Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and his bandmates are making peace amid a messy legal battle stemming from an onstage brawl last year, publicly apologizing to each other and saying they’ll now focus on “separate musical and creative endeavors.”
Farrell posted a contrite Instagram statement on Wednesday (Dec. 17), while Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins simultaneously extended an olive branch on the band’s official page. The trio had sued Farrell in July for assaulting Navarro during a Boston show in 2024, and Farrell hit back with a lawsuit of his own that accused his bandmates of bullying him and spreading a false narrative about the incident.
There’s no word yet of an official settlement ending the dueling lawsuits, though court documents say the band members participated in a mediation session last month. The language of the Instagram posts suggests a reconciliation — and seems to confirm that Jane’s Addiction is no more.
“Today we are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane’s Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” reads the post on the band’s page. “We now look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavors. Jane’s Addiction will forever live in our hearts.”
In another sign that a settlement could be on the horizon, both of these Instagram posts apologize for key allegations in the legal feud. Farrell, for his part, says he’s “truly sorry” for the September 2024 incident on stage, during which Navarro claims the lead singer punched him unprovoked.
“I’ve reflected on it and know I didn’t handle myself the way I should have,” writes Farrell. “I apologize to our patrons and my bandmates for losing my temper and disrupting the show.”
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In his counter-lawsuit, Farrell had accused his bandmates of canceling the rest of the 2024 tour without his input and unfairly making him the “scapegoat” for their lost profits. Navarro, Avery and Perkins address this in their Instagram post, too.
“We would like to clarify the events surrounding the cancellation of the tour after the show in Boston in September 2024,” write the band members. “After that show, without notice to Perry, we unilaterally determined it would be best to not continue the tour and made inaccurate statements about Perry’s mental health which we regret.”
Legal reps for the band members did not return requests for comment. Their attorneys are currently scheduled to appear before a judge for a case update next month.
The onstage brawl in Boston, which went viral thanks to a fan video, was a key inflection point derailing Jane’s Addiction’s first tour as a full group since 2010. They were working at the time on a new album under a distribution deal with Warner Music’s ADA. It now appears unlikely that the project will be completed.
