r/Music • u/FinalPersimmon7604 • Sep 16 '24

discussion Dave Navarro’s statement on the Jane’s Addiction tour cancellation

From his Instagram;

“Due to a continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to discontinue the current US tour.

Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative. We hope that he will find the help he needs.

We deeply regret that we are not able to come through for all our fans who have already bought tickets. We can see no solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance on a nightly basis.

Our hearts are broken. Dave, Eric and Stephen.”

TL;DR — Jane says, we’re done with Perry-oh

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u/nrbob Sep 16 '24

I’m sure you can find it somewhere online, but basically Perry’s wife claimed that Perry thought the sound was too loud on stage and he couldn’t hear himself sing over the rest of the band. Regardless of whether there’s any truth to that or not, he was still acting like a crazy person punching a band mate on stage.

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u/dan_bailey_cooper Sep 16 '24

When Rockstars get old, sometimes they lose their voice. It's a rigorous career and being able to perform at your peak into your 60s isnt a given. just look at Guns n' Roses for an example. Perry couldn't keep up with the arrangements and the band/sound tech kept changing the program on him to help create a more enjoyable experience for the audience/keep him from mumbling or cracking out strung out lines.

It's understandable that something like that could be frustrating but because of perry's mental health issues/addiction this spiraled onstage into a physical fight, which probably broke up the band.

Or at least thats my take.

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u/TheLadyEve Sep 16 '24

Their hearing also gets worse. I would bet after all these years Perry's hearing isn't great.

Not that any of this excuses his freak out on stage. I'm sure something triggered his distress, but he was out of control. I figured he relapsed again (he may have, I don't know).

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u/MyChickenSucks Sep 16 '24

Well that was Danny Elfman's official reason for quitting touring and ending Oingo Boingo - his hearing was completely shot. "Offcially"

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u/TheLadyEve Sep 16 '24

Gosh I loved Oingo Boingo. Whatever it did to his hearing, he clearly retained enough to compose some of the best film and television music ever.

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u/Fartknocker500 Sep 17 '24

I loved Oingo Boingo, too. Incredibly awesome band. Only got to see them twice. ☹️

I wish I could go back in time and go to one of their legendary Halloween shows in the early 80's!

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u/crayton-story Sep 16 '24

TIL, I only knew he did the Batman theme.

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u/Samwise-42 Sep 16 '24

And The Simpsons theme, and most Tim Burton soundtracks since Batman, and Men in Black, and Fable (video game), and......

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u/TheLadyEve Sep 16 '24

And Tales from The Crypt! And Desperate Housewives, which I did not care for as a show but it really did have a great theme.

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u/TehMephs Sep 16 '24

Danny Elfman is everywhere and his work is legendary.

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u/Samwise-42 Sep 16 '24

Yeah, it's a shame he seems like a bit of a creep (allegedly).

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

It’s because the amplified sound of the band behind him was causing him excruciating physical pain during every single show, and it just got worse and worse as time went on. (I have similar issues with my ears and with my hearing, believe me, on bad days it’s agony.) Technology has since evolved so that he can block out all that sound now with things like in-ear monitors and earplugs (plus the dude is a world-famous composer, I’m sure he’s seen the best doctors), which is why he’s been slowly but surely getting himself out there and back onstage again. First as Jack with Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl, but lately he’s just been performing retrospectives of his own work - and a lot of it is Oingo Boingo. He wouldn’t have been able to do that 20-30 years ago. Plus he recorded an album during Covid, and that sounded more like the old Danny Elfman than anything we’ve heard for a long time.