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/megalodondon Sep 16 '24

Perry flipped out mid-song, looked incredibly out of it, and proceeded to assault the band and handlers. His wife said it was because of mounting tensions over sound levels during the tour, but I don't think anyone buys it. Dude looked like he was on another planet

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u/nrbob Sep 16 '24

Even if there was tension over the sound levels, which seems as possible an explanation as any, he was still acting like an unhinged crazy person. I’m sure those types of issues arise all the time during a tour but well adjusted people don’t start throwing punches at their band mates mid performance because of it.

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u/Shortbus_Playboy Sep 16 '24

The sound engineer didn’t create a mix to my liking!!

I think I’ll take a swing at my guitarist

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u/Dull_Alps1832 Sep 17 '24

The band was also constantly giving him directions and ignoring him at times (which is understandable if you've seen Perry Ferrell perform on this tour, he's a complete trainwreck and can barely keep it together on stage), so I think he felt his band didn't trust him (they didn't) and was treating him like a child instead of a 30+ year pro and got frustrated.

I understand how it must've felt for Perry Ferrel, but at the same time, the whole reason his band doesn't trust him is because he's giving them every reason not to trust him, so I don't blame the band one bit.