Jane’s Addiction Release New Single ‘True Love’ — After Onstage Fight

With minimal messaging and apparently not a hint of irony, troubled alt-rock quartet Jane’s Addiction have released a new single called “True Love” — two days after the band canceled their latest tour following an onstage altercation Friday that saw singer Perry Farrell punching guitarist Dave Navarro.

The band had not announced the song on its social-media platforms at the time of this article’s publication, although it was serviced to media Wednesday morning with a brief press release that included a quote about the group’s previous single, “Imminent Redemption,” which was released in July, and the following simple sentence: “Today, the original line-up vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery debuted the new single ‘True Love,’ available now across all digital streaming platforms.”

The song is a low-key, mid-tempo ballad with arpeggiated riff from Navarro and muted drumming from Perkins, and a gentle vocal from Farrell about finding true love.

The onstage altercation — which took place in Boston on Friday night — led to the cancellation of the remaining month’s worth of dates on the first tour in 14 years by the band’s original lineup. While a general statement issued under the band’s name collectively did not lay blame — saying “The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group” — Navarro laid it squarely at singer Perry Farrell‘s feet in a separate statement issued on his own social accounts and co-signed by the other two band members, saying Farrell is experiencing mental health issues and saying they “hope he finds the help he needs.” He later posted a photo of himself holding his guitar with the message “Goodnight.”

In an Instagram story post on Monday, he apologized to the tour’s opening acts. “I would like to personally apologize to Love & Rockets and Crawlers and their crews for such a terrible outcome of what started off as an incredibly magical tour,” Navarro wrote. “Love & Rockets are heroes of mine and I am so grateful I had the opportunity to perform on the same stage as them for as long as I did. It has truly been an honor!”