Wild scenes at the Jane’s Addiction reunion gig in Boston at the weekend after frontman Perry Farrell suddenly walked up to guitarist Dave Navarro and threw a punch at him, seemingly for no reason at all:

Sad news in the band Jane’s Addiction.

Perry Farrell assaults Dave Navarro in the middle of a performance. pic.twitter.com/mXDvlO0p0o

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Now why would Perry Farrell do that and bring an abrupt end to a live show that was otherwise going well? Did he see the Oasis reunion news and decide that Jane’s Addiction had to take the place of a 90s band where the members hate each other?

Well, apparently Jane’s Addiction fans are not surprised at all by Farrell’s behaviour in this clip, as he’s been off his rocker for quite some time and is frequently blackout drunk during gigs. In any case, Farrell’s wife Etty Lau Farrell put out a statement on Instagram where she shared a “first person account of what happened on stage”:

Rather than speculating, I thought to post a first person account of what happened on stage with @janesaddiction last night at the @lenderpavilion in Boston.

WHO: Perry Farrell & Dave Navarro

HOW: Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit. Perry got up in Dave’s face and body checked him.

WHY: Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.

WHEN: The band started the song Ocean before Perry was ready and did the count off.. The stage volume was so loud at that point, that Perry couldn’t hear pass the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just be to be heard.

SO WHO WON THE FIGHT:

Why, Eric Avery of course. While Dave was keeping Perry at arm’s length to de-escalate the situation. Dan rushed over to de-escalate as well by holding Perry back. Dave walked away to take his guitar off. Eric walked up to Perry, upstage, in the dark, behind Dan, put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times. Kevin, crewmember with a long hair with long hair pulled Eric away. Then Eric nonchalant walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to audience for the show ended early.

WHAT WAS THE AFTERMATH?

Dave still looked handsome and cool in the middle of a fight. Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried. Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.

Well, that’s is my first person account narrative of what happened. Take a look at the video yourself.

Wow, thanks for the thorough breakdown, Miss Farrell. It sounds like Perry had tinnitus and a sore throat and when he realised that the stage volume was too loud he completely snapped. Which doesn’t quite explain why he punched his buddy Dave Navarro specifically, but I guess he had to let out his frustrations somehow.

No idea where Jane’s Addiction goes from here (Jane’s Intervention, maybe?), but you have to admit, it was pretty rock and roll in the end.

For the security guard who went viral for grabbing Beyonce’s b*tt while helping her off stage, click HERE. What a pro.