Dave Navarro Sues Jane's Addiction Bandmate Perry Farrell
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"History will remember the band as suffering a swift and painful death at the hands of Farrell’s unprovoked anger and complete lack of self-control," the suit said.
In 2024, Jane’s Addiction broke up live on stage. Perry Farrell punched Dave Navarro in the middle of a song, effectively ending the band in the middle of their reunion tour. Now Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins are suing Farrell for $10 million. And Farrell is suing them right back.
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The incident, which took place at the Leader Bank Pavilion, happened about two-thirds of the way through the band’s reunion tour of the U.S. and Canada, which was its first with the band’s full lineup: Farrell, Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery.
There have been plenty of high-profile musical acts that ended up dealing with a pretty messy divorce thanks to some internal strife. That includes Jane's
According to Deadline, Navarro, 58, the band’s guitarist, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins sued Farrell for $10 million Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit accuses Farrell of a “brutal and unprovoked” onstage attack on Navarro.
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Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell has sued former bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins.
The lawsuit claims that the band was forced to end their North American reunion tour and an album the band planned to drop after they finished touring. In the lead up to the tour and during, the band dropped several tracks in anticipation of releasing more new songs as the tour continued.