When at the end of 2023 Jane’s Addiction announced a UK and European headline tour featuring the band’s original members, frontman Perry Farrell looked forward to the run of dates in his usual charismatic, ringleader-ish style. “It has been far too long, my Jane’s Addiction family,” he said. “We can’t wait to see your faces again… Togetherness – roll on 2024!”
The problem with families is that some really don’t get on. For Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins, their much-anticipated reunion (14 years since they’d last been on stage together) turned into a world of fighting, sniping and emotional tug-of-wars with a central character who thought everyone else was plotting against them. Togetherness? Not so much.
