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Days after the fight on stage and the abrupt end of the alt-rock band’s tour, there is a new song
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Days after the fight on stage and the abrupt end of the alt-rock band’s tour, there is a new song

It’s perhaps the last thing anyone would expect.

At least from Jane’s Addiction.

After lead singer Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro during a performance last week, the band canceled their reunion tour of North America.

But despite the apologies and chaos, Jane’s Addiction has just released new music.

The brand new song is called “True Love” (listen below).

“I’m proud of the work we did on this song, but I’m equally sad that you’ll probably never hear it live,” Navarro said, referring to the band’s recent issues with Farrell, who appears on the track.

The 65-year-old Jane’s Addiction frontman punched 57-year-old Navarro onstage during the band’s September 13 concert in Boston (see video below).

The show was part of the reunion tour of the group’s classic lineup – Farrell, Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. Before the reunion shows, they last played together 14 years ago.

After apologizing to their fans and canceling the next show of the tour, Navarro, Avery and Perkins released a statement about Farrell’s onstage outburst and canceled the rest of the tour, which had 14 shows remaining.

“Due to an ongoing pattern of behavior and the mental health issues of our lead singer Perry Farrell, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to cancel the current U.S. tour,” they said.

“Our concern for his personal health and safety, as well as our own, leaves us no other choice,” they continued. “We hope he finds the help he needs. We deeply regret that we cannot help all of our fans who have already purchased tickets. We see no solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance every night. It breaks our hearts.”

Farrell issued his own statement.

“This weekend was incredibly difficult and after having the time and space to reflect, it is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navarro, my fans, family and friends for my behavior during Friday’s show,” he said. “Unfortunately, my breaking point led to inexcusable behavior and I take full responsibility for how I handled the situation.”

In Navarro’s post about the new song, he also publicly apologized to the bands Love and Rockets and Crawlers, who were part of the tour.

“I also want to publicly apologize to our crew, @crawlersband and her crew and to @loveandrocketsofficial and her crew,” he said. “Thank you for being our traveling companions for so long. I’m devastated that it ended this way and so many jobs were lost because of it. May all of our hearts heal together.”

Jane’s Addiction released the new song “Imminent Redemption” in July, the group’s first song with Avery in 34 years, since the 1990 album “Ritual De Lo Habitual.”

Farrell and Avery formed Jane’s Addiction in Los Angeles in 1985. Farrell is also known as the founder of the music festival Lollapalooza in 1991 and the band Porno for Pyros with Perkins in 1992.

Both Jane’s Addiction’s debut album “Nothing’s Shocking” (1988) and their second album “Ritual De Lo Habitual” were nominated for a Grammy.

The group’s hits include “Been Caught Stealing” (1990), which received two Grammy nominations, “Jane Says” (1988), “Stop!” (1990) and “Just Because” (2003).

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Amy Kuperinsky can be reached at [email protected] and followed at @AmyKup.

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