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Perry Farrell Punches Dave Navarro On Stage During Jane’s Addiction Concert
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Perry Farrell Punches Dave Navarro On Stage During Jane’s Addiction Concert

Jane’s Addiction’s reunited concert in Boston ended early on Friday after singer Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro onstage in the middle of a song.

As video footage from the show revealed, during a performance of “Ocean Size” Farrell became agitated for some unknown reason, walked up to Navarro and rammed his shoulder into the guitarist’s back. An aggressive and still angry Farrell then continued to yell at the stunned Navarro, with the singer eventually landing a right hook on his old bandmate’s shoulder:

“What the fuck?” Navarro wondered as a crew member held Farrell back; when the singer tried to sidestep the crew member and overwhelm Navarro again, two more crew members and even bassist Eric Avery ran over to restrain Farrell and escort him backstage. Navarro eventually left the stage as well, and the concert ended after 11 songs, three or four songs fewer than a typical show so far on the now-threatened Jane’s Addiction reunion tour.

According to VarietyWhatever was happening between the band members onstage in Boston, it had been simmering since the “Core Four” lineup’s first tour in 14 years kicked off in August. At previous stops, Farrell’s long-winded banter with the audience had left Navarro visibly frustrated onstage. Variety also notes that several concert reviews noted that Farrell drank a bottle of red wine onstage during the performance.

However, none of the early incidents — including a pair of troubled shows in New York City earlier in the week — predicted what happened in Boston: JamBase reported that the trouble began during “Mountain Song,” when Farrell yelled at Navarro. The bickering continued into the next song, “Three Days,” and culminated in the “Ocean Size” punch.

Jane’s Addiction has yet to comment on the confrontation, and Avery’s Instagram — which posted regularly while the band was on tour — has not mentioned the incident. However, Farrell’s wife Etty wrote a lengthy explanation on social media detailing the situation.

“There was clearly a lot of tension and animosity between the members… the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite had been lit,” wrote Etty Lau Farrell.

“Perry’s frustration grew night after night, he felt like the volume on stage was way too loud and his voice was drowned out by the band. Perry suffered from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the front row audience started complaining all the way up to Perry, yelling at him that the band was going too loud and they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.”

Etty added that there was also a confrontation backstage between Farrell and Avery, who “held Perry in a headlock and punched him three times in the stomach.”

“Perry was a mad animal for the next half hour – he didn’t calm down at all, he just broke down and cried and cried,” Etty added of the scene backstage. “Eric, well, he either didn’t understand what de-escalation (sic) meant or he took advantage of the situation and threw a few cheap shots at Perry.”

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Liam Gallagher, an expert on band feuds, tweeted in response to the video of the fight on Jane’s Addiction: “That attitude stinks.” When a fan joked that a similar incident would happen between Liam and Noel during the Oasis reunion tour, Liam replied: “I don’t think so, we’re very professional these days and we’re going to blow your mind.”

The Jane’s Addiction reunion tour is — tentatively — scheduled to kick off Sunday night in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The trek itself is scheduled to conclude on Oct. 16 in the band’s native Los Angeles. The tour will mark the first time in 14 years that the band’s “Core Four” lineup — Farrell, Navarro, Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins — have toured together, and comes after Navarro temporarily left the band amid a prolonged battle with long-term Covid.