Eric Avery ‘punched Perry Farrell in the stomach three times’

WHILE everyone watches and rewatches Perry Farrell throw a punch at Dave Navarro, the Janes Addiction singer’s wife claims bassist Eric Avery punched her husband three times out of the spotlight.

The meltdown of the alt-metal gods at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavillion show at the weekend had made global news and broken in to the mainstream with broadsheets such as The Guardian featuring the story on their homepages.

The show was cut 11 minutes short after singer Farrell, 65, shouted “fuck you” at guitarist Navarro, 57, at the end of the song “Ocean Size”. Farrell can then be seen pushing Navarro and throwing a punch at him before being restrained by crew members.

Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, wrote on Instagram: “So who won the fight?

“Why, Eric Avery of course. While Dave was keeping Perry at arm’s length to de-escalate the situation.

“Dan (crew member) rushed over to de-escalate as well by holding Perry back. Dave walked away to take his guitar off.

“Eric walked up to Perry, upstage, in the dark, behind Dan, put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times. Kevin, crewmember with a long hair … pulled Eric away.

“Then Eric nonchalant walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to audience for the show ended early.

“Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour – he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried. Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.”

It has been reported the band were shortening the breakdowns in songs to prevent Farrell, who audience members said had a ‘large bottle of wine’ throughout, from “ranting”.

Etty Lau Farrell said this dispute was a result of a production issue.