Dave Navarro reveals odds of a Jane’s Addiction reunion after Perry Farrell fight

It was nan last rustle for Jane’s Addiction.

Guitarist Dave Navarro has ruled retired a reunion for nan “Been Caught Stealing” set aft beforehand man Perry Farrell punched him during a show past September.

“There’s nary chance for nan set to ever play together again,” Navarro, 57, told Guitar Player astir nan group’s early pursuing nan incident that abruptly trim short their performance astatine Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion.

“There was an altercation onstage, and each nan difficult activity and dedication and penning and hours successful nan studio, and picking up and leaving location and crisscrossing nan state and Europe and trying to flooded my unwellness — it each came to a screeching halt and everlastingly destroyed nan band’s life,” he said.

Navarro is still bruised by nan blowup. “It’s still very tender and unresolved,” he said.

Before that last show, Navarro says that Jane’s Addiction’s reunion circuit had been going well.

“I’ll conscionable opportunity that nan acquisition anterior to that gig, erstwhile we were successful Europe and gelling, really, for nan first clip — because astatine our ages, successful our 50s and 60s, everybody’s done what they’re gonna do, and we weren’t competitory pinch each different — we were getting along,” said Navarro, describing nan shows arsenic “some of my favourite Jane’s Addiction gigs of all-time.”

“There was nary ego issue; it was conscionable 4 guys making awesome music, conscionable for illustration we did successful nan beginning,” he said. “It was conscionable america connected a stage, pinch group going f—king crazy.”

But that each came to a crashing halt erstwhile Farrell attacked Navarro. “That gig, September 13th, successful Boston, ended each of that,” he said. “And for that reason, that is my slightest favourite gig that I person ever played.”

After that contentious concert, Jane’s Addiction canceled nan remaining circuit dates.

“To each nan fans, nan set person made nan difficult determination to return immoderate clip distant arsenic a group,” nan set said successful a connection connected its Instagram relationship astatine nan time.

“As such, they will beryllium cancelling nan remainder of nan tour,” nan connection read.

Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, 57, and bassist Eric Avery, 60, released a abstracted statement, blaming Farrell for nan altercation and circuit cancelation.

“Due to a continuing shape of behaviour and nan intelligence wellness difficulties of our vocalist Perry Farrell, we person travel to nan conclusion that we person nary prime but to discontinue nan existent US tour,” they shared.

“Our interest for his individual wellness and information arsenic good arsenic our ain has near america nary alternative. We dream that he will find nan thief he needs,” they added.

Then Farrell, 66, issued an apology connected Instagram and sought help.

“This play has been incredibly difficult, and aft having nan clip and abstraction to reflect, it is only correct that I apologize to my bandmates, particularly Dave Navarro, fans, family and friends for my actions during Friday’s show,” he wrote successful response.

He added, “Unfortunately, my breaking constituent resulted successful inexcusable behavior, and I return afloat accountability for really I chose to grip nan situation.”