Perry Farrell’s Spouse Provides Bizarre, Dramatic ‘First Person Account’ Of Jane’s Habit Struggle – The Boston Courier

Perry Farrell’s spouse has given her “first person account” of the now-notorious onstage battle between two members of Jane’s Habit, and it’s unclear if her perspective will assist followers empathize along with her husband.

On Friday, Farrell, the lead vocalist for Jane’s Habit, appeared visibly upset throughout a present in Boston earlier than shoving guitarist Dave Navarro and throwing a punch at him, as video footage posted on-line exhibits.

The confrontation spurred a fiasco onstage as a number of folks tried to restrain Farrell, which finally resulted within the live performance’s abrupt finish.

On Saturday, Farrell’s spouse, Etty Lau Farrell, determined to put up yet one more video of the battle on Instagram, sharing her “first person account” whereas providing some context of the incident.

“Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night,” Etty Lau Farrell wrote. In consequence, she mentioned, her husband’s “frustration had been mounting, night after night,” throughout the band’s most up-to-date tour as a result of “he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band.”

Etty Lau Farrell mentioned all the things got here to a head Friday night time when Jane’s Habit performed their track “Ocean Size” as a result of the band started taking part in the track “before Perry was ready and did the count off.”

“The stage volume was so loud at that point, that Perry couldn’t hear pass [sic] the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just to be heard,” she wrote.

Perry Farrell finally “lost it” when viewers members within the first row “started complaining” and “cussing at him” as a result of “they couldn’t hear him,” his spouse mentioned.

Etty Lau Farrell mentioned her husband’s frustration resulted within the altercation with Navarro. She didn’t clarify why Perry was particularly upset on the guitarist.

“Perry got up in Dave’s face and body checked him,” she wrote.

Whereas Navarro was “keeping Perry at arm’s length to de-escalate the situation,” bassist Eric Avery “took advantage” of the state of affairs and “got in a few cheap shots” on her husband, Etty Lau Farrell mentioned.

She claimed that whereas Perry was being restrained, Avery walked as much as Perry Farrell “in the dark” and put him “in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times.” Then, Avery was “pulled” away from Perry and walked over to viewers members to apologize concerning the present ending early, in accordance with Etty Lau Farrell.

Though Etty Lau Farrell was complimentary in direction of Navarro all through her put up, noting that he “still looked handsome and cool in the middle of a fight,” she mentioned her husband was wrecked afterwards.

“Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried,” she wrote.

She advised any skeptical Instagram followers to “take a look at the video yourself.”

Within the video Etty Lau Farrell posted, it does seem like somebody could have thrown some punches whereas Perry Farrell was being restrained by a number of folks onstage, nevertheless it’s unclear who’s punching whom.

HuffPost has reached out to Etty Lau Farrell for additional remark and clarification as to her intentions behind this put up.

Instagram customers had been confused by the put up, and a few confirmed concern for Etty Lau Farrell’s and her husband’s well-being.

“‘The sound was bad so my husband thought physical violence against someone who doesn’t control the sound was a good idea’ Kay. 🤦🏼♀️,” one person wrote within the feedback.

“Dave is a class act. The fact he didn’t react to Perry shows he probably sympathizes with him for some reason that is not volume related,” one other person wrote. “This post is like saying everything is fine while the whole house is on fire. Get your husband help.”

“I say this with care: stop enabling your husband,” a 3rd Instagram person wrote. “Perry clearly needs help with whatever ailment is impairing his physical and/or mental health. Your post isn’t honest or helpful … It’s crystal clear that your husband is struggling, so please stop trying to spin this.”

On account of Perry Farrell’s onstage breakdown, Jane’s Habit introduced Monday that they’re canceling the reminder of their tour.

In distinction to his spouse’s Instagram put up, the singer issued a public apology Monday during which he took “full accountability” for his “inexcusable behavior.”

“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,” Perry Farrell mentioned in a press release to Billboard.

“Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation,” he added.