Guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins are suing Perry Farrell over the onstage fight that led to the cancellation of Jane’s Addiction’s reunion tour. The incident occurred in September throughout a present in Boston, and it basically led to the band’s dissolution. The lawsuit was first reported by TMZ and Rolling Stone.
Navarro, Avery, and Perkins are suing Farrell for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, negligence, breach of fiduciary obligation, and breach of contract. In addition they declare that they misplaced over $10 million in potential earnings resulting from canceled exhibits and the lack to make a brand new album, which might have been the primary from the traditional Jane’s Habit lineup since 1990.
The previous Jane’s Habit members allege within the lawsuit that Farrell was usually intoxicated on tour and through exhibits. “The issues with Perry’s efficiency would usually worsen because the evening wore on and he turned extra intoxicated,” the lawsuit reads.
The musicians and their attorneys allege within the grievance that “Perry’s repeated and unprovoked assault on Navarro was particularly painful as a result of Perry knew that Navarro was nonetheless weak and affected by the results of lengthy COVID-19.” The assault apparently continued backstage, too, with Farrell throwing “one other surprising punch at [Navarro], placing him on the left aspect of the face.”
Jane’s Habit started their comeback once they shared the brand new music “Imminent Redemption” in June 2024. A second new music, “True Love,” arrived simply days after the Boston incident. In line with the lawsuit, that they had eight extra tracks they have been going to complete after the tour.
In line with Christopher Frost, an legal professional representing Navarro, Avery, and Perkins, Farrell “abruptly and unilaterally ended all of the plans for a Jane’s Habit revival” and “left his bandmates holding the bag for an unfulfilled tour and document deal.”
In a press release shared with Pitchfork, Miles M. Cooley, an legal professional for Perry Farrell, stated: “That is one more clear instance of the group uniting to isolate and bully frontman Perry Farrell. The timing of this baseless lawsuit is not any coincidence—it was filed solely after they caught wind of authorized motion coming from our aspect. It’s a clear try to manage the narrative and current themselves because the so-called ‘good guys’—a transfer that’s each typical and predictable. Similar to once they launched a defamatory and completely unfounded assertion about Perry’s psychological well being and unilaterally canceled the remaining tour dates with out his enter, they’re as soon as once more scrambling to get forward of the reality in a determined effort to save lots of face.”
Cooley is among the attorneys representing Farrell in his own lawsuit in opposition to his former Jane’s Habit bandmates.
