After Onstage Fight, Jane's Addiction Axes Tour

'We hope he gets the help he needs,' other members say of singer Perry Farrell
By Bob Cronin,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 15, 2024 10:35 AM CDT
Updated Sep 16, 2024 1:23 PM CDT
Singer's Punch of Guitarist Was Not Part of the Show
Dave Navarro, left. and Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction perform at the Louder Than Life Festival at Highland Festival Grounds on in September 2021 in Louisville, Ky.   (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
UPDATE Sep 16, 2024 1:23 PM CDT

Jane's Addiction has called off the remainder of its tour after an onstage fight between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. "The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group," a statement on their Instagram page said. "As such, they will be canceling the remainder of the tour." They had more than a dozen dates left on the tour, including Wednesday night in Toronto, the CBC reports. Variety reports that Navarro and the two other band members issued a statement on Instagram blaming the tour's end on the "continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties" of Farrell. "Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative," they wrote. "We hope that he will find the help he needs."

Sep 15, 2024 10:35 AM CDT

Jane's Addiction canceled its concert scheduled for Sunday night and apologized to fans after an onstage, intraband punch ended its performance in Boston. Fan video showed lead singer Perry Farrell lunging at guitarist Dave Navarro on Friday night, bumping him with his shoulder and then taking a swing at him. Crew members and bassist Eric Avery restrained Farrell as the lights were dimmed and the singer was pulled offstage, People reports. Etty Lou Farrell later posted on Instagram an account of the confrontation, per Variety, saying that her husband was upset about his vocals being drowned out by the rest of the band.

That was the end of that concert and at least the next one. "We want to extend a heartfelt apology to our fans for the events that unfolded last night," the band posted Saturday, adding that the Sunday night show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is canceled. The band launched its "Imminent Redemption" tour in early August, per WVIT, and still has 14 shows scheduled. The band touring includes Perry, 65; Navarro, 57; Avery, 59, and drummer Stephen Perkins, together for the first time since 2010. "Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members ... the magic that made the band so dynamic," Etty Lou Farrell wrote. (More concert stories.)

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