A fight broke out at a concert by the rock band Jane’s Addiction on Friday night after lead singer Perry Farrell body-checked and then hit Dave Navarro on stage.
In footage shared by Farrell’s wife Etty Farrell on Saturday, the rocker can be seen angrily singing into the microphone during a performance at the Leader Bank Pavilion music venue and then slamming his body into Navarro.
The lead singer then started shouting at the guitarist, who backed away and tried to keep his bandmate at a distance by placing his forearm on his chest.
Perry, 65, became increasingly agitated and struck out at 57-year-old Navarro, but hit the guitar.
A crew member ran backstage to control Perry, which seemed to agitate him even more. Two more men grabbed him as he appeared to try to fight them off.
Meanwhile, Navarro put his guitar on the stage, spoke to someone who appeared to be a security guard, and walked away.
Jane’s Addiction did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
However, Etty said on Instagram that there had been “tension and hostility” around the band in the run-up to the brawl.
“Perry’s frustration grew night after night. He felt the volume on stage was extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” she wrote.
“Perry suffered from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the front row started complaining to Perry and yelling at him that the band was too loud and they couldn’t hear him, Perry freaked out.”
She revealed that the incident occurred after Jane’s Addiction began their song “Ocean” before “Perry was ready and doing the countdown.”
“The volume on stage was so high at this point that Perry couldn’t hear anything because of the roar and vibration of the instruments, and by the end of the song he was no longer singing, he was just screaming to be heard,” Etty continued.
She added that there was also an altercation backstage in which bassist Eric Avery “put Perry in a headlock and punched him three times in the stomach.”
Etty said her husband became a “crazy animal” in the 30 minutes after the fight and then broke down and “cried and cried.”
In Etty’s comments section, fans were visibly concerned, with one pleading with her to help Perry and stop helping him.
“It’s abundantly clear your husband is having issues so please stop twisting things,” the user added.
“It’s none of our business what exactly is wrong with Perry, but there is something wrong with him – and while it’s not your sole responsibility to heal or save him, you also don’t have to be part of the impasse that’s preventing him from healing.”
