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

Perry Farrell of Porno For Pyros | Photo by Andi K. Taylor

The reunited original lineup of 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” to give the group time to finish and release its new music.

The band — Jane’s Addiction members Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins, plus Peter DiStefano and Martyn LeNoble — had been slated to open its 21-city tour on Oct. 8 near Sacramento, Calif. The tour, though, has been canceled, and fans have begun to be notified they’ll receive refunds.

No new itinerary has been announced, but fans are advised to “keep an eye out for new tour dates.”

Porno For Pyros posted the following statement on social media today:

Petrons, We are beyond thankful for all of your support these last 30 years, and are anxious to celebrate our 30th anniversary with you. Whilst rehearsing for our first tour in 25 years, we’ve also been in the studio creating new music – that we were hoping to get to you in time for these shows. Unfortunately, we have had to move the dates for the upcoming tour as we were not able to begin our campaign in time. So, we’ve pushed the tour a few months from now, in order for everyone to hear and appreciate the new material that is finally finished. Listen up for the new music in the upcoming weeks and keep an eye out for new tour dates. We’re coming! – Porno for Pyros

The band, the post-Jane’s outlet for Farrell and Perkins, has played a few times in the last couple of years in different configurations, but this was to be the first full tour since a 1998 trek. The tour, dubbed “Horns, Thorns en Halos,” was to run through a Nov. 20 date in Austin, Texas.

Porno For Pyros’ original run lasted from 1992 to 1998 and saw the release of two albums, 1993’s self-titled record, with the hit single “Pets,” and 1996’s Good God’s Urge.

Farrell and Perkins have been playing with the reunited Jane’s for going on two decades now, and that band also is working on new material, though guitarist Dave Navarro has been sidelined from recent touring — with original bassist Eric Avery back in the lineup — by long COVID.

Below, the now-canceled Porno For Pyro tour dates.

Porno For Pyros tour dates 2023

Oct. 8: Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live Sacramento
Oct. 10: San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
Oct. 13: Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Oct. 15: Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues Las Vegas
Oct. 17: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
Oct. 19: Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 21: Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
Oct. 23: Madison, WI – The Sylvee
Oct. 24: Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Oct. 27: Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Oct. 29: Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
Oct. 30: Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Nov. 1: New York, NY – Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
Nov. 3: Bensalem, PA – Parx Casino and Racing
Nov. 5: Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Nov. 7: Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Nov. 8: Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Nov. 15: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Nov. 17: New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans
Nov. 19: Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Nov. 20: Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

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