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Jane’s Addiction members recording music without Perry Farrell after 2024 bust-up

Band cancelled their tour last year after their singer threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro onstage

The Independent UK

Jane's Addiction making new music - without Perry Farrell?

Jane's Addiction appear to be making new music - but without frontman Perry Farrell.

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Eric Avery working on new music with Jane's Addiction bandmates – but there's no mention of singer Perry Farrell

Jane's Addiction bassist says he's working with band's drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro

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“With this band, you learn not to make plans”: Dave Navarro on his fight to beat Covid, and the Jane’s Addiction reunion that – little did he know – was about to come off the tracks

In an interview that took place just a few weeks before Jane’s Addiction’s onstage fight on September 13, Navarro explains why he reconnected with the original lineup in the first place

Guitar World

“Some of us were getting sober and cleaning up, others were not. It’s a recipe for disaster”: The chaotic story of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction’s game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade

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“Tom Morello ended up flying to Seattle and doing the vocals with Layne Staley. Tom came back and was like, ‘He’s in really bad shape. It’s scary’”: Martyn LeNoble on a career spent working with alt rock icons – and the kindness of John Entwistle

Long before perfect stranger John Entwistle lent him a Trace Elliott, the Porno For Pyros founder started out with a P-Bass knockoff and a homemade amp. Now he’s all about paying tribute to late friend Mark Lanegan

Guitar World

Perry Farrell seeking medical treatment after Jane’s Addiction cancel tour

Future of the band is in doubt after an onstage brawl between Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to the cancellation of their tour

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Dave Navarro posts heartfelt apology in wake of Jane’s Addiction fallout

Rock band’s reunion tour ended in chaos last week following a shocking altercation between Navarro and singer Perry Farrell

The Independent UK

Jane's Addiction release new single True Love just days after onstage fight and subsequent fallout

It's business as usual, even when it isn't

Louder

Jane’s Addiction release new single days after canceling tour due to onstage brawl

Guitarist Dave Navarro said in a statement the tour was canceled due to the ‘mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell’

The Independent UK

“Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behaviour, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation”: Farrell apologises, but Jane’s tour cancelled and band take immediate hiatus

Perry Farrell apologises, but Jane's Addiction tour is cancelled and reunion appears to be over

MusicRadar

Dave Navarro issues separate statement to Perry Farrell as Jane’s Addiction cancel tour

Band have cancelled the remaining dates of their tour after a shocking altercation between Navarro and Jane’s Addiction frontman Farrell

The Independent UK

"Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behaviour": Perry Farrell apologises after violent onstage altercation

The Jane's Addiction frontman's statement comes after the band's reunion tour was cancelled

Louder

Jane’s Addiction end show early after Perry Farrell punches Dave Navarro mid-solo, forcing guitar tech to intervene

Fan footage shows Farrell verbally then physically attacking his bandmates, casting the reunited alt-rock band’s future in doubt

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“If there is a Jane’s Addiction in 2025, there will be new music. But you never know if there’s going to be a band at all”: Eric Avery on overcoming JA’s “unthinkable” time without Dave Navarro and his brief stints with Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins

The “backbone” of Jane’s Addiction reveals what he learned from his time with rock royalty, how he sculpted his unconventional approach to bass, and why cellphones are changing the way he thinks about tone

Louder

“They were all about Joy Division. They weren’t about Limelight.” Dave Navarro admits that he's been sneaking his love of Rush into Jane's Addiction songs for years without his bandmates ever realising

“Rush were my earliest childhood influences.” Dave Navarro comes clean on his life-long love of Rush

Guitar World

“Three songs in, we got into a physical altercation and I decided, ‘I’m done playing this show.’ I took all my Ibanez guitars and threw them into the audience”: Dave Navarro on why he switched to PRS – and Jane’s Addiction’s unlikely rebirth

Navarro stopped playing guitar after his battle with long Covid was compounded by grief following the passing of his friend and bandmate Taylor Hawkins. He reveals how he came back from the brink to join a once-more reunited Jane’s Addiction for new music and a new sonic approach

MusicRadar

“I can't wait to jam out with all the campers": Green Day's Mike Dirnt signed up to Rock Camp, along with The Killers' Dave Keuning and Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins

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Louder

“I hear there’s an election coming. Don’t vote for that Conservative p****!” In praise of Jane’s Addiction, the band who invented the 90s

Topics covered: Jane's Vs Guns, some of the greatest lyrics ever written, the birth of the "Alternative Nation" and other Gen X angst…

Guitar World

“Dave was peak-Navarro”: Dave Navarro plays with Jane’s Addiction for the first time in 3 years following his long Covid battle – and the band debuted new material

The band's classic lineup have reunited for their first show together since 2010 – and they marked the occasion with a brand-new song

The Independent UK

Three Alabama officers fired and one suspended over Stephen Perkins shooting

Perkins, 39, was killed by police in front of his home on 29 September

The Independent UK

Alabama police chief apologies for inaccurate information in fatal shooting

A police chief in Alabama apologized Wednesday for his department giving incorrect information about what was said before officers shot and killed a homeowner during a dispute with a tow truck driver

Evening Standard

Mortgages as low as 3.35 per cent launched to help struggling owner-occupiers – but there’s a catch

Skipton Building Society has introduced a range of two-year fixed mortgages to help members at risk of payment difficulties, but they carry a 5 per cent fee.

The Independent UK

Skipton Building Society launches mortgages as low as 3.35% to support members

Skipton has launched a range of two-year fixed mortgages to help borrowers at risk of payment difficulties, but they carry a 5% fee.

The Independent UK

Fatal shooting by police draws protests and raises questions in north Alabama

Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information and access to body camera footage of the shooting

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