Jane’s Addiction Playing The 2012 Crawfish Boil In Birmingham, AL

According to a Birmingham News story Jane’s Addiction will be one of the acts playing this year’s Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil in Birmingham. The festival is a two day affair and takes place May 4th and 5th  near the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Jane’s are scheduled to headline day one. Checkout the festival’s site  and facebook page for more details.

Update: Ticket info has just been released and you can purchase tickets now on the festival site.

Jane’s Addiction Continue the ‘The Theatre of the Escapists’ in May!

This was just posted over on JanesAddiciton.com:

Jane’s Addiction Continue the ‘The Theatre of the Escapists’ in May!

JANE’S ADDICTION have been earning nothing short of stellar reviews and selling out shows on the first leg of their North American ‘Theatre of the Escapists’ tour. The set list features material from their acclaimed album THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST (Capitol Records) plus classic songs that have not been played in more than twenty years, such as “Classic Girl” and “I Would for You”.

Delivering an immersive theatrical experience as only they can in classic and intimate theatres, the alt-rock pioneers–frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, along with Chris Chaney on bass—have now announced the second leg of the tour.

You have two ways to get presale tickets.

JANE’S ADDICTION’S presale at www.JanesAddiction.com will occur on Wednesday, March 7 at 10 AM through 10 PM on Thursday, March 8 and purchasers will have the option of bundling their ticket with an unsigned special edition tour lithograph and a 20% discount at the Jane’s Addiction online store (excluding media and bundles).

Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets too. For complete presale details visitwww.citiprivatepass.com.

Regular on sales are set for Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10.

A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales from Jane’s ‘Theatre of the Escapists’ dates will be donated to the Occupy Movement.

NEW ‘Theatre of the Escapists’ dates:

May 7 San Antonio, TX LIla C Cockrell Theatre

May 9 Houston, TX Bayou City and Event Center

May 10 Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium

May 12 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall

May 15 Lake Buena Vista, FL HOB

May 16 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre

May 18 Miami Beach, FL The Fillmore Miami Beach

May 19 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

May 22 Raleigh, NC Memorial Auditorium

May 23 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium

May 25 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre

May 29 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium

May 30 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium

May 31 Tucson, AZ Tucson Music Hall

Jane’s Addiction in Mexico this April

It looks like Jane’s Addiction will be stopping in Mexico for a pair of performances in April after the band plays a pair of shows in South America.  According to La Rocka, Jane’s Addiction will be performing at the Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, Mexico on April 13.  Then, according to Record.com.mx, Jane’s Addiction will also play the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City on April 15.

Update: Both of these shows have now been confirmed by JanesAddiction.com