Broker shows? I wouldn't deal with acts a second time if they can't control their people. I keep a record of who I deal with and dont' bother with. My first and formost objective for the night is that everyone leave safe...that's before thinking about whether they had a good time or not. I noticed on other nights they only got the door man checking I.D.s. I got a extra person who does the pat downs. It 's a matter of responsiblity to the poeple in attendance and to the other promoters. Cause if my night fucks up and somebody is serously injured then that affects the other promoters. The place can get shut down.
I would tread lightly in the area of making assumptions that we are inept after 12 plus years in throwing shows. In fact, this is the FIRST show of ours that has ever ended due to violence. When you can match our track record, then by all means, we will happily consider a rebuttal.