Jane’s Dependancy have apologized to followers and cancelled a present following an on-stage brawl between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro.
In Boston on Friday (September 3), the band have been performing “Ocean Measurement” (one in all their greatest songs!) when Farrell and Navarro acquired bodily. The 2 tussled briefly, with Farrell screaming “fuck you” and Navarro holding him again. Farrell then took a swing at Navarro whereas being held again by members of Jane’s Dependancy’s crew. At that time, the present ended early.
“We wish to lengthen a heartfelt apology for the occasions that unfolded final night time,” Jane’s Dependancy subsequently wrote on their Instagram Story. They cancelled their Sunday (September 15) present in Bridgeport, CT, “in consequence” of the altercation.
Farrell’s spouse, Etty Lau Farrell, shared video of the incident, and supplied her account of why it occurred. She wrote, “Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night time after night time, he felt that the stage quantity had been extraordinarily loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been affected by tinnitus and a sore throat each night time. However when the viewers within the first row, began complaining as much as Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they could not hear him, Perry misplaced it.”
She added that, after leaving the stage, bassist Eric Avery “put Perry in a headlock and punched him within the abdomen 3 times.” She stated that Avery took “low cost pictures” on Farrell. After the incident, Farrell was a “crazed beast for the subsequent half an hour” earlier than he finally broke down and “cried and cried.”
Learn her full account under, and see video footage of the incident.
Jane’s Dependancy are nonetheless in the midst of their tour with Love and Rockets. Their subsequent present is scheduled to happen in Toronto on Wednesday (September 18). They have not launched an announcement about whether or not it will likely be going down.