Janes Addiction Australian Shows

Following their announcement of US shows with NIN, Janes Addiction have now announced an Australian tour for July. In addition to playing the Splendour In The Grass festival they will be doing headline shows around the country.

It’s twenty-one years since they released the extraordinary album Nothing’s Shocking which became one of the defining moments of ‘alternative rock”.  Perry Farrell went on to create Lollapolooza  and eventually the band went their own ways. A version of Jane’s Addiction played the Big Day Out six years ago, but this tour sees the original line-up reform.

That  classic line-up is Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins.
It’s good to see Navarro return from the purgatory of Rock Star Supernova, which was kind of fun at the time but now seems absurd in retrospect.
Tour dates are:

Sunday 26th July Tivoli Brisbane

Monday 27th July Hordern Pavilion Sydney

Wednesday 29th July Thebarton Theatre Adelaide

Thursday 30th July Festival Hall Melbourne

Saturday 1st August Metro City Perth

Jane Addiction and NIN Together

If you are planning on visiting the US in May you may want to try and work out how to get a hold of a ticket for one of the most interesting tours of the year – that’s providing that you are a fan of the harder edge of late 80’s and 90’s alternative rock.

Janes Addiction, the band fronted by Perry Farrell and featuring guitarist Dave Navarro will be touring with Nine Inch Nails on the well named NIN/JA tour.

To co-incide with the tour Jane’s Addiction is re-releasing 2 of their classic albums (1988’s Nothing’s Shocking and 1990’s Ritual De Lo Habitual) in 180-gram vinyl form. Furthermore, the band has also assembled a huge three-CD collection of  live performances, unreleased tracks, demos,  and more. The collection will be offered in a limited edition wooden cabinet with recreations of ticket stubs, a set list and concert flyers.

The collection is due out internationally through Rhino.

Here is the track list for all three CDs.

Disc 1:
1. Jane Says
2. Pigs In Zen
3. Mountain Song
4. Had A Dad
5. I Would For You
6. Idiots Rule
7. Classic Girl
8. Up The Beach
9. Suffer Some
10. Thank You Boys
11. Summertime Rolls
12. City
13. Ocean Size
14. Stop!
15. Standing In The Shower…Thinking
16. Ain’t No Right
17. Three Days

Disc 2:
1. Ted, Just Admit It…
2. Maceo
3. No One’s Leaving
4. My Time
5. Been Caught Stealing
6. Ripple
7. Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey
8. L.A. Medley: L.A. Woman/Nausea/Lexicon Devil
9. Kettle Whistle
10. Whole Lotta Love
11. 1970
12. Bobhaus

Disc 3:
1. Drum Intro
2. Up The Beach
3. Whores
4. 1%
5. No One’s Leaving
6. Ain’t No Right
7. Then She Did…
8. Had A Dad
9. Been Caught Stealing
10. Three Days
11. Mountain Song
12. Stop!
13. Summertime Rolls
14. Ocean Size

Disc 4 (DVD):
Soul Kiss: The Fan’s Video
1. Mountain Song (unedited version)
2. City
3. Had A Dad
4. Ocean Size
5. Stop!
6. Been Caught Stealing
7. Classic Girl
8. Ain’t No Right
9. Whores*

10. Then She Did…*
11. Three Days*
* previously unreleased

The tour with NIN has created a lot of interest because both bands are historically tied together via the Lollapalooza tour. That tour was of course the first of the “alternative rock festivals” and was created by Perry Farrell. NIN played on the tour in what leader Trent Reznor believes was an important breakthrough for his band.

In a post at nin.com, Reznor had this to say:

“Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. Those performances essentially created and defined the term ‘alternative’ rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend – truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the ‘next level’ (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.”

When he heard that Jane’s had done a tiny club gig in L.A., he knew what must be done.

“These guys were the real deal. And in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE. Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we’re in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they’re in the same room.”

The other aspect of the tour that will interest Nine Inch Nails fans is that it may be the bands last, as Reznor is looking at making the band “disappear for a while” when it’s through.

“Last year’s ‘Lights in the Sky’ tour was something I’m quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. … The approach to these shows is quite different from last year – much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane’s to see if they’d want to join us across the US. … Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows? Are there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope.”

May 8  – West Palm Beach, FL, Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 9 -  Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre
May 10 -  Atlanta, GA, Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 11 -  Austin, TX, Frank Erwin Center
May 14 -  Albuquerque, NM, Journal Pavilion
May 15 -  Phoenix, AZ, Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 16 – Chula Vista, CA, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
May 18 – Las Vegas, NV, The Pearl
May 20 -  Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 21 – Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Bowl
May 22 -  Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 24 -  George, WA, The Gorge Amphitheater
May 26 -  Englewood, CO, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
May 27 -  Kansas City, MO, Starlight Theatre
May 29 -  Chicago, IL, Charter One Pavilion
May 30 -  Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 31 – Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 2 – Toronto, ON, Molson Amphitheatre
June 3 -  Mansfield, MA, Comcast Center
June 5 -  Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
June 6 -  Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
June 7 -  Wantagh, NY, Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater
June 9 -  Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 10 – Burgettstown, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 12 – Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre