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Rock band Jane’s Addiction broke out into a fight at a Boston concert on Friday night after lead singer Perry Farrell “body checked” and then punched Dave Navarro onstage.
In footage shared by Perry’s wife, Etty Farrell, on Saturday, Perry could be seen angrily singing into the mic and then slamming his body into the guitarist during a show at the Leader Bank Pavilion music venue.
The lead singer then started shouting at Navarro, who backpedaled and tried to keep him at a distance by placing his forearm on his chest.
Rock band Jane’s Addiction breaks into a fight at a Boston concert on Friday night, as depicted by the above snapshot. Instagram/@ettylaufarrel Guitarist Dave Navarro holds back singer Perry Farrell after he “body checked” him at a concert Friday evening. Instagram/@ettylaufarrel Farrell gets in Navarros’ face while they are performing Friday night in Boston. Instagram/@ettylaufarrelPerry seemed to become more agitated and attempted to punch Navarro, but instead hit his guitar.
A crew member ran from backstage to get Perry under control, which seemed to upset him further. Two additional men grabbed him as he seemingly tried to fight them off.
Navarro, meanwhile, placed his guitar on the stage, spoke to what appeared to be a security guard and walked away.
Farrell, seen screaming at his bandmate on Friday here, attempted to punch him. X/@RMWhitaker The Jane’s Addiction frontman, photographed arguing with Navarro, was held back by three men. X/@RMWhitakerJane’s Addiction did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Etty, however, shared some insight into the “tension and animosity” surrounding the band and why the fight broke out in her Instagram post from Saturday morning.
“Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” she wrote.
“Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.”
Perry’s wife, Etty Farrell, uploaded footage from the fight on Saturday and gave her account of what happened. X/@RMWhitaker She claimed Perry had been upset over the stage volume and “lost it” when he realized fans were complaining they could not hear him. X/@RMWhitakerShe revealed the incident happened after Jane’s Addiction started their song, “Ocean,” before “Perry was ready and did the count off.”
“The stage volume was so loud at that point, that Perry couldn’t hear pass the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just be to be heard,” Etty said.
She added that an altercation also occurred behind the stage, with bassist Eric Avery putting “Perry in a headlock and [punching] him in the stomach three times.”
Etty said her husband was “a crazed beast” in the 30 minutes following the fight and then broke down “cried and cried.”
She also alleged bassist Eric Avery punched her husband in the stomach three times backstage. WireImage She said he was a “crazed beast” for a half hour after the fight and then “cried and cried.” Getty ImagesFans were clearly concerned in Etty’s comment section, with one begging her to get Perry help and stop “enabling” him.
“It’s crystal clear that your husband is struggling, so please stop trying to spin this,” they added.
“It’s none of our business what is specifically wrong with Perry, but something IS wrong with Perry — and while it isn’t your sole responsibility to fix or save him, you also don’t have to be part of the impasse that prevents him from healing.”
