Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro makes cryptic post after fight with Perry Farrell Staff, 9/16/2024 Jane's Addiction faces turmoil after a physical altercation between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro during a Boston concert, resulting in a canceled show in Bridgeport. Amidst the drama, Navarro shared a cryptic Instagram post, while the band’s reunion tour continues with scheduled performances. The band issued a statement on its Instagram story Saturday, according to CNN and Variety. "We want to extend a heartfelt apology to our fans for the events that unfolded last night," the band wrote, adding that, in light of the scuffle, it had canceled its show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Sunday.
Other shows, including ones in Toronto on Wednesday and in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on Friday, remain on sale.
The band has not appeared to give any further comment. On Sunday, Navarro posted a black-and-white Instagram photo of himself with the caption, "Goodnight..."
USA TODAY has reached out to the band's rep for comment.
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According to concert footage shared by fans, the band's concert in Boston was halted and came to a dramatic end when Farrell shoved and punched Navarro. Farrell was restrained by crew members and a man who appeared to be bassist Eric Avery as he threw punches and was pulled away from Navarro.
Jane's Addiction was on a reunion tour with their four original members: Farrell, Navarro, Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. The band is best known for heading the alternative rock wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its hit songs include "Jane Says," "Been Caught Stealing" and "Mountain Song."
Jane's Addiction concert endsafter Perry Farrell punches guitarist Dave Navarro
Navarro exited the band in 2022 due to COVID-19 complications, with Farrell telling the New York Post that he wished he "would have my dear guitar player around" for the band's tour. Navarro returned for this reunion tour, which kicked off in August.
Jane's Addiction has bid farewell and reunited a number of times through the years. The band's original farewell tour launched the very first Lollapalooza in 1991.
Farrell is central to a buzzy Sundance documentary that premiered earlier this year about the Chicago music festival aptly called "Lolla." He is the main voice of the three-episode doc, which is streaming now on Paramount+.
The film details how Lollapalooza helped break bands like Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor shares a great story about their first set), Pearl Jam, and Green Day but also became a symbol for selling out.
