Jane’s Addiction fans’ fears for singer Perry Farrell over concerning behavior before mid-song bust up with guitarist Dave Navarro

Fans of rock band Jane’s Addiction have raised concerns about lead singer Perry Farrell after he confronted and punched guitarist Dave Navarro during a performance in Boston.

According to those in attendance, Farrell appeared heavily intoxicated during Friday night’s performance. Others claim it was not an unusual sight for the frontman, who is known to knock back bottles of wine on stage.

Disappointed fans took to social media after Friday’s show to call Farrell a “disgrace” and say he was “drunk” after kicking Navarro and punching him with his fist before band members pulled them apart.

It’s unclear what prompted Farrell to rail against Navarro on Friday night. Some say the singer started yelling at Navarro during “Mountain Song.”

The outburst during the song is reminiscent of a review of CL Tampa the week before, in which one critic wrote that Farrell was “struggling” and had “gone into a tailspin” when the band started playing Mountain Song after “knocking back an entire bottle of wine.”

Farrell “went on a lot of nonsensical tirades” about cow pastures, mushrooms and politics, the summary said, and only stopped when Navarro ‘deliberately played a loud, piercing chord on his guitar, almost to silence Farrell and get the show going again.’

The review, written by critic Gave Echazabal, noted that Farrell took a sip of wine as he struggled to keep up with his heavy metal bandmates.

“Farrell either delivered the song late or incoherently, and it was difficult to reconcile his lackluster performance with the absolute, unmistakable power displayed by the band behind him,” Echazabal wrote.

He added that as you watched Farrell become fixated on the bottle of wine, “you almost got the feeling that this wasn’t the first bottle he’d uncorked that night.”

The Boston performance came a week after the band played two sets in New York City as part of a reunion tour after reuniting for the first time in 14 years earlier this year.

During the first night of the shows in New York City, Farrell told the audience at Pier 17 that he was not in a good position to perform. The audience indicated that there seemed to be animosity between the band members.

Farrell told the audience, “Ladies and gentlemen, I have to be honest with you. There’s something wrong with my voice. I can’t get the notes out of it anymore.”

Bassist Eric Avery took to Instagram after the show to talk to fans, saying he was “looking forward to another opportunity at this spectacular rooftop venue tonight. I’m optimistic we’ll be better.”

The day after the altercation during the performance, Farrell’s wife Etty Lau shared her husband’s story on Instagram.

Lau claimed her husband, the frontman, was upset after being drowned out by his bandmates for playing too loudly during a performance in Boston, which she said lasted for several songs before he “lost control.”

“Instead of speculating, I thought I would post a firsthand account of what happened on stage,” she wrote after footage of the fight went viral.

Lau said Farrell suffered from “ringing in his ears and a sore throat” every night, which affected his voice. He “felt like the volume on stage was extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band.”

She admitted that there was “tension and animosity between the band members,” but felt that this wasn’t always a bad thing, as it was also “the magic that made the band so dynamic.”

But on Friday night, Lau said her husband reached breaking point after being booed by fans who couldn’t hear him.

‘If the audience in the front row, [they] “If someone started complaining to Perry and yelling at him that the band was going too loud and they couldn’t hear him, Perry would get really upset,” said Lau, a former member of the Pussycat Dolls when they were a dance company.

“He didn’t sing, he just shouted to be heard.”

According to those in attendance, Farrell appeared heavily intoxicated during Friday night’s performance. Others claim it was not an unusual sight for the frontman, who is known to knock back bottles of wine on stage.

Fans said tensions began to rise when the band sang “Mountain Song.” When they got to “Ocean Size” three songs later, Farrell was furious.

“The band started the song ‘Ocean’ before Perry was ready and counted down,” Lau said.

“The volume on stage was so loud at that point that Perry couldn’t hear the sound of the instruments. By the end of the song, he wasn’t singing anymore, he was just screaming to be heard.”

Lau concluded her Instagram post with a dig at “whoever won the fight,” claiming that bassist Eric Avery emerged victorious after aggressively confronting Farrell.

“While Dave (Navarro) held Perry at bay to de-escalate the situation, Dan (Cleary, a tape tech) rushed in to also de-escalate by restraining Perry,” Lau wrote.

‘Dave walked away to take off his guitar. Eric walked over to Perry, on stage, in the dark, behind Dan, put Perry in a headlock and punched him three times in the stomach.’

Lau said Avery had to be “pulled away,” after which the bassist “casually walked forward to apologize to the crowd for ending the show early.”

She said Navarro “still looked handsome and cool in a fight,” but her husband was “a crazed animal” after the skirmish.

“Ultimately, instead of calming down, he broke down and cried and cried,” she said, concluding that Avery “either didn’t understand what de-escalation meant or took advantage of the situation and threw a few cheap jabs at Perry.”