# Jane's Addiction cancelling reunion tour after onstage brawl

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [September 16, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janes-addiction-cancelling-reunion-tour-after-onstage-brawl/1007371 "2024-09-16T23:05:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janes-addiction-cancelling-reunion-tour-after-onstage-brawl/1007371/21 "2024-09-18T00:55:47Z")

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> [@rsThump](#):
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> According to the sometimes-knowing-Wikipedia, it wasn’t his birthday,

My mistake, it was the drummer’s birthday, Stephen Perkins. Did he get involved in the skirmish?

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**Author:** ![rsThump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@rsThump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsThump)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janes-addiction-cancelling-reunion-tour-after-onstage-brawl/1007371/22 "2024-09-18T01:21:43Z")

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Nope, based on the footage, Stephen wasn’t involved—just Perry, Dave, Dan and Eric. I love Stephen’s “tribal” style of drumming he uses in Jane’s and used in Porno For Pyros.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janes-addiction-cancelling-reunion-tour-after-onstage-brawl/1007371/23 "2025-07-17T04:19:40Z")

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And now:

> **[Jane's Addiction bandmates sue each other over onstage fight that ended tour](https://apnews.com/article/janes-addiction-fight-lawsuits-farrell-navarro-4f5bfd68078b85ad29055e149580f508)**
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> The members of alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction have filed dueling lawsuits after an onstage scuffle last year prompted the cancellation of the band's tour.

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