Jane’s Addiction cancel tour after on-stage bust-up as Perry Farrell speaks out

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jane’s Addiction have canceled their latest tour following the onstage fight that broke out between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro at a show last Friday. “Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.” Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction The band had earlier shared a statement to their Instagram Stories apologizing to fans who had witnessed the fracas in Boston: “We want to extend a heartfelt apology to our fans for the events that unfolded last night. She claimed that, after Farrell took a swing at Navarro, bassist Eric Avery put her husband in a “headlock and punched him in the stomach three times.” “Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry,” she wrote. “At one point, during one of his ramblings, Navarro deliberately cranked out a loud, piercing chord on his guitar, as almost to silence Farrell and get the show back on track.” Perry had also expressed frustration over apparent vocal issues at the first of the band’s two New York shows, confessing: “Ladies and gentlemen, I have to be honest with you.