{"id":2341796,"date":"2024-09-16T12:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-breaks-out-during-rock-band-reunion-tour-front-man-throws-punch-at-guitarist\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:13:30","slug":"fight-breaks-out-during-rock-band-reunion-tour-front-man-throws-punch-at-guitarist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-breaks-out-during-rock-band-reunion-tour-front-man-throws-punch-at-guitarist\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Breaks Out During Rock Band Reunion Tour, Front Man Throws Punch at Guitarist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffight-breaks-out-during-rock-band-reunion-tour-front-man-throws-punch-at-guitarist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jane&#8217;s Addiction&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-fans-break-out-in-f-joe-biden-chant-aldean-you-said-it\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean Fans Break Out In \u2018F*** Joe Biden\u2019 Chant; Aldean: \u2018You Said It\u2019\">recent concert<\/a> in\u2062 Boston ended unexpectedly due to an on-stage\u2062 altercation between frontman Perry \u2062Farrell and \u2064guitarist Dave Navarro.\u2064 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">incident occurred<\/a> during the performance of &#8220;Ocean Size&#8221; from their 1988 album, as tensions had built up over the course\u2063 of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/still-mad-rage-against-the-machine-says-abort-the-supreme-court-at-first-reunion-show\/\" title=\"Still Mad: Rage Against The Machine Says \u2018Abort the Supreme Court\u2019 At First Reunion Show\">reunion tour<\/a>. \u200dFootage from the show indicates that Farrell confronted Navarro, leading to a physical exchange. While Farrell was restrained, Navarro attempted \u2064to push him away but was subsequently shoved back, intensifying the\u2062 conflict. Farrell was ultimately escorted offstage by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-jackson-said-more-beatles-music-is-conceivable-via-ai-after-release-of-now-and-then\/\" title=\"Peter Jackson hints at more AI-generated Beatles music after &#039;Now and Then&#039;.\">band \u200cmembers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the fight, other band members addressed the audience, expressing their apologies and gratitude.\u2064 Farrell&#8217;s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, \u200clater shared her perspective on the altercation on Instagram, detailing the frustration that led to the\u200b confrontation. She explained\u200c that Farrell had been struggling with tinnitus and felt overwhelmed by the \u200dloud stage volume during the show. \u200bAs tensions with\u2064 the audience and among band members escalated, the situation boiled over, culminating \u200cin the physical\u200b fight. <\/p>\n<p>Etty \u200cLau also observed that Navarro was calm during the scuffle \u200bwhile describing her husband&#8217;s emotional turmoil\u200c post-fight, noting that he remained irate for a time, eventually\u200d breaking down in tears. the incident highlighted\u2063 underlying issues within the band, despite \u200dthe dynamic that has \u200cmade them successful.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jane&rsquo;s Addiction put on a show Friday night in Boston, leading to an on-stage scuffle that cut the show short.<\/p>\n<p>The show at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, part of the band&rsquo;s reunion tour, went off the rails during a rendition of &ldquo;Ocean Size&rdquo; from the band&rsquo;s 1988 album &ldquo;Nothing&rsquo;s Shocking,&rdquo;, according to People magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revolutionary-communists-target-jason-aldean-concert-arent-tough-police-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concert<\/a> shows irate frontman Perry Farrell, 65,&nbsp; stalking across the stage toward guitarist Dave Navarro. Farrell shoved Navarro then took a swing. While Farrell was being restrained, Navarro gave him a shove. That re-ignited Farrell, who was dragged offstage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro just got in a fight and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-allegedly-planning-to-shoot-up-washington-music-festival\/\" title=\"Man Arrested for Allegedly Planning to Shoot Up Washington Music Festival\">concert ended<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vCDOM0zBXG\">pic.twitter.com\/vCDOM0zBXG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Whitaker (@RMWhitaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMWhitaker\/status\/1834786931818840560?\">September 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After that, the band, minus Farrell, appeared to say good-bye to the crowd, complete with hugs, applause for the audience and peace signs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/news\/janes-addiction-concert-ends-fight-perry-ferrell-dave-navarro-punch-1236143977\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell&rsquo;s wife offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/crowd-goes-wild-foo-fighters-frontman-dave-grohl-appears-take-shot-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her account<\/a> of what took place.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than speculating, I thought to post a first person account of what happened,&rdquo; Etty Lau Farrell posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ettylaufarrell\/reel\/C_5FQl-u7y3\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit. Perry got up in Dave&rsquo;s face and body checked him,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Perry&rsquo;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,&rdquo; Mrs. Farrell continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;t hear him, Perry lost it,&rdquo; she continued, substituting &ldquo;planning&rdquo; for &ldquo;playing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;t hear pass the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn&rsquo;t singing, he was screaming just be to be heard.,&rdquo; she wrote, typing &ldquo;pass&rdquo; for &ldquo;past.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Farrell said bassist Eric Avery won the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While Dave was keeping Perry at arm&rsquo;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,&rdquo; she wrote. Dan is Dan Cleary, a part of the band.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kevin, crewmember 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,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">re: jane&rsquo;s addiction fight-<br \/> in the clip below you can hear the band rushed through a breakdown part of &ldquo;Ocean Size&rdquo;-the band rushed the return. they might have done this because they didn&rsquo;t want Perry rambling through it. that&rsquo;s what set Perry off. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9JcnQGhmln\">pic.twitter.com\/9JcnQGhmln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew &mdash; e\/acc (@astralmatrix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astralmatrix\/status\/1834974425151889844?\">September 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Farrell offered up her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/superstar-musician-gets-fight-concertgoer-midsong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post-fight<\/a> summation as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dave still looked handsome and cool in the middle of a fight. Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour &ndash; he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Eric, well he either didn&rsquo;t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry. &nbsp;Well, that&rsquo;s is my first person account narrative of what happened. Take a look at the video yourself,&rdquo; she wrote, using &ldquo;descalation&rdquo; for &ldquo;de-escalation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The event at Leader Bank Pavilion, part of the band&#8217;s reunion tour, took a chaotic turn during their performance of &#8220;Ocean Size&#8221; from the 1988 album &#8220;Nothing&#8217;s Shocking,&#8221; as reported by People magazine. Footage from the concert captures an agitated frontman Perry Farrell, 65, pacing towards guitarist Dave Navarro. Farrell pushed Navarro and then attempted to strike him. As Farrell was being held back, Navarro retaliated with a shove, which reignited Farrell&#8217;s aggression before he was pulled offstage.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the remaining band members appeared to bid farewell to the audience without Farrell, sharing hugs and peace signs as they left. Etty Lau Farrell provided her perspective on Instagram regarding the incident: \u201cInstead of speculating, I wanted to share a firsthand account of what happened,\u201d she wrote. She noted that there had been significant tension among band members leading up to this moment.<\/p>\n<p>Etty explained that Perry had been increasingly frustrated with loud stage volumes drowning out his voice and mentioned his struggles with tinnitus and a sore throat during performances. When fans in the front row complained about not being able to hear him over the music\u2014misunderstanding &#8220;playing&#8221; for &#8220;planning&#8221;\u2014Perry lost his temper.<\/p>\n<p>She described how during their performance of \u201cOcean Size,\u201d Perry wasn\u2019t ready when they started playing and struggled against overwhelming sound levels that forced him into screaming rather than singing by song\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>According to her account, bassist Eric Avery ended up winning their fight: \u201cWhile Dave tried to keep Perry at bay&#8230; Eric approached Perry from behind Dan Cleary (another band member) in darkness and put him in a headlock while punching him three times.\u201d A crew member eventually intervened by pulling Eric away before he casually walked back out front to apologize for ending the show early.<\/p>\n<p>Etty concluded her post-fight observations by noting how Dave maintained his composure throughout while describing Perry as frenzied for about half an hour until he finally broke down in tears. She remarked on Eric\u2019s actions either reflecting ignorance or opportunism regarding de-escalation tactics before inviting others to view video footage themselves for context<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2341797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/janes-addiction-fight.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4004,40993,35160],"class_list":["post-2341796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fight","tag-reunion-tour","tag-rock-band"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/janes-addiction-fight.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}