Not sure which of the 3rd grade level geniuses on here were using the "victim blaming" term when those of us that aren't ******* morons understand that the band is THE problem here. You can talk about poor instructions or the weather, or getting yelled at all you want. In the end, after letting most of the crowd dissipate, the band got to an exit point and saw a logjam of people barely able to move and decided to create the physical contact and confrontation by pushing through the crowd, swinging instruments and using a ladder as a barricade. Nothing gives them the right plow through people. People were not blocking them. Seriously, do people really think better instructions in an email are going to cure the level of breathtaking stupidity shown by the band leadership?
Again, these weren't bystanders. These weren't instigators. These were the people that initiated the physical confrontation.