Jane’s Dependancy‘s live performance in Boston got here to a sudden finish on Friday (Sept. 13) when frontman Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro onstage.
The fan-captured altercation at Boston’s Chief Financial institution Pavilion broke out halfway by means of the reunited band’s efficiency of “Ocean Dimension,” when Farrell turned offended for unknown causes and lunged on the Navarro’s shoulder. Farrell, 65, then continued to shout on the guitarist, 57, who appeared confused, and the singer finally threw a punch at Navarro.
“What the f—?” Navarro appeared to shout as crew members restrained Farrell and dragged him backstage. The guitarist then took off his guitar and walked off stage, ending the live performance after 11 songs. Jane’s Dependancy’s reunion exhibits have usually featured three or 4 extra performances.
Jane’s Dependancy hadn’t publicly commented on the state of affairs at press time. Billboard has reached out to the band’s representatives.
Farrell’s spouse, Etty Lau Farrell, took to social media shortly after Friday’s live performance to share her model of the story in a prolonged message. “Clearly there had been a whole lot of rigidity and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Effectively, the dynamite was lit,” Etty Lau wrote on Instagram alongside a video of the onstage combat.
“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 couldn’t hear him, Perry misplaced it.”
She added that an altercation had occurred backstage between her husband and Jane’s Dependancy bassist Eric Avery, who “put Perry in a headlock and punched him within the abdomen thrice.”
“Perry was a crazed beast for the subsequent half an hour — he lastly didn’t settle down, however did breakdown and cried and cried,” Etty Lau wrote. “Eric, effectively he both didn’t perceive what descalation meant or took benefit of the state of affairs and obtained in a number of low-cost photographs on Perry.”
Jane’s Dependancy’s Stay Nation-produced reunion tour — which finds the 4 authentic members hitting the highway for the primary time in 14 years — launched in early August. At press time, the band’s subsequent present was scheduled for Sunday (Sept. 15) in Bridgeport, Conn.