Jane’s Addiction shares ‘sincere apology’ and cancels show after on-stage fight

Jane’s Addiction announced that the rock band is canceling its next concert after singer Perry Farrell collapsed on stage during a show in Boston on Friday.

“We would like to sincerely apologize to our fans for the events that unfolded last night,” the alternative rockers wrote in an Instagram Stories update on Saturday.

The iconic band added that the show in Bridgeport, Connecticut – part of a reunion tour for the band’s classic lineup of Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery – was “as a result” canceled would go and shared information. for those seeking refunds.

The band’s message comes after Farrell violently bumped into Navarro on stage and tried to get in his face before punching the guitarist during the tour’s Boston stop.

The altercation brought the show to a chaotic end and led to questions about the future of the tour and the band.

Etty Lau Farrell, wife of Perry Farrell, used her Instagram to address speculation about the fight, explaining that there had been “a lot of tension and animosity between the members… the magic that made the band so dynamic.”

“Well, the dynamite was lit,” wrote Etty Lau Farrell, who shares two sons with the singer.

She noted that her husband’s frustration had “increased” during the tour and described the volume on stage as “extremely loud”, as his voice was drowned out by the rest of the band.

She also said that the singer suffers from tinnitus and sore throat “every night.”

“But when the front row crowd started complaining and booing Perry that the band planned too loud and they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it,” wrote Etty Lau Farrell.

She continued, “The band started the song ‘Ocean’ [Size’] before Perry finished and counted down. The volume of the stage was so loud at that point that Perry couldn’t hear the thump and vibration of the instruments, and by the end of the song he wasn’t singing anymore, he was shouting just to be heard.”

Etty Lau Farrell — who tagged her post with #amancanonlybepushedsofar and #davetookthehighroad — added that Avery put the singer in a headlock amid the chaotic scene and punched him three times in the stomach, while Navarro tried to “de-escalate the situation ‘.

She noted that a crew member pulled Avery away before walking to the front of the stage to apologize to the audience.

“Perry was a crazy animal for the next half hour – he eventually didn’t calm down, just broke down and cried and cried,” she wrote.

“Eric, he either didn’t understand what decalcification meant, or he took advantage of the situation and took a few cheap shots at Perry.”

Farrell was reportedly in “rough shape” while days before the Boston performance, he was performing in New York City and had informed the audience that something was “wrong” with his voice.

The next Jane’s Addiction concert will take place on Wednesday in Toronto, Canada.