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Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro has apparently put to bed any hopes of further shows from the group, claiming there’s “no chance” of them playing live together again.
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Navarro’s comments came about in a recent interview with Guitar Player where the famed musician looked back on the best and worst gigs of his career.
In the latter category, Navarro turned to the band’s last run of shows in 2024, noting that some of those gigs were his favorite, with the group working together in perfect unison. “If you combined Grateful Dead and Radiohead, there were moments like that — just weird, experimental jams that we’d never done before as a band,” he claimed.
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However, it’s Jane’s Addiction’s final performance, at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on Sept. 13, that takes the dubious honor of being his least favorite. That show made headlines last year when frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at Navarro during a rendition of “Ocean Size.”
Navarro walked off stage following the incident, ending the show early, and soon after, Jane’s Addiction announced the cancellation of the remainder of their tour dates. The announcement included a statement signed by Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins highlighting the “behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell”.
According to Navarro, the incident is “still very tender and unresolved,” with the guitarist taking care not to be “naming names and pointing fingers” while speaking to Guitar Player.
“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,” he explained. “And there’s no chance for the band to ever play together again.”
Much of the sadness around the unexpected and unfortunate end to Jane’s Addiction relates to the fact that the shows prior to their final performance were some of Navarro’s favorite.
“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,” he explained. “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 f–king crazy.
“And that gig, September 13th, in Boston, ended all of that,” he added. “And for that reason, that is my least favorite gig that I have ever played.”
In the wake of Jane’s Addiction’s final gig, Navarro, Perkins and Avery have reportedly been working on new music together, though it’s unclear exactly what form this will take.
Months after an onstage altercation left alternative rock mainstays Jane’s Addiction on hiatus, three of the band’s members are working on new music without frontman Perry Farrell.
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News of fresh material from Jane’s Addiction members comes following the group’s headline-generating performance on Sept. 13 at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion where – during a rendition of “Ocean Size” – Farrell threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro.
“What the f–k?” Navarro appeared to shout as crew members restrained Farrell and dragged him backstage. The guitarist then took off his guitar and walked off stage, ending the concert after 11 songs – a handful shy of their regular set length.
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The altercation quickly made waves throughout the global music community, and Jane’s Addiction soon announced the cancellation of the remainder of their tour dates, with a statement signed by Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins highlighting the “behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell”.
Farrell later shared a statement via Billboard in which he apologized for his onstage actions. “Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation,” Farrell wrote at the time.
Somewhat ironically, the band’s self-imposed hiatus came about alongside the release of “True Love”, their second single of 2024, which followed on from July’s “Imminent Redemption” – the first new song from the original band lineup in nearly 35 years.
On Friday (Jan. 3), Avery took to social media to share a video of himself recording bass lines to a drum track he confirmed was recorded by Perkins. “Look forward to getting some Mr Navarro on them. 2025!” he added, before tagging both Perkins and Navarro in the post.
Though fans of the musicians have been quick to assume this may result in new Jane’s Addiction material without Farrell’s involvement, some comparisons have also been made to the short-lived Deconstruction project from the early ’90s.
Launched in 1993 following Jane’s Addiction’s initial split, Deconstruction featured Navarro and Avery alongside drummer Michael Murphy. Perkins had initially been invited to take part, but ultimately chose to join Farrell’s Porno for Pyros instead.
Deconstruction would release their self-titled debut album in 1994, which peaked at No. 31 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart ahead of their quiet dissolution soon after. In December 2024, Deconstruction released the album onto streaming services for the first time.
Currently, there’s no indication that Deconstruction are once again a going concern, though Avery’s caption indicates that fans will discover the direction the Jane’s Addiction members’ music is taking sooner rather than later.
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