Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro made his grand return to the stage with the iconic alt-rockers last night (May 24th) in London, marking his first live performance with the group since his battle with long COVID.
The group made their first appearance of 2024 at London's Bush Hall venue, performing a 12-song set that mostly pulled from Jane's Addiction's first three albums, but the night likewise pointed towards the future with the live debut of a mountainously groovy new cut called "Imminent Redemption."
The song, which you can see them play in the fan-shot live vid up above, is expected to be part of the band's next album, which would follow 2011's The Great Escape Artist.
As previously reported, Navarro took a hiatus from Jane's in 2022 just before they were set to take on a fall tour opening up for Smashing Pumpkins, citing long COVID complications that he'd been suffering from after coming down with the virus in December of 2021.
The band remained on the road, with former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer acting as their touring guitarist throughout 2022 and 2023. In that time, original bassist Eric Avery also rejoined the group, which also meant that last night's performance was the first Jane's set with their classic lineup since 2010.
Jane's Addiction setlist 5/24/2024:
Kettle Whistle
Ain't No Right
Whores
Ted, Just Admit It...
Imminent Redemption
Then She Did...
Stop!
Mountain Song
Been Caught Stealing
True Love
Ocean Size
Three Days
