Jane's Addiction released a statement following an onstage brawl between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro.
The rock veterans took to social media on Saturday (September 14) to apologize for the singer punching the guitarist during the band's concert in Boston on Friday.
“We would like to offer a sincere apology for the events that unfolded last night,” Jane's Addiction wrote. Instagram Stories. As a result, we will be canceling tomorrow night's show in Bridgeport.
Jane's Addiction has added refund information for Sunday's canceled show at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Connecticut.
The band's reunited show on Friday at Boston's Leader Bank Pavilion came to an abrupt halt when Pharrell attacked Navarro mid-performance of “Ocean Size.” Video taken by fans shows the frontman getting angry for unknown reasons and punching the guitarist, who appeared confused by the singer's outburst.
“What the f-k?” Navarro was seen shouting as crew members restrained Farrell and dragged him backstage. The guitarist then took out his guitar and walked off the stage, ending the concert after 11 songs. Jane's Addiction's recent shows usually have three or four extra acts.
Farrell's wife, Etty Lau Farrell, took to social media shortly after Friday's concert to share her side of the story in a lengthy message.
“There was clearly a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite lit,” he wrote Instagram along with a video of the match on stage.
“Perry's frustration had grown, night after night, he felt the stage volume was too loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry suffered from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the front row started complaining to Perry that they were cursing him, that the band was playing too loud and they couldn't hear him, Perry lost it.”
She added that there had been an altercation backstage between her husband and Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery, who “put Perry in a headlock and punched him three times in the stomach.”
“Perry was a mad beast for the next half hour – finally he didn't calm down, but burst out and cried and cried,” wrote Ettie Lau. “Eric, well he either didn't understand what de-escalation meant or he took advantage of the situation and got some cheap shots at Perry.
Jane's Addiction's Live Nation reunion tour – which finds the four original members hitting the road for the first time in 14 years – kicked off in early August and is set to wrap up in mid-October. At press time, the band the next show was scheduled for Toronto's Budweiser Stage on September 18th.
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