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Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jane's Addiction Members Sue Each Other After Fight Breaks Out at Reunion Tour
Jane's Addiction Members Sue Each Other After Fight Breaks Out at Reunion Tour originally appeared on L.A. Mag. Been caught suing…Last year, Jane's Addiction had their first batch of shows in 14 years. They had a reputation about as rollicking and fractious, as you could get. Today, it's much there were many jokes about whether or not they could actually stay together to do the tour, the sudden onstage fight in which lead singer Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro was quite the of Wednesday, there are officially two Jane's Addiction legal cases. One by Navarro and the rest of the band, and the other by Farrell. They both claim after his former bandmates Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins sued him, Farrell countered with a legal complaint on his own grounds. Farrell claims the trio orchestrated a years-long campaign of harassment and bullying, with an attempt to undermine him, according to Variety. He also says he had no say in canceling the tour and breaking up show in question is the now-infamous one in Boston, where a viral video from September shows the band beginning the song 'Ocean Size' when Farrell suddenly 'flips out' and comes after Navarro. The backstage entourage comes out to separate the two, and can be heard repeatedly telling Farrell to stop. Navarro, whose drug addiction is often cited as the reason for the band's first breakup in 1991 (when Farrell formed Porno For Pyros with Perkins), didn't appear to throw any punches. Farrell was dragged off the stage and the show ended early. The band shortly announced they would end the tour 15 dates early, missing stops in cities like Chicago, Seattle and a lawsuit filed by the rest of the band, Farrell was accused of assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract. They filed a complaint Wednesday in L.A. County Superior Court and are asking for at least $10 million in damages from the former frontman, according to KTLA. They claim Farrell's erratic, out-of-control behavior cost them not only the tour but a new album as well. 'The Band can no longer function as a result of the Defendant's conduct, including his sudden, violent outbursts and demonstrated inability to serve as the Band's frontman and vocalist,' reads the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone. 'The physical, emotional, and financial harms Defendant has wrought have deeply impacted the Plaintiffs, their families, and their loved ones, and it is time for Defendant to face the consequences of his actions and be held accountable.'The suit also claims Navarro was receiving disability payments from the government, which he had to surrender his rights to in order to play on the tour. His symptoms of long COVID forced him to step away from the guitar back in 2022, and he was reportedly receiving $25,000 a month. 'Had Navarro not terminated the disability payments, and given his condition, Navarro likely would have received the $25,000 payments for several years,' the suit reads. 'For months, Navarro worked hard to prepare himself physically and mentally for touring, including by seeing doctors, nutritionists, and therapists.'The band also claims Navarro lost another $50,000 in deposits for his Scotland wedding, which he had to postpone to accommodate the performance the incident on September 13, a representative for Farrell shared an apology statement to Variety: 'This weekend has been incredibly difficult and after having the time and space to reflect, it is only right that I apologize to my bandmates, especially Dave Navarro, fans, family and friends for my actions during Friday's show. Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.'Farrell's legal team told KTLA the rest of the band defamed him with a now-deleted social media post that stated Farrell had mental health problems after the September incident.'This is yet another clear example of the group uniting to isolate and bully frontman Perry Farrell. The timing of this baseless lawsuit is no coincidence — it was filed only after they caught wind of legal action coming from our side,' according to a statement from Farrell's legal team obtained by KTLA. 'It's a transparent attempt to control the narrative and present themselves as the so-called 'good guys' — a move that's both typical and predictable. Just like when they released a defamatory and entirely unfounded statement about Perry's mental health and unilaterally canceled the remaining tour dates without his input, they're once again scrambling to get ahead of the truth in a desperate effort to save face.' This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
LeMonde
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
At Lollapalooza Paris, Olivia Rodrigo and Benson Boone rock the stage
Founded in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, by former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, the Lollapalooza festival initially served as a platform for the anguished distortions of rock of that era. It later became a touring festival and then an international event, with a Paris edition launched in 2017, now run by production giant Live Nation. Lollapalooza has since catered to audiences raised on urban pop infused with rap, electro and R'n'B. After skipping its 2024 edition due to the Olympic Games, Lollapalooza Paris returned to the Hippodrome de Longchamp on July 18, immediately signaling the resurgence of electric guitars in today's hits. This was especially true for Lola Young, 24, Olivia Rodrigo, 22, and the phenomenon Benson Boone, 23. Still synonymous with the attitude and lifestyle of the early 1990s, this rock aesthetic is now a dominant tone in the pop palette of these young talents, adding extra intensity to their choruses and live performances. Hailing from Croydon, a small suburb south of London, Young can flirt with punk ("Wish You Were Dead") or post-punk ("Good Books"), while not forgetting that she also grew up to the rhythms of synthetic grooves ("Conceited"), rap and dub ("Big Brown Eyes").
USA Today
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jane's Addiction's concert brawl turns into a legal fight: Reports
Members of Jane's Addiction entangled themselves in a legal tug-of-war this week, with several members of the rock band suing the lead singer, who retaliated with a lawsuit of his own. The lawsuits surround an onstage fight between guitarist Peter Navarro and frontman Perry Farrell at a 2024 concert in Boston, which resulted in the cancellation of both remaining tour dates and an upcoming album, The New York Times and Associated Press report. USA TODAY has reached out to lawyers for both sides of the dispute for comment. Navarro, along with drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery, filed a suit against Farrell in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, alleging the lead singer had behaved erratically throughout the tour, in a troubling pattern that culminated in the 2024 assault, according to the outlets. The complaint, filed July 16, alleged Farrell punched Navarro both on and off stage and seeks $10 million in damages. Jane's Addiction concert ends after Perry Farrell punches guitarist Dave Navarro In response, Farrell, along with his wife Etty Lau Farrell, filed a dueling lawsuit, accusing the remaining members of the band of a campaign of bullying that included playing their instruments too loud on stage, making it hard to hear himself sing, the outlets report. Farrell and his wife also contend that it was Navarro who initiated the assault, according to the outlets, mirroring his bandmates' claims of emotional distress and breach of contract, but reversing the blame. "This is yet another clear example of the group uniting to isolate and bully frontman Perry Farrell," Farrell's legal tream wrote in a statement to USA TODAY July 18. "The timing of this baseless lawsuit is no coincidence — it was filed only after they caught wind of legal action coming from our side. It's a transparent attempt to control the narrative and present themselves as the so-called 'good guys' — a move that's both typical and predictable. "Just like when they released a defamatory and entirely unfounded statement about Perry's mental health and unilaterally canceled the remaining tour dates without his input, they're once again scrambling to get ahead of the truth in a desperate effort to save face," the statement continued. At the time of the original assault, the Los Angeles-based rock group, which formed in 1985 and became an essential part of the local alt-rock scene, was on a reunion tour. Dave Navarro on reuniting with Jane's Addiction after Perry Farrell fight: 'No chance' In an interview with the magazine Guitar Player in May, Navarro blamed the altercation for the forever breakup of the band. "There was an altercation onstage, and all the hard work and dedication and writing and hours in the studio and picking up and leaving home and crisscrossing the country and Europe and trying to overcome my illness — it all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band's life," he told the outlet. "And there's no chance for the band to ever play together again." Shortly after the assault, Navarro, Perkins and Avery issued a joint statement, cancelling remaining shows and citing "concern for his (Farrell's) personal health and safety as well as our own." "We hope that he will find the help he needs," they wrote. "We can see no solution that would either ensure a safe environment onstage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance on a nightly basis." At the time, Farrell offered an apology to Navarro and his bandmates in a statement shared with USA TODAY, writing in September: "Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation." Contributing: Jay Stahl and Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY
Al Arabiya
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Arabiya
8 Bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction
Bands behaving badly? It's only rock n' roll. Members of alternative rock band Jane's Addiction filed dueling lawsuits Wednesday over singer Perry Farrell's onstage scuffle with guitarist Dave Navarro at a Boston concert last year–a fracas that prompted the cancellation of the rest of their reunion tour and a planned album. They join a long and storied tradition of bandmates suing one another, taking interpersonal and legal troubles from the recording studio to the courtroom. Here's a look at a few very famous cases. Jane's Addiction WHAT HAPPENED: Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery sued Farrell in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking at least $10 million, alleging that Farrell's behavior on their recent tour had ranged from erratic to out of control, culminating in an assault where Farrell punched Navarro both onstage and backstage. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: It hasn't been; it's just getting started. Farrell and his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, sued the three bandmates in the same court Wednesday, blaming them for the conflict and the violence. The Beach Boys WHAT HAPPENED: How much time do you have? The late great Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys leader, feuded with his cousin and bandmate Mike Love over songwriting credits dating back decades. Love had sued Wilson several times beginning in the 1990s. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: Wilson often wasn't the victor–except in 2007 when US District Judge Audrey Collins threw out one of Love's lawsuits against Wilson. In it, Love alleged that a free 2004 promotional CD of re-recorded Beach Boys songs cost him millions of dollars and violated Love and Wilson's partnership. Oasis WHAT HAPPENED: The sibling rivalry between Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher is well established. Their brawls not only led to the band's dissolution in 2009 before their 2025 reunion but also a legal upset. In 2011, Liam sued Noel for saying Liam's hangover caused the cancellation of a 2009 festival performance. He said in a statement that the lawsuit was not about money but that he wanted an apology and for Oasis fans to know the truth–that laryngitis prevented him from performing. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The lawsuit was dropped. Creedence Clearwater Revival WHAT HAPPENED: The post-breakup decades of Creedence Clearwater Revival were marked by so much legal and personal infighting that you might think CCR stands for Conflict Clash Repeat. In 1996, singer-songwriter-guitarist John Fogerty sued ex-bandmates Doug Clifford and Stu Cook for performing under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited. That case settled in 2001, but the bandmates sued Fogerty in 2014 alleging he was violating the settlement by continuing to publicly slag off the Revisited name. And they said Fogerty himself was now illegally using Creedence Clearwater Revival in concert advertising. Fogerty sued back in 2015, saying Cook and Clifford weren't paying him proper songwriting royalties for their performances. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: A federal court merged the two cases, and the resulting hybrid was settled under confidential terms in 2017. Fleetwood Mac WHAT HAPPENED: Fleetwood Mac and feuds are practically synonymous. Breakups and divorces between members are essential to some of their best songs. The conflict resumed in the 2010s when the band kicked lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham off their 2018 tour, and he sued. Buckingham claimed he was told five days after the group appeared at Radio City Music Hall that January that the band would tour without him. He says he would have been paid at least $12 million for his share of the proceeds. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: Later that year, Buckingham said they had settled the lawsuit. Journey WHAT HAPPENED: At some point, two key members of Journey stopped believin' in each other. And all over an Amex. Longtime guitarist Neal Schon sued longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain in 2022, saying Cain was refusing to let him use the band's American Express card. A counterclaim came from Cain, who said that Schon was running up enormous personal charges on the band's account. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: A judge in 2024 appointed a custodian over the band's financial decisions, specifically empowered to settle disagreements between Schon and Cain. Hall & Oates WHAT HAPPENED: In 2023, Daryl Hall sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that Oates' plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged long before. The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily block the sale. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The lawsuit and arbitration are ongoing. The Beatles WHAT HAPPENED: Their artistic partnership had been over for months, but the Beatles had to break out the barristers to break up their business. Paul McCartney went to London's High Court of Justice in 1970 to dissolve the Fab Four's 1967 contractual partnership, which included the Apple record label. McCartney, above all, wanted to get rid of manager Allen Klein, whom John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr wanted to keep as overseer of their business. 'The only way for me to save The Beatles and Apple,' McCartney told British GQ in 2020, 'was to sue the band.' HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The court ruled in McCartney's favor and appointed a receiver to oversee their ventures in 1971. But negotiations and wrangling continued until a long-term solution that would become known as The Beatles Agreement was signed by all four members in 1974.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
8 bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction
Bands behaving badly? It's only rock 'n' roll. Members of alternative rock band Jane's Addiction filed dueling lawsuits Wednesday over singer Perry Farrell's onstage scuffle with guitarist Dave Navarro at a Boston concert last year, a fracas that prompted the cancellation of the rest of their reunion tour and a planned album. They join a long and storied tradition of bandmates suing one another, taking interpersonal and legal troubles from the recording studio to the courtroom. Here's a look at a few very famous cases. Jane's Addiction WHAT HAPPENED: Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery sued Farrell in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking at least $10 million, alleging that Farrell's behavior on their recent tour had ranged from erratic to out of control, culminating in an assault where Farrell punched Navarro both onstage and backstage. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: It hasn't been; it's just getting started. Farrell and his wife, Etty Lau Farrell, sued the three bandmates in the same court Wednesday, blaming them for the conflict and the violence. The Beach Boys WHAT HAPPENED: How much time do you have? The late, great Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' leader, feuded with his cousin and bandmate Mike Love over songwriting credits dating back decades. Love had sued Wilson several times, beginning in the 1990s. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: Wilson often wasn't the victor — except in 2007, when U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins threw out one of Love's lawsuits against Wilson. In it, Love alleged that a free, 2004 promotional CD of re-recorded Beach Boys songs cost him millions of dollars and violated Love and Wilson's partnership. Oasis WHAT HAPPENED: The sibling rivalry between Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher is well established. Their brawls not only led to the band's dissolution in 2009, before their 2025 reunion, but also a legal upset. In 2011, Liam sued Noel for saying Liam's hangover caused the cancellation of a 2009 festival performance. He said in a statement that the lawsuit was not about money, but that he wanted an apology and for Oasis fans 'to know the truth' — that laryngitis prevented him from performing. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The lawsuit was dropped. Creedence Clearwater Revival WHAT HAPPENED: The post-breakup decades of Creedence Clearwater Revival were marked by so much legal and personal infighting that you might think CCR stands for Conflict, Clash, Repeat. In 1996, singer-songwriter-guitarist John Fogerty sued ex-bandmates Doug Clifford and Stu Cook for performing under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited. That case settled in 2001, but the bandmates sued Fogerty in 2014, alleging he was violating the settlement by continuing to publicly slag off the Revisited name. And they said Fogerty himself was now illegally using Creedence Clearwater Revival in concert advertising. Fogerty sued back in 2015, saying Cook and Clifford weren't paying him proper songwriting royalties for their performances. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: A federal court merged the two cases, and the resulting hybrid was settled under confidential terms in 2017. Fleetwood Mac WHAT HAPPENED: Fleetwood Mac and feuds are practically synonymous. Breakups and divorces between members are essential to some of their best songs. The conflict resumed in the 2010s when the band kicked lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham off their 2018 tour, and he sued. Buckingham claimed he was told five days after the group appeared at Radio City Music Hall that January that the band would tour without him. He says he would have been paid at least $12 million for his share of the proceeds. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: Later that year, Buckingham said they had settled the lawsuit. Journey WHAT HAPPENED: At some point, two key members of Journey stopped believin' in each other. And all over an Amex. Longtime guitarist Neal Schon sued longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain in 2022, saying Cain was refusing to let him use the band's American Express card. A counterclaim came from Cain, who said that Schon was running up enormous personal charges on the band's account. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: A judge in 2024 appointed a custodian over the band's financial decisions, specifically empowered to settle disagreements between Schon and Cain. Hall & Oates WHAT HAPPENED: In 2023, Daryl Hall sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that Oates' plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged long before. The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily block the sale. HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The lawsuit and arbitration are ongoing. The Beatles WHAT HAPPENED: Their artistic partnership had been over for months, but the Beatles had to break out the barristers to break up their business. Paul McCartney went to London's High Court of Justice in 1970 to dissolve the Fab Four's 1967 contractual partnership, which included the Apple record label. McCartney above all wanted to get rid of manager Allen Klein, whom John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wanted to keep as overseer of their business. 'The only way for me to save The Beatles and Apple,' McCartney told British GQ in 2020, 'was to sue the band.' HOW IT WAS RESOLVED: The court ruled in McCartney's favor and appointed a receiver to oversee their ventures in 1971. But negotiations and wrangling continued until a long-term solution that would become known as 'The Beatles Agreement' was signed by all four members in 1974. Maria Sherman And Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
