Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell punches guitarist Dave Navarro onstage, abruptly ending Boston concert
nypost.comaccording to a video of the awkward clash posted to social media.The two rockers confronted each other while Farrell inched closer into the face of Navarro, who calmly held him back with his right arm.Farrell in turn throws to elbow jabs at the guitarist when multiple crew and bandmates, including bassist Eric Avery, run up and restrain the “Been Caught Stealing” singer telling him to “stop.”The lights lowered on stage, but several punches were thrown as the hot-headed singer was escorted away from the crowd’s view.The remaining three band members — Navarro, Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins — went to the front of the stage where they gave a warm farewell to the crowd.
The band raised their hands above their heads, tapped their chests and gave peace signs as the crowd gave them a standing ovation.Photographer Brian MacKenzie, who was tasked with snapping the show for the venue, posted on X that the crowd believed the confrontation was a bit between the bandmates.“Perry had a huge bottle of wine with him all evening, Navarro and Avery kept chatting with each other the whole show and seemed angrier than normal,” he claimed. “I was there,” X user @deanasc1 said. “The crowd was bemused.
Half pissed the show ended early and half excited we may have seen the last Janes A show ever.”The band, Navarro and Perry did not publicly comment on the incident as of Saturday morning.The band, which is in the midst of its North American Tour, has had problems involving their singer during recent shows.While performing at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in NYC on Sept.
10, Farrell told the crowd his vocals were not in great shape,” Variety reported.“Ladies and gentlemen, I have to be honest with you.
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