Wife of Jane’s Addiction frontman speaks out about onstage scuffle

BOSTON (AP) — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking different rock band Jane’s Habit got here amid “stress and animosity” throughout their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s spouse stated Saturday.

The band is understood for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught Stealing” and “Mountain Track” within the late Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties as the choice rock and grunge music actions have been rising.

In movies put up on social media from Friday evening’s live performance in Boston, Farrell, 65, is seen singing loudly into his mic after which lunging at guitarist Dave Navarro, bumping Navarro along with his shoulder earlier than taking a swing at Navarro along with his proper arm. Navarro is seen holding his proper arm out to maintain Farrell away earlier than Farrell is dragged away by others on stage. The present ended shortly after.

“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,” Etty Lau Farrell wrote in an Instagram put up Saturday morning.

She stated her husband had been affected by tinnitus and a sore throat and “by the tip of the tune, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming simply to be heard.” She stated her husband later broke down “and cried and cried.”

The band’s “Imminent Redemption” tour began in early August and has 15 dates left, together with a present in Connecticut on Sunday evening.

The band has not but made an announcement about the way forward for the tour.