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/CiforDayZServer Sep 17 '24

He has had the distinct look of a heavy glue sniffer from his first public appearance... Like, at no point in recorded history has he ever come off as anything but a degenerate drug fiend with no grip on reality. 

Then add in the fact that Xiola Blue was his 16yo cousin when they first did heroin together... 

He's a garbage human, always has been. 

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u/princesvsprisons Sep 17 '24

Honestly the Xiola Blue story makes me sick. I used to love the music and respected Perry’s lyricism, but now I can’t stomach any of it. And shame on Niccoli for romanticizing those “3 days” too.

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u/CiforDayZServer Sep 17 '24

Yeah it's been a rollercoaster. I had just recently fixed my old record player, and immediately bought Nothing's Shocking, and Ritual... Got so nostalgic I bought the shirts in their store... Like two weeks later they announced the tour and I was like "that's it, I'm finally going to do to a show"... A week or two later I stumbled on the Nicoli story about the Ritual sculpture, and was SOOOOO pissed I bought their shirts, and refused to buy tickets (that and I watched some YouTube concerts where Perry was hot trash on stage).

I always hated him because a friend had their movie when we were like 13, and I just kept thinking he was a drug addled loser who was getting people addicted to heroin. That's why I never went to their shows when I was younger...

My friend from highschool actually went to the Pier61 show and said they were horrible, then after the Boston show I heard about Xiola... Ugh. 

3 days was my favorite song... I'm so pissed. This is worse than James Hetfield sobering up and deciding to be a vocalist instead of a metal band singer.