Jane's Addiction Releases Swooning New Single, “True Love”, Days After On-Stage Fight & Cancellation Tour

Days after the band's future was thrown into doubt following singer Perry Farrell's on-stage attack on guitarist Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction released a crazy new song on Wednesday morning (September 18). The moody ballad, 'True Love', is firmly in line with the briefly reunited group's signature dreamy ballad, with lyrics recounting the first, thrilling shoots of passion.

“When I first felt true love/ I was so young,” Farrell sings over Navarro's tinkling, hypnotic guitar on the nearly four-minute track that blends the group's classic shamanic rock vibe. “I tried to describe it to my friends/ You're floating above something that's way over your head/ You're walking the waters of true love/ Basking in the glory of true love.”

The release comes three months after the band released the debt-laden “Imminent Redemption” single, which marked the first new song from the band's original line-up in nearly 35 years. It also comes in the shadow of an ugly scene last Friday in Boston when Pharrell, 65, appeared agitated on stage before pushing Navarro and then punching his long-term partner in the chest in a shocking scene that led to the cancellation of the first tour of the reunited composition. in 14 years as well as the announcement of an indefinite suspension.

At press time, a representative for the band had not returned a call Bulletin boardhis request for information on whether “True Love” was another one-off album from the legendary argumentative alt-rock band – which also features drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery – or another preview of their first new studio album at 34 years old.

Following the incident in Boston, the band issued an apology to fans, followed by a statement from Navarro, Perkins and Avery citing Farrell's “mental health difficulties” as well as a personal mea culpa from the singer. who called his behavior “inexcusable”. In addition, Navarro apologized for opening acts Love & Rockets and Crawlers on Tuesday, singling out the former Bauhaus band for the “terrible result” of the tour that began in August and was set to run through the middle. October.

The two new songs seemed to herald a return to form for the 1990s alt-rock band that released two classic studio albums during their brief run in the late 1980s-early 1990s. 1988 Nothing is shocking and the 1990s Ritual de lo Habitual. Jane's broke up after a farewell tour as part of the first Lollapalooza festival in 1991, with Avery Long playing as an inmate on the subsequent reunion tour. He was replaced by Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea on a 1997 tour and Martyn LeNoble and Chris Chaney on subsequent outings. The original four members reunited for a world tour in 2008, although Avery split again in 2010 prior to the release of the band's fourth studio album. The Great Escape Artistbefore returning to the fold again in 2022.

Listen to “True Love” below.