Jane’s Addiction has canceled the rest of its tour after lead singer Perry Farrell took a swing at guitarist Dave Navarro at a Friday night show.
“The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group,” read a message posted Monday on social media. “As such, they will be canceling the remainder of the tour.”
All tickets for future shows — which were scheduled to continue through Oct. 16 in Los Angeles — will be refunded, according to the band. The canceled shows include an Oct. 13 date at The Masonic auditorium in San Francisco.
Farrell, Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery were performing Friday night at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston when Farrell appeared to grow angry at the lead guitarist. Farrell walked over, yelled at the guitarist Navarro and attempted to punch him.
Crew came out and restrained Farrell, but video appeared to show Avery then walking over, grabbing Farrell by the neck and punching him the stomach multiple times.
The rest of the show was called off, and the band issued an apology statement.
According to Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, the singer was angry because he thought the band was playing too loudly and the audience couldn’t hear him sing.
“Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” she wrote Saturday on Instagram. “Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night.”
Farrell publicly apologized on Monday after the cancellation announcement.
“It is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navarro, fans, family and friends for my actions during Friday’s show,” he told Rolling Stone in a statement. “Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.”
Jane’s Addiction’s original lineup reunited earlier this year and in July released their first song together since 1990. The tour began Aug. 9 in Las Vegas, and the group had already completed numerous successful shows before their dust-up in Boston. Their last two completed shows were at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in Manhattan on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11.
The band initially split up in 1991, with Navarro and Avery leaving after their contract expired on a worldwide tour. In the following three decades, the group continued touring with various replacements, including Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
But in May 2024, Farrell, Navarro, Avery and Perkins fully reunited for a show at tiny Bush Hall in London, followed by the release of a new song, “Imminent Redemption,” in July.
