BOSTON — Alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction has canceled its latest tour following an onstage altercation between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro.
“The band has made the difficult decision to take some time as a group. As such, they will be canceling the remainder of the tour,” the band said in a brief statement on Monday.
The move comes after videos captured Farrell lunging at Navarro at a Friday concert in Boston, shoving Navarro with his shoulder before swinging at the guitarist with his right arm. Navarro is seen holding out his right arm to keep Farrell away before Farrell is dragged away by others on stage. The show ended shortly after and the band apologized.
The band is known for the edgy, punk-inspired hits “Jane Says”, “Been Caught Stealing” and “Just Because” in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the alternative rock and grunge music movements grew. It has three top five hits on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart.
“Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night he felt the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” Etty Lau Farrell, Farrell’s wife, wrote in an Instagram post Saturday morning.
She said her husband had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat and “at the end of the song he wasn’t singing, he was just shouting to be heard.” She said her husband later broke down “and cried and cried.”
The band’s “Imminent Redemption” tour – with opening act English rock band Love and Rockets – kicked off in early August and was set to conclude on October 16 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
The North American shows marked the first time since 2010 that the original Jane’s Addiction lineup — Farrell, Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery — played a long series of shows together.
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