Jane’s Addiction Cancels Remaining Tour Dates Following Onstage Altercation

Jane’s Addiction has canceled the remaining dates of their reunion tour following an onstage physical altercation between singer Perry Farrell and his bandmates on Friday night, an incident that was recorded by fans and went viral on social media over the weekend.

The band initially announced canceling only Sunday’s show at Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but the group released a statement Monday morning informing their fans that they could no longer continue the tour, Jane’s Addiction’s first with all of the original members since 2010.

“To all the fans, the band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group. As such, they will be cancelling the remainder of the tour. Refunds for the cancelled dates will be issued at your point of purchase – or if you purchased from a third-party resale site like StubHub, SeatGeek, etc., please reach out to them directly,” the band wrote.

Guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery collectively released a separate statement expressing concern for the mental health of Farrell.

“Due to a continuing pattern of behavior and the 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 other three bandmembers wrote on social media. “Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative. We hope that he will find the help he needs. We deeply regret that we are not able to come through for all our fans who have already bought tickets. We can see no solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance on a nightly basis. Our hearts are broken.”

The altercation took place at Boston’s Leader Pank Pavilion, the 17^th stop of their 23-city tour. While performing “Ocean Size,” Farrell began grunting at the audience and then began grunting at Navarro, who was performing a guitar solo, before aggressively bumping him with his shoulder. The frustrated singer confronted Navarro, who tried to de-escalate the situation and kept him at arm’s length. Crew members and bandmates attempted to calm Farrell down and had to hold him back.

Farrell later released a statement on social media, regretting his actions and apologizing to his bandmates.

“This weekend has been incredibly difficult and after having the time and space to reflect, it is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navorro, fans, family and friends for my actions during Friday night’s show,” Farrell wrote. “Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.”

Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau, took to Instagram to write a firsthand account of what happened on stage, saying that “Perry’s frustration had been mounting” because “he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the rest of the band.”

She went on to say that her husband had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night and that fans closest to the stage complained that they couldn’t hear him.

“The stage volume was so loud at that point, that Perry couldn’t hear [past] the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just to be heard,” Etty Lau Farrell wrote.

She did commend Navarro for his handling of the situation and claimed that Avery took some “cheap shots” at Farrell while the singer was being held back by crew members.

“Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried,” she wrote.

Among the now-canceled dates included shows at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Milwaukee’s BMO Pavilion, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago and Indianapolis’ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park.

Jane’s Addiction is managed by Michael James and Ian Jenkinson of Desperado Entertainment and booked by Independent Artist Group in North America.

Note: The article was updated to include Perry Farrell’s statement.