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FOUND: 4 - What They Never Told You

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro shares cryptic post after Perry Farrell bust-up

Musician was praised for his calm response last week as singer took a swing at him during a live show

The Independent UK

Jane's Addiction cancel next show after bust-up and guitarist Dave Navarro posts cryptic "goodnight" message on social media

The future of Jane's Addiction looks bleak as band cancel show and guitarist Dave Navarro seemingly bids farewel

Louder

Jane’s Addiction release statement after onstage brawl ends Boston show

Frontman Perry Farrell was seen in footage behaving aggressively towards guitarist Dave Navarro at a show in Boston on Friday

The Independent UK

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Perry Farrell's wife Etty gives her account of his onstage bust-up with Jane's Addiction bandmate Dave Navarro

Etty Farrell describes Perry as a "crazed beast" after he swung at Navarro during chaotic Jane's Addiction Boston show

Louder

Wife of Jane's Addiction frontman says tension and animosity led to onstage scuffle

The wife of Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell says a scuffle on stage involving her husband was caused by “tension and animosity” within the band during their reunion tour

The Independent UK

Perry Farrell’s wife reveals reason singer threw punch at Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on stage

Farrell ‘cried and cried’ after the incident, his wife said

The Independent UK

Jane's Addiction reunion ends in fight

In the middle of their song "Ocean Size," Perry Farrell shoved guitarist Dave Navarro and was wrestled away

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Chaotic Jane's Addiction show ends early as Perry Farrell takes a swing at a shocked Dave Navarro

Singer Perry Farrell has onstage altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro during Jane's Addiction gig in Boston

Louder

Boston bust-up as bandmates brawl at Jane’s Addiction reunion gig

House lights come up and show ends after veteran singer Perry Farrell punches guitarist Dave Navarro

The Guardian - UK

Jane’s Addiction gig ends in chaos after singer Perry Farrell throws punch at guitarist Dave Navarro

Fans were shocked as the show halted after the rock frontman took a swing at his bandmate

The Independent UK

Jane’s Addiction end show early after Perry Farrell punches Dave Navarro mid-solo, forcing guitar tech to intervene

Fan footage shows Farrell verbally then physically attacking his bandmates, casting the reunited alt-rock band’s future in doubt

Guitar World

"I went into them thinking that I didn't hope to get the gig because I really thought that I wasn't right for them”: Why Eric Avery didn’t think he was a good fit for Metallica or Smashing Pumpkins

Why Eric Avery didn't fit he was a good fit for Metallica or Smashing Pumpkins

MusicRadar

“If there is a Jane’s Addiction in 2025, there will be new music. But you never know if there’s going to be a band at all”: Eric Avery on overcoming JA’s “unthinkable” time without Dave Navarro and his brief stints with Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins

The “backbone” of Jane’s Addiction reveals what he learned from his time with rock royalty, how he sculpted his unconventional approach to bass, and why cellphones are changing the way he thinks about tone

Guitar World

“There is new music coming…. there's hope of a full album”: Dave Navarro says more new Jane’s Addiction material is just around the corner

Dave Navarro says New Jane's Addiction material is on the way

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“As a player, I like to get down on my knees, turn delay knobs and make a bunch of noise. That does not work for Guns N’ Roses”: Dave Navarro on the time he turned down joining Guns N’ Roses

After Jane's Addiction split in the early 1990s, Navarro's six-string services were on the market. At the same time, GNR were also looking for a replacement for the outgoing Izzy Stradlin

Metal Hammer

“I am in the Gene Simmons business. I am the biggest fan of Gene Simmons”: Happy 75th birthday to Gene Simmons, Kiss bassist and unrepentant asshole

Self-confessed “asshole”, politically incorrect philanderer, money-obsessed businessman, rock superstar – god bless Gene Simmons

MusicRadar

“We have a completed, mastered album, but this might be a little soon.”: Dave Navarro talks unreleased material from NHC featuring Taylor Hawkins and Chris Chaney

The Jane's Addiction guitarist is hopeful that the songs will see a full release eventually

Louder

“They were all about Joy Division. They weren’t about Limelight.” Dave Navarro admits that he's been sneaking his love of Rush into Jane's Addiction songs for years without his bandmates ever realising

“Rush were my earliest childhood influences.” Dave Navarro comes clean on his life-long love of Rush

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“I was determined to avoid hailing him as the future of shred, but I simply cannot do it”: July 2024 Guitar World editor's picks

From an eight-string chug-a-thon with blues licks to make Eric Johnson blush, to a baritone turn from the hottest guitar player on the planet right now, this month was soundtracked by some top-tier guitar action

Guitar World

“Three songs in, we got into a physical altercation and I decided, ‘I’m done playing this show.’ I took all my Ibanez guitars and threw them into the audience”: Dave Navarro on why he switched to PRS – and Jane’s Addiction’s unlikely rebirth

Navarro stopped playing guitar after his battle with long Covid was compounded by grief following the passing of his friend and bandmate Taylor Hawkins. He reveals how he came back from the brink to join a once-more reunited Jane’s Addiction for new music and a new sonic approach

Louder

“Let's make some good trouble!” Jane's Addiction share new single Imminent Redemption, the first single from the original line-up in 34 years.

“Welcome to the next chapter of Jane’s Addiction”

Guitar World

“I called John immediately and said, ‘Dude, you have to join us for a song. I’m not going to let you not play with us’”: Dave Navarro on how he and John Frusciante finally played together for the first time after decades of friendship

The former Red Hot Chili Peppers and current Jane’s Addiction guitarist has long had a close relationship with Frusciante, but they didn’t play together until 2020

Louder

“We mixed and mastered it, and then we lost Taylor. It was actually very painful for me to pick up the guitar after that.” Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro on the 'lost' album he recorded with Taylor Hawkins and a member of AC/DC

Dave Navarro mourns the loss of his dear friend Taylor Hawkins

Guitar World

“When we lost Taylor, it was very painful for me… I'll be honest, I didn’t pick up the guitar for about a year”: Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

The returning Jane's Addiction guitarist opens up on his struggles to play guitar after the tragic passing of his collaborator in supergroup NHC

Metal Hammer

"It just so happens that we've run across a very, very dear old friend of ours." Watch Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello join Jane's Addiction onstage in Germany

Tom Morello reunites with old pals from the "world of oddballs" which changed his life in the 1980s

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