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Jane’s Habit frontman Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro throughout a weird onstage outburst which noticed crew members drag him offstage and abruptly ended the band’s Boston live performance on Friday evening.
Farrell appeared agitated after which informed the gang on the Chief Financial institution Pavilion “f— you” earlier than marching over to Navarro and throwing elbow jabs at him.
Navarro appeared genuinely confused by what was occurring and had held his hand up and calmly walked again as Farrell got here in direction of him.
Farrell needed to be restrained by members of the crew and bassist Eric Avery as he continued to throw punches.
Dave Navarro appears genuinely shocked after Perry Farrell attacked him onstage.
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After the lights dimmed and Farrell was taken offstage, Navarro, Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins got here again onstage and hugged each other, waved to the gang and flashed peace indicators.
Photographer Brian MacKenzie, who was taking pictures of the reunion gig, posted on X that Farrell “had an enormous bottle of wine with him all night” and that concertgoers initially thought the confrontation was a bit between the band.
Perry Farrell (left) and Dave Navarro in 2001.
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Jane’s Habit is in the midst of a reunion tour, its first in 15 years, and had been scheduled to play on the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sunday.
Not one of the band has commented on the incident about whether or not the tour will proceed.
Nonetheless, Etty Lau Farrell, who has been married to Perry Farrell since 2002, took to Instagram to clarify what occurred.
“Perry’s frustration had been mounting, evening after evening, 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 evening,” she mentioned. “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.”
Etty Lau additionally claimed that after the lights have been dimmed fellow band member Eric Avery “put Perry in a headlock and punched him within the abdomen thrice” earlier than he “walked off to the entrance of the stage to apologize to viewers for the present ended early.”
FPerry arrell informed the New York Submit in Sept. 2022 that he missed performing with Navarro, who was battling long-Covid.
“I want I’d have my expensive guitar participant round,” he mentioned. “How do you go about discovering a guitar participant to fill the sneakers of Dave Navarro?”
(L-R) Musicians Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Chris Chaney and Dave Navarro honored with a Star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
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Jane’s Habit fashioned in 1985 and was one of many first bands from the early Nineties various rock motion to achieve mainstream success, incomes 5 Grammy nominations alongside the way in which.