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Jane's Addiction & Love and Rockets Metro Detroit show cancelled as band takes time apart

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DETROIT (WXYZ & AP) — Alternative rock band Jane's Addiction is canceling the rest of their tour, including a concert scheduled for Meadow Brook Amphitheatre on September 20, 313 Presents announced on Monday.

Jane's Addiction was scheduled to co-headline the show with Love And Rockets.

313 Presents says tickets will be refunded at point of purchase while tickets bought by phone or online will be automatically refunded.

Jane's Addiction released the following statement that 313 Presents shared:

To all the fans,

The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group.

As such, they will be cancelling the remainder of the tour.

Refunds for the cancelled dates will be issued at your point of purchase - or if you purchased from a third-party resale site like StubHub, SeatGeek, etc, please reach out to them direct.

Thank you,

Jane's Addiction

A scuffle between members of Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s wife said Saturday.

The band is known for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught Stealing” and “Mountain Song” in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the alternative rock and grunge music movements were growing.

In videos post on social media from Friday night's concert in Boston, Farrell, 65, is seen singing loudly into his mic and then lunging at guitarist Dave Navarro, bumping Navarro with his shoulder before taking a swing at Navarro with his right arm. Navarro is seen holding his right arm out to keep Farrell away before Farrell is dragged away by others on stage. The show ended shortly after.

“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,” Etty Lau Farrell wrote in an Instagram post Saturday morning.

She said her husband had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat and “by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just to be heard.” She said her husband later broke down “and cried and cried.”

The band’s “Imminent Redemption” tour started in early August and has 15 dates left, including a show in Connecticut on Sunday night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.