One of the pioneering bands of early 90s alt-rock, Jane’s Addiction, announce intimate show at London’s Bush Hall on Thursday the 23rd of May. The band are currently in the UK for their first European headlining tour in 8 years as well as to play the 2024 Derbyshire Bearded Theory.
Formed after the dissolution of frontman Perry Farell’s previous band, Jane’s Addiction gained attention from Warner Bros. Records in 1987 with the release of their self titled live album. Since then, the band have sporadically toured and dissolved a number of times the first being in 1991 where their farewell tour launched the first Lollapalooza – an annual four day festival held in Grant Park Chicago. Lollapalooza has since become a revered alternative rock festival evolving to include genres like hip hop and electronic dance music and even expanded outside of the US in 2010. ‘Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza’, a three part documentary on the festival, debuted at Sundance film festival in January and will premiere on May 21st on Paramount +. Give it a watch if you are curious about the member’s projects outside of the band.
The band describe themselves as a kind of farrago or ‘Hodge-Podge'; that is a mass of disorderly chaos, or a jumble. Born out of the LA underground rock scene, the band recall this space fondly as it gave them a chance to make mistakes and define who they are now. In a 2012 interview with Rhino, infamous guitarist Dave Navarro expressed that the band are just doing ‘what we want and don’t really worry about it. I mean, listen to the lyrics of “Have A Cigar.” What a direct ‘f*ck you’ to the music industry that song is.’ Unfortunately fans of the band may be disappointed as Navarro hasn’t returned to the stage due to ongoing issues with long Covid. Instead, he has been replaced by Josh Klinghoffer who, like Navarro, is best known for touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers between the years 2009 and 2019. In 2022 speaking to Alternative Press, Farell expressed that it wasn’t easy finding a replacement for Navarro noting that ‘Jane’s is a unique band, and you can’t just grab any guitar player and they’ll pick it up. That’s Dave Navarro we’re talking about — those are big shoes to fill.’
If you’re attending the Derby festival of any of the band’s gigs then according to an article written by Niall Doherty, for Louder Magazine in April ‘what you should really do is shout out (not when Perry is talking, that would be rude) for the band to play either their epic, ten-minute 1990 single Three Days or the similarly vast Then She Did…’ or at least that’s what Farell told the journalist when speaking to him in 2021. You can listen to the lengthy piece below.
The remainder of the UK leg of their tour sees them playing at the Roundhouse in London and then onto Glasgow at the Barrowland Ballroom on the 31st of May before ending in Manchester with a show at the O2 Apollo on the 2nd of June. They will then travel to across to Europe to play shows in Germany and France before returning to this side of the pond in late June for a show at Trinity College Dublin on the 28th. You can find tickets for the Bush Hall show and any other of the band’s gigs over the coming weeks here. 
