Days after they called off their reunion tour and went on an indefinite hiatus following Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell's on-stage attack on Dave Navarro, the band's guitarist has issued an apology for the tour opener.
“I'd like to personally apologize to Love & Rockets and Crawlers and their crews for such a terrible outcome to what started out as an incredibly magical tour,” Navarro said of the two bands who opened for Jane's on the alt- rock group. tour before melting into chaos Friday night in Boston during a show in which Farrell shoved and then punched Navarro near the end of the headliner's set.
“Love & Rockets are my heroes and I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to play on the same stage with them for as long as I did. It was truly an honor!” Navarro said in an Instagram Story that ended Tuesday (September 17) according to tour-following-onstage-fight/” target=”_blank”>Brooklyn Vegan.
Love & Rockets – the beloved indie rock band formed by former Bauhaus singer/guitarist Daniel Ash, bassist/vocalist David J and drummer Kevin Haskins in 1985 – who had reunited to hit the road with Jane's, also released a statement about Scotch's tour. . “We would have loved to have completed the rest of the tour dates with Jane's Addiction, but unfortunately the matter is out of our hands.” they wrote on Instagram. “Information about refunds will follow shortly.”
Following the shocking incident, Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery issued a joint statement on Instagram on Monday morning apologizing to fans for the disturbing scene and canceling the rest of the band's US tour. “Due to the ongoing behavior and mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to discontinue the current US tour,” the trio wrote.
“Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as ours left us with no alternative. We hope he gets the help he needs,” they added. “We deeply regret that we cannot accommodate all of our fans who have already purchased tickets. We can't see any solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to put on a great show on a nightly basis.”
Farrell, 65, apologized to his teammates on Monday in a statement first shared Bulletin board. “This weekend was incredibly difficult and after I've had the time and space to think, it's only right that I apologize to my teammates, especially Dave Navarro, the fans, family and friends for my actions during the show of Friday,” Farrell said of the punch. – up during the show at Boston's Leader Bank Pavilion near the end of an “Ocean Size” performance.
“Unfortunately, my breaking point led to inexcusable behavior and I take full responsibility for how I chose to handle the situation,” Farrell added. In fan footage of the moment, a distraught Pharrell can be seen chasing after Navarro and throwing a shoulder at his partner, then punching the shocked guitarist in the chest before the men are separated and Pharrell is dragged off stage.
A day after the on-stage collapse, Farrell's wife, Etty Lou Farrell, released a statement in which she attempted to provide context and background as to what caused the incident. “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. “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.”
He also said that after the punch, bassist Avery “put Perry in a headlock and punched him three times in the stomach… Perry was a mad beast for the next half hour – he finally didn't calm down, but just lashed out and cried and cried and cried. So Eric either didn't understand what de-escalation meant or he took advantage of the situation and got some cheap shots at Perry.”
Avery has been a constant presence in the band's lineup for the past 25 years, rejoining and leaving the band several times before returning in 2022 and joining the reunited band's first North American tour scheduled to feature all four original members on 14 years. The excursion started in early August and was scheduled to last until mid-October.
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