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Jane's Addiction not reforming

Jane's Addiction reunited for the first ever NME Awards USA in LA yesterday (April 23). It was the first time the original line-up played together in 17 years. The band pulled the venue's audience from their tables to the front of the room, before blowing them away with a 3-track set.

Jane's Addiction reunited for the first ever NME Awards USA in LA yesterday (April 23). It was the first time the original line-up played together in 17 years. The band pulled the venue's audience from their tables to the front of the room, before blowing them away with a 3-track set.

Perry Farrell says NME Awards show definitely a one-off

Perry Farrell has declared that his former Jane's Addiction will definitely not be reunited going to happen.

The band's frontman was speaking following the group's one-off performance at this year's NME Awards USA in Los Angeles fuelled speculation there maybe more shows.

“There’s as much likelihood of that happening as there being commercial space flights,” Farrell told rollingstone.com adding that the award show was “was both fun and horrible".

"It’s like having a girlfriend that you have always been in love with and you’ll always be in love with but you don’t quite get along with," he said. "You’re still in love with her and every time you get together, you end up throwing food at each other.”

--By our New York staff.
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