Tag: Jane’s Addiction

Porno For Pyros delays first tour in 25 years, promises new music “in the upcoming weeks”

Porno For Pyros delays first tour in 25 years, promises new music “in the upcoming weeks”

Porno For Pyros had been set to embark on its first tour in 25 years in just over a week, but the band today announced it will delay that trek by “a few months.”

Porno For Pyros plots first tour in 25 years as band’s original lineup works on new album

Porno For Pyros plots first tour in 25 years as band’s original lineup works on new album

Porno For Pyros will embark on its first tour in 25 years this fall, hitting 21 cities in the U.S. as the band’s original lineup works on a new album.

Watch: Peter Hook joins Smashing Pumpkins to play Joy Division’s “No Love Lost”

Watch: Peter Hook joins Smashing Pumpkins to play Joy Division’s “No Love Lost”

Smashing Pumpkins have been known to cover Joy Division, so it’s no surprise that when Peter Hook shared a bill with them, they teamed up onstage.

New releases: New Clan of Xymox EP, plus Erasure, Jane’s Addiction, Bryan Ferry

New releases: New Clan of Xymox EP, plus Erasure, Jane’s Addiction, Bryan Ferry

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured. This week includes titles from Clan of Xymox and more.

Dave Navarro, Chris Connelly join Ministry for first ‘(Everyday Is) Halloween’ performance in 30 years

Dave Navarro, Chris Connelly join Ministry for first ‘(Everyday Is) Halloween’ performance in 30 years

Ministry is wrapping up its fall tour with concerts last night and tonight in Los Angeles, and has pulled out something of a shocker: Al Jourgensen brought Chris Connelly and Dave Navarro onstage last night to perform “(Everyday Is) Halloween” in concert for the first time in more than 30 years.

Vintage Video: Perry Farrell bares all for the (not so) final Jane’s Addiction show in 1991

Vintage Video: Perry Farrell bares all for the (not so) final Jane’s Addiction show in 1991

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we offer up what was, at the time, the final performance by Jane’s Addiction, a concert on Sept. 26, 1991, in Honolulu that saw frontman Perry Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins strip completely naked for several songs at the end of the main set. Watch it here.

The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

The Cure to headline Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September

The Cure’s penchant for topping festival bills continues as Robert Smith and Co. were announced this evening as the headliners of all three Riot Fests — set for Toronto, Chicago and Denver this September — joining the band’s appearance at Bottle Rock in Napa Valley, Calif., this month.

Jane’s Addiction to perform ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ at 3 concerts in Las Vegas this May

Jane’s Addiction to perform ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ at 3 concerts in Las Vegas this May

Less than two weeks after Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell proclaimed to Rolling Stone that “it’ll be a couple of years before you see Jane’s again,” the band has been confirmed to perform its classic 1988 studio debut Nothing’s Shocking over three nights in Las Vegas this May.

Video: Jane’s Addiction blasts through ‘Stop!,’ an 11-minute ‘Three Days’ on Kimmel

Video: Jane’s Addiction blasts through ‘Stop!,’ an 11-minute ‘Three Days’ on Kimmel

Last week Jane’s Addiction received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of debut studio album Nothing’s Shocking, the band played a short set for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” part of which was aired on last night’s show and posted on the program’s YouTube channel.

Stream: Jane’s Addiction, ‘Another Soulmate’ — band’s new ‘short attention span’ single

Stream: Jane’s Addiction, ‘Another Soulmate’ — band’s new ‘short attention span’ single

Jane’s Addiction has just embarked on the Uproar Festival package tour with Alice in Chains, and while a new album doesn’t appear to be imminent, Perry Farrell and Co. last week released a standalone digital single, a two-and-a-half-minute rocker that you can check out right here.

Contest: Win Jane’s Addiction’s new ‘Live in NYC’ on double vinyl or Blu-ray

Contest: Win Jane’s Addiction’s new ‘Live in NYC’ on double vinyl or Blu-ray

Jane’s Addiction last month released Live in NYC, a multi-format document capturing 12 songs performed at the band’s July 25, 2011, concert at New York City’s Terminal 5 — and we’ve got one copy each of the new release on double-vinyl and Blu-ray to give away to two lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Trent Reznor resurrects Nine Inch Nails for U.S. arena tour, concerts worldwide

Trent Reznor resurrects Nine Inch Nails for U.S. arena tour, concerts worldwide

Four years since retiring the live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails, frontman Trent Reznor this morning announced he is resurrecting the band with a new lineup that includes King Crimson guitar whiz Adrian Belew and former Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery, and will mount a U.S. arena tour this fall and dates worldwide in 2014.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sonic Youth in studio with Dave Kendall — summer 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sonic Youth in studio with Dave Kendall — summer 1990

For this week’s ‘120 Minutes Rewind,’ we offer up a clip of unusually good video quality, a nine-minute reel from summer 1990 that saw Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore and drummer Steve Shelley sitting down to talk about the band’s just-released ‘Goo’ album with host Dave Kendall.