Sil­ver Stars Steel Or­ches­tra has de­fend­ed the ac­tions of its mem­bers fol­low­ing an al­ter­ca­tion with po­lice dur­ing the TRIBE Launch Cup 2026 event, in­sist­ing its play­ers were vic­tims of an un­nec­es­sary use of force stem­ming from what it be­lieves was a mis­un­der­stand­ing over event per­mit re­stric­tions.

In a state­ment is­sued by the band's man­age­ment, Sil­ver Stars said the or­ches­tra has built its rep­u­ta­tion on dis­ci­pline and pro­fes­sion­al­ism and has al­ways co­op­er­at­ed with law en­force­ment.

The or­ches­tra said it had orig­i­nal­ly been sched­uled to per­form ear­li­er dur­ing the event but, be­cause of de­lays, was in­struct­ed to per­form at the end of the pro­gramme. Ac­cord­ing to the state­ment, the band was un­aware of any per­mit re­stric­tions af­fect­ing the per­for­mance.