Jane’s Addiction abruptly canceled their tour earlier this year after an onstage altercation between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. “Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative,” the band said at the time. “We hope that he will find the help he needs.” To his credit, Farrell apologized for the situation, but clearly there hasn’t been much in way of amends behind the scenes.
Navarro recently updated the situation in an interview with Guitar World. “I have to speak in broad strokes here, because there are other individuals involved and it’s still very tender and unresolved,” he said. “There was an altercation onstage, and all the hard work and dedication and writing and hours in the studio, and picking up and leaving home and crisscrossing the country and Europe and trying to overcome my illness — it all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life. And there’s no chance for the band to ever play together again. I have to say that’s my least favorite gig, without throwing animosity around, and without naming names and pointing fingers, and coming up with reasons. I’ll just say that the experience prior to that gig, when we were in Europe and gelling, really, for the first time — because at our ages, in our 50s and 60s, everybody’s done what they’re gonna do, and we weren’t competitive with each other — we were getting along. There was no ego issue; it was just four guys making great music, just like we did in the beginning. I was just us on a stage, with people going fucking crazy. And that gig, September 13th, in Boston, ended all of that. And for that reason, that is my least favorite gig that I have ever played.”
Navarro continued: “I think that’s a pretty democratic way, you know, a pretty bipartisan way to go about it. You know, just the real sadness is the loss of that previous… The experiences are there, but the potential of having those types of experiences ended that night. And so, you know…. it is what it is. And that’s my answer.”
Somewhat ironically, shortly after the band canceled their tour they released a new song called “True Love.”
