Spouse of Jane’s Dependancy frontman says pressure and animosity led to onstage scuffle
BOSTON — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking different rock band Jane’s Dependancy got here amid “pressure 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 Nineteen Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties as the choice rock and grunge music actions have been rising.
In movies submit 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 submit Saturday morning.
She stated her husband had been affected by tinnitus and a sore throat and “by the top of the music, 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 a press release about the way forward for the tour.
