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Jane’s Addiction frontman’s wife says tension and hostility led to onstage brawls
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Jane’s Addiction frontman’s wife says tension and hostility led to onstage brawls

BOSTON (AP) — A brawl between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction broke out amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, the wife of lead singer Perry Farrell said Saturday.

The band is known for the edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught Stealing” and “Mountain Song” of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the alternative rock and grunge music movements were growing.

In videos posted to social media from Friday night’s concert in Boston, Farrell, 65, is seen singing loudly into his microphone and then lunging at guitarist Dave Navarro, hitting Navarro with his shoulder and then striking Navarro with his right arm. Navarro can be seen extending his right arm to keep Farrell at bay before Farrell is dragged offstage by others. The show ended shortly afterward.

“Perry’s frustration grew night after night. He felt like the volume on stage was extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band,” Etty Lau Farrell wrote in an Instagram post Saturday morning.

She said her husband suffered from tinnitus and a sore throat and that “by the end of the song he was no longer singing, but screaming to be heard.” She said her husband later broke down “and cried and cried.”

The band’s “Imminent Redemption” tour kicked off in early August and has 15 dates remaining, including a show in Connecticut on Sunday night.

The band has not yet made any statements about the future of the tour.