A fight broke out in the middle of a Jane’s Addiction concert between the lead singer, Perry Farrell, and guitarist, Dave Navarro in Boston. Perry’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, took to Instagram to give insight into what caused Perry to go feral.
Etty Lau began, “Rather than speculating, I thought to post a first person account of what happened on stage with Jane’s Addiction last night at the Lender Pavilion.”
Can I just say, We Need Andy and a Camera on this drama!
Who:
Jane’s Addiction front man “Perry Farrell & Dave Navarro.”
What:
“Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members,” explained Etty Lau. She believes that’s “the magic that made the band so dynamic.”
“Well,” she continued, “The dynamite was lit. Perry got up in Dave’s face and body checked him.”
When:
“The band started the 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.”
Why:
Etta Lau disclosed, “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.”
“Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the Jane’s Addiction 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.”
So, who won the fight?
“Why, Eric Avery [the bassist] of course.”
“While Dave was keeping Perry at arm’s length to de-escalate the situation, Dan rushed over to de-escalate as well by holding Perry back. Dave walked away to take his guitar off.”
“Eric walked up to Perry, upstage, in the dark, behind Dan, put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times. Kevin, crew member with a long hair with long hair pulled Eric away. Then Eric nonchalant walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to audience for the show ended early.”
What was the aftermath?
“Dave still looked handsome and cool in the middle of a fight. Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried.”
“Eric, well he either didn’t understand what de-escalation meant,” shared Etty Lau. “Or, [he] took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.”
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