mother Church, there was a fight in the middle of Roy Orbison's "Crying."

Seriously?

Simpson agreed. "How the fuck can you guys possibly be thinking about fighting when we’re singing this song?" he asked. "Now you’re fuckin’ with my time. Get ‘em all out," he told security, before finishing the song, like a boss.

The same group was either allowed to re-enter or somehow snuck back in, and started the amateur fisticuffs again during "Sometimes It's Whiskey."

"You guys want the fuckin’ mic or what?" asked Simpson, as the knuckleheads were ejected for the last time. "I can’t wait 'til all these flannel shirt/beard motherfuckers figure out I ain’t like them."



It's not in the clip, but sources report that Simpson later followed that up with comments to the effect of "If you're gonna fight, Kenny Chesney will be here soon enough."

YouTube user Crystal Rhoten caught "Crying," complete with interruption, and YouTuber Kelly Savage caught the second ejection, including someone throwing what looks like a ticket at the stage. Check them both out after the jump.



